John Shaffer

Senior Engineering Technologist - OT, ICS, IoT, IIoT, and Cybersecurity at Jacobs

Athens, GA, United States

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Education: Master's Degree

Master Technology Information Technology

RMIT University

2000 : 2002

Bachelor's Degree

Mechanical Engineering

Drexel University

1983 : 1988

Experience: o Microsoft Defender for IoT Cybersecurity OT, ICS, IoT, IIoT - Azure Cloud

Technical Program Management of Microsoft Defender for IoT implementation for Critical Infrastructure facilities. Installing and configuring sensors and central manager systems in facilities. Cybersecurity data analysis, event correlation and system tuning. Azure portal cloud connected sensor implementation of Microsoft Defender for IoT, and Sentinel SIEM integration for additional log event correlation and analysis.

o System Architecture Cybersecurity Technologies OT, ICS SCADA

System architecture design, implementation, site acceptance testing (SAT) of industrial Operational Technology (OT) cybersecurity, vSphere, vxRail and physical and virtual networking systems and SCADA HMI to support client Critical Infrastructure facilities. Cybersecurity technologies, Fortinet NGFW, Cylance AI endpoint, SIEM and Privileged Access Management PAM.

o Conducted RRA with key stakeholders to assess current security posture as part of America's Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA). Performed Cybersecurity assessments and created reports identifying key recommendations for cybersecurity initiatives. Developed Cybersecurity Plans for critical infrastructure facilities utilizing frameworks NIST 800-82, NIST CSF, and standards ISA/IEC 62443.

o Facilities Related Control Systems (FRCS) OT, ICS, IoT, IIoT

Technical Project Lead Consultant for pilot program to aggregate (OT, ICS, IoT, IIoT) multiple data sources of energy, building(Niagara N4) and ICS (BACnet) production control system data in OSIsoft PI architecture, transfer to a centralized virtual infrastructure, perform data analytics and predictive decision making . Integrated ESRI ARCGis geospatial mapping with real-time system and analytics data providing operational insight to direct operational efficiency improvements and cost reduction.

o Amazon AWS Cloud - DevTest

Implementation and administration of AWS development test environment.

2020 : Present

Jacobs

Senior Engineering Technologist - OT, ICS, IoT and IIoT Cybersecurity

o Cloud Cost Analysis and Cost Charge-back

Azure Cloud Cost Billing analysis for ensuring that Azure costs are well understood, identifying and driving infrastructure optimization opportunities. Cost breakdown by Azure services billed to identify cloud infrastructure components that contributed significant cost to departments and overall organization identifying opportunities for cost optimization in collaboration with project management, cloud infrastructure and development stakeholders.

o Charge back model analysis recommendations to implement the cloud resources classification systems to develop insightful views into cost and usage data that enable project owners and organization to gain insights of respective client project costs.

o RFQ pricing review of the major cloud providers proposals compared with current Azure consumption cost. Pricing comparison of services from Azure with major cloud providers and analysis of cloud migration costs.

2020 : 2020

Apex Systems

Cloud Cost Analyst

o Public Cloud and Cost Analysis - Azure, AWS, GCP

Amazon AWS , Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform Private Cloud Data Center

evaluation for migration of SaaS medical informatics applications. Cost analysis of public and private cloud solutions and data storage migration for ongoing cloud / data center costs optimizations and re-architecting of software services from compute instances to micro-services / serverless functions

o Cloud Services- SaaS, PaaS, DRaaS

System architecture design, implementation, integration and migration of Cisco ACI network infrastructure ( network centric ) for customer tenant SaaS and DRaaS deployments utilizing VMware vSphere hyper converged infrastructure HCI (VxRail and Simplivity) and Dell Isilon storage deployments for Medical Informatics products. Internal customer management of PaaS solutions for Devops team to support products integration testing and products validations. Customer centric solutions analysis onsite engagements identifying customer experience issues, problem analysis and resolution for SaaS deployments.

o Cyber Security Technologies

Integrations of Cisco FTD, Cisco ASA, Cisco AMP for Endpoints and Alienvault SIEM technologies within cloud computing environments. Managed third part vulnerability assessments for data center infrastructure.

