Technologist, Open Source Evangelist, Software Generalist, Recovering InfoSec Pro
A builder and a problem solver. Automater of all the things. Systems generalist that is more concerned with solving problems than evangelizing specific technologies. Comfortable picking up new technologies and understanding nuances. Ability to quickly understand, internalize and disseminate new concepts/technologies. Resourceful and self-sufficient, ability to work independently, finding creative solutions and engaging resources as needed to complete implementations. Ability to manage multiple, concurrent tasks. Positive, can-and-will-do, team player attitude Experience scripting/programming in languages: PowerShell, Unix shell, NodeJS, Python, GO and Rust (preferred)
ansible, teamcity, jenkins, rundeck,terraform, packer, consul, aws, kubernetes
- Led technical and operations for SRE team. Guided and mentored junior SRE members.
- Concerned with creating systems that are stateless, immutable and disposable. Application deployments that exhibit characteristics of self-discovery, self-configuration and self-healing.
- devised/deployed/manage the continuous integration and application deployment pipeline (Ansible, Terraform, Packer and Consul)
- hands on experience in multi-tiered Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure services and technologies
- architecture of the Analytics Big Data platform for ETL processing. (DataPipeline/EMR/Lambda)
- incorporated serverless practices through multiple implementations of the AWS Lambda service
- worked with container based technologies such as Docker and its clustering counterpart Swarm.
- develop operational documentation, build documents, run/play books related to operational support of the product and supporting infrastructure
- migrating and modernizing architecture to kubernetes (AWS EKS)
FireEye Products sold off and merged with McAfee becoming Trellix
acquired by FireEye
openstack, nessus, pci-dss, asv
- Rolled out OpenStack based solution in support of a multi-tenant operational network.
- Managed entire infrastructure including networking, storage, virtualization, etc.
- Led efforts in standing up PCI assessments business and obtained PCI-ASV certification
vmware, esx, powershell
- Senior Virtualization Engineer for the US Army Medical Information Technology Center (USAMITC).
- Managed over 1K virtual machines in a multi-tenancy high security environment.
- Integral to the successful completion of the virtualization infrastructure refresh.
- Focused on system automation through creation of reusable PowerCLI scripts
Multiple roles depending on compact contract.
netapp, cisco, vmware, esx
- Design and integrated VMware virtualization suite within the Air Force (CITS 35).
- Implemented the first Air Force complete virtualization hardware/software suite.
- Rolled out suite to commands from ground up to include: rack/stack of hardware and network equipment, and fully deployed VMware software suite.
- Conduct network vulnerability assessments as part of the AirForce 92nd Aggressors Squadron.
- Enumerate/identify critical security vulnerabilities plaguing the Air Force Enterprise Network
- Provided technical solutions for mitigation of vulnerabilities
- Review system designs and provide guidance for improvement
- Design/test/integrate next gen assessment platform utilizing virtualization
- Evaluate current procedures and processes; identify problem areas and provide technical improvements
- Defend the Air Force Global Information Grid against malicious threats through real-time network monitoring and intrusion detection as part of the Air Force Network Security Division. (formerly AFCERT)
- Technical lead, implemented Defense in Depth through boundary protection, vulnerability assessment, and intrusion detection for the largest Communications Squadron in the Air Force. (Yokota AFB)
- Led and managed team of eight in securing the Air Force's largest communications squadron.
- Low level network debugging with tools such as tcpdump
Master of Science in Information Assurance and Security Field Of Study Network Defense Specialization 2015 - 2016
Summa Cum Laude Capella University
Summa Cum Laude Capella University
- CISSP - ISC2 License 112897
- Network+ - CompTIA License COMP10617900
- Security+ - CompTIA License COMP001004759650
- Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures (CEHv6) - EC-Council
- ITIL V3 Foundation
- Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) - Red Hat License 605010315431388
- MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory
- VMware Certified Professional 3/4/5 - VMware License 24125
- Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC1) - License x67heee8df (EXPIRED)
- Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) - License CSCO10432786 2006 (EXPIRED)
- Rust Language: Release Team Volunteer January 2018 ~ January 2020
public github lacking as I work 99% in with our internal GitHub Enterprise
Take logs from stdin then compress and send to S3 rust
Take Packer generated manifest.json and copy the AMI tags to other accounts rust
generate aws sns notifications via strings found in log sources rust
interface for consul rust
