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Janine Taylor

Janine Taylor

Security Specialist
Sahuarita,AZ

Summary

Security Specialist with more than 10 years’ experience in security operations, compliance, access control, threat investigation, security audits, procedure development, and risk management. A recent IT graduate, looking to expand industrial security experience into an IT career.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

IT Administrator (volunteer)

Libertas Home
12.2022 - Current

A non-profit organization working to eradicate sex trafficking in the DMV area by providing education, prevention programs, and safe homes for survivors

  • Assist IT Director in daily operations
  • Develop and execute IT policies
  • Remotely manage day-to-day maintenance
  • Respond/resolve tier 1 service tickets
  • Create IT newsletters
  • Develop and maintain organization’s websites
  • Manage user and group permissions.

Head of Household & Child Development

Career Break
03.2014 - 12.2022

Afforded the opportunity to stay at home to focus on raising my newly adult children and completing my own college education

  • Headed a household of five family members
  • Volunteered for numerous middle and high school events and activities
  • Custom-built multiple computers; assembled with components to meet the needs of the user.

Security Specialist

Raytheon Missiles & Defense
06.2002 - 03.2014

World-leading defense integrator with 30K+ employees, specializing in air and missile defense systems, precision weapons, and command/control systems

  • Promoted multiple times over 12 years, from entry-level to lead position
  • Maintained company’s access control system across multiple U.S
  • Facilities
  • Managed collateral and classified clearance access
  • Conducted data integrity reviews and audits to maintain accuracy of the information management system, consistent with NIST, ISO, NISPOM, and JAFAN standards
  • Investigated information system security violations and prepared reports specifying corrective and preventative actions
  • Developed new processes and training for 800+ internal and external customers from six different facilities throughout the country
  • Increased security office efficiency while reducing cost by developing new streamlined processes requiring less headcount
  • Led companywide rebadging project; reprogramming access for more than 15K employees and 5K contractors
  • Developed and updated 30+ policies for the department’s Standard Operating Procedures manual.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology, Cybersecurity

Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ
10.2022

Dean's List 2019, 2020

National Society of Collegiate Scholars Member


Areas of Study:

  • Cybersecurity Foundations
  • Data Integrity
  • Database Structures
  • Ethical Hacking
  • Forensic Investigations
  • Information Technology
  • Relational Databases
  • Risk Management
  • Security Driven Systems
  • Security Frameworks
  • System Administration
  • Wireless Networks


Skills

  • Security Compliance
  • Information Security
  • Cybersecurity
  • Wireshark
  • Windows
  • Microsoft Office

Timeline

IT Administrator (volunteer) - Libertas Home
12.2022 - Current
Head of Household & Child Development - Career Break
03.2014 - 12.2022
Security Specialist - Raytheon Missiles & Defense
06.2002 - 03.2014
Grand Canyon University - Bachelor of Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity
Janine TaylorSecurity Specialist