Brian Keith, Security Engineer

Brian Keith

Security Engineer

Contractor MGI, Carbon Capture and Co2 Emissions Company

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
High school or equivalent, Telecommunications/Math
Experience
29 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :29 years, 7 Months

Security Engineer at Contractor MGI, Carbon Capture and Co2 Emissions Company
  • My current job since November 2017

Created strategy to deploy IT security hardware and software solutions. Installed and setup
LogRhythm and Splunk for threat protection.
* Oversee the development of corporate security polices, standards, and procedures.
* Ensure that all security policy, standards and procedures are complied with by the company and its
staff, including all outside vendors and subcontractors.
* Integrated security polices and protection strategies with IT systems development and collaborated
with key people within the business to create IT security risk management programs. Worked with
senior management to make sure that IT security policies are deployed, revised sustained and
overseen effectively, as a threat hunter.
* Maintained systems, servers, routers, firewall’s switches, load-balancer’s, Intrusion Detection and
developed audit system and assessed for risk. Help predict emerging threats and monitored any
security flaws and threats within the infrastructure. Setup and configured all firewall devices.
* Developed policies around security incidents and created an Emergency Response Team to act as
and when a security breach loomed. Developed a disaster recovery plan to allow for business
continuity post cyber-attack.
* Proven track record with the ability to articulate IT security and technical issues in a non-threating,
clear and actionable manner to non-technical leadership.
Contractor MGI, Insurance Agency

Solutions Architect
  • January 2016 to November 2017

Designing and implementing highly available network architectures to meet demands of the high-
volume transactions in a 24/7 operation
* Performing and troubleshooting on load balancing devices in a 24x7, in a SaaS environment
* Providing capacity planning and configuration assessments for their routers, switches, network
appliances, host, and other communication devices
* Providing technical solutions that are enhancing the performance, increase redundancy, and adding
flexibility to the existing infrastructure
* Maintaining systems and networks availability, capacity management, and monitoring of services.
* Analyzing the current architecture to identify weaknesses and developing improvements
Contractor MGI, Accounting Firm 09/15-12/15
Security Consultant- Security PCI Compliance Project
* Provided experience with network management tools. SNMP trap configuration and handling.
Management of SSL certs, log management, netflow capture and analysis, DNS and dynamic
* Provided DNS configuration and management both internal and external. DHCP configuration and
management. Installed and setup LogRhythm and Splunk for threat protection.
* Reviewed KPI's/KGI's and Security Standards Best Practice, Data Protection, IDS/IPS Audit
requirements, Identity Access Management, PCI DSS Security Standards, Cyber Security in Security
Operations, Privileged access audit, Buildout Compliance, architecture, workflows, and other
associated documentation. Provided guidance effectively, as a threat hunter.
* Provided Network segmentation, broadcast domains, spanning tree, vlan's, other Layer 2 protocols,
Cisco switch management
* Supported All Cisco IP routing protocols, MPLS, VRF, OSPF, iBGP, eBGP, IP (Sub netting,
allocation, management) Layer 3 hardening standards, network segmentation, cisco router
configuration, internal and external IP routing

Contractor at MGI
  • April 2015 to September 2015
Manager at Privileged Threat Analytics
  • November 2013 to July 2014
Contractor at MGI, Web Hosting Company
  • May 2003 to May 2012
Contractor at MGI
  • January 2003 to May 2003
Contractor
  • October 2002 to January 2003
Security at Cisco
  • United Arab Emirates
  • June 2002 to October 2002
Network Operations Manager at Cisco
  • United Arab Emirates
  • March 2002 to June 2002
Security at Cisco
  • United Arab Emirates
  • September 2001 to March 2002
Design Engineer at Employed
  • November 2000 to July 2001
Contractor at Cisco
  • United Arab Emirates
  • October 1999 to November 2000
Contractor, Telecommunications
  • May 1999 to October 1999
Project Manager at Government Agency Housing
  • March 1999 to May 1999
Systems Engineer at Employed
  • March 1998 to March 1999
Contractor, Telecommunications
  • January 1997 to March 1998
Systems Engineer
  • March 1995 to January 1997
Telecommunications
  • January 1992 to March 1995

Education

High school or equivalent, Telecommunications/Math
  • at The University Of Tennessee-knoxville
  • June 1982

High school or equivalent, Telecommunications/Math
  • June 1982

Specialties & Skills

Log Rhythm
CyberSecurity
Pen Tester
FIREWALLS
MICROSOFT ACCESS
SWITCHES
ACCOUNTANCY
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