Richard McFarlane

Operational Excellence is the goal.

United States

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Education: Doctor of Science (DSc)

Cybersecurity

Capitol Technology University

2020 :

Master of Business Administration - MBA

Compliance, Risk Management & Anti-money Laundering

University of South Florida

2022 : 2025

Master of Engineering (M.Eng.)

Cybersecurity policy and compliance

The George Washington University - School of Engineering & Applied Science

2017 : 2018

Bachelor of Science (BSc)

Information Systems concentration in IT Project Management

Strayer University

2014 : 2016

Associates of Applied Science

Computer Information System

Prince George's Community College

2010 : 2013

Experience: Mission : Create masters of the IT craft

Mission statement : Operational excellence is the goal.

Purpose : Make every organization we support to become the best in the industry with pristine and secure technology deployment and governance.

Services : Cloud, Hybrid and traditional network, applications, and system engineering standards development and deployment, incident response, policy compliance, and vulnerability management/pen testing consultation.

Clients under support :

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2018 : Present

Orbitus Consulting, LLC

Chief Executive/Engineering Officer (CE^2O)

• Do my best to be my best at all times.

2021 :

Western Alliance Bank

Principal Engineer - Cybersecurity

• Manage a team of MSSP engineers and a junior engineer to monitor and respond to security incidents.

• Lead in integration of Microsoft security services such as E3 and E5 Intunes, Information Protection and ATA

• Manage AWS cloud security services such as CloudTrail, CloudWatch, AWS WAF, CloudFront, CloudFormation, among others.

• Install, maintain and monitor Cisco FirePOWER (formerly Sourcefire Defense Center/Snort) Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) to catch emerging threats within the network.

• Install, maintain and monitor Cisco ASA firewalls to secure network parameters, implement client and site to site VPN, and safeguard against intrusion using IPS Sourcefire modules

• Install, manage and monitor Cisco Stealthwatch to provide cognitive and encryption analysis and response.

• Configure and manage Symantec Endpoint Protection to resolve malware infections while following computer incident response procedures.

• Configure and manage Symantec Data Loss Prevention to secure against data leakage or misuse.

• Organized and completed a 4TB Azure Sentinel deployment, including Enterprise Security for SIEM.

• Oversee the development, management, and implementation of the security awareness training program.

• Conduct internal and external vulnerability assessments using Qualys. Verify results and work with business owners to manage vulnerabilities identified during assessments to meet CUI, ECP, NIST 800-53 and IOS 27001 requirements.

• Review information security controls to ensure maintenance of CUI, ECP, and NIST 800-53 compliance and developing policies, standards, guidelines and procedures to support.

• Monitor change requests to ensure proper security updates, patches and preventative measures are in place.

• Create policies, frameworks, procedures, and standards to ensure CMMC compliance

2017 :

Johnson Controls

Senior Information Security Engineer

2023 :

University of South Florida

MBA Ambassador

• Successful installation, testing, and migration of NetApp systems (7 mode and Cdot OnTap 8.0 – 9). Managing SAN and NAS infrastructure with data accumulating to more than 4 Petabyte.

• Connect NetApp DS4243 and DS2246 disk shelves to FAS2500, 3000, 6000 and 8000 series Filers

• Manage and maintain Windows Servers at multiple sites. OS (2003 – 2013R2) upgrade, provision, and troubleshoot to provide efficient services.

• Troubleshooting Level 3 issues including performance issues (collecting Core Dump and Perfstats) on the NetApp filers in SAN and NAS environments allocating storage to Windows, Linux and Unix Servers.

• Audit data on file systems using tools such as Stealthbits, Varonis, Event logs and NetApp OnCommand software.

• Configure / manage Snap Drive, Snap Manager for Virtual Infrastructure, Volume Snapmirror, Qtree and LUN management, Flex Clone, Deduplication, Aggregate, Compression, storage planning, data management, disaster recovery planning best practices and testing.

• Provide permission by management of Active Directory groups and users across storage resources.

• Configure disaster recovery sites to maximize uptime and redundancy.

2015 : 2017

National Institutes of Health

Storage Engineer (Security)

Company: Orbitus Consulting, LLC

Years of Experience: 10

Skills Active Directory, Antivirus, Computer Hardware, Customer Service, Disaster Recovery, Leadership, Management, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Network Administration, Networking, Network Security, Operating Systems, Security, Servers, Software Installation, Switches, System Administration, System Deployment, Technical Support, Troubleshooting, Windows, Windows 7, Windows Server

About Orbitus Consulting provides Enterprise Information Technology solutions to businesses and venture capitalists. Orbitus will be a marketplace for innovators and engineers to mobilize the lean methodology into traditional organizations. We promote a multicultural future for technology, the cyber world, and innovation to expand our digital world. Main service products: Engineering standards development and deployment, incident response, policy compliance, and vulnerability management/pen testing consultation.