Michael Zinni

About Michael Zinni

As an Information Technology Specialist and System Administrator at the Federal Railroad…

Experience

1. Information Technology Specialist System Administrator Cyber Security

   Federal Railroad Administration

   Apr 2013 — Present

   Leeds a cybersecurity remediation team that reduced known cybersecurity exploits by 75% in 90 days • Uses Nessus, Netsparker, BigFix, and DB Protect to compile reports of known vulnerabilities and cross-reference inventory to assign product owners to servers being flagged. • Worked as liaison between IT Security group and Office of Safety / Field to facilitate mentioned exploits reduction • Created the Azure Government Cloud Control Matrix using the NIST 800-53 rev 5 for Federal Railroad Administration use. • Decreased turnaround time for malware remediation by 300% by developing local remediation techniques and procedures and preventing having infecting systems from having to be shipped off-site for a remediation • Reduced initial laptop setup time from 7 days to 1 day by designing and implementing automation scripting (PowerShell) • Assisted end-users in complex IT issues and either recommended solutions to the lower-tier help desk or implemented solutions on user’s machine • Increased available knowledge base by establishing repositories within cloud solutions thereby eliminating 100% of gained knowledge loss when an employee leaves the agency • Used cloud-based solutions (Azure, MS teams, etc.) to minimize in-person interaction during COVID-19 • Removed redundancy and enhanced productivity by streamlining the time card process. Directed team with the region 8 deputy regional administrators and FRA Headquarters IT saving 2x the time and increasing productivity by 200% • Spearhead and maintain regional technology inventory of over $5M, ensuring budget and inventory counts align. • Conduct technical verification for the 2016 FRA system Security Plan, ensuring compliance with NIST 800 guidelines • Planned and developed a user-friendly, menu-based backup program (command line batch file) to save critical user data on network and USB drive, while maintaining strict adherence to IT security standards. • Received 2013 FRA customer service award for excellence.

Skills

• Software
• Management
• Servers
• Wireless Networking
• Operating Systems
• Workstations
• Network Administration
• System Deployment
• Os X
• Networking
• Printers
• Vpn
• Debugging
• IT Operations
• Wireless
• Computer Hardware
• Dhcp
• Hardware
• Active Directory
• Programming
• Software Installation
• Help Desk Support
• Ios
• Remote Desktop
• Testing
• Computer Security
• Microsoft Exchange
• Lan-Wan
• Software Documentation
• Technical Support
• System Administration
• Desktop Computers
• Windows Xp
• Routers
• Windows Server
• Troubleshooting
• Windows 7
• Network Security
• Laptops
• Xp