Joseph Alan Scoggins
Verified Expert in Engineering
Cybersecurity Developer
Gainesville, GA, United States
Toptal member since November 7, 2023
Joseph is a Tanium cybersecurity engineer who has worked for Tanium as an enterprise services engineer. He has built and maintained the Tanium operating system and Windows server-based Tanium platforms from the ground up. Joseph is certified on all Tanium modules and specializes in proprietary Tanium operating system appliances and threat response.
Portfolio
Experience
- IT Automation - 10 years
- IT Deployments - 10 years
- AutoHotkey - 10 years
- Windows PowerShell - 9 years
- Citrix - 8 years
- Virtualization - 8 years
- Tanium - 4 years
- Python 3 - 1 year
Availability
Preferred Environment
Windows, Tanium
The most amazing...
...tool I've developed from the ground up is a fully automated imaging solution for a Fortune 500 company, a system fully managed via Tanium's console.
Work Experience
Vulnerability and Compliance Engineer
Bayview Asset Management
- Managed cybersecurity and client actions in Tanium.
- Remediated vulnerabilities for upcoming internal audits.
- Built and managed all personas and role-based access control (RBAC) permissions.
- Instated a custom security compliance protocol for all endpoints.
Senior IT Client Engineer
Oportun
- Handled all cybersecurity and client management in Tanium.
- Managed all account permissions, accesses, personas, and RBAC.
- Created and maintained first and last line of defense measures for potential threats.
- Led monthly workshop meetings to keep other team leads informed of emergent security risks.
Cybersecurity Engineer IV
State Street
- Provided Tier IV support for cybersecurity operations within the Tanium environment.
- Maintained Tanium Dev, UAT, and prod environments in full.
- Managed Tanium Threat Response for threat hunting and intrusion detection.
Cybersecurity Engineer III
Station Casinos
- Oversaw the Tanium environment and all deployments, patches, and device imaging.
- Managed RBAC within Tanium and the activity of various teams within the platform.
- Utilized Axonius and Rapid7 for threat hunting and scoring and provided high-level reports for upper management.
Technical Trainer
Imprivata
- Provided advanced-level training to Imprivata professionals to complete their proprietary certification program.
- Taught week-long courses on the proper use of multi-factor authentication and SSO capabilities.
- Organized meetings and managed students in an online classroom.
Experience
Windows PowerShell API Scripting
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GERAneHCqFTZzjdWuO-hNLkH0gyrXYqOydLGDYvaCvICertifications
Tanium Threat Response
Tanium
Tanium IT Hygiene
Tanium
Skills
Tools
AutoHotkey, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
Frameworks
Windows PowerShell, .NET
Platforms
Windows, Citrix, Windows Server, Rapid7
Languages
XML, C#, Python 3, HTML5
Paradigms
Role-based Access Control (RBAC)
Other
IT Deployments, Virtualization, Tanium, IT Automation, ISO 27001, Tanium Threat Response, Axonius, Technical Documentation, Threat Analytics, Threat Detection and Response (TDR), Imprivata, Single Sign-on (SSO), Multiple Factor Analysis (MFA), Cybersecurity Operations
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