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Geathan Augustine
Technical Supervisor, Cybersecurity Identity Architecture and Design | CISSP, CISM
Virginia Beach, VA, United States
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Education:
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Information Technology
Old Dominion University
2003 : 2008
Information Technology
Old Dominion University
2003 : 2008
Experience:
● Lead, coach, mentor and empower Identity professionals, specifically Identity Architects/Product Owners and Scrum Masters
● Lead the architecture and design of Identity solutions and how they work holistically with other systems
● Lead the architecture and design of solutions that are highly available and fault tolerant
● Ensure that the product backlog for each scrum is prioritized properly to meet customer demands
● Ensure that User Stories are constructed properly and are well defined
● Lead the development and reporting of proper metrics that measure project progress, as well as metrics that illustrate the efficacy of how Scrum is operating within Identity
● Lead customer-facing and stakeholder engagement efforts for Identity
● An advocate for Agile and Scrum
2021 : Present
GEICO
Technical Supervisor of Cybersecurity Identity Architecture and Design
● Architect, install, configure, maintain, and administer network and endpoint security infrastructure components
● Work with infrastructure teams, application teams and external vendors to implement and ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information systems.
● Triage security incidents by utilizing several techniques like system log analysis, packet analysis and other forensics methodologies in order to identify, contain, eradicate and recover business critical systems.
● Majority of time spent preparing and planning for threats by continuously learning from practitioners about the field of security and sharing knowledge with management to help drive an effective security program.
● Clearly and accurately document the architecture and processes of all the systems I support and maintain
● Analyze and understand business needs and translate those into requirements for security infrastructure systems.
● Lead engineer on the security awareness program
● Created several job aids to educate users on their role in keeping GEICO secure
● Created strategic plan for CTI driven defensive approach using ATT&CK and purple team methodologies to improve the overall security posture of the business
● Ambassador of Agile methodology to effectively to drive change. Collaborate closely with our Lead, Scrum Master and other teams to plan and complete initiatives to improve the security posture of our security controls
2015 : 2021
GEICO
Cyber Master Systems Engineer II Security
● Implementing software configuration management practices by developing, refining, and maintaining configuration processes and procedures.
● Administer the build and release of a product and changes throughout the products lifecycle.
● Automate build, deployment, and configuration management tasks for efficiency and reliability
● Collaborate closely with Infrastructure team, Release Management Team, Software development team and Architects to troubleshoot build and environment issues.
● Configure and maintain multiple environments with PowerShell DSC to automate scalability and prevent configuration drift in the server farms.
2013 : 2015
Liberty Tax Service
Configuration Management Engineer
● Design, implement and enforce frameworks and procedures that improve the efficiency and effectiveness or services through automation using the Microsoft System Center suite.
● Define and develop architectural automation solutions by collaborating with support, architecture and development teams.
● Monitor and develop automated incident response solutions using Microsoft System Center Operation Manager.
● Manage large FTP environment with several external vendors.
● Develop automated file transmission processes using BizTalk, VBScript and PowerShell.
● Collaborate with system architects, developers and engineers on various file transmission protocol solutions including FTP, FTPS, SFTP and HTTP/S.
● Support application deployment release processes on Windows Server environment.
● Provide 24x7 on-call support for application/service support and testing.
● Analyze application performance and apply best practices to improve services.
2008 : 2013
GEICO
Systems Engineer
● Develop and support MS Access SQL relational databases using visual basic for applications.
● Research programmed solutions and help design appropriate technical support documentation for chain supply management.
● Provide administrative and maintenance support for end-user intermodal reporting tools.
2007 : 2008
Norfolk Southern
Co-op/Internship
● Lead the architecture and design of Identity solutions and how they work holistically with other systems
● Lead the architecture and design of solutions that are highly available and fault tolerant
● Ensure that the product backlog for each scrum is prioritized properly to meet customer demands
● Ensure that User Stories are constructed properly and are well defined
● Lead the development and reporting of proper metrics that measure project progress, as well as metrics that illustrate the efficacy of how Scrum is operating within Identity
● Lead customer-facing and stakeholder engagement efforts for Identity
● An advocate for Agile and Scrum
2021 : Present
GEICO
Technical Supervisor of Cybersecurity Identity Architecture and Design
● Architect, install, configure, maintain, and administer network and endpoint security infrastructure components
● Work with infrastructure teams, application teams and external vendors to implement and ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information systems.
● Triage security incidents by utilizing several techniques like system log analysis, packet analysis and other forensics methodologies in order to identify, contain, eradicate and recover business critical systems.
● Majority of time spent preparing and planning for threats by continuously learning from practitioners about the field of security and sharing knowledge with management to help drive an effective security program.
● Clearly and accurately document the architecture and processes of all the systems I support and maintain
● Analyze and understand business needs and translate those into requirements for security infrastructure systems.
● Lead engineer on the security awareness program
● Created several job aids to educate users on their role in keeping GEICO secure
● Created strategic plan for CTI driven defensive approach using ATT&CK and purple team methodologies to improve the overall security posture of the business
● Ambassador of Agile methodology to effectively to drive change. Collaborate closely with our Lead, Scrum Master and other teams to plan and complete initiatives to improve the security posture of our security controls
2015 : 2021
GEICO
Cyber Master Systems Engineer II Security
● Implementing software configuration management practices by developing, refining, and maintaining configuration processes and procedures.
● Administer the build and release of a product and changes throughout the products lifecycle.
● Automate build, deployment, and configuration management tasks for efficiency and reliability
● Collaborate closely with Infrastructure team, Release Management Team, Software development team and Architects to troubleshoot build and environment issues.
● Configure and maintain multiple environments with PowerShell DSC to automate scalability and prevent configuration drift in the server farms.
2013 : 2015
Liberty Tax Service
Configuration Management Engineer
● Design, implement and enforce frameworks and procedures that improve the efficiency and effectiveness or services through automation using the Microsoft System Center suite.
● Define and develop architectural automation solutions by collaborating with support, architecture and development teams.
● Monitor and develop automated incident response solutions using Microsoft System Center Operation Manager.
● Manage large FTP environment with several external vendors.
● Develop automated file transmission processes using BizTalk, VBScript and PowerShell.
● Collaborate with system architects, developers and engineers on various file transmission protocol solutions including FTP, FTPS, SFTP and HTTP/S.
● Support application deployment release processes on Windows Server environment.
● Provide 24x7 on-call support for application/service support and testing.
● Analyze application performance and apply best practices to improve services.
2008 : 2013
GEICO
Systems Engineer
● Develop and support MS Access SQL relational databases using visual basic for applications.
● Research programmed solutions and help design appropriate technical support documentation for chain supply management.
● Provide administrative and maintenance support for end-user intermodal reporting tools.
2007 : 2008
Norfolk Southern
Co-op/Internship
Company:
GEICO
Years of Experience:
20
Skills
Active Directory, Batch Programming, BizTalk, Crimping, FTP, HTML, IIS, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Release Management, PGP, Powershell, Software Documentation, SQL, System Center Operations Manager, System Center Orchestrator, System Center Service Manager, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Team Foundation Build, TFS, VBScript, Windows Server, Wireshark, WS_FTP, System Center, System Center Virtual, System Center Service, Microsoft Release
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