Arina Powell
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General Studies
Georgia Military College-Atlanta Campus
2007 : 2009
SANS Technology Institute
• Provided career mentoring to senior security operations analysts and worked with the security operations team in industry threat-emulation events.
• Provided oversight and management of the endpoint security standard, and the cloud information security guidelines.
2020 : Present
Synovus
Senior Information Security Engineer
• Performed duties as a Senior Information Security Engineer responsible for Endpoint Security. I managed the deployment, configuration, and management of an Endpoint Detect and Respond (EDR) suite across 50k global endpoints, revitalized a stagnant Cloud Access Security Broker platform to provide Data Loss Protection for critical business documents and PII, and managed a File Integrity Monitoring solution in support of PCI requirements.
• Provided mentoring to junior engineers and hosted lunch-and-learns for function-adjacent teams to add context to the capabilities of the platforms that I managed.
• Assisted with streamlining Security Operations processes and procedures and integrating endpoint security suites with monitoring and event aggregation systems.
2018 : 2020
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG®)
Senior Information Security Engineer - Endpoint Security
• Performed duties as a 35Q, Cryptologic Cyberspace Intelligence Collector performing cryptological analysis to identify targets and operational patterns against adversarial threats. I maintained, upgraded, and monitored threat monitoring systems to ensure system integrity, mentored fellow soldiers, and lead a team of security operations analysts in identifying known and unknown threats. I contributed to the forming doctrine of offensive cyberspace operations.
• Performed duties as a 17C, Offensive Cyber Operations NCO, and performed duties related to targeting and disrupting enemy network systems.
2016 : 2019
Army National Guard
17C Cyber Operations NCO
• Performed duties as a 25B, Information Systems Specialist in support of a Battlefield Surveillance Brigade including network design, engineering, implementation, and maintenance, hardware and software asset management, workstation, server, and network device configuration and maintenance, system and user administration, storage management, database management, and systems integration with a variety of operations-critical support systems.
2008 : 2016
Army National Guard
25B Information Specialist
• Under the Cyber Threat Information Sharing Branch, I vetted government reports and enriched Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) with corroborating information across multiple reports, evolved threat data based on attributable factors, worked with industry and federal government partners to ensure the timely distribution of threat information, and managed and consolidated a database of IOCs to establish trend analysis.
• Under the Cyber Threat and Risk Analysis Branch, I provided data and risk analysis on cyber threat trends on ransomware, performed threat research to develop risk assessment priorities, and generated risk assessments following the NIST SP 800-30 guidelines for U.S. Critical Information Networks.
• Under the Technical Analysis Branch, I generated, validated, and implemented threat signatures for the EINSTEIN 2 monitoring and defense solution for the Federal Government, provided subject matter expertise in support of federal cloud application efforts, and assisted with workforce development via the mapping of current roles with the NIST NICE Framework for Cybersecurity. Additionally, I interfaced with nation-wide organizations to advise on securing election infrastructure for the 2018 mid-term elections.
2016 : 2018
DHS, NCCIC
Cyber Defense Analyst
Skills
Information Security Management, Network Security, Security Engineering, Security Operations, Troubleshooting, Windows Server, Active Directory, Servers, Microsoft Exchange, Networking, Help Desk Support, System Administration, Security Clearance, Data Center, sharepoint, Information Assurance, Network Administration, Cisco Call Manager, Computer Security, microsoft office, VMware, Integration, Virtualization, Network Engineering, Firewalls, Software Installation, Computer Hardware, Military Training, routers, Network Architecture, Computer Maintenance, Server Administration, service desk, Subnetting, Virtual Server, Disaster Recovery, Computer Repair, CompTIA A+ Essentials, Telecommunication Services, Microsoft Technologies, technical support, kibana, Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server, SharePoint Designer, CPOF, Remedy Ticketing System, Remedy AR System, Cisco UCS, Knowledge Management, Operating Systems, Cisco Routers, Telecommunication, Information Security, Infrastructure
About
I am a cybersecurity professional with extensive experience in implementing, configuring, and managing security platforms, performing incident response, and proactively identifying and managing information risk and resiliency. I have been working in the information technology and cybersecurity space for 15 years and have worked in small and large organizations at the tactical and strategic levels.