2012 : 2020

Fujifilm Medical Systems

Senior Project Engineer - Cloud Services

o Virtualization Medical Informatics - System Architecture and System Consolidation

Over 50 successful complex software implementations, Synapse PACS, Synapse RIS and Synapse Cardiology, at hospital facilities which included deployment of VMware vSphere servers, Cisco Fiber Channel Switches and EMC SAN hardware. On site customer system validation for clinical use supporting project go-live milestones. System architecture design, database consolidation / centralization and implementation optimizing compute, storage and network of Synapse PACS hardware and software upgrades to virtualized VMware vSphere infrastructure. Project management for installation, integration, and go-live at customer healthcare facilities.

o Trade Show RSNA and HIMSS Support

RSNA and HIMSS show project implementation and customer experience support of Fujifilm Medical Systems technologies. RSNA and HIMSS pre-stage, setup and integration of Fujifilm Medical Systems technologies.

2007 : 2012

FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc.

Senior Project Implementation Engineer - East

o International Technical Lead Enterprise Systems –

Assigned to Fujifilm Australia as Technical Lead Service Engineer to support Synapse PACS system integration, service and support for the Department Health Services (DHS) public health network in Victoria, Australia.

o Supervised Network Service Engineers for installation of PACS hardware and software in DHS Project Medical facilities throughout Victoria, Australia. Resolved technical issues for Synapse PACS system components including application and Diagnostic Imaging Modality ( DICOM ) integrations.

2007 : 2007

Fujifilm Australia

Lead Technical Support Engineer

Company: Jacobs

Years of Experience: 35

Skills 8D Problem Solving, Active Directory, Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS Machine Learning Sagemaker, Azure IoT, Business Process Improvement, Capital & Expense Budget Management, Cisco ACI, Cisco AMP for Endpoints, Cisco Fiber Switches, Cisco Firewall Security ASA FTD Firepower, Cisco IPS IDS, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing SaaS IaaS DRaaS, Cloud Security, Cost Benefit, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Design for Manufacturing, Design of Experiments, Disaster Recovery, Electronics Manufacturing, Enterprise Architecture, Hyperconverged VxRail HPE Simplivity, International Implementations, Internet of Things (IoT), Lean Manufacturing, Lessons Learned, Medical Infomatics PACS RIS VNA 3D, Medical Information Systems, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Defender for IoT, Microsoft SQL Server, Network Administration, Operational Risk Management, Oracle Database, PFMEA, PLC Programming, PPAP, Product, Process and Project Management, Project Management, Python (Programming Language), Root Cause Analysis, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Security IoT, IIoT, OT Industrial Technology, SIEM Alienvault, Statistical Data Analysis, Value Stream Mapping, VMWare vSphere 6.7 ESX Horizon NSX vRealize, Vulnerability Assessment

About Senior Engineering Operational Technology (OT) and Cybersecurity professional applying my expertise in system cybersecurity design for critical infrastructure systems including Facilities Related Control Systems (FRCS), SCADA and Internet of Things ( IoT and IIoT ). Operational Technology system design utilize frameworks from National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), ISA/IEC and Risk Management Framework (RFM) methodology to design and implement cybersecurity solutions for complex and sensitive systems.

Demonstrated cross functional international (Europe, Asia, Australia) industry experience working in Cybersecurity, Automotive Manufacturing, Cloud Computing, Medical Informatics sectors. Skilled in Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Medical Informatics customer implementations, automotive product manufacturing operations management, product release, systems design and project management methodologies.

Strong engineering professional with a Master's Degree in Information Technology from RMIT University, Bachelors of Science Mechanical Engineering from Drexel University and CISA, SSCP and CQE certifications.