Hello! I am Jonathon Cronin. I work as Sr. Network / System Administrator and Owner of Cronin Technology
Work Experience
Solution Architect
The ESCO Group
Industrial networking system for OT / IT systems for facilities for large manufacturing facilities nationwide. Developing solutions for OT systems and IT systems integrations for system integrations. Cisco, Stratix, Hirschmann and other networking and device I/O manufacturer integrations. Collaborations with clients to present solutions and develop and architect solutions for those clients and their project teams.
Sr. Network / System Administrator
Kinze Manufacturing Inc.
Cisco network administration for Nexus, Catalyst, NGFW, ASA and wireless. Administration of all networking for all sites including international locations and datacenter-based locations. Onboarded Fortinet into environment. Administration of Cisco Telephony and Informacast. Collaborated with physical security director on safety projects including Cisco Emergency Responder and physical security systems.
IT Security and Compliance Manager
Short's Travel Management
Created identity and risk management programs, internal and external vulnerability management programs, and handled implementation of controls for audits including SOC I/II, PCI-DSS, and 3rd party standards for Fortune 500
clients’ requirements. Architected secured networking for servers, web applications and GDPR. Hardened networking for on-premises and remote workers. Designed and provided mandatory security awareness training.
System Administrator
Iowa Solutions
Full stack IT support for my own set of clients. Independent working with those clients. My list included whole school districts and non-profit organizations and businesses in eastern Iowa. Complete network infrastructure replacement including design and implementation. Server virtualization and virtualization support and Database management.
Supporting client environment and software solutions. These varied between each client meaning I worked with multiple vendors and support in order to design and resolve issues around their software needs.
Certifications
Skills
IT Security, Network Security, Networking, System Administration, Server Administration, Telephony, Coding, IaC, Scripting
Contact Info
Education
Bachelor of Science from Western Governors University
Undergraduate study at Univeristy of Iowa
A.A. Degree from Kirkwood Community College
Hobbies
Reading (mostly Sci-Fi and Non-Fiction), Writing code
in Go, kayaking, and playing with my dogs (two St. Bernard’s and an English
Mastiff)