Brandon Young

Education: Bachelors in Management/Computer Information Systems (B.S.)

Management Information Systems and Services

Park University

2016 : 2020

Experience: 2023 : Present

SAIC

Cybersecurity Endpoint Engineer Lead

Training new Cybersecurity Specialists the job responsibilities of Host Based Security System (HBSS) administrator, Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS) Security Manager and various other accounts such as Terminal Access Controller Access Control System (TACACS), Forescout, and Tanium Client to perform essential job duties.

Tasked with ensuring new Cybersecurity VMT contractor accounts are provisioned in a timely

and effective manner by completing the following; ensure all training requirements are complete

for each type of account, and Identity and Access Management (IdAM) verification is accurate

and complete by completing System Authorization Access Requests (SAARs).

Analyze and maintain security posture across the 1st Network Battalion 7 Base Post Stations

through usage of Host Based Security System (HBSS); common duties include installing

McAfee modules, tracking agents, updating and maintaining dashboards, and reviewing

generated event logs.

Actively scanning and reporting on all assets within the region (30,000+ endpoints) using ACAS

(Tenable.sc) to ensure all critical vulnerabilities are discovered and remediated.

Conduct Plan of Actions and Milestones (POA&Ms) in accordance with Risk Management

Framework (RMF) per NIST to create actionable goals for remediating vulnerabilities within the

network.

Create and audit ACAS accounts for 1 st Network Battalion area of responsibility.

Conduct vulnerability and compliance assessments against systems and networks to determine

risk posture and ensure end clients are in compliance with OPORDs and TASKORDs and

HBSS.

Scanned assets with Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) tool and Security Technical

Implementation Guide (STIG) checklists to achieve a better security posture for both Command

Cyber Readiness Inspection (CCRI) and Assessment and Accreditation (A&A).

2021 : 2023

Leidos

Cyber Security Specialist

Provided oversight and technical guidance to Marine Corps Enterprise Network Help desk personnel to ensure high quality IT support from Tier 1 and Tier 2 is provided to customers throughout the Western Region.

Conduct analysis reports from SAP Business Analytics System program on a continuous basis to provide program improvement to higher management and constructive feedback to call center agents.

Utilize large data sets gathered from various software products to create analytical and informational reports to drive business decisions by senior management.

Measure the performance of IT Tier 2 Technicians on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis using key performance indicators (KPIs) to promote adequate training solutions and performance enhancements.

Supervised the transition of the reporting metric system from SAP Business Analytics to BMC Smart Reporting.

Served as lead Quality Assurance supervisor and was tasked with training new oncoming QA agents.

Use experienced troubleshooting techniques to provide customers support with Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, and other Windows programs and applications.

2021 : 2021

Leidos

Quality Assurance Specialist

2019 : 2021

Perspecta

Quality Assurance Specialist

2018 : 2019

ACI Federal™

Quality Assurance Specialist

Company: SAIC

Years of Experience: 12