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- Owner- IaC via Ansible and Terraform for AWS and locally hosted environments.- Tool chain integration and hardening (Jira, GitHub, Jenkins, HashiCorp Vault, GitLab, Slack, Azure DevOps, Harbor, automated testing, PagerDuty, etc.)- Automated deployment scripting and tooling in Python, PowerShell, BashJenkins pipeline creation management and debugging- Azure DevOps pipeline creation, management, and debugging.Orchestration, management, and documentation of a HashiCorp Vault powered, AWS hosted NFT minting network/system (In line with CIS Benchmark protocols and DevOps best practices)- investigation, negotiation and organization of company initiatives and contracts

- Orchestration, management, and documentation of a HashiCorp Vault powered, AWS hosted NFT minting network/system (In line with CIS Benchmark protocols and DevOps best practices)- AWS security auditing and monitoring via Prowler and Crowdstrike- Host based monitoring via Crowdstrike agents (configured via Ansible)- GitHub actions: automated security scanning and Terraform based deployment to GCP Firebase- Docker image hosting via locally hosted Harbor instance and via DockerHub- Led teams of staff from 3 to 16 members of inhouse, client, international and in-person engineers (In the capacity of DevOps technical lead, QA Automation technical lead)- Led cost cutting and security hardening initiatives for cloud environments and internal practices (testing efficiency, production/staging/dev/qa environments, tool and resource management and licensing)- Documentation of cloud and locally hosted infrastructure (Confluence, Lucidchart)- Automated resource hardening and auditing to CIS Benchmark standards via Ansible

- Deployed and administered a GitLab instance hosted on Ubuntu Server. Migrated to a Dockerized deployment on a CIS Benchmark compliant Centos 7 host (Sever Level 1)- Built and administered automated testing within merge request approval process using GitLab Shell and Docker based runnersDeployed and managed multiple Dockerized Jenkins instances within varying network spaces to meet customer requirements- Built and maintained Docker Images for a Java micro-service application- Deployed and managed Java micro-service applications deployed on AWS through the use of EC2 and in-house hardened Centos 7 AMI- Secured and managed S3 buckets containing artifacts used in production web applicationsBuilt and maintained automated Python, Bash, Powershell, and Java based Jenkins jobs to build, test, release, and deploy enterprise products- Developed Python, Ansible, and Bash scripts for CIS Benchmark host hardeningImplemented security scanning (OWASP known bugs, RetireJS, etc.) and reporting at the repository level (during merge requests and while code was at rest)- Ad-hoc script development in Python, Ansible, Bash, and Powershell with thoroughdocumentation and training to resolve team needs- Built and documented reusable TestNG framework leveraging REST-Assured forautomated data driven REST API testing- Introduced and pioneered the use of REST-Assured as the REST API testing solutionfor product migration to REST Services- Spearheaded migration to Git flow development process and provided companywidetraining and support- Web application security scanning and hardening via Burp Suite and varying tools(Striker, etc.)

• Created and maintained UI automated tests for Plan X, a Dockerized DARPA cyberdefense platform• Java development using Selenium on a TestNG framework• Developed, documented, and maintained QA deployment scripting (Bash, Python)• Developed, documented, and maintained a Dockerized selenium grid supportingdifferent browser types of specified versions• Docker container debugging for both in-house tools and external products• Implemented performance reporting using a Dockerized Elastic/Kibana instance• Git repository management (code review, PR management, etc.)• Defect documentation and tracking through JIRA• TestRail deployment/administration• Received onsite network security training• UI test result investigation and troubleshooting• Promoted to QA Team Lead for transition to new phase of Plan X project• Consulted with performers in both in-house and other DARPA projects regardingautomation test feasibility• Trained staff members on application functionality and structure

Information Communication Technology

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc, Information Technology