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Justin Self
Cybersecurity Engineering and Operations Manager
Dallas, TX, United States
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Education:
The University of Texas at Austin
Experience:
2022 : Present
Grange Insurance
Cybersecurity Engineering and Operations Manager
Key Accomplishments
• Built a new identity practice from scratch including models for staffing, budget management, partner/vendor relationship management, technology lines, services and roadmaps
• I was responsible for scaling the technical service offering road map and staffing needs as the practice grew
• I led the pre and post sales efforts to manage all practice service engagements
• Reported regularly on the overall progress, technical maturity, and financial stability of the practice to the ownership/partnership team
• Responsible for the technical design and overall deployment success of complex cybersecurity solutions for a diverse range of clients including the Department of Homeland Security, US Customs and Border Patrol, U.S. Army, Accenture, NASA, Federal Reserve Board, and the Lear Corporation
• Established a team growth and mentoring program to foster continuing improvement among practice staff and to ensure sustained knowledge growth within the practice
• Authored comprehensive business and technical collateral tailored to both technical and managerial audiences to support the business line initiatives
• Responsible for the ongoing expansion and maturation of service offerings and technical capabilities within the practice to ensure overall program maturity and an ongoing technical
• Architected highly customized service capabilities, such as integrations and custom workflows, tailored to fit individual client needs
2018 : 2022
GuidePoint Security
Identity and Access Management Practice Director - GuidePoint Security Federal
Key Accomplishments :
• I was the first IT hire tasked with assessing the environmental state and building a road map based off of the environmental assessment.
• I was responsible for scaling the technical road map and staffing needs as the company grew from a $1 billion startup to a $12+ billion publicly traded company.
• I led the efforts to meet all infrastructure and security requirements needed to successfully pass the IPO process
• Developed and executed a comprehensive information security roadmap and operating model designed to reduce organizational risk, protect assets and mature governance.
• I successfully completed the transition of replacing and implementing a third-party vendor responsible for the hosting of servers, information security, infrastructure support and desktop services support.
• I completed the framework for an Information Security program that included policy creation, third party reviews, audit controls, security awareness training, and projects such as disk encryption, single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, identity access management, and web content filtering.
• I successfully migrated our decentralized physical data centers to a unified AWS cloud datacenter.
• Key Implementations include : network design and firewall replacement, disk encryption, incident response plan, third-party assessment reviews, internet content filtering, definition of general computing audit controls, single sign-on, two-factor authentication, security operations monitoring
2013 : 2018
Invitation Homes (a Blackstone Company)
Sr. Manager of Information Technology/ Sr. Enterprise Security Architect/CISO
• Managed annual IT OPEX budget of approximately $200,000
• Negotiated service provider contracts and vendor pricing to reduce annual IT costs by 30%
• Directly managed Infrastructure team
• Responsible for maintaining infrastructure and security standards in accordance with all external audit inquiries including PCI and financial security compliance
• Designed and implemented a highly secure and redundant MPLS network ring between 4 separate locations ensuring maximum uptime
• Managed over 100 physical and virtual Windows/Linux servers
• Designed, implemented, and tested enterprise disaster recovery plan
• Managed the evaluation of and migration to a secure cloud-based hosting platform
• Managed multiple AD domain consolidations
• Successfully executed an enterprise email migration from Microsoft Exchange to Gmail Enterprise
• Successfully implemented an enterprise level wiki allowing for the centralization of client documentation and company level communication to improve enterprise work flow
• Reported directly to the Executive board for enterprise level project status
2009 : 2013
Wyndham Jade, LLP
Network Infrastructure Manager
• Managed Infrastructure Support team
• Sr. Engineer responsible for building and maintaining over 100 physical and VMWare virtual servers
• Negotiated service provider contracts to reduce annual IT budget by $100,000
• Key Engineer in charge of design and implementation of highly secure LAN/WAN network
• Architected and supported wireless network with 3 controllers and over 50 access points
• Project manager for new software testing and implementation including VMware, Websense, Surf Control, Microsoft Exchange, NOD 32
• Designed, implemented, and managed Microsoft SharePoint server
• Responsible for the insourcing process to rebuild internal IT staff
• Managed AD domain infrastructure
• Managed multi-server IIS web server cluster
• Managed infrastructure needs for 4 diverse geographical locations
• Telecom Manager responsible for support of VOIP – Digital hybrid phone system
• Managed multi-host IIS web server cluster to ensure maximum uptime and availability
• Engineer responsible for the design and implementation of an enterprise disaster recovery plan
• Responsible for developing a strict security auditing scheme
• Reported directly to the President and CIO for weekly departmental progress
• Tier 3 support
2006 : 2008
King Architectural Metals
Sr. Network Engineering Manager
Grange Insurance
Cybersecurity Engineering and Operations Manager
Key Accomplishments
• Built a new identity practice from scratch including models for staffing, budget management, partner/vendor relationship management, technology lines, services and roadmaps
• I was responsible for scaling the technical service offering road map and staffing needs as the practice grew
• I led the pre and post sales efforts to manage all practice service engagements
• Reported regularly on the overall progress, technical maturity, and financial stability of the practice to the ownership/partnership team
• Responsible for the technical design and overall deployment success of complex cybersecurity solutions for a diverse range of clients including the Department of Homeland Security, US Customs and Border Patrol, U.S. Army, Accenture, NASA, Federal Reserve Board, and the Lear Corporation
• Established a team growth and mentoring program to foster continuing improvement among practice staff and to ensure sustained knowledge growth within the practice
• Authored comprehensive business and technical collateral tailored to both technical and managerial audiences to support the business line initiatives
• Responsible for the ongoing expansion and maturation of service offerings and technical capabilities within the practice to ensure overall program maturity and an ongoing technical
• Architected highly customized service capabilities, such as integrations and custom workflows, tailored to fit individual client needs
2018 : 2022
GuidePoint Security
Identity and Access Management Practice Director - GuidePoint Security Federal
Key Accomplishments :
• I was the first IT hire tasked with assessing the environmental state and building a road map based off of the environmental assessment.
