Matthew Fletcher
Taylors,SC
Summary
Over 30+ years of experience in the IT industry, having strong skills as a cybersecurity Specialist with proficiency in online security research, planning, execution, and maintenance. Skilled at training internal users on security procedures and preventive measures. Computer and IT Security Manager with strengths in team building and driving positive results. A motivating leader with a dedication to building high-performance organizations focused on risk management and mitigation. Subject Matter Expert in IT Security. Trusted Network Security Engineer with 20 years of protecting companies against bad actors who disrupt business operations. Serves as a primary safeguard against external threats. Educates colleagues on best practices and network safety protocols. Protects networked assets through both preventive and reactionary measures. Proactive Security Engineer adept at predicting and disrupting intrusion attempts. Pioneers novel network security measures to combat emerging threats. Maintains a proven track record of utilizing both education and technological solutions to fortify companies against malicious exploitation and data breaches.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior IT Security Engineer
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System
05.2019 - Current
- System security for over 10,000 devices
- Network security for seven different locations
- Auditing and compliance for over 12,000 users
- Tenable analyst
- Project Manager for ForeScout NAC
- Created frameworks by designing and developing technical solutions.
- Improved incident response capabilities with the development and implementation of a comprehensive Incident Response Plan.
- Manage upgrade of implementation of LogRhythm.
- Applied Center for Internet Security (CIS) benchmarks to verify the performance of ongoing security measures.
- Spearheaded thecreation of disaster recovery plans to ensure business continuity in case of critical incidents or breaches.
- Implemented multi-factor authentication methods to enhance user account protection from unauthorized access attempts significantly.
- Strengthened IT security infrastructure by implementing advanced threat detection and prevention measures.
- Selected appropriate intrusion detection system solutions for implementation at facilities.
- Developed and maintained company-wide endpoint security solutions.
- IR Team lead developed IR procedures and playbooks
- Discovered and documented security gaps found through data analytics and sanctioned penetration testing
- Ran and participated in tabletop exercises focused on various threats and response initiatives
- Increased awareness of cyber security threats to inform action with stakeholders
- Remediated and recovered from threats as needed.
- Performed forensic analysis on compromised systems to identify root causes and prevent future occurrences effectively.
255S Warrant Officer
South Carolina National Guard
06.2017 - Current
- A Founding member of theSouth Carolina National Guard CND team and Cyber battalion.
- Participate in Red Team/ Blue Team exercises, developing team tool sets and skills.
- Participated in security conferences, such as BSides, NetFlow, SANS Security West
- Attended SANS training for GCIH, Zeke Network Security monitor training,
- Participated in U.S Cyber Command’s exercise, Cyber Guard 2013, 2014, 2017, and 2019
- Through two deployments, one of them to Afghanistan, was the technical lead for the Cyber Warfare Team, working with NSA and Army Cyber.
- Currently in the South Carolina Army National Guard Cyber battalion as the technical lead and team mentor
Senior Systems Engineer
General Dynamics Information Technology
09.2015 - 05.2019
- Systems engineer during RMF (Risk Management Framework) certification of South Carolina SIPRS (Secret Internet Protocol Router Network), bringing network into DOD compliance
- Project manager for South Carolina National Guard network remediating inventory, help desk procedures, documentation, and user images
- Site System Administrator for multiple networks, +400 users.
- Lead technician for ISO 27001 audit
- Lead technician for RMF
Senior Project and Enterprise Technical Lead
South Carolina National Guard
02.2007 - 01.2017
- Lead a team of 8 soldiers and contractors in a 40-million-dollar project, to create a VMWare environment to virtualize over 150 Windows and Linux servers, and replicate them to an alternative site using SRM, while maintaining 100% uptime in a hostile environment
- Lead JNCC-A Enterprise Information Systems technician in all matters related to voice, video, and data networks and services, field signal operations, automation management, network management, and information security
- Recommended signal support priorities for force information operations
- Manages all signal support interfaces with joint and multinational forces, including host nation interfaces
- HBSS Project Manager for JNCC-A NetOps/Enterprise group.
- Upgrades systems and hardware for ADA brigade, implementing virtualization and physical and IT security
Systems Security Analyst
BLACKHAWK EMG
08.2015 - 09.2015
- Data Center security audit
- Disaster Recovery and Continuity planning
- Installation and monitoring of SolarWinds SIEM.
- Educated employees on cybersecurity awareness through training sessions, significantly reducing instances of human error-related breaches.
- Evaluated third-party vendors'' security posture during contract negotiations, ensuring adherence to organizational requirements and minimizing risk exposure.
