Cameron Sparks
Cyber Security Engineer
Cyber Security professional with experience in incident response, security automation, threat detection, and risk communication across healthcare and enterprise environments.
- Location
- Kansas City, Missouri, United States
- sparks.cam@gmail.com
- Phone
- (816) 200-0415
- Website
- https://sparkscrafted.com
- cameronsparks
Experience
– present
Cyber Security Engineer at Children's Mercy Kansas City
Security automation, incident response, and organizational risk mitigation in a healthcare environment.
Highlights
- Support security application development initiatives requiring innovation, automation, and integration.
- Design and develop playbooks for automation and incident response activities.
- Gather cybersecurity intelligence from internal systems/SIEM and external sources to identify organization-specific risks and threats.
- Communicate security risks and solutions to leadership to mitigate risks to the business and technology partners.
- Propose response recommendations/countermeasures to prevent, detect, or investigate evolving threats.
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Cyber Security Engineer at Cerner Corporation
Progressive roles at Cerner Corporation (2015–2020) spanning incident response, threat detection, vulnerability remediation, and production change implementation.
Highlights
- Detected and analyzed emerging threats and determined creative countermeasures.
- Assisted with development and training of new security technologies; translated technical data into actionable business information.
- Completed incident response investigation requests and handled escalations for active incidents.
- Researched trusted external intelligence sources to detect events of interest.
- Assisted with malware and forensic analysis.
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Cyber Security Analyst at Cerner Corporation
Highlights
- Monitored and triaged security activity; implemented remediation plans to mitigate vulnerabilities.
- Resolved and patched OS or software vulnerabilities.
- Identified and analyzed potential security vulnerabilities and emerging threats.
- Documented and contained security incidents detected on the network.
- Executed incident response process when a security incident was declared.
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Change Implementation Analyst at Cerner Corporation
Highlights
- Configured solution functionality and components in production and non-production environments.
- Gathered requirements and determined scope of work to estimate delivery effort and timelines.
- Troubleshot and validated configurations to ensure successful implementation in client domains.
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Technical Solutions Analyst at Cerner Corporation
Highlights
- Performed troubleshooting investigations by gathering information, using troubleshooting tools, shadowing end users, and testing workflows.
- Resolved solution-related service requests, incident resolutions, and application maintenance issues.
- Provided troubleshooting support across applications and end-user workflows.
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Summer Intern at Exelon
Highlights
- Assisted Nuclear Real-Time Simulator Applications Group.
- Tested viability of alternatives to the SWR (Work Request) system and provided web-based alternatives.
- Performed database management procedures for the SWR system.
- Facilitated NUMAC Windows 7 imaging.
- Tested viability of NUMAC software on open-source systems.
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ISOM Department Help Desk & Teaching Assistant at Ball State University
Highlights
- Maintained and upgraded lab workstations.
- Troubleshot department technology issues.
- Accommodated faculty technology needs.
- Served as a teaching assistant for ISOM classes.
Education
Ball State University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Management Information Systems
Skills
- Cybersecurity
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Certifications
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
- Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
