Justin Franks
Cybersecurity Engineer - Expert at Financial Services #1
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJustin Franks is a cybersecurity engineer with nine years of hands-on experience across network engineering, systems administration, and security operations within financial and retail sectors. He has progressed from network/server administrator roles to VP-level responsibilities and currently serves as a Cybersecurity Engineer - Expert, blending tactical pentesting skills with strategic security leadership. Justin brings deep expertise in routing/switching, virtualization, storage, and firewall/VPN technologies, and is fluent with tools from Nessus and Kali to NetFlow and SD-WAN platforms. Known for leading cross-functional projects, he pairs strong people management and mentoring abilities with meticulous analytical and organizational discipline. Notably, he moved from infrastructure management into offensive security (Pentester) before returning to an expert cybersecurity engineering role, demonstrating both breadth and adaptability. He holds an AAS in Computer Networking and a B.Tech in Management Information Systems, applying that formal foundation to secure large-scale, regulated environments.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology Management Information Systems, Bachelor of Technology Management Information Systems at Mississippi University for WomenAssociate of Applied Science Computer Networking, Associate of Applied Science Computer Networking at Itawamba Community College
Github Skills (13)
mysql-client8
perl8
database-access7
percona7
stability7
mysql-server7
mysql-database7
binlog6
mysql5
tidb4
firmware4
mariadb3
battery3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (4)
Justin-L-Franks/spitfire-abbey-road-one-logic-template
Jan 2021 - Mar 2021
Contributions:1 release, 10 commits, 5 pushes in 2 months
ClockSelect/myevic
Nov 2016 - Mar 2017
This is myevic Custom Firmware.
Contributions:18 comments, 6 issues in 3 months
custom-firmwarefirmware
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