Brian Starr is seeking a career in cybersecurity utilizing the NIST 800-53 framework. He has over 20 years of experience in IT, networking, and cybersecurity. His background includes implementing security standards and remediating vulnerabilities for the Department of Veterans Affairs. He mentors others and publishes on social media.

1. Brian Starr
7914 Kedvale Ave
Skokie, Illinois 60076
Brian.Starr@ProtonMail.com
Career goals Continuing career in Cybersecurity with Network Operations utilizing the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800-53 rev4
Framework on a daily basis.
Collaboration Director of Cybersecurity, Network Security and Operations Center(NSOC), Active Directory IT infrastructure, local Information
Security Officers(ISO), Privacy Officers, Program Developers and Helpdesk Support.
Mentoring and Training Sharing of technical techniques and knowledge to improve efficiency. Publishing articles on Social Media. Six Sigma
Green Belt training.
Ethics Always do the right thing. Sarbanes-Oxley trained. Safe Harbor security training for European employees.
Work Experience
Network Security Engineer/IT Specialist September 2013 - Current
SRA International (Consultant) Headquarters: Fairfax, VA
Security Clearance: Public Trust, Moderate-Risk, Standard Form 85P
Department of Veterans Affairs
5000 S 5th Ave, Hines, IL 60141
(708) 202-2169
Consultation with the Office of Information and Technology (OI&T) at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Primary work includes the implementation of
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) for the Domain Controllers and supporting Member Servers.
Remediating vulnerabilities and compliance issues found using Nessus Security Center. Maintaining National Institute of Security Standards and Technology
(NIST) 800-53r4 framework for government server baselines. Detection and removal of old protocols that are not in alignment with standards. Performing
non-invasive scanning and observations through packet capture software. Performing on- site security assessments with the Office of Inspector General
(OIG) datacenter security audits. Working directly with management to report findings to the local Information Security Officer (ISO) and Privacy Officer.
Additional findings outside of the OIT are confidential and or sensitive. High security concerns are communicated directly with the VA Director of
Cybersecurity.
Collaboration with the Active Directory Team to build the new System Security Plan (SSP). Compliance with the new Department of Defense (DoD) Federal
Information Policy (FIP’s) daily. Guidance performed to follow a Local Risk Based Decision (LRBD). Authoring the LRBD for compliance with DoD Standards.
Senior Systems Security Analyst / IT Manager March 2008 – September 2013
Cardinal Intellectual Property
1703 Orrington Avenue Evanston, Il
(847)905-7122
Specializing in government compliance and vulnerability. FISMA, NIST, 800-53, SSAE-16 Type II Audit, log aggravation, event tracking, firewalls, active
directory, group policy, data deduplication and backup. IT management of network administrators and help desk personal. Interviewing candidates for new
positions and yearly reviews. Management of load balancing servers for 99.9% up time.
Network and system administration of secured Windows servers and Cisco IOS switches across multiple locations. Familiar with CISCO switches,
Checkpoint firewalls and VASCO VPN, Kemp Load Balancers and SAN technologies. Checkpoint IDS blade technology. Administered McAfee ePolicy
Orchestrator(EPO) console for all servers and workstations. Responsible for server disaster recovery / backups and desktop imaging. Design and
management hardening of VMware vSphere environment. Mentoring of help desk personal. Working with outside vendors for license compliance and
technical problem resolutions. Coordination with software development team for code deployments to production servers backups and desktop imaging.
Design and management hardening of VMware vSphere environment. Mentoring of help desk personal. Working with outside vendors for license compliance
and technical problem resolutions. Coordination with software development team for code deployments to production servers.

2. Network Administrator/Senior Network Analyst February 1998 - March 2008
Woodward
6250 West Howard Street Niles, Il
(847)967-7730
System administration and installation of Windows servers, workstations, network switches and printers. Support and troubleshooting of Windows Active
Directory policies, organizational units, groups, and login scripts. Working knowledge of Citrix Metaframe. Administration of outside vendor service contracts.
Research and development for new project planning. Defined new equipment specifications, acquired the request for proposal and published new standards.
Collaborating daily with various departments in a manufacturing environment. Design and implementation of fiber optic and CAT 5e networking equipment.
Installed wireless access points in conjunction with corporate security standards. Employee supervision, mentoring, and yearly review process. Development of
end user training materials. Collaboration with corporate infrastructure and the facilities department to provide electrical power, cooling, monitoring and cabling
requirements for the data center.
Administration of Microsoft Exchange 2003 and Lotus Notes servers. Responsible for Windows server patching, anti-virus protection and data backup/retention
process. Administration and installation of Nortel Network telephone system. Global support of IT team members and users. Excellence in data consolidation for
multinational company acquisitions. International work experience in Europe. Attendance and collaboration at various weekly IT project meetings and
infrastructure strategies.
Developed disaster recovery process for multiple locations. Design and administration of VMware ESX infrastructure via fiber channel SAN. Experienced in
“thinking globally” for supporting 3000+ employees. Experience in LAN/WAN troubleshooting to provide optimal network performance. Implemented server and
environment monitoring software to enhance data center uptime requirements.
Network Administrator August 1996-January 1998
Campbell Software, Inc.
161 North Clark Street Chicago. IL
(Company has merged with SAP)
Administered Microsoft and Novell network along with client support. Performed operating system and application installs. Provided troubleshooting of various
operating systems and hardware. Trained users on Windows NT Workstation and Windows 95. Configured and repaired system hardware.
Developed and maintained client hardware inventory. Instituted standard operating system configurations and created standard deployment images for
restoring these systems with limited down time. Created a master Ghost image for booting 4 different operating systems. Responsible for client backups via
Backup-Exec software.
Past Projects and Deliverables
Group Policy Baselines for various server and workstations following the NIST standard framework. Datacenter hardware and operating system software build
from ground up. Auditing SolarWinds Orion for detection, diagnosis and resolution of network performance. WSUS server build for server/workstation security
patches. Management of Anti-Virus installation and latest signature compliance. Third Party Vulnerability scanning and patching. Server consolidation via
VMware vSphere servers. Backup and restore build and maintenance. Leading domestic printer standards project. Fast-paced system migration of SEG GmbH
Power Protection of network SAN architecture and data - Kempen, Germany. Conversion from Novell to Microsoft Server Technologies - Installed Microsoft
server infrastructure including Exchange, Citrix, and Active Directory infrastructure.
Application Administration/Operating System Experience
Nessus, Wireshark, Microsoft Network Monitor, Microsoft Security Compliance Manager, VMware vSphere 5.x, Orion SolarWinds, Citrix, WSUS, Active
Directory GPO’s, Windows Server 2000 – 2008 R2, Microsoft Exchange 2007, IIS, McAfee Anti-Virus and EPO management console, VISIO, Microsoft Office
2007 support, VASCO, Event Tracker, Bart PE boot CD environment, CISCO network switch configurations and VLANs, WhatsUp Gold, Symantec Ghost,
Windows 3.x-Windows 7, DOS, OS/2, Symantec Backup Exec.
Network Protocols and Authentication Standards
Kerberos, NTLM, NTLMv2,TCP/IP, SSH,VPN, SFTP, TLS, DHCP, HTTP(S), FTP, DNS, POP, SMTP, Telnet, Radius, etc. Firewall Rules and protocol tracking.
Education
AAS-EET Electrical Engineering Technology, December 1988
Youngstown State University
Youngstown, Ohio