Samantha Pate

Samantha Pate has a work experience of 4 years, starting from 2017. Samantha began their career as a Technical Control Operator at the United States Air Force, where they managed long haul communication equipment for 36 Air Force bases and coordinated with global partners to ensure network availability for 8.5k members. Samantha then transitioned to the role of Cyber Defense Operator, where they worked until 2021.

In 2021, Samantha joined Concurrent Technologies Corporation as a Network Security Administrator. In this role, they researched, authored, and tested 15 Navy Expeditionary Network Cyber Team patches for network devices valued at $320 million, supporting 3500+ users. Samantha also planned and maintained a test lab with 7 systems and 35 network devices and troubleshooted network issues with local customers and fielded systems.

Overall, Samantha has demonstrated expertise in network security, device management, and troubleshooting throughout their career.

Samantha Pate attended Western Governors University from 2019 to 2021, where they obtained a Bachelor's degree in Network Operations and Security. In addition, they have several certifications including CompTIA Cloud Essentials Certification (obtained in July 2019), CCNA (obtained in December 2020), CompTIA A+ ce Certification (obtained in January 2015), CompTIA Network+ ce Certification (obtained in April 2019), CompTIA Security+ ce Certification (obtained in December 2014), CompTIA CySA+ ce Certification (obtained in October 2020), and Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician (CCENT) (obtained in October 2019).