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Juraj Maksi, CISSP
Infosec Manager at IWP
State College, PA, United States
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Experience:
● Improved and maintained Security Awareness Program resulting in significant drop of click through rate on phishing emails
● Developed and implemented Incident Response Plan
● Improved overall security posture by implementing technologies and best security practices across the organization resulting in increased secuirty posture
2022 : Present
Injured Workers Pharmacy
Information Security Manager
● Installing, administering, and troubleshooting network security policies and solutions.
● Updating software with the latest security patches and ensuring the proper defenses are present for each endpoint and network resource.
● Performing vulnerability and penetration tests, identifying and defending against threats, and developing disaster recovery plans.
● Configuring security systems, analyzing security requirements, and recommending improvements.
● Monitoring network traffic for suspicious behavior.
● Creating network policies and authorization roles to defend against unauthorized access, modifications, and destruction.
● Consulting with IT team managers, and executives about the best security practices and providing technical advice.
● Configuring and supporting security tools, such as firewalls and anti-virus software.
● Training staff to understand and use security protocols.
● Provide support to monitor and resolve Malware, Phishing and Spam incidents.
● Proactively preventing phishing attacks and investigating and resolving breaches
● Special project support for split migration activities
● Mobile Device Support Requests
● Assist Infrastructure Manager with other projects
2021 : 2022
BK Medical
Information System Security Administrator
2019 : 2021
Knoxville Utilities Board
System Administrator II
● Windows Server 2012, 2016, 2019 (physical and virtual) deployment, migration, administration, and hardening (50+ servers). Migrated multiple systems from Server 2003 to Server 2016 in a departmental effort to reduce attack vectors. Lead role in Server 2019 roll out. Maintained Server images.
● Led Office 365 research, procedure development, migration, and administration, including Notes to hybrid Exchange migration. Implemented Single Sign-On for Office 365 by leveraging Microsoft ADFS solution.
● Served in lead role for Tenable Security Center / Nessus scan administration. Devised solution and oversaw implementations to mitigate vulnerabilities. Worked closely with team members to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data.
● Endpoint protection deployment and server administration.
● AD, DHCP, DNS management. Group policy creation, testing, and implementation. Cleaned up Active Directory objects to reduce clutter of user accounts, computers, and Organizational Units.
● PowerShell script automation and tools creation.
● Firewall management server implementation and management. IPS, IDS, Geo protection.
● Microsoft Azure updates management and hardening implementation. Just-in-Time access management.
● Multi-factor authentication research, testing, implementation, and administration.
● Served as a resource in migration of on prem services to Azure Cloud.
● Lead role in research and deployment of Azure Security Center.
● Completed instructor led training in RHEL Admin I, II, III; Ansible Tower; RHVM; Splunk.
2016 : 2019
Knoxville Utilities Board
System Administrator I
● Provided desktop and laptop support for 1000+ customers and contractors in service desk area, on site, and via RDP : software and hardware related issues, virus and spyware removal, virtual machines, imaging, AD accounts, IBM Notes, VPN, ODBC connections, GIS troubleshooting, etc.
● Member of : IP phones (Avaya) deployment team, IBM Notes 9.x deployment team, participated in Disaster Recovery exercise, malware / virus infection response team, PC lifecycle rollout team, on call support team.
● WSUS server upgrade from 2003 to 2012 R2 (virtual to physical) including research for proper deployment – used Nessus vulnerability scanner to confirm proper WSUS functionality resulting in better server and workstation systems patching.
● Migrated workstations from physical to virtual environment and ensured proper functionality of migrated systems.
● Video surveillance system support. Created user accounts with proper privileges needed on several camera servers located in substations and tested functionality.
● Monitoring of critical systems and resolving issues or assigning them to the system owners.
● Served in lead role for extensive Nessus scans of all company assets and recommended actions to eliminate vulnerabilities, which resulted in smaller footprint for possible cyber-attacks and reduction of vulnerabilities of systems.
● Information services department lead contact for evaluation of training resources.
