Hi, I’m
Marcus Griffin
Baltimore,MD
Summary
Information Security Specialist with passion for aligning security architecture plans and processes with security standards and business goals. Extensive experience developing and testing security framework for cloud-based software. Versed in robust network defense strategies.
Overview
9
years of professional experience
1
Certification
Work History
University Of Maryland Medical System
SIEM Analyst
01.2019 - Current
Job overview
- Set alert case development for monitoring and troubleshooting data
- Provide debugging and monitoring capabilities
- Develop, evaluate, and document, specific metrics for management purpose
- Upgrade Splunk apps required by Splunk ES upgrades
- Configure notable event actions, action menus and Adaptive Responses Data onboarding and data ingestion
- Running searches in spl
- Setting up user authentication and Authorization
- Create custom dashboards to provide visual representation of data to monitor trends, identify patterns, and analyze data
- Data onboarding and data ingestion
- Configure data from log files, network devices, APIs, and data bases
- Correlation searches to monitor multiple data sources and detect patterns and trends that may be indicative of security threat, performance issue, and other event issues
- Wrote scripts with python sdk
- Check system health of splunk deployment to see if any components are not functioning correctly
- Reviewed logs to see if any errors or warning messages are being generated
- Used SOAR to automate and streamline manual security tasks respond to threats quickly and improve incident response times
- Installed and configured splunk universal forwarder on red hat server
- Used AWS config service for aws resources and configurations, as well as real time monitoring and compliance checks
- Installed Linux distribution on virtual machine and configured splunk to collect and analyze data
- Recommend improvements in security systems and procedures.
Vector Talent Resources
IT Security Specialist
04.2015 - 01.2019
Job overview
- Monitored computer virus reports to determine when to update virus protection systems.
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
- Performed duties in accordance with applicable standards, policies and regulatory guidelines to promote safe working environment.
- Researched and developed new computer forensic tools.
- Engineered, maintained and repaired security systems and programmable logic controls.
- Developed plans to safeguard computer files against modification, destruction or disclosure.
- Encrypted data and erected firewalls to protect confidential information.
- Performed risk analyses to identify appropriate security countermeasures.
- Reviewed violations of computer security procedures and developed mitigation plans.
Summit Human Capital, LLC
Tier 2 Technical Support Specialist
12.2013 - 04.2015
Job overview
- Shepherded customers through ongoing or multifaceted technical struggles to research long-term solutions.
- Analyzed code to assist support team in finding solutions and workarounds to problems.
- Developed proactive tools to assist customers and internal support organization.
- Received inbound phone calls transferred from Tier 1 specialists to research and resolve advanced technical issues.
- Assessed technical complexity of tickets to escalate to Tier 3 team.
- Performed technical troubleshooting and diagnosis, software installation and information gathering to keep infrastructure operational.
Education
Graceland UniversityLamoni, IA
Skills
- Symantec Endpoint Protection
- python (Programming)
- Preventative Maintenance
- Websense Data Loss Prevention
- Linux Server
- Risk Mitigation
- Confidential Data Protection
- Security Maintenance
- Risk Management Framework
- Encryption
- Documentation
- Splunk SIEM
Certification
Splunk enterprise security administrator
Splunk user
Splunk power user
Comptia a+
Timeline
SIEM Analyst
University Of Maryland Medical System
01.2019 - Current
IT Security Specialist
Vector Talent Resources
04.2015 - 01.2019
Tier 2 Technical Support Specialist
Summit Human Capital, LLC
12.2013 - 04.2015
Graceland University
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