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Jason Palmer, CISSP
Infrastructure | Cybersecurity | Compliance | Infrastructure | Strategy | Risk Management | Cloud | Networking | NIST | GDPR | DFARS | Policy
Hanks Hideaway Mobile Home Park, FL, United States
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Experience:
2021 : Present
Midmark Corporation
Cybersecurity Manager
Oversaw cybersecurity systems and controls for compliance requirements.
• Implemented Integrated Risk Management SaaS solution for DFARS compliance to guide implementation of NIST framework resulting in securing $48M+ in contracts.
• Created internal security awareness program resulting in phishing susceptibility rate of less than 10%.
• Replaced 4 on-premises backup solutions with cloud-based platform resulting in backup success rate from 50% to 95% at lower administration costs and integration of disaster recovery capabilities.
• Collaborated with internal legal team to review and generate internal policies and procedures that met DFARS, ITAR, GDPR, and PCI compliance requirements.
• Removed over $500K of operational expenses from annual IT spend by migrating from legacy solutions and decreasing license usage to allow for expanded investment in strategic areas.
• Teamed with IT leaders to establish departmental employee recognition and awards program resulting in ongoing awareness achievements and quarterly tangible rewards.
2018 : 2020
Safariland
Director, IT Security and Compliance
Directed 4 infrastructure teams, integrated acquisitions into an enterprise environment, and provided strategic direction with annual budget of $6M.
• Managed business growth from 600 users to 1,600+ users, and 8 facilities to 34 facilities across US, Canada, Mexico, and Europe.
• Established company-wide global software, hardware, networking, and security standards, policies, and procedures reducing cost of ownership, and increasing system availability and user productivity.
• Completed enterprise communication project moving all locations to hosted VoIP solution resulting in a unified voice communications platform and $1M savings over 3 years.
• Replaced all network infrastructure, conversion of MPLS to broadband technology, and removal of all legacy PBX systems concurrently with VoIP project accounting for $350k / year of project savings.
• Led IT response team tasked with responding to financial audits of corporate information systems resulting in 5 consecutive years of passing audits.
• Performed due-diligence, IT integration, and divestitures across US, Canada, and Europe of 26 sites.
2014 : 2018
Safariland
Director, IT Infrastructure Services and Security
2012 : 2014
Safariland
Manager, IT Infrastructure
Largest Florida health insurance provider with 12,000 employees, $11M in revenue and 62 branches statewide.
Configured and maintained Citrix NetScaler and BlueCoat SG Internet proxy devices to protect PII information.
2011 : 2012
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida
Web Environment Services
Midmark Corporation
Cybersecurity Manager
Oversaw cybersecurity systems and controls for compliance requirements.
• Implemented Integrated Risk Management SaaS solution for DFARS compliance to guide implementation of NIST framework resulting in securing $48M+ in contracts.
• Created internal security awareness program resulting in phishing susceptibility rate of less than 10%.
• Replaced 4 on-premises backup solutions with cloud-based platform resulting in backup success rate from 50% to 95% at lower administration costs and integration of disaster recovery capabilities.
• Collaborated with internal legal team to review and generate internal policies and procedures that met DFARS, ITAR, GDPR, and PCI compliance requirements.
• Removed over $500K of operational expenses from annual IT spend by migrating from legacy solutions and decreasing license usage to allow for expanded investment in strategic areas.
• Teamed with IT leaders to establish departmental employee recognition and awards program resulting in ongoing awareness achievements and quarterly tangible rewards.
2018 : 2020
Safariland
Director, IT Security and Compliance
Directed 4 infrastructure teams, integrated acquisitions into an enterprise environment, and provided strategic direction with annual budget of $6M.
• Managed business growth from 600 users to 1,600+ users, and 8 facilities to 34 facilities across US, Canada, Mexico, and Europe.
• Established company-wide global software, hardware, networking, and security standards, policies, and procedures reducing cost of ownership, and increasing system availability and user productivity.
• Completed enterprise communication project moving all locations to hosted VoIP solution resulting in a unified voice communications platform and $1M savings over 3 years.
• Replaced all network infrastructure, conversion of MPLS to broadband technology, and removal of all legacy PBX systems concurrently with VoIP project accounting for $350k / year of project savings.
• Led IT response team tasked with responding to financial audits of corporate information systems resulting in 5 consecutive years of passing audits.
• Performed due-diligence, IT integration, and divestitures across US, Canada, and Europe of 26 sites.
2014 : 2018
Safariland
Director, IT Infrastructure Services and Security
2012 : 2014
Safariland
Manager, IT Infrastructure
Largest Florida health insurance provider with 12,000 employees, $11M in revenue and 62 branches statewide.
Configured and maintained Citrix NetScaler and BlueCoat SG Internet proxy devices to protect PII information.
2011 : 2012
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida
Web Environment Services
Company:
Midmark Corporation
About
Management of infrastructure services for small, medium and enterprise environments. Including management of network administrators, service desk and security services with recent focus on DFARS, PCI, and GDPR compliance frameworks.
A listing of my core competencies includes:
Security Architecture
Security Policy Management
Patch Management
Network Security
Change & Issue Management
Compliance Management
Available to discuss new opportunities, please contact me at jpalmer99@outlook.com
Platforms: Windows (2003 / 2008 / 2012 / 2016, XP, 7, 8, 10); Linux (CentOS, Red Hat, Debian, Ubuntu)
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