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Reginald Torres
Cyber Security Engineer, Sr. Manager Of IT
Kennesaw,GA
Summary
Passionate and Reliable IT professional with over 16 years of Network and Systems administration in the IT industry; with a heavy focus on Cyber Security and Network Security. Organized, resourceful, and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple unique projects, under pressure, with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Enthusiastic for maintaining a hands on all systems, as well as an acting liaison between clients, consumers, departments, and executives alike.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages
Work History
Cyber Security Engineer | Senior Manager of IT
Immediate Credit Recovery Inc
Poughkeepsie, NY
01.2007 - Current
- Responsible for managing servers and network infrastructure
- Coordinated and executed frequently scheduled Security scans of systems, applications, and network configurations, leveraging variety of tools for Vulnerability Scanning, Penetration Testing
- Responsible for resolving and/or mitigating Security findings in conducted scans in a predetermined window of resolution based on risk severity
- Developed, deployed and maintained Compliance configurations and documentation maintain compliance with FISMA/NIST/DoD (FEDRamp), PCIDSS, HIPAA, and SOC2
- Managed Security appliances and Audited logs from LogRhythm SIEM, Netwrix Auditor, Firewalls, and AtRisk (Gradient Cyber) Gateway Security appliance
- Responsible for design and implementation of TFA using RSA SecurID Tokens and PIV-I cards; established as a Trusted Agent to Initiate, Register, Print, and Activate PIV-I credentials
- Maintained configuration and patch management of all Windows/Linux servers, to include respective applications on each (e.g. MySQL/MariaDB, Apache, MSSQL, IIS, etc.)
- Worked directly with Clients and 3rd Party Compliance Auditors to establish and review required security configurations and systems integration.
- Operated as nexus between departments, vendors, clients, and customers
- Responsible for designing, developing, deploying, and managing virtual & network infrastructure between 3 corporate offices, branch offices, 11 sub-contractors, and multiple vendors via MPLS/VPN/E-Line technologies
- Lead efforts to design, deploy, and integrate 2 SANs into network infrastructure that connected via iSCSI and Fiber optics to on-premise virtual infrastructure
- Designing, implementing, and maintaining Redundancy and Disaster Recovery schemas via Microsoft File Server DFS technologies, VEEAM replication technologies, VMware HA, and 3rd party DR facilities.
- Worked directly with Government offices to establish baseline set of securities for network integration, application management, end-user desktop experience, SOP/POL documentation
- Managed VDI environment and all corporate Desktops
- Deployed centralized management servers for Firewall, network, Printers and other applicable devices to keep operational and salary overhead low while maintaining efficient use of IT teams time and resources
- Drafted knowledge base articles and diagrams in Policy and SOP to ensure all processes, configurations, and steps to execute for readily available in thorough detail
- Through team collaboration, coordinated projects and assigned members in groups that resulted in achieving target results while simultaneously strengthening team overall
- Participated in continuous improvement by generating suggestions, engaging in problem-solving activities to support teamwork
- Managed team of employees, overseeing hiring, training and professional growth of employees
- Actively listened to customers' requests, confirming full understanding before addressing concerns
Owner | Operater
NetVet Data LLC
KENNESAW, United States
01.2022 - Current
- Performed statistical analyses to gather data for operational and forecast team needs.
- Managed day-to-day business operations.
- Managed large budgets, collaborating with other departments to eliminate redundancies.
- Meet directly with customers to identify projects needs and wants
- Coordinate and broker services
- Managed team of 6 laborers to install 1800k combined feet of Cat6 and Fiber Optic cabling that was to be terminated and certified.
- Built out server room for steel manufacturing plant and consulted with IT leads on site regarding security best practices
Education
Some College (No Degree) - Computer Sciences
Orange County Community College
Middletown, NY 08.2005 - 02.2006
Certificate of Completion - CompTIA A+ & N+
Orange Ulster BOCES
Goshen NY 09.2003 - 06.2005
High School Diploma -
Valley Central High School
Montgomery, NY 09.2001 - 06.2005
Accomplishments
- Resolved product issues through consumer testing.
- Achieved autonomy by introducing VisualCron for repetitive operational tasks within other departments and for IT.
- Collaborated with team of IT, Operations, HR, and Compliance in the rollout of new cloud VOIP telephony system that had to be integrated with 2 CRM, automated tasks, and adhere to several industry security compliance standards.
- Used Lansweeper software to develop an automated inventory tracking with spreadsheets and web reports.
- Achieved FISMA/NIST compliancy through effectively implementing DoD STIG configuration requirements into corporate network helping company to win government contracts under the Department of Education branch of US Government which resulted in company receiving an ATO under the guise of FEDRamp
- Vetting of all software and hardware vendors to ensure they are FEDRamp compliant
- Used LAMP to develop corporate website on the intranet to host central homepage for company which provided job related resources, Security related training material with tests, and
- Rolled out RSA SecurID two-factor authentication to corporate networks, clients, VPNs, Web Outlook, and various web-applications.
- Resolved operational issue with slow file share performance by isolating the root of the problem to be poor MTU configuration coupled with inefficient routing metrics between multi-node MS File Server DFS members
- Addressed SMBv1 vulnerability on behalf of client, whom was unable to self-remedy and had mission critical services that absolutely could not suffer downtime. A complete vulnerability and compliance scan was conducted for this client, post-fix, and all additional findings were addressed to ensure the integration between networks remained secure, as well as, between their own systems.
Skills
Firewall and Switch Management
Network Forensics Auditing
IAM PAM SSO
System and WebApp Security Hardening
Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
AutomationNetwork Access Control
AWS Cloud Infrastructure
Exchange Administration
Patch Management
Vuln/Comp Scanning and Mitigation
Security Cfg Audits
Penetration Test
Project Management
Interests
Assist businesses in establishing stronger security practices with their network and personnel
Desire to be in a leading position, or a key supporting role, that offers strong collaboration with diverse team boasting unique strengths
Timeline
Owner | Operater
NetVet Data LLC
01.2022 - Current
Cyber Security Engineer | Senior Manager of IT
Immediate Credit Recovery Inc
01.2007 - Current
Some College (No Degree) - Computer Sciences
Orange County Community College
08.2005 - 02.2006
Certificate of Completion - CompTIA A+ & N+
Orange Ulster BOCES
09.2003 - 06.2005
High School Diploma -
Valley Central High School
09.2001 - 06.2005