Intro

This blog is (i.e. 'was' quite sometime ago 😀) intended to "fill in some blanks" and expand on detail within SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor : Deployment and Administration

Now it's just a convenient place to keep the following bio. 🍻



     Career Biography     

Justin (Twitter, LinkedIn) entered the IT industry in the late 1990's at Datel Systems building systems for the San Diego Community College District. Around that time, he and his brother Gregory Brant formed Blue Sun Design, a Managed Service Provider in support of small businesses.

In 2004 he accepted a position as a Network Administrator for BioMed IRB, where he managed their HIPAA compliant infrastructure.

In 2009 he moved on to become the Network Systems Manager for IDSolutions, a subsidiary of McCarthy & Holthus LLP, where he managed a team of Systems Engineers, Network Engineers, and Help Desk Technicians.

To kick off the 2014 new year he moved back into a technical hands on role as a Systems Engineer for SpotLink, where he became the Regional Account Manager for North County San Diego.

He decided to move from San Diego to Denver, which proved to be the right move, because he met his wonderful wife Lauren and later their two amazing children Rachel and Ian. A pre-requisite to the move was accepting a position with Optiv in Q4 2014 as a Senior Systems Engineer.

In 2019 he decided to make a change to a role with Nelnet as the Cybersecurity Manager of the Vulnerability Operations team with eight direct reports consisting of Cybersecurity Engineers and Architects. Focal points being DISA-STIG and CIS compliance, in support of Nelnet's contract with the US Department of Education: Federal Student Aid (FSA). This position required a 6c Public Trust Security Clearance.

As of March 2022, and presently, Justin is a Senior Solution Engineer for SentinelOne, the leader in Autonomous AI Endpoint Security. He is currently overseeing SLED and Healthcare accounts within the Mountain Timezone region.

Justin authored a book for Packt Publishing titled SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor : Deployment and Administration and holds the following certifications: