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Michael Martin

Michael Martin

IT Security Professional
West Palm Beach,FL

Summary

Driven by a passion for enhancing IT security and systems efficiency, I excelled as a Lead Systems Engineer at Intech Investment Management, LLC, where I spearheaded transformative infrastructure projects and significantly improved security postures. My expertise in NIST RMF and my ability to lead teams through complex changes highlight my technical acumen and leadership skills, achieving remarkable operational improvements.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience
2
2

Current Certifications

3
3

Prior Major Certifications

Work History

IT Security and Systems Engineering Consultant/Contractor

Freelancer
West Palm Beach, United States
07.2023 - Current
  • Completed 100% short-term IT security projects, enhancing system resilience and security while transitioning my career to a focus on IT Security and preparing for certifications such as the CISSP certification in 18 months
  • Successfully completed Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) certification in 6 months
  • Assisted clients in improving security posture by at least 25% through assessment, testing, reporting and remediation tracking in 1 week in most cases

Lead Systems Engineer

Intech Investment Management, LLC
West Palm Beach, United States
03.2013 - 06.2023
  • Developed a comprehensive governance framework within 2 years, enhancing system documentation by about 95%, enabling rapid infrastructure redesign and compliance with NIST RMF standards
  • While leading a team of system engineers for over 10 years, guided the company's infrastructure through 3 highly successful transformations starting with an outdated legacy mostly Linux legacy environment to a mostly virtualized Windows environment into a traditional VMware host environment, then migrating to a hyper-converged multi-location fully redundant environment and finally to a hybrid cloud environment
  • This resulted in producing an environment with little to no downtime from one with frequent service interruptions within one year while also reducing staffing needs by 25%
  • In parallel with the above, completed a security monitoring program including implementing Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems, SIEM collection and analysis and Incident Response automation and documentation thereby increasing the company's security posture by nearly 100%
  • Security issues were reduced by over 90%
  • Performed vulnerability analysis and penetration tests utilizing Kali Linux, NESSUS, Wireshark, Nmap, John the Ripper, Metasploit, Burp Suite, OWASP and others reducing both vulnerabilities and IT audit findings by more than 50%
  • Developed, tested, monitored and maintained scripts to automate various operational and security functions including powershell and linux bash development, improving accuracy, efficiency and security of IT and business staff by approximately 15%

LAN Administrator/IT Manager

Fusion Telecommunications
Fort Lauderdale, United States
02.2011 - 03.2013
  • Transformed the telecommunications IT infrastructure by integrating cloud solutions, resulting in improved operational efficiency and reduced downtime in one year
  • Developed, tested, monitored and maintained scripts to automate various operational and security functions improving accuracy, efficiency and security of IT and business staff
  • Performed vulnerability analysis and penetration tests utilizing an assortment of standard tools reducing vulnerabilities by more than 75% in 3 months

Information Technology Audit Manager

GTECH Corporation
Providence, United States
02.2008 - 05.2009
  • Management of IT Audit function for large international gaming company
  • Utilized COBIT, ITIL, and others in order to build risk matrices, audit programs and expected controls depending on client/function being audited and scope of project

Senior Information Technology Auditor

The TJX Companies, Inc.
Framingham, United States
02.2003 - 11.2006
  • IT Auditing for large retail corporation
  • Utilized COBIT, ITIL, and others in order to build risk matrices, audit programs and expected controls depending on department/function being audited and scope of project

Senior Information Technology Auditor

State Street Corporation
Boston, United States
02.2000 - 02.2003
  • IT Auditing for large financial services company
  • Utilized COBIT, RMF, ITIL, and others in order to build risk matrices, audit programs and expected controls depending on department/function being audited and scope of project

Education

Bachelor of Science - Finance

Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton

Skills

  • Azure migration BitTitan
  • Bash scripting
  • Burp Suite
  • Business Continuity Planning
  • Carbon Black
  • Centos
  • CISCO IOS / ASA
  • COBIT
  • Computer system management
  • Crowdstrike Falcon
  • Debian
  • DRP consulting
  • Excel
  • Fault Tree Analysis
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • IaaS
  • IBM SIEM
  • Information security
  • ISO 27000 series
  • ITIL
  • John the Ripper
  • Kali Linux
  • Linux Server / Desktop
  • MacOS
  • Metasploit
  • Microsoft Server / Desktop
  • Microsoft Active Directory
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Microsoft Sentinel
  • NESSUS
  • NIST 800 series
  • NIST Cloud
  • NIST CSF
  • NIST Enterprise
  • NIST RMF
  • NMAP
  • OWASP
  • PaaS
  • Palo Alto
  • Penetration testing
  • Powershell
  • Risk matrices
  • RMF
  • SaaS
  • Snort
  • Sumo Logic
  • Ubuntu
  • VirtualBox
  • Visio
  • VMware and Fusion
  • Vulnerability assessment
  • Windows
  • Wireshark

Certification

  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), ISC2
  • Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), Microsoft
  • Azure Cloud Security Engineer (AZ500), Matriculating
  • Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Matriculating
  • Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), Expired, Cisco
  • Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Expired, ISACA

Accomplishments

  • Supervised team of 5 or more staff members.
  • Managed up to 12 projects / initiatives at a time.
  • Reduced network and server vulnerabilities / security issues by over 90% within 1 year.
  • Transformed systems infrastructure to achieve little to no downtime within 2 years while reducing staffing needs by 25%.
  • Improved security posture by over 100% by the first 6 months.
  • Used scripting and other automation to improve operational efficiency and accuracy by 33%.
  • Saved the company on average $400,00 per year through the above and other accomplishments while also improving error rates and end user satisfaction.

Work Availability

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Timeline

IT Security and Systems Engineering Consultant/Contractor - Freelancer
07.2023 - Current
Lead Systems Engineer - Intech Investment Management, LLC
03.2013 - 06.2023
LAN Administrator/IT Manager - Fusion Telecommunications
02.2011 - 03.2013
Information Technology Audit Manager - GTECH Corporation
02.2008 - 05.2009
Senior Information Technology Auditor - The TJX Companies, Inc.
02.2003 - 11.2006
Senior Information Technology Auditor - State Street Corporation
02.2000 - 02.2003
Florida Atlantic University - Bachelor of Science, Finance

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