Shawn Sampson
Spokane,WA
Summary
Dynamic and driven cybersecurity professional with 5 years of experience in IT and Cybersecurity Risk Analysis & Data Protection. Actively seeking a new opportunity in governance, risk, and compliance that builds on my years of experience. Bringing a passion for technology and cybersecurity with experience in analytics, cloud computing, application testing, packet sniffing, and fixing software bugs.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Cybersecurity Consultant
TechGiant
01.2021 - Current
- Conduct vendor management of cybersecurity products such as AlertLogic, Safeon, Rapid7, McAfee, CyberArk, and DarkTrace
- Provide technical expertise to help clients design and deploy cybersecurity technologies and practices such as endpoint protection and detection and response activities
- Collaborate with clients to build cybersecurity and IT solutions
- Customize technology solutions to support the IT architecture designs and security requirements for the client
- Conduct risk assessments of TECHGIANT’s and the client’s security posture
- Provide recommendations for improvement based on the risk assessments
- Develop strategies for implementing cyber defense in areas such as cybersecurity budget, compliance plans for NIST and ISO, training employees, disaster recovery, firewalls, and endpoint protection.
IT Specialist
Alibaba Cloud
09.2018 - 07.2019
- Utilized my knowledge and experience in cloud computing and performed Quality Assurance for several platforms including the Aspara Video Live platform fixing numerous errors resulting in an improved customer experience for several software products
- Conducted market research on products such as ECS and DTS and presented my recommendations to the product management team
- Developed a strong understanding of Azure and AWS to apply specific and tactical Azure and AWS knowledge to Alibaba Cloud products such as DataWorks, E-MapReduce, and Quick BI
- Defined product requirements and ensured alignment with reimbursement standards
- Tested Alibaba software products for user experience issues and reported them to the product team
- Trained new team members on technical concepts to meet baseline objectives
- Consulted with the team members on cloud computing concepts resulting in changes to software products
- Wrote and edited hundreds of documents detailing cybersecurity and cloud computing instructions that directed how customers should use the products.
Quality Assurance & Data Analyst
Turner Broadcasting, CNN
07.2016 - 08.2018
- Provided quality assurance for IOS and Android applications finding errors that affect the customer experience and submitting the bugs to the development team
- Fixed bugs in Ben10 games and other Cartoon Network applications
- Worked with SDKs and other development tools, which resulted in improved websites and applications
- Analyzed numerous reports provided by the data acquisition team and provided my recommendations based on the data contained in those reports
- Used the Charles and Wireshark packet sniffers along with other tools to analyze traffic and document errors in the tracking of applications
- Collaborated with the development team to correct issues by improving the performance of the CNN website and applications through traffic analysis and manual testing.
Education
CompTIA Security+-SY0-501 EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)-V11 AWS Cloud Practitioner-CLF-C01 AWS Solutions Architect Associate-SAA-C02 -
Master of Science - Cybersecurity
Excelsior College
Bachelor of Science - Economics
Utah State University
Skills
- CORE SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
- Quality Assurance Frameworks: ISO, COBIT, NIST, PCI DSS, HIPAA, GLB
- Network Security Architecture: Network segmentation, perimeter security solutions, Access Control, VLANs
- IT Risk Analysis: Identification of assets, threats, and vulnerabilities
- Data Protection & Compliance:
- GDPR
- Strategic Planning: Network architecture, security solutions reviews, budget analysis
- Vulnerability Management: Scanning, Wireshark, Intrusion Detection
- Technical reports:
- Writing cybersecurity procedures, baselines, and requirements
- Network Security: TCP/IP, UDP, VPN, Ethernet, IP configuration, OSPF, ARP, ICMP, RSA algorithms, etc
- Project Management: Scope of work, change management, resource planning, administering tasks
Timeline
Cybersecurity Consultant
TechGiant
01.2021 - Current
IT Specialist
Alibaba Cloud
09.2018 - 07.2019
Quality Assurance & Data Analyst
Turner Broadcasting, CNN
07.2016 - 08.2018
CompTIA Security+-SY0-501 EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)-V11 AWS Cloud Practitioner-CLF-C01 AWS Solutions Architect Associate-SAA-C02 -
Master of Science - Cybersecurity
Excelsior College
Bachelor of Science - Economics
Utah State University
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