2015 : 2016
Knoxville Utilities Board
Information Services Technician
● Developed and implemented Incident Response Plan
● Improved overall security posture by implementing technologies and best security practices across the organization resulting in increased secuirty posture
2022 : Present
Injured Workers Pharmacy
Information Security Manager
● Installing, administering, and troubleshooting network security policies and solutions.
● Updating software with the latest security patches and ensuring the proper defenses are present for each endpoint and network resource.
● Performing vulnerability and penetration tests, identifying and defending against threats, and developing disaster recovery plans.
● Configuring security systems, analyzing security requirements, and recommending improvements.
● Monitoring network traffic for suspicious behavior.
● Creating network policies and authorization roles to defend against unauthorized access, modifications, and destruction.
● Consulting with IT team managers, and executives about the best security practices and providing technical advice.
● Configuring and supporting security tools, such as firewalls and anti-virus software.
● Training staff to understand and use security protocols.
● Provide support to monitor and resolve Malware, Phishing and Spam incidents.
● Proactively preventing phishing attacks and investigating and resolving breaches
● Special project support for split migration activities
● Mobile Device Support Requests
● Assist Infrastructure Manager with other projects
2021 : 2022
BK Medical
Information System Security Administrator
2019 : 2021
Knoxville Utilities Board
System Administrator II
● Windows Server 2012, 2016, 2019 (physical and virtual) deployment, migration, administration, and hardening (50+ servers). Migrated multiple systems from Server 2003 to Server 2016 in a departmental effort to reduce attack vectors. Lead role in Server 2019 roll out. Maintained Server images.
● Led Office 365 research, procedure development, migration, and administration, including Notes to hybrid Exchange migration. Implemented Single Sign-On for Office 365 by leveraging Microsoft ADFS solution.
● Served in lead role for Tenable Security Center / Nessus scan administration. Devised solution and oversaw implementations to mitigate vulnerabilities. Worked closely with team members to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data.
● Endpoint protection deployment and server administration.
● AD, DHCP, DNS management. Group policy creation, testing, and implementation. Cleaned up Active Directory objects to reduce clutter of user accounts, computers, and Organizational Units.
● PowerShell script automation and tools creation.
● Firewall management server implementation and management. IPS, IDS, Geo protection.
● Microsoft Azure updates management and hardening implementation. Just-in-Time access management.
● Multi-factor authentication research, testing, implementation, and administration.
● Served as a resource in migration of on prem services to Azure Cloud.
● Lead role in research and deployment of Azure Security Center.
● Completed instructor led training in RHEL Admin I, II, III; Ansible Tower; RHVM; Splunk.
2016 : 2019
Knoxville Utilities Board
System Administrator I
● Provided desktop and laptop support for 1000+ customers and contractors in service desk area, on site, and via RDP : software and hardware related issues, virus and spyware removal, virtual machines, imaging, AD accounts, IBM Notes, VPN, ODBC connections, GIS troubleshooting, etc.
● Member of : IP phones (Avaya) deployment team, IBM Notes 9.x deployment team, participated in Disaster Recovery exercise, malware / virus infection response team, PC lifecycle rollout team, on call support team.
● WSUS server upgrade from 2003 to 2012 R2 (virtual to physical) including research for proper deployment – used Nessus vulnerability scanner to confirm proper WSUS functionality resulting in better server and workstation systems patching.
● Migrated workstations from physical to virtual environment and ensured proper functionality of migrated systems.
● Video surveillance system support. Created user accounts with proper privileges needed on several camera servers located in substations and tested functionality.
● Monitoring of critical systems and resolving issues or assigning them to the system owners.
● Served in lead role for extensive Nessus scans of all company assets and recommended actions to eliminate vulnerabilities, which resulted in smaller footprint for possible cyber-attacks and reduction of vulnerabilities of systems.
● Information services department lead contact for evaluation of training resources.
2015 : 2016
Knoxville Utilities Board
Information Services Technician
Company:
Injured Workers Pharmacy
Spoken Language:
Czech, English, Polish, Slovak
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