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Alexander Corby
Security Architect at the California Department of Civil Rights
Sacramento, CA, United States
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Experience:
As an Information Security Architect, my job duties include :
- Planning, designing and implementing secure network architecture
- Secure On-Prem & Cloud network environments
- Security event analysis, triage and remediation
- Working with IT groups & management to implement secure tools & practices
- Conduct product research and analysis
- Ensure security posture via a variety of toolsets including : vulnerability management, secure implementation and design of IT architecture, and implementation of secure policies
- Training and informing IT staff of secure practices and implementing those practices to operations workload
2023 : Present
California Civil Rights Department
Information Security Architect
As a SOC Lead, my duties include :
- Provide Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 response and investigation to network/endpoint/cloud threats.
- Lead projects and staff for implementing new processes, procedures, or technology within the SOC.
- Lead SOC in Incident Response actions and mitigations.
- Act in a System Admin role for tools related to information/cyber security.
- Research complex IT security-related exploits, vulnerabilities & functions to provide recommendations/guidance to security management and the to the Agency at large.
- Lead and work with team members to ensure tasks/projects are completed successfully and sufficiently.
- Lead SOC team members in Tabletop exercises to simulate IR responses.
- Create and review custom log searches to implement new alerts for network/endpoint monitoring
- Work with vendors to implement security controls and best practices within the environment.
- Respond and mitigate zero-day exploits that impact the Agency.
2020 : 2023
California Franchise Tax Board
SOC Lead
As a SOC Analyst, I performed the following duties :
- Tier 1 & Tier 2 investigations and response to network, endpoint, and cloud-based threats/incidents.
- Research and report on complex security related topics to provide recommendations to management & other teams.
- Conducted Threat Hunts using the MITRE Attack Framework
- Actively used and maintained and variety of security related tools.
- Actively monitored and responded to network/endpoint alerts using different data sources.
- Created custom searches, alerts, and files to aid the Agency in protecting network assets
- Worked with the various IT groups within the Agency to strengthen FTB's security posture.
- Trained new/existing SOC team members on processes, procedures, & tools.
2019 : 2020
California Franchise Tax Board
SOC Analyst
As a Desktop Support Specialist, my duties included :
- Provide Tier 2 technical support for DHCS staff.
- Troubleshoot hardware and software on end user devices (PCs, laptops, tablets, phones).
- Create, change, and manage user/groups within Active Directory
- Image and configure endpoints to be deployed to users.
- Work with other IT units (Network, Server, Security) to identify, troubleshoot and implement fixes for technical issues.
- Work in tandem with managers and project managers to implement changes to the productions environment.
- Research and implement fixes for complex endpoint issues.
- Fulfill requests from other IT units to gather information for troubleshooting purposes.
2016 : 2019
California Department of Health Care Services
Desktop Support Specialist
- Planning, designing and implementing secure network architecture
- Secure On-Prem & Cloud network environments
- Security event analysis, triage and remediation
- Working with IT groups & management to implement secure tools & practices
- Conduct product research and analysis
- Ensure security posture via a variety of toolsets including : vulnerability management, secure implementation and design of IT architecture, and implementation of secure policies
- Training and informing IT staff of secure practices and implementing those practices to operations workload
2023 : Present
California Civil Rights Department
Information Security Architect
As a SOC Lead, my duties include :
- Provide Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 response and investigation to network/endpoint/cloud threats.
- Lead projects and staff for implementing new processes, procedures, or technology within the SOC.
- Lead SOC in Incident Response actions and mitigations.
- Act in a System Admin role for tools related to information/cyber security.
- Research complex IT security-related exploits, vulnerabilities & functions to provide recommendations/guidance to security management and the to the Agency at large.
- Lead and work with team members to ensure tasks/projects are completed successfully and sufficiently.
- Lead SOC team members in Tabletop exercises to simulate IR responses.
- Create and review custom log searches to implement new alerts for network/endpoint monitoring
- Work with vendors to implement security controls and best practices within the environment.
- Respond and mitigate zero-day exploits that impact the Agency.
2020 : 2023
California Franchise Tax Board
SOC Lead
As a SOC Analyst, I performed the following duties :
- Tier 1 & Tier 2 investigations and response to network, endpoint, and cloud-based threats/incidents.
- Research and report on complex security related topics to provide recommendations to management & other teams.
- Conducted Threat Hunts using the MITRE Attack Framework
- Actively used and maintained and variety of security related tools.
- Actively monitored and responded to network/endpoint alerts using different data sources.
- Created custom searches, alerts, and files to aid the Agency in protecting network assets
- Worked with the various IT groups within the Agency to strengthen FTB's security posture.
- Trained new/existing SOC team members on processes, procedures, & tools.
2019 : 2020
California Franchise Tax Board
SOC Analyst
As a Desktop Support Specialist, my duties included :
- Provide Tier 2 technical support for DHCS staff.
- Troubleshoot hardware and software on end user devices (PCs, laptops, tablets, phones).
- Create, change, and manage user/groups within Active Directory
- Image and configure endpoints to be deployed to users.
- Work with other IT units (Network, Server, Security) to identify, troubleshoot and implement fixes for technical issues.
- Work in tandem with managers and project managers to implement changes to the productions environment.
- Research and implement fixes for complex endpoint issues.
- Fulfill requests from other IT units to gather information for troubleshooting purposes.
2016 : 2019
California Department of Health Care Services
Desktop Support Specialist
Company:
California Civil Rights Department