Michael Ryan

Experience

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  United States Department of Defense

  Mar 2008 - Oct 2011

  Managed a primarily Windows based network consisting of almost three thousand users spread across three geographically separated locations. Worked with technicians with different levels of training and different specialties to coordinate projects and make sure the mission was accomplished effectively and by the appropriate section. Managed: Domain Controllers, DHCP servers, Blackberry Enterprise servers, proxies, Firewalls and Storage Arrays on day to day basis. Established standard procedures for many of the daily tasks my office was required to perform, ensuring continuity for future employees. Show less Worked as an essential member of the Missile Warning and Correlations team at USSTRATCOM on a variety of systems. Performed preventative maintenance inspections on a regular basis to ensure continued systems compliance. Troubleshot cryptological devices ensuring communication on different kinds of media took place. Communicated globally with other missile warning related sites to change configurations of various systems in order to perform tests of our systems. Was responsible for briefing high ranking individuals on our mission and how it was accomplished, honed excellent communication skills. Show less

  • Server Maintenance/Systems Administrator

    Mar 2010 - Oct 2011

  • Missile Warning Correlations Operator

    Mar 2008 - Feb 2010
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  Collins Aerospace

  May 2016 - now

  -Enterprise Admin for 20+ domains across multiple forests.-Rolled out Multi-Factor authentication to the every user in the enterprise (30000+) and stood up Radius servers to integrate MFA into various applications.-Stood up new AD domain for to assist with DFARS compliance (NIST 800-171). Ensured Architecture for new domain complied with standards while assisting in process remediation where needed.-Created internal password website using C# .NET MVC and knowledge of AD.-Taught members of my team and others scripting and SIEM query techniques.-Created System Security Plan for our Multi-Factor Authentication application indicating in detail how it meets NIST 800-171 technical controls.-Maintained and created scripts for managing groups/users/delegated permissions within Active Directory and auditing same.-Wrote python script for using SAML through Ping Federate to obtain an Cloud access token, assisting engineers and developers in using AWS roles based access.- Wrote python script for auditing security of 700+ CIFS shares and for corrective action on ACLs.-Wrote variety of API calls to systems like our siem,vulnerability management,and mfa systems. Show less

  • Senior Manager, Cyber Defense & Engineering

    Jan 2021 - now

  • Senior Information Security Analyst

    May 2016 - Jan 2021