IT Security Consultant & Linux Administrator

Candidate is highly skilled IT professional with experience in both IT security and engineering. Their background in IT security covers a wide range of areas, including vulnerability management, threat hunting, and network security monitoring. They have a deep understanding of the Unix/Linux platform, and have experience in defining and implementing security processes such as the patch cycle and vulnerability management.

In addition to IT security, this person also has experience in engineering, including the deployment of SIEM for small business enterprises, defining and maintaining configuration standards, and coordinating automation development efforts. They are proactive in introducing new technologies and processes to improve efficiency, as demonstrated by their introduction of mass deployments using Ansible Tower and the aggregation of IT security events using syslog, ELK, and Security Onion SIEM.

Overall, this person is a leader who is passionate about technology and its potential to serve for the good. They are goal-driven, detail-oriented, and have a strong focus on delivering value from day one. They prefer to lead by coaching and unifying teams towards common goals, rather than micromanaging direct reports. They are always seeking new challenges and opportunities for personal growth.

2021 – NOW | Group Information Security Architect

• Established the enterprise vulnerability management process
• Enhancing the vulnerability discovery capabilities
• Consultancy in Patch and Configuration management best practices
• Hands on tailored vulnerability testings
• IT Security incident response

2020 – 2021 | DevOps Infrastructure Engineer

• Maintaining and enhancing the CI/CD infrastructure
• Owning the Risk & Controls processes for the application
• Point of contact for the application Disaster Recovery aspects
• Application patch management

2018 – 2019 | System Engineer Lead – Unix/Linux Platform

• Defining and maintaining configuration standards for the Linux platform
• Driving and coordinating the automation development efforts
• Defined and established documentation life-cycle process
• Introduced mass deployments using the Ansible Tower

2012 - 2018 | Team Leader - Unix/Linux Platform

• Managing the team of 15 Sr. UNIX/Linux administrators delivering the 24/7 operational support
• Maintaining and developing the expertise of the team in order to meet business demand
• Assessing the team’s performance and driving the Individual Development Plan for each member
• Continuously identifying improvement areas, coaching the team to make the final call
• Ensuring the resource assignments for project involvements
• Design of critical processes, measuring the compliance and emphasizing the alignment
• Developed KPIs and used them measuring the success

2010 – 2012 | Senior System Administrator Unix/Linux

• Administrating UNIX systems (HP-UX, Linux) in 24/7 support model
• Developing processes and work instructions for broader use
• Led the project aiming automatize the most common operational activities, focusing on the access management.