# Mike Gibson

Mike Gibson is a remote worker on Himalayas, Founder at Prelaunch Small-Business Cybersecurity Venture, based in United States.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@mikegibson

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Senior vulnerability remediation engineer in federal Linux environments; restored transactions rejected at approximately 40%.
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| Detail | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Availability | Looking for a job |
| Location | United States |
| Authorized to work in | United States |
| Salary expectations | 91k+ USD |
| Job categories | Vulnerability Management Engineer, Linux Engineer, Systems Administrator, Security Engineer, System Architect |
| Skills | Vulnerability Remediation, Linux Administrator, RHEL, DISA STIGs, ACAS, Tenable.Sc, OpenSCAP, EvaluateSTIG, Security Hardening, Patch Management, Ansible, Managed File Transfer, Axway Secure Transport, Root Cause Analysis, Change Control |

## About

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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.
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## Experience

### Founder (current)

Prelaunch Small-Business Cybersecurity Venture. Sep 2026 - Present

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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.
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Skills: RHEL, PostgreSQL, OpenSCAP, DISA-STIGs, Security-Hardening, Lab-Testing, AI-Assisted-Implementation

### Senior System Administrator

Link Solutions, Inc.. Jan 2025 - Sep 2026

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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.
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Skills: RHEL, ACAS, Tenable, Vulnerability-Remediation, Root-Cause-Analysis, Change-Management, POA&M

### Senior System Architect

Ideal Innovations, Inc.. Jan 2019 - Dec 2025

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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.
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Skills: RHEL, Red-Hat-Satellite, Ansible, IDM, Vulnerability-Remediation, Monitoring, Secure-File-Transfer

### System Administrator Intermediate

Ideal Innovations, Inc.. Jan 2015 - Dec 2019

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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.
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Skills: RHEL, DISA-STIGs, OpenSCAP, EvaluateSTIG, SELinux, Secure-File-Transfer, Virtualization

### DFSC BOD IT Systems Administrator

Ideal Innovations. Jan 2015 - Dec 2015

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Administered RHEL-based biometric search systems, developed HTML monitoring, and supported data transmission.
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Skills: RHEL, Biometric-Systems, HTML, Monitoring

### DFSC BOD ABIS Systems Administrator

US Falcon / Ideal Innovations. Jan 2012 - Dec 2015

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Administered Active Directory and developed Perl applications and workflow automation for operational requests.
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Skills: Active-Directory, Perl, Workflow-Automation

### DFSC BOD Watch Desk Operator

CACI / Northrop Grumman. Jan 2008 - Dec 2012

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Supported federal biometric operations and developed Perl/SQL reports, scripts, and procedures.
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Skills: Perl, SQL, Reporting, Scripting

## Education

### Mountain Empire Community College

Associate Degree, Computer Programming

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Earned an Associate Degree in Computer Programming in 2008.
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## Tech stack

- Splunk
- PostgreSQL
- Java
- Perl
- PowerShell
- Tenable.sc
- Ansible
- SQL
- VMware ESXi
- SELinux
- Bash
- HTML

To contact Mike, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire).

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