Michael Gairson

Experience

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  US Navy

  Jul 2013 - Jul 2019

  Petty Officer Second Class

  • Played a pivotal role in ensuring the ship's deploymentreadiness by successfully overseeing and accomplishing the training andcertification of the ship's weapon defense systems• Proactively participated in achieving cross-departmentaloperational security training requirements, prioritizing both ship andpersonnel security• Supervised a team of five sailors in the successfulattainment of shipboard certifications, whereby effectively preparing thedepartment for deployment Show less

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  Grand Valley State University

  May 2023 - Aug 2023

  Information Security Intern

  • Contributed to the renewed effort of the Security Operation Center as a team member that resulted inenhanced incident response capabilities• Utilized HTML and CSS to create a visually appealing and user-friendly interface for Splunk, enhancing theoverall user experience and facilitating efficient data exploration

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  S and A Systems

  Sept 2023 - now

  Information Technology Field Technician

  • Part of a transitional team migrating onsite services to the cloud• Configure static IP addresses for the serial-to-ethernet converters• Developed SQL queries for widespread data analytics, including the creation of additional fields toenhance existing data structures

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  Grand Valley State University

  Mar 2024 - now

  Academic Computing Specialist