Andrew Hudson
Cyber Engineer II | TS/SCI
St. Petersburg,FL
Summary
Cybersecurity engineer leveraging a TS/SCI clearance and CompTIA Security+ credentials to ensure compliance in secure networks. Driven by goals to grow and learn more after recently graduating with a Master's degree in Cybersecurity Intelligence from The University of South Florida.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Cyber Engineer II
Collins Aerospace
6 2021 - Current
- Lead efforts in on-prem monthly patch management utilizing MECM and YUM
- Gather and deploy patches to test systems. Tested system functionality prior to production deployment
- Windows and Linux administration
- Trellix Administration deploying Anti-Virus Policies
- Tenable Administration for vulnerability and compliance scanning
- VMWare Administration creating and managing Virtual Machines.
- Document and maintained software baseline to include up to date version
- STIG Hardening
- Operating System Image Creation with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT)
- Created and maintained software inventory spreadsheets for all software on network. Tracks latest versions and EOS and EOL dates
Security Intern
TraceLink
02.2021 - 06.2021
- Critical member of vulnerability management team
- Used Crowdstrike as an EDR to investigate and respond to detections using host information, file paths, and command prompts.
- Created and implemented Windows firewall rules and applied them to the environment via Crowdstrike
- Used Palo Alto firewall to monitor unauthorized and suspicious traffic
- Used Palo Alto firewall to check host information profiles to make sure all users are on the VPN and see what users are missing critical security applications
- Used Tenable.IO to identify, log and help mitigate vulnerabilities across all enterprise environments.
- Researched and implemented a new company wide USB device policy
- Created my own phishing attack email test to send to users
- Responsible for reporting on vulnerabilities to senior security team manager and C-suite on a regular basis.
- Assist in maintaining up-to-date baselines and operational configurations for secure operations
- Assist with issue mitigation or escalation
- Develop reports to document activities and results
- Communicate with end users to resolve security issues
IT Intern
TraceLink
05.2020 - 08.2020
- Interaction with end users to troubleshoot IT issues
- Resolve tickets from end users on ServiceNow
- Remote-accessed onto end users machines to troubleshoot IT issues with Rescue Assist
- Build and deploy Windows and Mac laptops for end users
- Managed Windows and Mac OS from an Enterprise level
- Securely erased laptops using US DoD protocols to repurpose for new employees
- Responsible for Active Directory object auditing
- Manage and update equipment inventory
- Access control system changes (badge issuance, changes)
- Create and update process, procedure, and technical documentation
- Used Vulnerability scans from Tenable to upload critical and high vulnerabilities to ServiceNow
Education
Master of Science - Cybersecurity Intelligence & Information Security
The University of South Florida
Tampa, FL 05.2022 - 05.2023
Bachelor of Science - Cybersecurity
The University of Tampa
Tampa, FL 08.2017 - 05.2021
Skills
Vulnerability Scanning
MECM
Antivirus
STIGs
GPOs
Active Directory
VMWare
Linux
Powershell
Certifications
CompTIA Security+
CompTIA Network+
Clearances
Active TS/SCI Clearance
Timeline
Master of Science - Cybersecurity Intelligence & Information Security
The University of South Florida
05.2022 - 05.2023
Security Intern
TraceLink
02.2021 - 06.2021
IT Intern
TraceLink
05.2020 - 08.2020
Bachelor of Science - Cybersecurity
The University of Tampa
08.2017 - 05.2021
Cyber Engineer II
Collins Aerospace
6 2021 - Current