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St. Louis, Mo, Us

Irvine, California, Us

- Spearheaded the implementation of cutting-edge technologies, including Tanium, Ivanti Endpoint Manager, and Axonius, to enhance clients' IT infrastructure.- Conducted Vulnerability Management Program Assessments for clients, identifying security gaps and recommending solutions to improve process and close their security gaps. - Led automation initiatives using Python, such as converting McAfee ePO antivirus exclusion policies to Tanium Enforce exclusions and creating Python programs to automate the creation of saved questions in Tanium imported into Axonius.- Collaborated flexibly with stakeholders through various means, including working sessions, meetings, and digital platforms (Teams, Slack).- Conducted in-depth process assessments to identify areas for improvement, especially those impacted by current tooling, and worked to streamline processes for clients.- Applied a detail-oriented approach to infrastructure as code using Terraform to create, modify, and destroy lab environments tailored to each client's unique environment. - Trained customers in the use of Tanium, Ivanti Endpoint Manager, and Axonius.

Kirkland, Wa, Us

- Established and maintained working relationships with customers, including but not limited to trending industry developments and what solutions would be an appropriate fit and response from a cyber hygiene perspective.- Lead and maintained large scale technical implementations into complex solution environments surrounding the Tanium Platform and product suite. - Collaborated with customer account teams, as well as product and engineering teams to help ensure high customer satisfaction by providing world-class dedicated support throughout the life cycle of a customer engagement.- Expanded working technical knowledge of all Tanium and industry technologies.- Created process using Python to automatically remediate CIS benchmark findings in thousands of Linux servers. This effort took the customer from ~60% compliant to over 90% compliant within a single quarter with no unexpected downtime or outages.

Arlington, Va, Us

• Engineered a highly available and scalable infrastructure for a self-hostedServiceNow IT Service Management platform.Implemented EC2 Auto Scaling solution that greatly reduced the administrationof servers and created a pipeline that synced dev, test, and productionenvironments while also allowing for a more aggressive patch cycle.Designed, tested, and implemented solutions that reduced infrastructure costand footprint, led to increased availability, scalability, and increased applicationresponsiveness.Wrote Python scripts that automated several parts of the environment allowadministrators to refocus efforts into optimizing the application.Created a team Wiki site that allowed for more dynamic documentation andcollaboration as well as providing a single source of information for new teammembers leading to a significant decrease in onboarding time.Provided design recommendations that followed the AWS Well-ArchitectedFramework, resulting in a design that was more fault-tolerant, scalable, andsecure.

Reston, Virginia, Us

Worked as the SME for network license servers guiding organizations toimplement network license solutions using best practices.Engineered standard configuration for concurrent use license servers greatlyreducing the administrative burden of systems administrators.Designed and implemented a plan to standardize license server configurationsto reduce confusion, reduce onboarding time, and enable the creation ofconsistent documentationEngineered and maintained network license servers on both Windows Serverand RHEL operating systems.Performed root cause analysis on issues related to concurrent use licensing andprovided recommendations for how to prevent issues from recurring.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Implemented and maintained Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) forthe Division intelligence section.Used Puppet to configure and maintain servers using both Windows Server andRHEL operating systems.Assisted with creating a disaster recovery plan to ensure ongoing intelligenceoperations could be maintained.Worked between multiple different teams to ensure systems couldcommunicate effectively.Administered both Cisco and Dell switches and routers.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Network Operations And Security

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