Robert W. Gaines

Robert is an experienced information security practitioner with competencies in physical, endpoint and network security. He is also an avid programmer with a consistent record of creating automated security and infrastructure solutions.

  • Security Engineer - Motion Recruitment

    January 2024 - Present
    Spokane, WA
    • Led efforts culminating in a 26% reduction of total vulnerabilities
    • Created a Flask application for tracking, reporting and remediating vulnerabilities
    • Extended vulnerability scanning agent coverage by 30%

  • Associate Security Engineer - Custom Ink

    October 2022 - December 2023
    Spokane, WA
    • Countered social engineering by developing a desktop application for Okta Factor verification
    • Created a log export utility and SIEM connector for a video audit log system
    • Automated phishing e-mail analysis and documentation

    • SOC Analyst - 11:11 Systems

      July 2021 - October 2022
      Spokane, WA
      • Developed a Python application for rapid EDR agent isolation via API
      • Automated configuration backups for 411 managed firewalls
      • Authored a SOAR integration for dynamically blocking malicious traffic

      • IT Systems Administrator - Washington State University

        April 2020 - July 2021
        Pullman, WA
        • Automated the inventory of a 1000+ node network with Python
        • Depicted activity levels of 700 remote workers via Splunk Dashboards
        • Developed endpoint-centric mass notification system in PowerShell

          • Gonzaga University

            B.B.A. - Management Information Systems
            GPA: 3.62

          • CISSP
          • CCSP

          • Python
          • PowerShell
          • Go