JarvisJFreeman@gmail.

com
Jarvis J. Freeman (312) 871-9870

SUMMARY
Skilled interdisciplinary engineer capable of providing creative cost effective solutions from various
perspectives in order to satisfy project requirements; Strong background in quality assurance with an
outstanding history of managing projects from initial conception, development, to implementation; Strong
team player that collaborates well with others to solve problems and actively incorporates input from various
sources; Excels in areas of Information Assurance & Cyber Security, process improvement, task automation,
and software engineering.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

University of Illinois at Springfield 2012 2013

M.S Computer Science
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale 2006 2011
B.S Engineering
CISSP-ISSEP SECURITY ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL
PROFESSIONAL CISM-INFORMATION SECURITY
CISSP-ISSAP-SECURITY ARCHITECTURE MANAGER
PROFESSIONAL CEH- CERTIFIED ETHICAL HACKER
CISSP- INFORMATION SECURITY RHCSA-RED HAT CERTIFIED SA
PROFESSIONAL MCSE Cloud and Infrastructure
HP ASE ARCSIGHT ADMINISTRATOR V1 MCSA CLOUD PLATFORM
ITIL FOUNDATIONS V3 MCSA LINUX ON AZURE
PMP-PROJECT MANAGEMENT TS/SCI CLEARANCE

Relevant Skills
Information Python and Flask OpenStack
Security Development Engineering
Project SIEM (ArcSight | Network Security
Management ElasticSearch) DevOps (Chef|
Linux | Windows Scripting Ansible| Jenkins)
Administration Languages Six Sigma
(Bash|PowerShell)

Memberships

Member of National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)

Member of Project Management Institute
Member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc.
Member of American Society of Quality
Member of ISC2

Continued
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Professional Experience
Principal Cybersecurity Engineer | DevOps Engineer May 2016 Present
Cisco
Principal Engineer for Ciscos security as a service platform. Provide direct support to multiple Cisco
Security Operations Centers including DevOps and engineering support. Supported platforms include
Azure, GIT/GITLAB, Cisco IOS and ASA, Elasticsearch, Bro, Solera, Openstack, Linux, Windows, and
Hadoop.
Led datacenter consolidation effort including migration to Azure IAAS. Designed and developed global
VDI solution that supports three 24/7 global Security Operations Centers.
Designed, implemented, and maintained vulnerability management solution for hybrid infrastructure
including on premise, client, and cloud infrastructure.
Designed and implemented active directory infrastructure for cisco-services business unit including
global deployment of domain controllers, PKI, and multi factor authentication.
Support 24/7 needs of multiple global Security Operations Centers including break-fix problems related
to current infrastructure and lead development projects in order to increase efficiency of the SOCs data
flow and analysis.
Capitalize on automation opportunities within the security as a service platform. Automated the
deployment and provisioning of key bare-metal and cloud infrastructure that allows customers to
directly interface with Ciscos SOC.
Administer a federated identity management solution that allows our customers to integrate and
authenticate to Cisco Services while maintaining segregation of key infrastructure and access.

Subject Matter Expert Apr 2016 Present

CompTIA
Key contributor in the production of the new Cybersecurity Analyst+ exam. Participated in question
development, review, and Beta testing of the exam. Also, provided feedback on test taking experience
including user interface, length, and determining overall difficulty of exam.

Senior Cybersecurity Engineer | DevOps Engineer Nov 2015 May 2016

Target Corporation
Responsible for cybersecurity engineering solution development at Target Corporation which combines a
multitude of closed and open source tools. Duties include ArcSight and Tenable Security Center
deployment, administration, and automation through API integration. DevOps Engineering through the use
of Chef automation toolkit, Ansible, and OpenStack cloud provisioning. Provides automation as a service
to adjacent groups with a focus of providing infrastructure as code to increase productivity and repeatability.
Lead Engineer for design and implementation of cloud ELK stack deployment that provides server
health monitoring and end point log aggregation for all cyber security engineering team.
Administers and troubleshoot 150+ RedHat and CentOS Linux servers including configuration
management in order to ensure PCI compliance.
Administers tiered ArcSight infrastructure that covers all Target Corporation stores that consists of
2000+ smart connectors and 20 Logger appliances.
Designed and implemented tiered Tenable SecurityCenter infrastructure capable of providing
vulnerability and PCI compliance for complete Target Corporation.
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Designed and implemented cloud based smart connector tier for ArcSight allowing for 100K+ sustained
events per second.
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer | Linux Engineer Dec 2014 Nov 2015
Vectrus-OMDACSWACCA SWA Cyber Center
Responsible for cyber vulnerability management and Linux administration for 10 countries across 4
enclaves; Duties include vulnerability assessments (45,000+ plus devices) and STIG (Security Technical
Implementation Guidelines) compliance, vulnerability mitigation planning, certification and accreditation
of systems, and Linux administration in support of ACAS (Assured Compliance Assessment Solution)
including the deployment of Nessus scanners and Tenable Security Centers.
Administer and troubleshoot 270+ RedHat and CentOS Linux servers including configuration
management and creation of custom install media to maintain DISA compliance.
Conduct incident response and handling for area of responsibility. Including training end users and
Service Desk on identifying and reporting possible incidents.
Propose, design, and implement security solutions including firewalls, Identity management, and
configuration management.
Conduct and analyze vulnerability assessments in order to provide clear operation critical information
to upper management in regard to risk, risk posture, and Information Assurance.
Deployed Ansible configuration management solution across 4 enclaves in order to transition to
centralized administration which reduced administration time by 60%. This occurred while maintaining
compliance on several secure DOD enclaves.

Enterprise DBA | Information Security Officer May 2014 Dec 2014

Vectrus-OMDACSWACCA SWA Cyber Center
Responsibilities include managing BMC Remedy application maintenance and administration for
Southwest Asia; Database Administration and security across multiple enclaves in support of Southwest
Asia while maintaining 99% availability.
Introduced standardization and repeatability by automating core tasks of metrics reporting system.
Increased operational awareness for secure reporting system by introducing on failure conditions to
application code that notifies key personnel and backups.
Enforced Database security through access control, STIG compliance, vulnerability assessments, and
vulnerability remediation.
Managed clustered database and replication servers in highly virtualized environment with 24x7
database access needs. Developed and implemented disaster recovery plan for critical systems including
step by step guide in order to limit single points of failure.
Highly proficient in managing high volumes of data across multiple platforms to include VLDB
(Databases >1TB) management in an environment that requires high availability.
Software Engineer | DBA Oct 2013 May 2014
United Technologies Aerospace Systems
Provided software engineering support to internal customers including flight code, test code, and unit testing
for multiple programs; Served as systems administrator and database administrator to Electrical Test
Engineering organization in a mixed environment containing both Windows and Linux servers and end-
users along with Oracle and SQL Server Databases
Implemented several security solutions including role based authentication on a newly transitioned
group of computers to LDAP; Comprehensive knowledge of Information Security tools including
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vulnerability & compliance tools and processes, associated vulnerabilities, awareness of emerging
threats and attacks mapped to effective controls to include Antivirus, Security Patching Solutions, End
Point Encryption, Compliance State Monitoring, Scanning Solutions, and multiple event correlation /
analysis
Enforced database security by implementing constrained desktop environments and controlling views
based on job function and citizenship status; Standardized and automated desktop and server hardening
core tasks which enforced compliance to company IT security policies but also removed human error
and discrepancies from the baseline configurations; Conducted weekly scans in order to audit and
provide vulnerability assessments. Generated weekly reports stating ramifications of vulnerabilities
along risk with mitigation options and plans of action
Developed and implemented disaster recovery plan for critical systems including cross-training in
order to provide continuity due to loss of key personnel. Conducted weekly scans in order to audit and
provide vulnerability assessment; Generated weekly report stating ramifications of vulnerabilities
along with risk mitigation options and plans of action.
Project Engineer Oct 2011 Oct 2013
United Technologies Aerospace Systems
Responsible for IT integration in a multi-million dollar aerospace manufacturing environment; Projects
included automation of all shop floor calculations including process stopping limits. Planning, design, and
implementation of secure wireless network for shop floor addition to the network. Additional duties
included serving as systems administrator and database administrator for Manufacturing Engineering group.
Wrote python web application in order to accept feedback from shop floor that populated SQL database.
This improvement reduced shop time away from workbenches by 15%.
Automated the backup of department critical files saving 1.2 hours per engineer weekly by eliminating
human error and the need for physical copies; Led the reevaluation and redesign of the tool design
process for Manufacturing Engineering, by utilizing value stream mapping to identify bottlenecks and
weakness in the overall process.
Standardized Flight safety review requirements for Space Systems business through the incorporation
of additional policy and monitoring of key processes to mitigate possible errors; Maintained strong risk
governance in order to improve space systems risk posture as a whole due to the nature of operations.
Signal Officer | Network Operations Lead May 2007 May 2011
United States Army
Responsible for maintaining and implementing a 10 million dollar scalable and rapidly deployable network
that provides secure and non-secure phone, internet, and other communications services. Other duties
included security audits and training of team in core competencies of information security. (25+Direct
Reports)
Provide clarification and visibility of immediate and long term operational risks along with solutions in
order to aid the Military Decision Making Process; Planned and executed 500 contact hour multi-state
communications training exercise in order to build confidence to support soldiers in a real time
environment.
Focused on assuring the security of the computing environment, protect customer and employee
confidential information, and comply with regulatory requirements globally; managed the resolution of
customer escalations, incident handling, and compliance management; Regularly conduct audits of
physical security for multiple networks sites and individual mission critical assets; Designed,
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implemented, and rehearsed secondary and tertiary modes of communication for manual failover due to
failure of primary networks.