IT Manager
The Gordian Group
03.2014 - 05.2015
- Created and supported a 60+ server production environment for a .net based, MS SQL server backed, SaaS application, 100k sessions a month, with 99.995% uptime
- Managed a team of 12 IT professionals in two states
- Lead the team combine IT the resources of two disparate companies into one seamless enterprise
- Manage a DevOps team for a three-tiered .Net environment that served hundreds of customers
- Ran four datacenters, total 150+ servers, VMWare, Hyper-V, Rackspace Managed Cloud service
- Worked with DBAs to create an MS SQL Cluster synchronous/asynchronous environment using MS Always On
- Created and transferred this network from Greenville SC to Dell’s cloud offering in Austin TX, to Scalematrix in San Diego CA, to Rackspace’s datacenter, Chicago Illinois
- Created a mirror Disaster Recovery site in Immedion datacenter in Greenville, SC, and Rackspace datacenter in Virginia
- No downtime during any of the moves
- Designed continuity plan for HQ and remote sites
- Architect Azure and Office 365 deployment
- Implementation of SPLUNK SIEM
- Created, implemented and continuously tested, Disaster Recovery Plans for all environments
- Implemented incident response plan phase one, to verify incident occurred and restore business continuity
- Responsible for data and system backups, using Backup Exec, VEEAM, and VMWare
- Technical lead for systems and networks during a corporate acquisition
- Lead the integration of financial systems
- Added their .Net applications into Rackspace environment
- Seamlessly took their corporate headquarters, server, mail, VOIP, internet access, desktop computers, and separated it from their previous WAN, and added it over one weekend, with no downtime
- Moved external sales team from a small office in Norcross to Duluth, maintained their access to key systems, no loss in productivity
- Managed the TSA for all technical agreements, i.e., licensing, account transfers for circuits, vendor agreements, ensure PCI compliance
- Upgraded Exchange 2007 to 2013, added Lync 2013 to expand users’ communications choices
- Moved from Mauldin SC, to the Greenville HQ, responsible for server room, WAN equipment upgrade with ASA 5500-X, ISP expansion, VPN Connection between all datacenters and remote offices
- Created a Information Assurance program for risk management, featuring ST&E and CERT/CSIRT
- Implemented Cisco IPS solution with Kiwi Syslog server
- FedRAMP compliance project manager, to certify the company applications for Federal customers
- Rolled out Helpdesk software, Zendesk, to support our customers use of our applications
- Experienced in Network Security audits and compliance, DIACAP, ISO, PCI standards, Fed RAMP.
Network Architect
The Gordian Group
03.2012 - 03.2014
- Lead technician for ISO 27001 audit
- Implemented IronPort Antispam, Antivirus solution
- Converted virtual environment form Hyper-V to VMware 5.0
- P2V and V2V migrations between mainly VMware and Hyper-V platforms
- Identifying and automating like tasks across multiple customers to decrease time spent on maintenance via PowerShell
- Used PowerShell to automated administrator jobs for backup, building VMs
- Upgraded company phone system from digital, to an Iwatsu VOIP solution
- Lead the project that converted Iwatsu to Cisco VOIP solution.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in economics -
Clemson University
Clemson, SCSkills
- Security Planning
- Resource Allocation
- Information Governance
- Wireless Security
- Data Loss Prevention
- Intrusion Detection
- Security policy development
- Symantec Endpoint Protection
- Network Security
- Incident Response
- Endpoint Security
- Qualys Cloud Platform
- Security Needs Assessment
- Risk Assessment
- Vulnerability Assessment
- Procedure Documentation
- Security Awareness Training
- FedRAMP compliance
- Identity and Access Management
Certification
- CISSP
- Security+
- ITIL Practitioner
- MCSE
- SANS Certification’s: GCFA, GCWN, GCIH, GPEN, GSNA, GCIA, GIAC
Clearance
TS/SCI
Timeline
Senior IT Security Engineer
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System
05.2019 - Current
255S Warrant Officer
South Carolina National Guard
06.2017 - Current
Senior Systems Engineer
General Dynamics Information Technology
09.2015 - 05.2019
Systems Security Analyst
BLACKHAWK EMG
08.2015 - 09.2015
IT Manager
The Gordian Group
03.2014 - 05.2015
Network Architect
The Gordian Group
03.2012 - 03.2014
Senior Project and Enterprise Technical Lead
South Carolina National Guard
02.2007 - 01.2017
Bachelor’s degree in economics -
Clemson University
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