Hello! I am Jonathon Cronin. I work as Sr. Network / System Administrator and Owner of Cronin Technology 

Work Experience

Solution Architect

The ESCO Group

10/2022- Current

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.

05/2020- 10/2022

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

11/2018 - 05/2020

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

01/2013 - 02/2018

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

1986
Jonathon Cronin
jon@cronin.technology

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)