Robert Hancock

Nuclear Field Electrician's Mate

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Shirley, New York, United States

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Timeline
About me
Senior Technology Engineer/ISSO SDCC at Brookhaven National Laboratory
Education
- University of Alabama in Huntsville
  2016 - 2018
  Master's of Science Cybersecurity Engineering
  Activities and Societies: National Science Foundation Scholarship for Service M.S. in Cybersecurity Engineering Track
- The University of Alabama in Huntsville
  2008 - 2012
  Bachelor's degree Physics
  Activities and Societies: Nuclear Propulsion Officer Candidate Program (NUPOC)
- US Navy Nuclear Prototype (MARF)
  2003 - 2003
  Qualified Nuclear/Nuclear Power Technology/Technician
  Activities and Societies: Qualified to operate electrical generation and switching equipment on an operational nuclear reactor. Trained and qualified on a functional nuclear power plant (MARF) in preparation for assignment to nuclear powered aircraft carriers.
- Nuclear Power School - Naval Nuclear Power Training Command (NNPTC)
  2002 - 2003
  Nuclear Engineering Technology/Technician 3.60
  6 months in Nuclear Field Electrician A-School learning to be an electrician. 6 Months in nuclear power school learning all the fundamental science and engineering that underlie naval nuclear power plant operation. i.e. Thermodynamics, Reactor Principles, Electrical Theory, Mechanical Theory.
Experience
- US Navy
  Nov 2001 - Nov 2007
  Nuclear Field Electrician's Mate
  Supervised the operation of electrical generators and switching equipment in support of underway Nuclear Power Plant operations.Performed and oversaw maintenance on all components related to electrical generation and distribution aboard two different aircraft carriers (CVN-65,CVN-69).Supervised and mentored subordinate personnel.Administrator for confidential computer network aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. This network required high availability as it hosted reactor plant technical documentation and maintenance tracking and tagout system. Show less
- The University of Alabama in Huntsville
  Aug 2008 - May 2010
  Student Specialist III
  Maintain and administer computer networks and related computing environments including computer hardware, systems software, applications software, and all configurations.
- US Navy
  May 2012 - Jan 2017
  Naval Officer
  As a naval officer I was responsible for developing young sailors into nuclear operators. This included not only teaching ~650 students the fundamental theories and applications of nuclear power but also indoctrinating them into a professional career in the U.S. Navy. As Senior Instructor, I was responsible for qualifying incoming staff members to teach in this demanding environment. As Command Duty Officer, I was solely responsible for supervising a watch-team of 8 staff and ~50 students watch-standers. This watch-team responded to a myriad of issues including medical, training, weather, facilities, security, drug and alcohol testing, and interfacing with outside agencies for a command of four thousand people, most of which live on site. Show less
- The University of Alabama in Huntsville
  May 2017 - Jun 2018
  Research Engineer II
  DOD contract work related to replicating existing networks in virtualized environments for cybersecurity testing. This involved configuring servers, workstations, network equipment, and dedicated security devices.
- CyberProtex, LLC
  Feb 2018 - Jun 2018
  Cybersecurity Trainer
  Taught grades 9-12 certification preparation classes at New Century Technology High School for Comptia Network+, Security+, IT Fundamentals. Created and taught Network II, an advanced network building course
- Brookhaven National Laboratory
  Jun 2018 - now
  Responsible for purchasing, installation, and maintenance of ~100 servers, ~60 JBOD storage arrays (in Linux Software RAID), and ~15 hardware RAID appliances across three datacenters. Write and maintain custom software in Python for monitoring and maintenance of storage equipment. Puppet used for configuration management. Use both GIT and PERFORCE. Troubleshoot all servers issues including software, hardware, networking, asset tracking, authentication, firewall configuration, and network/parallel filesystems such as Dcache, Xrootd, NFS. Show less
  - Senior Technology Engineer
    Jan 2024 - now
  - Advanced Technology Engineer
    Dec 2021 - Feb 2024
  - Technology Engineer
    Jun 2018 - Dec 2021
Licenses & Certifications
- Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
  EC-Council
  Jun 2017
- Security+ ce
  CompTIA
  Jan 2017
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