Andy Jones Ii
About Andy Jones Ii
Andy Jones II is a Cyber Security Manager at Ally with extensive experience in identity and access management, privileged access management, and intrusion detection/prevention systems.
Title and Current Role
Andy Jones Ii holds the title of Cyber Security Manager at Ally. He has been with the company since 2022, and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Professional Experience and Career Timeline
Andy Jones Ii has accumulated extensive experience in the field of cybersecurity and IT over the years. His career commenced with a role at Mid America Aviation as a User Support Specialist from 2003 to 2005. Following this, he worked at Alltel and Verizon Wireless between 2007 and 2009, focusing on technical support. In 2010, he held positions at Canon IT Solutions Inc. as a Network Support Specialist and at ZystemsGo as an IT Systems Analyst and Backup Administrator. From 2011 to 2012, he was a Tier III Helpdesk Engineer for the Federal Housing Finance Agency in Washington, DC. His subsequent roles included stints as a Systems Administrator at Marriott International, a Sr. Windows System Engineer at Bowie State University, and IT Operations Manager at the U.S. International Trade Commission. Jones also served as Senior System Administrator at Insight Global and an Information Security Engineer at SPX Corporation before becoming a Senior System Engineer at TIAA from 2020 to 2022.
Education
Andy Jones Ii studied at Norfolk State University, achieving a degree in Mass Communication/Media Studies from 2002 to 2005. He furthered his education at ECPI University from 2009 to 2010.
Expertise in Cyber Security and IT
Andy Jones Ii is highly skilled in multi-platform integration with a focus on identity and access management (IAM), privileged access management (PAM), and intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS). He possesses expert knowledge in Active Directory and single sign-on (SSO) integrations. He is also familiar with compliance management tools such as Nessus Security Center, Nexpose, CounterAct, and MECM. Jones has worked extensively with vendors like Microsoft, OKTA, CyberArk, One Identity, Quest, Beyond Trust, and Carbon Black.