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Levon Wilson

Roslindale

Summary

Experienced Information System Security Officer with over 5 years of experience in Cybersecurity. Excellent reputation for resolving problems and improving customer satisfaction. Detail-oriented as a Information Security Officer that develops testing protocols to assess network vulnerabilities. Performs required tests and reports on findings to safeguard company assets and reduce risk.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Civil Affairs Specialist/Trainer-Mentor

US Army Reserves | Joint Readiness Training Command
08.2007 - Current
  • Conduct risk and vulnerability assessments of US Government infrastructures and assets on US Military/Operations
  • Receive and present daily informational briefs of various cyber and national threats that pose danger to US interests abroad
  • Prevented threats by correlating and analyzing data and various threat patterns
  • Maintain and perform network system design of virtual networks of WANS/LANS
  • Conducted vulnerability scans of perimeter and boundary defenses using various firewall applications such as Pfsense
  • Conducted various audits and penetration testing of network infrastructures of wired and wireless network security
  • Knowledgeable in various NIST and Information Security manuals
  • Conducted vulnerability analysis and research of various SIEM applications such as Splunk and security onion
  • Maintained and configured various critical infrastructure defense of intrusion detection applications
  • Prepared daily reports of daily firewall and network analysis of packet traffic
  • Encrypted data and erected firewalls to protect confidential information
  • Applied leading theories and concepts to development, maintenance, and implementation of information security standards, procedures, and guidelines.

Information Systems Security Officer/Cyber Intelligence Analyst

Raytheon Technology Missile and Defense
10.2021 - 04.2023
  • Developed comprehensive security policies, procedures, and training materials to strengthen organizational security posture.
  • Assisted a project manager on converting and unclassified system to classified system as well as its hardware inventory which reduced security footprint to 30%.
  • Conducted security audits to identify vulnerabilities with tools such Nessus.
  • Reduced risk of cyber attacks by conducting regular vulnerability assessments and penetration testing using Nmap and Metasploit.
  • Enhanced network security by implementing advanced threat detection and prevention systems with SIEM applications such as Splunk and Elastic Security Onion.
  • Recommend improvements in security systems and procedures of governance and compliance with documentation that improved security posture by 30%.
  • Simulated attack scenarios using threat actors' tactics and techniques password spraying on Active Directory.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Networks and Cybersecurity

University Of Maryland - College Park
College Park, MD
05.2020

Skills

  • Information gathering and analysis
  • Verbal and written communication
  • Self-Motivated
  • Analytical and Critical Thinking
  • Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Advanced Problem Solving
  • Technical Support
  • Strategic planning

Certification

CompTIA - Security + Certification, 08/20/2021

Additional Information

Maintain DOD Security Clearance: Top Secret, Adjudication August 2022, Active Directory Home Lab, Created a home lab to practice Active Directory attacks such as LLMNR poisoning, SMB relay, and man-in-the-middle attacks utilizing IPv6., Home lab consists of one domain controller., Practice password internal spraying Linux/Windows, credential enumeration, Kerberoasting,, Practice in home lab on enumerating domain information gathering, windows privilege escalation UAC and Kernel escalation., Practice on home lab password cracking tools such as John the Ripper and Hashcat., Practice on home lab Linux privilege escalation., Used various tools such as: NMAP, Nikto, Gobuster, Metasploit, and other OSINT tools methodology for capture the flag labs., Practice MITRE framework Tactics, Techniques of Procedures (TTPs) of various threat actors., Practice home lab social engineering TTPs., Experience with various SIEMs such as Splunk, Snort and Security Onion.

Timeline

Information Systems Security Officer/Cyber Intelligence Analyst

Raytheon Technology Missile and Defense
10.2021 - 04.2023

Civil Affairs Specialist/Trainer-Mentor

US Army Reserves | Joint Readiness Training Command
08.2007 - Current

Bachelor of Science - Computer Networks and Cybersecurity

University Of Maryland - College Park
CompTIA - Security + Certification, 08/20/2021
Levon Wilson