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Mike Gibson

@mikegibson

Senior vulnerability remediation engineer in federal Linux environments; restored transactions rejected at approximately 40%.

United States

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At Link Solutions, Inc., I supported production RHEL and enterprise application services for a federal mission. I investigated patching and service incidents, reviewed ACAS/Tenable findings, and coordinated root-cause analysis and production changes.

At Ideal Innovations, Inc., I supported Linux and secure-transfer platform upgrades, vulnerability remediation, and security validation. I also migrated secure file transfer services to virtual infrastructure and, in my current prelaunch cybersecurity venture, lab-tested RHEL assessment and remediation workflows.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Founder

Current

Prelaunch Small-Business Cybersecurity Venture

Sep 2026 - Present (2 months)

Architected and lab-tested a distributed RHEL assessment platform with PostgreSQL, scanner nodes, and secure job orchestration. Designed and tested OpenSCAP-based RHEL 9 STIG assessment and remediation workflows.

RHEL PostgreSQL OpenSCAP DISA STIGs Security Hardening Lab Testing AI Assisted Implementation

Senior System Administrator

Link Solutions, Inc.

Jan 2025 - Sep 2026 (1 year 8 months)

Supported production RHEL and enterprise application services, investigated patching and service incidents, and coordinated root-cause analysis. Reviewed ACAS/Tenable findings, documented remediation decisions, and planned controlled changes and maintenance windows.

RHEL ACAS Tenable Vulnerability Remediation Root Cause Analysis Change Management POA&M

Senior System Architect

Ideal Innovations, Inc.

Jan 2019 - Dec 2025 (6 years 11 months)

Engineered and supported production Linux and secure-transfer platform upgrades, vulnerability remediation, and monitoring in restricted environments. Implemented disconnected Red Hat Satellite, Ansible, and IdM, and contributed to RHEL 8-to-9 modernization.

RHEL Red Hat Satellite Ansible IDM Vulnerability Remediation Monitoring Secure File Transfer

System Administrator Intermediate

Ideal Innovations, Inc.

Jan 2015 - Dec 2019 (4 years 11 months)

Administered RHEL and enterprise managed file transfer platforms, applied vendor patches and STIG hardening, and validated remediation with OpenSCAP and Evaluate-STIG. Migrated secure file transfer services to virtual infrastructure and supported approximately 1,000 platform accounts.

RHEL DISA STIGs OpenSCAP EvaluateSTIG SELinux Secure File Transfer Virtualization