Dustin
Keeton

Summary

Security engineer managing endpoint detection and incident response for 200,000+ federal endpoints across 35 agencies. I hold escalation authority for high-severity threats, build compliance policy against DISA STIG and OMB standards, and make containment decisions without sandbox tooling—then document them to survive audit review months later. Active DoD Secret clearance, CISSP-certified, pursuing M.S. in Cybersecurity at Georgia Tech.

Impact

Experience

1. 2022-Present

   Cybersecurity Consultant, Endpoint Protection Engineer (EDR/ETP)

   Quantum Sky · Cary, NC

   • Own detection integrity, endpoint coverage, policy administration, and platform health for CrowdStrike Falcon and Trellix ETP across 35 tenants, balancing each tenant's false-positive tolerance against its mission impact.
   • Hold escalation authority for high-severity incidents, including advanced phishing campaigns, MFA-bypass attempts, and conflicts between security controls. Make containment calls from analysis, without sandbox or detonation tooling, and document them to hold up under audit review months later.
   • Build endpoint and email protection policy that meets DISA STIG, FIPS 140-2, and OMB M-21-31 baselines, delivered under formal change control within SLA.
   • Evaluate third-party tool exception requests against those baselines and write the risk analysis government decision authorities use to approve or deny them.

2. 2020-2025

   IT Security and Compliance Specialist

   North Carolina Department of Information Technology · Raleigh, NC

   • Owned the enterprise vulnerability management program on Tenable.sc: scan scheduling, discovery, prioritization, remediation coordination with system owners across agencies, and verification of closure.
   • Applied NIST SP 800-30 semi-quantitative analysis to rank remediation by asset criticality, business impact, and threat likelihood, then defended those rankings to the system owners who had to do the work.
   • Ran threat modeling exercises and monitored external attack surface using CrowdStrike Falcon, Cisco Talos, RiskIQ, and BitSight.
   • Served as a technical point of contact during periodic audits: produced control evidence, answered auditor questions, and contributed to ATO-related risk reporting against NIST SP 800-53 control subsets.

3. 2016-2022

   Supply Chain & Logistics Operations Specialist

   North Carolina National Guard · Raleigh, NC

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   • Processed training order requests and budget reservations in ATRRS and GCSS-Army, supporting training and readiness for approximately 12,000 Soldiers statewide.

4. 2016-2017

   Tier 1 Information Security Analyst

   ettain group ·

   • Triaged alerts against SLA and SLO targets in a globally distributed SOC, correlating telemetry to classify each event and escalating confirmed threats.
   • Used Cisco Talos, Kibana, and Sourcefire to analyze traffic and recommend courses of action through Remedy and ServiceNow.
   • Contributed exam questions during development of the Cisco CCNA Cyber Ops certification.

5. 2015-2016

   Technical Support Engineer

   LogicNow ·

   • Resolved roughly 700 client tickets in an RMM environment and trained clients to deploy antivirus, cloud backup, web protection, and patch management policy.

6. 2009-2015

   Communications Systems Lead & Technical Operations Manager

   United States Marine Corps Reserve ·

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   • Led training and operational readiness for a 25-Marine communications platoon supporting expeditionary command and control.
   • Operated and maintained long-haul tactical transport integrating radio, telephony, and data through multiplexing and digital switching. Performed transport-layer fault isolation, service restoration, and COMSEC enforcement under mission conditions.
   • Served as a critical leader for section and platoon operations during the Communications Company Annual Training, facilitating operational readiness and successful execution of key exercises.
   • Functioned effectively as the Staff Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge (SNCOIC) of the section, demonstrating sound decision-making and technical proficiency that earned company leadership recognition.

7. 2001-2008

   Avionics & Electrical Systems Technician

   United States Navy ·

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   • Aircraft electrical and avionics maintenance, troubleshooting, and QA with VFA-113 and aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)
   • Executed scheduled and unscheduled corrosion prevention and treatment protocols across airframes, landing gear, and flight control surfaces on 10 FA-18C aircraft, maintaining structural integrity and mission readiness.
   • Contributed directly to unit operational excellence during deployments and exercises, including deployment aboard USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76) during WESTPAC 2008 and COMPTUEX/JTFEX, supporting the command in earning the 2007 LTJG Bruce Carrier Award for Maintenance Excellence.
   • Assisted the Corrosion Control work center in the expeditious completion of 21 aircraft 84-day special inspections, ensuring mission readiness and compliance with maintenance schedules.

Skills

Education and certifications

Service record

Rank

E-5

Years served

2000 – 2015

Specialty / MOS

AE2 / 2821 / 92Y

Security clearance

Secret