Nick Villa

About Nick Villa

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:SANS GPEN certified Security Engineer, accompanied with 7 years of Systems Engineer experience. Dependable, hard working, with strong customer service skills, and the ability to quickly learn and apply new technology. Looking for a challenging security opportunity that will allow me to put my skills to work and allow me the opportunity to grow as a security engineer.A+ Certified, Network+ Certified, Security+ Certified, MCTS Certified, MCP Certified, CCNA Certified, ITILv3 Foundations Certified, SANS GIAG GPEN Certified.

Experience

1. Senior Vulnerability and Threat Engineer

   Cerner Corporation

   May 2019 — Present · Kansas City, MO, US

   A member of a four person vulnerability management team for a global company. Specifically I’m responsible for our vulnerability scanning and remediation processes. • Vulnerability Management: I’m tasked with performing infrastructure and application-based security vulnerability assessments in accordance with industry accepted standards and procedures. I’m also responsible for analyzing system services, operating systems, networks and applications with the intent of discovering security gaps to further protect Cerner assets.• Nexpose - Scanning of internal/external assets• Nessus - Scanning of internal/external assets• Proactively monitor exploits and vulnerabilities to ensure our organization is staying ahead of the threat.• Custom Reporting- taking data from vulnerability scans and turning that into actionable items• Nmap – Running custom scans• TCPDump – Capturing Packets and using that information for trouble-shooting• Zap Proxy – Web App Security, scanning for vulnerabilities• F5 – Finding IP Address behind the VIP• Assist in the investigation of, breaches, and security incidents

Education

• Eagle Heights Christian School

  General, General

  1996 — 1999

• New Horizons Computer Learning Center

  Cyber Defender

  2009 — 2010

• Pensacola Christian College

  Business Management & Marketing Studies

  1999 — 2001

Skills

• Cisco Systems Products
• Nagios
• Windows Server 2008
• Computer Hardware
• Windows Xp
• Comptia Security+
• Change Management
• Group Policy
• Security+
• Disaster Recovery
• Microsoft Office
• Tripwire Enterprise
• Active Directory
• Xp
• System Center Configuration Manager (Sccm)
• Windows Server
• Ccna
• Comptia Security
• Comptia a
• Cisco Technologies
• Imaging
• Dns
• Nessus
• Cisco
• Servers
• Itil
• Vmware
• Domain Name System (Dns)
• Tcp/Ip
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (Dhcp)
• Windows Server 2003
• Technical Support
• Sccm
• Owasp Zap
• Network Administration
• Cisco Switches
• Comptia Security
• System Administration
• Network Engineering
• Citrix