Brandon J. Smith

About Brandon J. Smith

With over six years of professional expertise, I\'ve honed my skills in IT solutions, specializing in physical security and corporate technology at Ally. My mission is to enhance employee experience and operational efficiency through innovative technology solutions. At Ally, we value collaboration, and I am committed to bringing a diverse perspective to our IT and business partnerships, ensuring our technology aligns with the company\'s culture and goals. In my current role as a Senior Systems Engineer, I manage and support a multitude of technologies across 32 facilities, including servers, applications, and security systems like Max Pro and Genetec. My responsibilities include maintaining technology solutions for Business Units such as Corporate Workplace and Physical Security, leveraging my proficiency with tools like Dynatrace and Solarwinds to optimize our operations and safeguard our corporate environment.

Experience

1. Senior Systems Engineer

   Ally

   Nov 2021 — Present

   Provided administration, implementation, and support for physical security and corporate technology. Work closely with IT and business partners to develop IT solutions for employee experience, device monitoring, physical security, and many other corporate technology functions. • Worked with servers, on-prem hosted applications, SaaS applications, cameras, doors/badge readers, biometrics, audio analytics, facial recognition, etc.) Worked closed on applications such as: Max Pro, Pro Watch, Genetec, Morpho, Solarwinds, IronYun, etc. • Managed technology solutions for 3 Business Units: Corporate Workplace, Corporate Citizenship, and Physical Security across all 32 Ally facilities. • Responsible for maintaining over security devices that help ensure the safety of employees and contractors.(cameras, readers, biometrics, etc.) • Plan, organize, control and implement physical security application-related projects, upgrades, system migrations and commissioning. • Maintained all access control, video systems, and network applications on preventive maintenance schedule. • Responsible for remediating and preventing security vulnerabilities across all software and hardware • Liaising with key stakeholders in both the business and the operational support team to ensure the product life-cycle is properly managed o Monitoring, Alerting and Logging o Service Management o Change management o Incident management o Outage reporting o Configuration management

Education

• Military Global & Leadership Academy

  High School Diploma

  2008 — 2012

• Shaw University

  Political Science

  2012 — 2016