ERIK BJERS
SENIOR PRINCIPAL SYSTEMS ADMIN
PROFILE
Systems administration and IT security professional with twenty years of experience specializing in identifying, designing, and implementing solutions to difficult problems on a global network. My fifteen years of international travel to over seventy countries and five years of living abroad have given me a unique ability to adapt technology to fit into challenging environments. I have recently focused more on Information Systems Security and have helped to draft and implement multiple security and audit policies in my current position.
CONTACT
202-251-7348
Clarksburg, Maryland
SKILLS
Personal Skills
- Ability to adapt quickly
- Ability to work under preasure
- Communication
- Decision Making
- Leadership
- Self Motivated
- Time Management
User Authentication
- Ping Federate
- Ping One
- RADIUS
- Okta
Endpoint Security
- Sophos Central
- Kaspersky Endpoint Security
- Kaspersky Encryption
- Symantec Endpoint Security
- SecureDoc Full Disk Encryption
Network Security
- Meraki Firewalls
- SonicWALL Firewalls
- Cisco ASA Firewalls
MonitMonitoring and Auditing
- Rapid7 InsightIDR
- Rapid7 InsightVM
- AD Audit Plus
- PRTG
Management and Deployment
- AD Manager
- Desktop Central
- Windows Deployment Services
- Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
- WSUS
Operating Systems
- Windows Server/Client
- Linux (CentOS/Ubuntu)
Virtualization
- Microsoft Hyper-V
- VMware ESXi
- VMware vSphere
- VMWare vCenter
Hardware
- HPE Proliant Servers
- Dell PowerEdge Servers
- HP Laptops and Desktops
- Cisco Network Equipment
- Cisco Small Business
Programing and Scripting
- PowerShell
- MS SQL/ MySQL
- HTML
- CSS
- PHP
- JavaScript
System Design
- Requirements gathering
- Product evaluation
- Cost comparison
- System implementation
- System Documentation
CERTIFICATIONS
- CompTIA A+ 2002
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Senior Principal Systems/ IT Security Administrator, DAI
Principal Systems/ IT Security Administrator, DAI
Senior Systems Administrator, DAI
Responsibilities
- Monitor and respond to security incidents using Rapid7 InsightIDR
- Monitor system vulnerabilaties using Rapid7 InsightVM
- Lead projects to review, select, and implement new technology and software
- Maintain single signon and multi factor authentication systems
- Integrate enterprise applications into single signon using SAML
- Prepare and review IT specifications and budget for new project offices
- Develop or gather requirements for IT systems
- Review and approve IT related procurement requests
- Manage IT security infrastructure and write security policies
- Identify ways to improve network services, security, and availability
- Create data enabled web applications to support team needs
- Serve as team lead on new systems implementations
- Maintain system configuration, administration, and usage documentation
- Maintain corporate network infrastructure, servers, and global VPN network
- Maintain AD replication between around 100 global sites
- Provide onsite network, server, and client setup at worldwide project offices
- Provide onsite IT Systems closedown at worldwide project offices
- Provide onsite and remote support to worldwide project offices
- Provide on site and remote installation and support for IBM Domino and Notes
- Install and maintain VoIP Phone Systems at worldwide project sites
- Manage Active Directory, DHCP, DNS, and Group Policies
- Assist in reviewing, interviewing, and training candidates for IT positions worldwide
Accomplishments
- 25% reduction in IT risk through vulnerability, policy, and patch management
- Served as Team Lead for the selection and implementation of SIEM solution
- Served as Team Lead for the selection and implementation of MFA/SSO solution
- Served as Team Lead for the selection and implementation of Endpoint Protection
- Served as Team Lead for the review of SIEM and Threat Detection platforms
- Served as Team Lead for the selection and implementation of Full Disk Encryption
- Designed multi factor authentication using PKI/PIV for privlidged accounts
- Created multiple complex PowerShell scripts to automate common tasks
- Created a database to store technical information for field projects
- Designed and implemented global Windows update platform using WSUS
- Implemented Windows Deployment Services and Microsoft Deployment Tool Kit
- Implemented Distributed File System to replicate the deployment share globally
- Developed a portable "network in a box" to support global IT startups
- Assisted in integrating existing disparate domain forests into the Enterprise forest
Senior Systems Engineer, ManTech IS&T
Responsibilities
- Provide support for Exchange 2000
- Provide support for Distributed File System (DFS) on Windows Server 2000
- Configured Group Policy to enhance system security
Systems Administrator/ Engineer, SAIC and ATS
Responsibilities
- Provide installation support for Windows Server 2000/2003
- Provide installation support of database servers including Oracle and MS SQL
- Provide training for IT support staff worldwide
- Provide installation support for a multinational secure communication system
- Provide installation and support for satellite-based communication for remote VPN systems
- Developed standard equipment list for remote networks
- Maintained configuration documents
- Assisted in the testing of in-house developed software
Accomplishments
- Design, test, and deploy a secure communication system allowing remote access to a central database from multiple countries
EDUCATION, TRAINING, and CERTIFICATIONS
August 2002
December 2012
January 2019
April 2020
April 2020
Associate's Degree - Computer Network Technology, ECPI College of Technology
- Graduated with honors
- Member Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
Bachelor’s Degree - Computer Information Systems, Network Security, ECPI College of Technology,
- Graduated with honors
- Member Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
Certificate - Web Applications for Everyone, Coursera.org
- Building Web Applications in PHP
- Introduction to Structured Query Language (SQL)
- Building Database Applications in PHP
- JavaScript, jQuery, and JSON
InsightIDR Certified Specialist
InsightVM Certified Administrator