
Brian Seklecki
Senior SCADA Network Engineer | Cisco & Cybersecurity
Salary / Daily rate
Grenoble, France
Mobility: Washington, London
Freelance
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Renewable Energy SCADA & Network Engineer with 5+ years at GE specializing in wind turbine control systems and industrial cybersecurity. Expert in Rockwell Automation PLCs, Cisco networking, and MarkVIe platforms with proven track record in commissioning and NPI processes. Ready to secure and optimize your renewable energy infrastructure.
Work experience
SCADA Cyber Security Network Engineer
GE Vernova
Nov 2019 - Present
7 years
Grenoble, France
Supporting NPI process of new Rockwell Automation-based PLC/DCS Control System Supporting Turbine, Governour, and Excitation System Controls Provide general CCNA-level Network support to NPI Development Environment for NPI and FAT (factory acceptance test) process SCADA Cyber Security Consultant securing hardware, software, and network Configuring Rockwell Stratix ( Cisco IE2000, IE3000, IE4000 ) Switches Configuring Cisco ASA Firewalls and Xona Support Rockwell ControlLogix and CompactLogix Controllers Configuring Rockwell FactoryTalk SE, FactoryTalk View HMIs, FactoryTalk Historian Work with Rockwell Studio 5000, Rockwell RSLinx in a Ethernet/IP/CIP Environment Supporting Stratus ZTC/EverRun and vmWare Hypervisors Installing and Commissioning GE RT430 NTP/PTP Network Timing Appliances Building and Maintaining (Release Engineering) custom security-hardened Windows operating system images (NTLite, Acronis Snapdeploy) and managing participation in Microsoft OEM Program, Windows 10 Enterprise IOT LTSC) Scriping / Coding CyberSecurity Auditing Framework in PowerShell
Wind Turbine Specialist & TCP/IP Optical SCADA Cisco UNIX Programmer
BOFH, LLCFreelance
Apr 2018 - Present
8 years 7 months
Travelers Rest, SC, USA
Wind Industry and Commercial Construction independent Contractor, provider of: - TCP/IP Ethernet/IP/SCADA/PLC/Commissioning Expertise to the Wind and Renewable Energy Industry with experience on the GE 1.5x Bachmann and 3.x MarkVIe PLC Platforms - Specialty Electrical consultant (Carrier & Telecommunications Service, Outside Plant Fiber Construction (OSP), DEMARC Construction, Inside Wiring, CCTV, Premise Security, Building Automation, Energy Management, Fire Alarm, FTTx, IP Telephony) - CCNP+ Cisco Consultant (Routing, Switch, Firewalls, SDN, VPN, MetroE, DWDM) - Comcast VoiceEdge and RAB LightCloud Consultant
Network Engineer
QuEST Global
Nov 2019 - Oct 2023
4 years
Grenoble, France
Board Member
Polish Hill Civic Association
Jan 2009 - May 2021
12 years 5 months
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Community Group oriented around improving the public domain in the area of Polish Hill, working with Civic leaders, businesses, and non-profits.
IT Manager (Contract)
Cozza Enterprises / ProBike+Run
Feb 2007 - May 2021
14 years 4 months
Carnegie, PA 15106, USA
MerchantOS.com Point of Sale Hardware Support, Cisco WLC2500, Cisco DMVPN and IPv6 Consulting.
Electrician's Apprentice (in-training)
Cimarolli Electric
Jan 2010 - Jan 2021
11 years 1 month
Greater Pittsburgh Area
Specializing in low-voltage structured cabling, and 120/240vAC branch circuit repair and modification. - Directly involved in analyzing building CAD plans to design telecom (IDF/MDF) rooms - Planning and designing cable pathways with Ladder Troff, Basket/Wireframe Tray, UNISTRUT, and EMT / PVC Conduit for riser runs and building ingress/egress pathways. - Designing for security and high availability with path diversity and environmental protection. - Cabling pulls: Cat5E+/Cat6A UTP, MMF Fiber, Speaker, and COAX/Siamese RG69/RG6, in support of VoIP systems, Surveillance DVRs, and Ethernet LAN/WAN Routing & Switching - Working with CLECs and ILECs to order corporate private data services. - Purchasing cable, pathway, and termination supplies (Jacks, Faceplates, Tools, etc.) analyzing supplier product catalogs to submit POs for competitive bidding - Cable Run Naming Convention development and Labeling/Documentation/Certification
Cisco / Viptela / SD-WAN Network Admin
Randstad USA
Jun 2019 - Dec 2020
1 year 7 months
Privateer, SC, USA
Work with multiple private clients on Cisco/Viptela SD-WAN Migrations and Modernization Projects. Work directly with vEdge-100M, vEdge-1000, vEdge-2000
Field Specialist
Baker Hughes, a GE company
Jan 2019 - Aug 2019
8 months
Longmont, CO, USA
GE MarkVIe PLC control system retrofits on Turbine Excitation and Control Systems
Wind Turbine Technician
GE Renewable Energy / Granite-FieldCore
Jul 2017 - Dec 2018
1 year 6 months
Greater Pittsburgh Area
Traveling Technician; Saving the world and eating Curry.
Contract Cisco/Viptela Branch Network Admin
PNC
May 2016 - Jul 2017
1 year 3 months
Greater Pittsburgh Area
Confidential project. Viptela Cloud Routing. No vendors shall escape the scrutiny!
Education
Kalamazoo Valley Community College
Wind Turbine Technician Academy
2017 - Present
9 years 10 months
TFS / The Fiber School (FiberOptic.com)
Certified Fiber Installer (TR-CFI)
2013 - 2013
1 year
Global Knowledge
CCNP Cisco Boot Camp
2003 - 2013
11 years
Strayer University
BBA
2007 - 2007
1 year