Air Force veteran and experienced Cloud Engineer with over 7 years of expertise in architecting and implementing scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions on AWS. Proficient in AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, ECS, EFS), Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, and containerization. Strong background in cybersecurity and systems administration, with AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate certification. Proven leader with excellent communication skills and a track record of mentoring junior engineers.
- Professional Experience
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General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.
Senior Cloud Engineer - Remote
March 2023 - Present
Cloud Engineer - Remote
November 2021 - March 2023
- Architected and optimized AWS infrastructure across multi-account environments, ensuring scalability, security, and cost-effectiveness.
- Designed and implemented multi-account CI/CD pipelines using AWS services, increasing deployment efficiency by 50%.
- Led the deployment of containerized applications on AWS ECS using Docker, improving deployment speed by 40% and reducing downtime.
- Implemented Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with AWS CloudFormation, automating resource provisioning and reducing deployment time by 60%.
- Automated file management for 90+ healthcare providers by developing custom scripts using a managed file transfer software API, reducing task time by over 80%, enhancing operational efficiency.
- Deployed AWS QuickSight and Cloud Intelligence Dashboards for comprehensive cost monitoring, identifying cost-saving opportunities that resulted in an annual cost reduction exceeding $80,000.
- Remediated Security Hub findings to maintain a secure multi-account AWS environment, ensuring compliance with cloud security standards.
- Managed a comprehensive suite of Active Directory services, including authentication, authorization, DNS, while also overseeing the organization's Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).
Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc.
Senior Systems Administrator - Alexandria, VA
May 2019 - November 2021
- Led a company-wide deployment of multi-factor authentication, achieving 100% compliance with regulatory standards.
- Built and implemented Microsoft Exchange 2016 servers for a classified LAN, reducing provisioning time by 50% with PowerShell automation.
- Upgraded Active Directory Certificate Services and designed a tiered PKI hierarchy, improving security, efficiency, and enabling secure communication across the organization.
- Built and maintained a hybrid server environment (physical and virtual), increasing system uptime by 20% through proactive monitoring and maintenance.
- Monitored and secured email traffic by identifying and blocking malicious content using email security appliances, reducing security incidents by 30%.
- Deployed a Red Hat Enterprise Linux server within a critical 48-hour deadline, integrating it with Active Directory, which enabled employees to perform essential modeling simulations, thus meeting project timelines.
- Implemented an Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) appliance to achieve CMMC compliance, and conducted incident responses that mitigated threats promptly, ensuring continuous operations.
- Ensured IT systems were compliant with STIG requirements by preparing workstations and servers for inspection and training IT personnel on STIG tools and procedures.
- Managed Microsoft 365 tenants in cloud computing environment.
Institute for Defense Analyses
Systems Administrator - Alexandria, VA
Aug 2016 - Feb 2019
- Deployed physical and virtual servers, enhancing system capacity by 30%; conducted Nessus vulnerability scans and collaborated with the Cyber Security team to remediate identified vulnerabilities.
- Administered Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), streamlining software deployments and updates to over 500 devices, which improved system compliance by 25%; created and managed device collections, applications, packages, configuration items, and baselines; generated reports for management to track deployment success.
- Enhanced remote support capabilities by implementing the Bomgar appliance, developing and executing a project management plan; led cross-functional meetings with IT groups, resulting in the project's completion two weeks ahead of schedule and reducing remote resolution times by 40%.
- Deployed McAfee Host-Based Security System (HBSS) suite remotely via ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) server; customized client tasks and managed master repository content; monitored and analyzed Host Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) events, optimized security policies, and ensured systems were STIG compliant; assisted in upgrading to McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS).
- Processed, coordinated, resolved, and provided technical assistance for assigned tickets and change requests using Remedy ticketing system.
- Military Experience
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United States Air Force - Air National Guard
Systems Administrator
Aug 2015 - Aug 2020
- Led and mentored a team of three junior Airmen, achieving higher technical proficiency and advancing in rank.
- Managed a VMware vSphere environment, deploying over 50 virtual machines, and managing datastores.
- Ensured 100% patch compliance, deploying security patches to over 200 servers and workstations, reducing security vulnerabilities.
- Administered DHCP servers by configuring scopes and creating reservations, which improved network reliability and reduced IP conflicts.
- Managed Host-Based Security System (HBSS) policies within the ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) Management suite, enhancing endpoint security and achieving compliance with Department of Defense standards.
- Implemented and monitored backup strategies for critical file systems and data, ensuring 100% data recovery capability and zero data loss incidents during tenure.
- Certifications
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- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
- AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate
- CompTIA Security+ CE
- Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) - Windows Server 2016
- Education
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University of Maryland Global Campus
Bachelor of Science: Computer Networks and Cybersecurity, March 2021
Community College of the Air Force
Associate of Applied Science: Information Systems Technology, May 2018
- Professional Development
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- Developed an HTML resume deployed as a static webpage using AWS S3, CloudFront, CodeCommit, CodeBuild, CodePipeline, API Gateway, Lambda and Route 53, showcasing proficiency in AWS services and DevOps practices.
- Implemented Ansible configuration management tool to automate tasks within a Windows environment.
- Air Operations Center Systems Administration course, April - May 2019