Brandon B.

I am a Senior IT Infrastructure & Cybersecurity professional with 20 years of hands-on experience designing, managing, securing, troubleshooting, and supporting enterprise IT environments. As a Top Rated Plus freelance consultant on Upwork, representing the top 3% of performers on the platform, I maintain a 100% Job Success Score and have earned $650K+ across more than 10,000 hours of client work. These achievements reflect a proven track record and standing among Upwork’s most accomplished freelance IT professionals. My background spans IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, networking, cloud, virtualization, servers, storage, backup and disaster recovery, and enterprise systems administration. I have progressed from technical support and systems administration roles to hands-on senior IT infrastructure management positions with responsibility for multi-million-dollar enterprise IT environments. My strong work ethic and broad, cross-functional technical expertise are what distinguish me from many other IT professionals. I hold a Master's degree, 15+ industry certifications, and was selected as a 2025 EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) Hall of Fame Top 100 Awardee — a global recognition honoring distinguished CEH-certified cybersecurity professionals. My experience includes working with three major financial institutions in the St. Louis area, as well as supporting high-profile government and enterprise organizations, including the U.S. Armed Forces (Army, Navy, Air Force, and National Guard), CENTCOM, DHS, DARPA, DISA, FBI, NSA, FEMA, FDA, NYPD, Disney, Universal, AT&T, FedEx, Comcast, and Caesars Entertainment. Core Expertise: • Cybersecurity, Endpoint Security, Threat Detection, IAM & Vulnerability Management • IT Infrastructure, Servers & Virtualization • Cloud & Microsoft 365 • Enterprise Networking & Network Security • Backup, Disaster Recovery & Monitoring • Enterprise AI Solutions & Integration Certifications: • Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) • VMware Certified Professional (VCP) – Data Center Virtualization • Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) • CCNA: Routing and Switching • CCNA: Voice • CCNA: Security • SSFIPS: Securing Cisco Networks with Sourcefire IPS • Citrix Certified Administrator: Citrix NetScaler 9.2 • LPIC-1: Systems Administrator (Linux Professional Institute) • NetApp NCDA: Data ONTAP 7-Mode • CompTIA A+, Network+, Server+, Linux+, Security+ Professional Training: • SANS – SEC504: Hacker Tools, Techniques, Exploits and Incident Handling (Taught by renowned Information Security Instructor John Strand) • NetApp Accelerated NCDA Boot Camp Data ONTAP 7-Mode • SecureNinja – Certified Ethical Hacker v8 Training • Guru Labs – LPIC-1 & Enterprise Linux System Administration • VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage • Basic Administration for Citrix NetScaler 9.2 Whether you need assistance with cybersecurity, infrastructure modernization, cloud administration, virtualization, network security, vulnerability management, AI, backup and disaster recovery, or any other complex enterprise IT issue, I bring the depth of experience to quickly understand your environment and deliver practical solutions.