Brian Seklecki

Senior SCADA Network Engineer | Cisco & Cybersecurity

Salary / Daily rate

Grenoble, France

Mobility: Washington, London

Freelance

Can come onsite

Skills

Consulting CybersecurityPostgreSQLPHPMySQLMicrosoft SQL ServerConsulting IT

Languages

English

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.

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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

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