Hi, I'm Gannon O'Connor

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Resume

Professional Statement

Recent Cyber Security graduate with a minor in Network Administration from Alfred State College. Recognized by peers and professors for being hard-working, a strong leader, and dedicated. I am eager to contribute to your company's success by applying my leadership skills and teamwork experience gained through academic projects and internships. My commitment to continuous learning and professional growth will make me a valuable asset in the field of Cyber Security.

Skills

Operating Systems

Deploying, configuring, and installing Windows, Windows Server and Ubuntu.

Network Administration

Full rack setup with firewall, ACL, VLANs, ZBF, VPN, spanning tree, and server configurations (file, web, database, telephony, and print servers) on both Ubuntu and Windows Servers.

Technologies

2 years experience with SolarWinds, Meraki, RealMD, + Asterisk, Cisco, and Polycom PBX

Digital Forensics

Conducted digital forensics labs in a self-hosted lab environment.

Projects

Try Hack Me

Engaged in various cybersecurity challenges and labs (Top 5% in the world)

CTF Competitions

Experience with OverTheWire, PicoCTF, and Hack The Box.

Website Development

gannonis.fun

VM Learning

Hands-on experience with SWIFT, Kali Linux, SWIFT & Windows in virtual environments

Home Lab Projects

Deployed Active Directory with FQDN and utilized PowerShell for user creation.

Explored cybersecurity tools like Yara, Yaragen, LOKI, and Snort.

Used KAPE, Autopsy, and FTK Imager for data acquisition and analysis of real-time and simulated traffic.

Windows Memory, Prefetch, and File System Forensics (EZTools & The Sleuth Kit Suite)

- OSINT (Maltego, Netﬂow, Wireshark, OSINTFramework, PassiveDNS)

Experience

FirstLight Fiber - NOC Technician (Jan 2024- Current)

Communicated

with clients & co-workers to oversee 99.9% uptime in various equipment (phones, multiplexors, routers & switches, and cell towers) Troubleshot

network events and network maintenance with various internal & external support teams Daily

trouble ticket management (creation, escalation, troubleshooting, and resolution) Email

management for ~600 - 700 emails daily

Plant-IQ - IT Support / Network Administrator Internship (Summer 2023)

Designed

& built network from ground up including IP tables, NMS, SNMP Trap Monitoring for 10+ medium scale businesses & government agencies utilizing FortiNet, Ubiquiti, pfSense & Suricata Monitored

SIEM with ArcSite ESM Deployed

Honeymail & Kako to monitor for Network Intrusions Assisted

2-3 Clients per day on Network Troubleshooting / General IT Maintenance

Education

SUNY Alfred State

Bachelors

Bachelor of Science

in Cyber Security - Spring 2024

Minor

in Network Administration

Associates

Associates of Science

in Cyber Security - Spring 2022

Minor

in Network Administration

Certifications

Knowledge

Studying

Extracurricular Activities

Psi Delta Omega Leadership Positions

ASIST - Alfred State Information Security Team

// Starter / Member

Team Captain

Philanthropy