Justin L.

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  • About me

    Senior Security Engineer | Identity, Cloud Security

  • Education

    • Southeastern Oklahoma State University

      2007 - 2008
    • Oklahoma City Community College

      2009 - 2010
  • Experience

    • NueQ

      Feb 2011 - May 2013

      -In charge of managing the workflow for the day to day Helpdesk activities. -Directed Tier 1 and 2 teams as needed to maintain SLA. -Handled top tier escalated calls as needed.-Traveled across the country to diagnose and find resolutions to severe problems. Trained and maintained Tier 1 Technician Team. Was responsible for escalations and low level supervisor duties. Was responsible for assisting country wide clients via phone and e-mail.-PC and Point of Sales hardware/software installation and setup.-Trained users on Point of Sale and PC/Network Hardware.-Technical support and troubleshooting for PC and Hardware issues.

      • Helpdesk Floor Supervisor

        Jun 2012 - May 2013
      • Helpdesk Coach

        Feb 2012 - Aug 2012
      • Technician I

        Feb 2011 - Jun 2012
    • Hobby Lobby

      May 2013 - Apr 2022

      Provides high point reference for escalations from support teams.• Manages MFA and provides training to other teams on MFA policies and procedures.• Oversees day to day active directory tasks.• Manages e-mail firewall.• Oversees assigning and maintaining permissions in various systems (AD, Exchange, Proofpoint, Duo).• Creates and monitors various automations. (ex: VM Retirement and Cleanup, Vendor Account Validation and Removal, RoleGroup cleanup and Retirement)• Automated Account On boarding and Off boarding Procedures to adhere to standards and massively reduce time spent.• Handles assignments and updates of Role Based Access Groups.• Automated reports to handle excess privileges for user accounts.• Works with Security to remedy out of scope Accounts, Groups, and Resources in Active Directory.• Documents processes and procedures to maintain adherence to stakeholders. Show less

      • Systems Administrator

        Jun 2016 - Apr 2022
      • Systems Support Level 2

        May 2013 - Jun 2016
    • Heartland

      Apr 2022 - now
      Security Engineer - Identity - Heartland

      Identity Access and Management-Champions principle of least privilege and Identity Access as the first line of Zero Trust-Work with project teams to dynamically rebuild and maintain role-based permissions frameworks-Hands on designer and developer of a dynamic IAM system to address challenges in a complex and diverse AGILE workforce-Automating provisioning workflow across multitude of varying applications and tools-Creates policy for various Role Based Security framework addendums to enhance user experience-Works in the development of measurements and policy to address for user access attestations-Creates schema and documentation to enforce and maintain IAM solutions and standards Show less

    • Global Payments Inc.

      Sept 2023 - now
      Senior Security Specialist - Identity - Heartland Payments

      - Analyzes existing systems, identify security gaps, and designs IAM solutions that meet the organization's needs for secure access and compliance.- Architects and configures IAM technologies like Single Sign-On (SSO), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Entitlement Managment, and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) solutions across multiple IDPs and vendor products.- Builds processes and documentation to streamline and automate workloads.- Diagnoses and resolves complex user authentication, access rights, and system configuration issues.- Help define security policies and ensure that Identity Systems align with regulations and best practices.- Guides and supports junior team members.- Works closely with various teams consult on and integrate IAM solutions to ensure smooth operations.- Primary Business Unit Identity SME for Azure, AWS, other Cloud Platforms as well as numerous 3rd party services. Show less

    • Moving Forward Identity Solutions

      Jan 2024 - now
      Principal Consultant
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Amazon Web Services Cloud Practitioner

      Amazon Web Services (AWS)
      May 2022
      View certificate certificate
    • Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate

      Microsoft
      Aug 2023
      View certificate certificate
    • Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

      Microsoft
      Dec 2021
      View certificate certificate
    • SEC549: Cloud Security Architecture

      SANS Institute
      May 2023