Paul M. Kelly Jr. is an Information Technology and Operational Technology (IT/OT) professional with more than 12 years of experience in cybersecurity, compliance, and infrastructure management, primarily in nuclear power generation (security, decommissioning, and generation) and physical security along with experience with industrial manufacture, cloud environments, and business networks. He served as an IT/OT Compliance Lead at Holtec Decommissioning, developing IT and OT policies, procedures, and programs for alignment with ISO 27001, ISA/IEC 62443, and industry standards. Responsibilities have included incident response, disaster recovery, asset management, SCADA (System Control and Data Acquisition) systems, and causal analysis.

Previous work includes program development for security and data loss prevention, implementation of security hardening, automation of compliance auditing, and system administration across Windows, Linux, VMS, and proprietary platforms. Proficient in network design, system architecting, and software development lifecycle management. He holds a Bachelor of Science in dual majors from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with post-secondary teaching experience in IT topics including database management and application programming.

IT/OT Operations and Compliance Specialist

Holtec Decomissioning International 2019 – 2026

• Program Architect
  • Authored and implemented Information Technology (IT) work management, incident response, disaster recovery, asset management, information security, cyber security, risk management, project management, and software development lifecycle management, including associated policies, procedures, programs, change management, and training.
  • Created frameworks and authored extensive individual responses for external audits, reports, requirement specifications, bids, and gap-findings.
• Quality Assurance
  • Audited thousands of Assets and wrote system remediation plans to meet  ISO 27001, ISA/IEC 62443, NEI 08-09/13-10, UNNPI, and similar national and international standards.
  • Automated real-time auditing to alert / enforce hardened configurations.
  • Performed, documented, reported, and remediated Causal Analysis on complex system failures, regulatory gaps, and human error events.
• Automated Security Architect
  • Developed  / deployed configurations for Data Loss Prevention, AI integrations, cybersecurity hardening, and automated system configuration / imaging.
  • Authored and deployed Company standards for information tagging, labelling, authorized use, monitoring, AI use, software development, and supply chain management.

IT/OT Operations Specialist

Comprehensive Decomissioning International 2019 – 2021

• Cyber Security Lead
  • Cyber security event response
  • Secure digital media program development and maintenance
  • Design, maintenance, and testing of secured network
  • Safety-Related switching and routing control
  • Developing CDI’s IT and OT Cyber Security programs.
• DevOps for Real Time Systems Lead:
  • Sensor hardware/software troubleshooting and development
  • Creation of interactive graphic displays
  • Upgrade, design, and replacement of SCADA and server components
  • Day-to-day maintenance
• Physical Security Computer System Lead:
  • Troubleshooting VAX, Windows, and Linux systems
  • Investigation and modification of undocumented code
  • Development of reports, processes
  • Long term archive retrieval and investigation
• General Business Information System Support:
  • International procedure and work instruction development
  • Server management (Including Linux, Windows, VMS, and proprietary systems)
  • Lead hardware/software change management and implementation
  • Business network switch/routing support
  • Asset inventory control
  • Work management, ticketing, project management, and long-term planning
  • Sharepoint and Azure development
  • Application testing/development for in-house applications

IT/OT Operations Specialist III

Entergy 2014 – 2019

• Cyber Security Specialist
  • Cyber security event response
  • Secure digital media program maintenance
  • Design, maintenance, and testing of secured network
  • Safety-Related switching and routing control
  • Design of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems.
• Real-Time Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) Specialist:
  • Sensor hardware/software troubleshooting and development
  • Creation of interactive graphic displays
  • Upgrade, design, and replacement of SCADA and server components
  • Day-to-day maintenance
• Physical Security Computer System Specialist:
  • Troubleshooting VAX, Windows, and Linux systems
  • Investigation and modification of undocumented code
  • Development of reports, processes
• Business Information System Operations:
  • Procedure and work instruction development
  • Server management (Including Linux, Windows, VMS, and proprietary systems)
  • Hardware/software change management and implementation
  • Asset inventory control and business network computer refresh support
  • Work management and long-term planning

Adjunct Professor, Databases and Game Design

ITT Technical Institute 2013-2014

• Instructor and Curriculum Developer:
  • SQL, Microsoft SQL server, database management
  • Application programming, Unity development, Python programming
  • Cognitive science, User Experience (UX/UI) design, and narrative writing.

Education

Management in Technology, Bachelor of Science

Game & Simulation Arts & Science, Bachelor of Science

Rensselaer Polytechnic 2008 – 2012

Skills:

General

• Causal Analysis
• Procedure Writing
• Project Management
• SCADA Troubleshooting & Maintenance
• Training / Learning Management System Creation and Operation
• VAX / VMS / Fortran Troubleshooting and Debugging
• Image Editing
• Print Publishing
• SQL Database Admin
• Python/C++ Programming and Troubleshooting
• SIEM / SOAR Deployment
• Web Design
  

Specific Frequently-Used Applications

• Azure / Purview / Intune
• ServiceNow
• ManageEngine Products (including ADManager, Endpoint Central, ServiceDesk Plus)
• PDQ Inventory / Deploy
• MSSQL / PostGres
• Active Directory
• Windows, VMS, Mac, Linux

Additional Achievements:

• Eagle Scout
• BSA Venture Crew Ranger
• E*ship Exemplar Member
• Member of the German National Honor Society
• Von Kettler Community Service Award Winner
• Rensselaer Medalist & Scholarship recipient for excellence in science and math