Omar Chaudhry - Cybersecurity Specialist

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Featured Work Experience

End User Support Specialist
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
December 2022 - June 2024

Conducted IT audits, identified weaknesses in controls, and supervised government contractors adhered to service level agreements (SLAs).

Established relationships with subject matter experts and end users to understand their needs and requirements.

Demonstrated technical capabilities and professional knowledge to manage Assistive Technology for disabled employees.

Planned and implemented the Problem Management team which led to an increase in efficiency in ticket triaging.

Communicated major system changes to over 17,000 federal employees, contractors, and interns successfully.

Utilized Microsoft Copilot AI to detect trending problems, generate Knowledge Articles (KA) for end users and automate repetitive tasks

IT Support Specialist
National Association of Counties (NACo)
August 2022 - December 2022

Resolved technical issues in a timely and efficient manner as part of the IT helpdesk.

Created and managed Active Directory user accounts for on-premises and cloud servers in Azure.

Utilized Microsoft Intune to deploy, install, and configure new hardware and software.

Assisted in IT equipment inventory management.

Blaschke Fund Research Fellow
The Consortium of School Networking
May 2022 - August 2022

Conducted a report on emerging IT staffing in school systems and presented findings to trustees and leadership.

Specialized in reporting on cybersecurity, data privacy management, and differences between smaller and larger school districts.

Developed blog posts highlighting select findings from the project, including interviews with CTOs, Directors of Technology, and former hackers.

Program Specialist
Department of the Navy
April 2019 - January 2021

Developed tutorials for interns, recent hires and contractors that needed immediate training through Generative AI (GPT-3).

Dedicated response to Administrative IT team within the Office of Civilian Human Resources (OCHR).

Customized team pages, policy & guidance libraries, points of contact, and FAQs.

Optimized Microsoft Sharepoint UI/UX experience for teams ranging in levels of seniority.

Provided Metadata on HR policy and guidance to restructure backend.

Community Affairs Intern
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
April 2016 - October 2016

Prepared agenda for the Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) and/or partner meetings, schedule conference rooms, monitor follow-up action items.

Analyzed existing policies through intranet archives, information and technical assistance to encourage up to 440 financial organizations and nonprofits to be responsive to the credit and banking needs of the communities they serve, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods.

Supported Community Affairs Specialists in regards to MoneySmart ® Programs for Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and their eligible dependents using Microsoft SharePoint.

Education & Certifications

CompTIA Security+ Certification
November 2024

Masters of Sciences (M.S.) in Cybersecurity
Old Dominion University
June 2022

Bachelors in Business Administration
Marymount University
August 2015

Skills

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technologies

Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT/ChatCPT/GPT-3 API), Microsoft Copilot, and Perplexity

Risk Management Framework

NIST 800-53 Controls, ITIL, and FedRAMP

Network Security

Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and Incident Response (IR) Planning

Cloud Technologies

AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Services

Business Applications

Sharepoint, PowerBI, Intune and Linux Operating Systems

Programming Languages

Java, Python and Full Stack Web Development (HTML5/CSS/JS)

Spoken Languages

English (Native), Spanish (Intermediate B1) and Arabic (Elementary A1)


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