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Cody Hall

405 - 2007 Pohorecky Cres, Saskatoon,SK

Summary

Results-driven Security Consultant eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and a high degree of self-motivation. Clear understanding of organizational goals and proficient in collaboration to solve problems in creative and efficient ways. Committed to continuous learning and professional development in the domains of security and automation.

Overview

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5

Years of Professional Experience

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Certifications

Work History

Cyber Security Advisor

Ontinue (formerly Open Systems)
02.2023 - Current
  • Uses critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions
  • Consistently improves customer security posture through recommendations including but not limited to: patching, configuration changes, mitigations, general system hardening
  • Looks for opportunities to automate tedious/manual procedures
  • Builds strong relationships with engineers and senior leaders (technical and non-technical)
  • Regularly contributes to internal documentation to augment knowledge sharing and improve processes/standards

Security Engineer

Open Systems
05.2021 - 02.2023
  • Lead implementation of cloud native XDR/SOCaaS services for all customers of Open Systems in North America
  • Acted as lead technical resource to integrate the Open Systems SOC with customer IT environments
  • Solved and documented complex technical challenges, prioritizing scalability and automation
  • Ensured customer satisfaction through clear communication

Senior Cyber Security Analyst

Connectwise (formerly Stratozen, Pre-acquisition)
02.2019 - 04.2021
  • Analyze and correlate incidents and events to identify active or imminent threats
  • Create, tune and implement SIEM rules looking for anomalous or malicious activity
  • Performed documentation, testing, implementation, and user support

Education

Technical Certificate - Information Technology, 10/2018 - 11/2019

Mountainland Applied Technical College
Lehi, UT

Skills

  • Strong verbal and written communication skills with both technical and non-technical personnel
  • Project and solution delivery
  • Security operations - Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender
  • Entra ID Security - Identity Protection, Conditional Access, Privileged Identity Management
  • Vulnerability management and mitigation
  • Security posture hardening
  • Scripting in PowerShell
  • Passion and ability to learn new technologies and topics
  • Flexible and adaptable

Certification

  • CompTIA Network+ - August 2019, Expired May 2023
  • CompTIA Security+ - December 2019, Expired May 2023
  • CompTIA CySA+ - May 2020, Expired May 2023
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner - January 2021, Expired January 2024
  • Microsoft AZ-104 Azure Administrator - November 2022, Expired November 2023
  • Microsoft SC-200 - In Progress

Timeline

Cyber Security Advisor

Ontinue (formerly Open Systems)
02.2023 - Current

Security Engineer

Open Systems
05.2021 - 02.2023

Senior Cyber Security Analyst

Connectwise (formerly Stratozen, Pre-acquisition)
02.2019 - 04.2021

Technical Certificate - Information Technology, 10/2018 - 11/2019

Mountainland Applied Technical College
Cody Hall