Tobias Kienle
Huntersville,NC
Summary
Experienced, adaptable and creative cybersecurity professional providing expertise as a security operations manager, strategist, and consultant in heterogeneous government and commercial environments, working within NIST, SOX and PCI DSS frameworks. Diverse business skill set and possession of excellent written and verbal communication skills. Trusted business partner adept at understanding line of business requirements, their holistic security implications, and helping to shift security to the left in product implementations. Collaborator across business, technology and security realms working to provide continual, frictionless improvements to organizational security.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Director, Security Operations Center
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
10.2020 - 09.2024
- Responsible for three managers and one Principal Analyst, US/India
- Lead transformation into a full information security fusion center
- Collaborator across InfoSec, IT, Legal, HR, Public Affairs, Corporate Communications, Social Media, Physical Security and Business Units
- Support senior leadership in budget, procurement and technical strategy planning. Set priorities and established objectives for team
Security Operations Center Manager
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
08.2015 - 10.2020
- Established and grew a three-tier SOC, US and India
- Built internal network of partnerships
- Incident Monitoring and Response; Cyber Threat Intelligence, Threat Hunting, Insider Risk and Investigations; Cloud Security, and SOC Engineering and Process Improvement
Security Operations Branch Chief
Department of the Treasury, United States Mint
02.2012 - 08.2015
- Manager of a staff of federal and contract employees responsible for all security operations, to include leading the incident response and security engineering functions
- Acting Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), March-June 2013.
- SCADA/ICS/BAS security
- Federal procurement and contract management
- Top Secret security clearance
Data Networks Branch Chief
Department of the Treasury, United States Mint
09.2011 - 02.2012
- Managed federal and contract employees responsible for all network and security infrastructures
- Worked with Information Security Division on overhaul of incident response procedures, network security capabilities, and ICS/SCADA/BAS security
Director of Infrastructure Support Division/CTO
Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General
03.2010 - 09.2011
- Managed federal and contract employees in two branches responsible for all OIG network, security, messaging, storage and directory services infrastructures, as well as a major initiative to establish data warehousing, data mining and advanced analytics
- Business partner across all OIG units (Investigations, Audit, Counsel, Evaluations and Administration)
Infrastructure Services Branch Chief
Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General
10.2005 - 03.2010
- Managed federal and contract employees responsible for all OIG network and security infrastructures, including support for OI criminal investigations
- Served two extended periods as acting Division Director
- Business partner across all OIG units (Investigations, Audit, Counsel, Evaluations and Administration)
IT Specialist
Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General
01.2002 - 10.2005
- Systems engineering,administration, documentation, DMZ/DNS/FW
- Assist computer crimes unit and monitor for security threats
Network Systems Engineer
TRW, Contract for DHHS
06.2000 - 01.2002
- Team leader providing consulting and systems engineering support
Network Systems Engineer
SystemOne-IBM Global Services, Contract for Qualex
07.1998 - 06.2000
- Network management, maintenance and administration.
Technical Support Technician/Specialist
TRW-BDM International, USPS NISSC Contract
06.1997 - 07.1998
- Help desk, systems and network engineering support for proprietary USPS applications. US Secret security clearance.
CADD operator
International Paper Company
02.1993 - 06.1997
- Work included 2 and 3 dimensional mechanical and electrical drawings; maintaining, upgrading and configuring office computers; and assisting engineers in design work.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Commercial Art
Appalachian State University (The University of North Carolina)
Skills
- Team Management
- Organizational Development
- Project Coordination
- Business Security Consulting
- Creativity and Innovation
- Strategies and goals
Certification
CompTIA Cloud+/CCAP/CSCP, 2021
CISM, 2020
CompTIA CySA+/CSAP, 2018
Network+ CE, 2012
CEH/CNDA, 2012
Security+ CE, 2011
Project+, 2008
CNE 5, 2000
OTHER
Former U.S. Top Secret clearance holder and finalist for the U.S. National Security Agency Frank B. Rowlett Award for Individual Excellence.
References
Available upon request.
Timeline
Director, Security Operations Center
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
10.2020 - 09.2024
Security Operations Center Manager
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
08.2015 - 10.2020
Security Operations Branch Chief
Department of the Treasury, United States Mint
02.2012 - 08.2015
Data Networks Branch Chief
Department of the Treasury, United States Mint
09.2011 - 02.2012
Director of Infrastructure Support Division/CTO
Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General
03.2010 - 09.2011
Infrastructure Services Branch Chief
Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General
10.2005 - 03.2010
IT Specialist
Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General
01.2002 - 10.2005
Network Systems Engineer
TRW, Contract for DHHS
06.2000 - 01.2002
Network Systems Engineer
SystemOne-IBM Global Services, Contract for Qualex
07.1998 - 06.2000
Technical Support Technician/Specialist
TRW-BDM International, USPS NISSC Contract
06.1997 - 07.1998
CADD operator
International Paper Company
02.1993 - 06.1997
Bachelor of Science - Commercial Art
Appalachian State University (The University of North Carolina)