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Ken Gibson<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

IT Systems Administrator & Security Analyst<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Experienced IT professional with 5+ years in systems administration, network security, and cloud infrastructure. Passionate about building secure, scalable environments and documenting the journey through hands-on home lab projects and technical writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently focused on cloud security architecture, infrastructure automation with Ansible and Terraform, and expanding my home lab environment to mirror enterprise-grade deployments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Core Skills<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Infrastructure<\/h4>\n\n\n
  • Windows Server \/ Active Directory<\/li>
  • Linux Administration (RHEL, Ubuntu)<\/li>
  • VMware vSphere \/ Proxmox<\/li>
  • Docker & Container Orchestration<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    Security<\/h4>\n\n\n
    • SIEM (Splunk, Wazuh)<\/li>
    • Firewall Management (pfSense, OPNsense)<\/li>
    • Vulnerability Assessment<\/li>
    • Incident Response & Forensics<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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      Cloud & Automation<\/h4>\n\n\n
      • AWS (EC2, S3, IAM, VPC)<\/li>
      • Azure AD \/ Entra ID<\/li>
      • Terraform \/ Ansible<\/li>
      • CI\/CD Pipelines<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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        Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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        Systems Administrator \u2014 Acme Corp<\/h3>\n\n\n

        March 2022 \u2013 Present<\/p>\n\n\n

        Manage fleet of 200+ Windows and Linux servers across hybrid cloud environment. Lead migration of on-premises Exchange to Microsoft 365. Implemented Wazuh SIEM reducing mean time to detect from 48 hours to under 2 hours.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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        IT Support Specialist \u2014 TechStart Inc<\/h3>\n\n\n

        June 2020 \u2013 February 2022<\/p>\n\n\n

        Provided Tier 2 support for 150-person organization. Deployed and managed MDM solution for remote workforce. Automated onboarding\/offboarding workflows with PowerShell, reducing provisioning time by 60%.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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        Education & Training<\/h2>\n\n\n

        Cybersecurity Bootcamp \u2014 Per Scholas<\/h3>

        Completed September 2024 \u00b7 15 weeks<\/p>

        Intensive hands-on training in network security, threat analysis, SIEM operations, and incident response. Built and defended enterprise lab environments. Earned CompTIA Security+ during the program.<\/p><\/div>

        Google IT Support Professional Certificate \u2014 Coursera<\/h3>

        Completed March 2023<\/p>

        Foundations in networking, operating systems, system administration, security, and troubleshooting. Hands-on labs covering DNS, DHCP, Active Directory, and Linux CLI.<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Ken Gibson IT Systems Administrator & Security Analyst Experienced IT professional with 5+ years in systems administration, network security, and cloud infrastructure. Passionate about building secure, scalable environments and documenting the journey through hands-on home lab projects and technical writing. Currently focused on cloud security architecture, infrastructure automation with Ansible and Terraform, and expanding my […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kencdn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kencdn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kencdn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kencdn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/kencdn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83,"href":"https:\/\/kencdn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/83"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kencdn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}