CLOUD ENGINEER, Tampa                                                                                                                  October 2023-Present
•Daily operations and maintenance of the MS Azure cloud environment leading to effective cost management, reduction of unnecessary services, and improvement of overall efficiency
• Designed and enforced Azure policies to ensure compliance with security standards and governance requirements
• Created custom policies for resource tagging, access control, and cost management
• Configured Azure Monitor to proactively track performance metrics, detect anomalies, and set up alerts
•Assisted in the deployment of Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) for use by the software development team and Proof of
•Concept for the customer to migrate infrastructure from VMWare to AVD; tested, configured, and documented
successes, short comings, and new features for customer success
Created and deployed security and monitoring tools into DoD IL2/5/6 Environments to meet compliance
requirements for DoD and DISA cloud computing services

CLOUD SECURITY WATCH ANALYST,                                                                                                 April 2019 – June 2023
• Daily review of Trend Micro Deep Security dashboards to identify new or emerging threats
• Monitor network traffic for security incidents and events
• Investigate incidents and respond to events in real time
• Responsible for monitoring and responding to alerts within the information technology infrastructure
• Responsible for Active Directory administration including core Microsoft 365 components
• Utilizing python scripts, generate monthly reports for customers to provide security related information
• Created SOP’s (Standard Operating Procedure) to document procedures to be followed by employees
• Security tools: Trend Micro Deep Security, SPLUNK, Azure AD
• Other tools: ServiceNow.

SR. CLOUD SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR,                                                            Promoted to Cloud Security Watch Analyst

• Execute ServiceNow (ITSM) processes such as (but not limited to): Event Management, Incident Response, Request
Management, Problem Management, and Change Management 
• Apply structured trouble-shooting techniques, technical skills, and defined procedures to mitigate or resolve issues
or discrepancies in supported systems
• Assess existing virtual environments for opportunities to simplify, automate or introduce increased efficiency to
complex technical processes
• Directly consult with users and/or customers in relation to requests for technical support for managed services and
systems
• Responsible for Active Directory administration including core Microsoft 365 components
Tools utilized: VMWare, AWS Systems Manager, AWS EC2, AWS S3, AWS Workspace, AWS Backup, Azure VM, Azure
AD.

SOFTWARE/CLOUD ENGINEER,                                                                                   Promoted to Sr. Cloud Systems Admin
• Support USSOCOM’s SOF AT&L program
Enhance applications by identifying opportunities for improvement, making recommendations, and designing and implementing systems
• Investigating and using new technologies where relevant (Cloud Technologies)
• Attending Daily/Weekly scrum meetings to ensure the project remains on schedule
Tools utilized: VMWare, AWS Systems Manager, AWS EC2, AWS S3, AWS Workspace, AWS Backup, Azure VM, Azure
AD.

AUDIO VIDEO SUPPORT ENGINEER,                                                                            Promoted to Software/cloud Engineer
• Support USSOCOM’s SOF AT&L program
Provide on-demand video instruction of Special Operations equipment accessible by Special Operations Forces
(SOF) personnel
• Capture sustainment and ad-hoc training using various digital media formats (video, still photography)

CLOUD ENGINEER,                                                                                                                               October 2018-March 2019
• Support USSOCOM’s effort to move to AWS
• Design & build automated solutions within a CI/CD pipeline and deploy to an OpenShift Container Platform
Design, architect and implement security and enterprise solutions that contribute to maintaining the
confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information assets
• Utilize Ansible playbooks to harden RHEL 7 images to stay FIPS compliant according to STIGs
• Utilize provisioning tools like CloudFormation to create AWS resources

CLOUD ENGINEER,                                                                                                                                  March 2018-August 2018
• Support the AF DCGS program at AFRL, Rome NY
• Responsible for bringing the current infrastructure into the cloud utilizing Amazon Web Services
Design, architect and implement security and enterprise solutions that contribute to maintaining the
confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information assets
• Utilize automation tools like CloudFormation and Pivotal Cloud Foundry to create AWS resources
• Experience with Bash scripting

CLOUD SYSTEMS ENGINEER,                                                                                                              January 2017-February 2018
• Support the USSOCOM DCGS-SOF program at MacDill AFB
• Monitored and tuned performance of cloud based systems to ensure optimal utilization of resources
• Design, architect and implement security and enterprise solutions that contribute to maintaining the
confidentiality, integrity and availability of information assets
• Integrated third party tools with the cloud platform to automate operational tasks
• Experience with NESSUS, ACAS, NIFI and Terraform, Windows Server, Microsoft Exchange, Windows SharePoint