JIMMY FAISON
Kapolei,HI
Summary
Dedicated Cybersecurity Analyst skilled in enforcing cybersecurity compliance and mitigating system vulnerabilities. Successfully managed over 100 incident responses monthly while implementing STIG compliance measures, significantly reducing vulnerability exposure and enhancing security posture for a user base exceeding 200.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
VIP/Executive Communications | USINDOPACOM
AKIMA Systems Engineering
Honolulu, USA
03.2026 - Current
- Administered SIPR token issuance, account activation, and privileged access procedures, ensuring compliance with DoD cybersecurity and accountability requirements.
- Utilized DEPO (Defense Enterprise Provisioning Online) to manage user account provisioning, access requests, and modifications, enhancing identity management across DoD enterprise networks.
- Managed Active Directory user provisioning and Global Address List (GAL) updates, streamlining enterprise directory synchronization through Flank Speed and Global Directory Services (GDS).
- Utilize ServiceNow to track, prioritize, and resolve technical incidents while maintaining SLA compliance and detailed troubleshooting documentation.
Cybersecurity Analyst / IT Specialist (25B)
United States Army
Fort Hood, USA
03.2022 - 03.2026
- Monitored and remediated security vulnerabilities through patch management, configuration updates, and access control enforcement, enhancing overall system security.
- Enforced STIG compliance and system hardening policies across Windows and hybrid cloud systems, reducing vulnerability exposure and ensuring regulatory compliance.
- Investigated and resolved 100+ monthly Tier 2/3 incidents related to authentication failures, account lockouts, and access violations, ensuring quick restoration of secure access.
- Administered Identity & Access Management processes using Active Directory and Microsoft Intune, managing least privilege access for 200+ users.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Cybersecurity
Wayne Community College
Goldsboro, NC01-2027
Skills
- Identity & Access Management (IAM)
- Access Control Policies
- Threat detection
- Vulnerability management
- Risk mitigation
- Compliance Auditing
- Security hardening
- STIG Implementation
- System Hardening
- Log analysis
- Active Directory Security Administration
- Active Directory (AD DS)
- Group Policy (GPO)
- Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
- Firewall & VPN Security (FortiGate)
- FortiGate Firewall Administration
- VPN Configuration
- Email entitlement management
- LAN/WAN architecture
- AWS (EC2, S3, VPC)
- Microsoft Azure
- Microsoft Intune
- DHCP
- DNS
- VLANs
- VMware
- VirtualBox
- ServiceNow
- BMC Remedy
- Zabbix
- PowerShell
- Bash Scripting
- DoD 8140 / 8570 Compliant
Certification
- CompTIA CySA+, 2025
- CompTIA Security+, 2024
- Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), 2024
- CompTIA Security Analyst Professional (CSAP), 2025
- Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals, 2025
Security Clearance
Secret Security Clearance (Adjudicated)
Timeline
VIP/Executive Communications | USINDOPACOM
AKIMA Systems Engineering
03.2026 - Current
Cybersecurity Analyst / IT Specialist (25B)
United States Army
03.2022 - 03.2026
Associate of Applied Science - Cybersecurity
Wayne Community College