Andrew Hoyes
Cyber Security Analyst
Kingston,St. Andrew
Summary
Computer security professional with 3.5 years of progressive experience in a corporate cybersecurity environment. Demonstrated skill identifying business risks and compliance issues and designing proactive solutions. Background designing and implementing layered network security approaches in Windows Server and RHEL environments.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
Work History
SOC Analyst
Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited
Kingston
2019.03 - Current
- Performed extensive Business Impact Analysis (BIA) by identifying, prioritizing and calculating timeframes for critical systems loss to estimate the impact on the organization.
- Worked alongside Incident Response team to triage and assess threat vectors using Cyber Kill Chain, Diamond, and MITRE ATT&CK CTI frameworks.
- Spearheaded elevation of Cyber Threat Intelligence practices to ISO/IEC 27004:2016 standard.
- Oversaw hardening of Windows Server and RHEL boxes in line with both Microsoft and Red Hat standards.
- Oversaw and improved existing change management/ version control procedures by implementing distributed storage via Subversion.
- Monitored, prioritized and investigated logs and reports generated by SolarWinds LEM and later Splunk ES
- Proposed then oversaw migration from SolarWinds LEM to Splunk ES
- Configured and managed URL filtering and application aware content inspection rules as well as IDS and IPS rule lists on CheckPoint Next Generation Firewall.
- Implemented Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) based on X.509v3 certificates by provisioning Root and Subordinate CAs and RAS as well as Key Recovery Server for Key Escrow.
- Performed forensic analysis of memory snapshots of infected machines using Volatility framework
- Managed on-premise NAS and SANs.
- Tested and prepared documentation for implementation of complete VDI utilizing thin clients for end users.
- Oversaw secure provisioning of mobile devices and hardening of Android Enterprise.
Penetration Tester
Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited
Kingston
2018.06 - 2019.03
- Participated in White, Grey and Black Box penetration tests on in-scope company infrastructure and applications.
- Employed the use of various tools for the footprinting, reconnaissance and scanning of network resources as well as sniffing of network traffic such as: NMAP, Wireshark, Responder, Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP, Ettercap and Snort.
- Tested mission critical applications against OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities and created actionable vulnerability reports with detailed remediation steps.
- Developed customs scripts and exploits.
- Performed assessments of security awareness training using social engineering practices.
Junior Network Administrator
Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited
Kingston
2018.02 - 2018.06
- Performed domain administrative functions in Microsoft Active Directory across Windows Server 2008, 2012 and 2016.
- Prepared and provided required network documentation to inform management on staged rollout of 802.1X.
- Increased knowledge base for help desk staff by authoring documentation for system configuration and troubleshooting.
Education
High School Diploma -
Campion College
Kingston 2012.09 - 2017.07
CAPE Unit 1 - Computer Science
Pre-University School
Mona 2017.09 - 2018.05
Bachelor of Science - Engineering
University of The West Indies
Mona 2020.08 - Current
Skills
Threat Intelligence
Certification
CompTIA Security+
Timeline
CompTIA CySa+ (renewing)
2021-08
EC-Council CHFI (reading for)
2021-08
CompTIA Security+
2021-07
Bachelor of Science - Engineering
University of The West Indies
2020.08 - Current
SOC Analyst
Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited
2019.03 - Current
Cybrary SOC Analyst Level 2
2019-03
Cybrary SOC Analyst Level 1
2018-12
Penetration Tester
Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited
2018.06 - 2019.03
Junior Network Administrator
Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited
2018.02 - 2018.06
CAPE Unit 1 - Computer Science
Pre-University School
2017.09 - 2018.05
High School Diploma -
Campion College
2012.09 - 2017.07
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