• I was responsible for scaling the technical road map and staffing needs as the company grew from a $1 billion startup to a $12+ billion publicly traded company.
• I led the efforts to meet all infrastructure and security requirements needed to successfully pass the IPO process
• Developed and executed a comprehensive information security roadmap and operating model designed to reduce organizational risk, protect assets and mature governance.
• I successfully completed the transition of replacing and implementing a third-party vendor responsible for the hosting of servers, information security, infrastructure support and desktop services support.
• I completed the framework for an Information Security program that included policy creation, third party reviews, audit controls, security awareness training, and projects such as disk encryption, single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, identity access management, and web content filtering.
• I successfully migrated our decentralized physical data centers to a unified AWS cloud datacenter.
• Key Implementations include : network design and firewall replacement, disk encryption, incident response plan, third-party assessment reviews, internet content filtering, definition of general computing audit controls, single sign-on, two-factor authentication, security operations monitoring
2013 : 2018
Invitation Homes (a Blackstone Company)
Sr. Manager of Information Technology/ Sr. Enterprise Security Architect/CISO
• Managed annual IT OPEX budget of approximately $200,000
• Negotiated service provider contracts and vendor pricing to reduce annual IT costs by 30%
• Directly managed Infrastructure team
• Responsible for maintaining infrastructure and security standards in accordance with all external audit inquiries including PCI and financial security compliance
• Designed and implemented a highly secure and redundant MPLS network ring between 4 separate locations ensuring maximum uptime
• Managed over 100 physical and virtual Windows/Linux servers
• Designed, implemented, and tested enterprise disaster recovery plan
• Managed the evaluation of and migration to a secure cloud-based hosting platform
• Managed multiple AD domain consolidations
• Successfully executed an enterprise email migration from Microsoft Exchange to Gmail Enterprise
• Successfully implemented an enterprise level wiki allowing for the centralization of client documentation and company level communication to improve enterprise work flow
• Reported directly to the Executive board for enterprise level project status
2009 : 2013
Wyndham Jade, LLP
Network Infrastructure Manager
• Managed Infrastructure Support team
• Sr. Engineer responsible for building and maintaining over 100 physical and VMWare virtual servers
• Negotiated service provider contracts to reduce annual IT budget by $100,000
• Key Engineer in charge of design and implementation of highly secure LAN/WAN network
• Architected and supported wireless network with 3 controllers and over 50 access points
• Project manager for new software testing and implementation including VMware, Websense, Surf Control, Microsoft Exchange, NOD 32
• Designed, implemented, and managed Microsoft SharePoint server
• Responsible for the insourcing process to rebuild internal IT staff
• Managed AD domain infrastructure
• Managed multi-server IIS web server cluster
• Managed infrastructure needs for 4 diverse geographical locations
• Telecom Manager responsible for support of VOIP – Digital hybrid phone system
• Managed multi-host IIS web server cluster to ensure maximum uptime and availability
• Engineer responsible for the design and implementation of an enterprise disaster recovery plan
• Responsible for developing a strict security auditing scheme
• Reported directly to the President and CIO for weekly departmental progress
• Tier 3 support
2006 : 2008
King Architectural Metals
Sr. Network Engineering Manager
Company:
Grange Insurance
Years of Experience:
24
Skills
Active Directory, Backup Solutions, CCNA, Change Management, Citrix, Cloud Computing, Cloud Storage, Data Center, Disaster Recovery, Enterprise Architecture, IIS, Information Technology, Infrastructure, Infrastructure Consolidation, Infrastructure Management, Internet Information Services (IIS), IT Leadership, IT Operations, IT Strategy, Management, Microsoft Exchange, Networking, Project Management, Security, Servers, Software Documentation, Team Leadership, VCP, Virtualization, VMware, VMware ESX
About
I am a Cybersecurity professional with extensive experience and knowledge in network and information security protection, operations, controls, audit and compliance, policy and process integration, vendor management and project execution. I have a passion for understanding all aspects of the business process. My experience has taught me to focus on the data, relationships, and processes that drive performance and results across an organization.
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