•Initiated the adoption of MVC frameworks like CakePHP to decrease lead time between project phase iterations of new and existing applications.•Performed regular IT inventory valuations to create lifecycle and business continuity plans to help maximize the life of deployed assets and stretch procurement costs.•Architected and configured departmental bare metal and virtual servers using VMware vSphere to maintain high-availability while reducing storage and licensing costs.•Created, documented, and reviewed change management requests in JIRA to streamline infrastructure system changes and ensure notification processes were followed.•Developed hardened base Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtual Machine Templates to speed up provisioning time when deploying applications, databases and micro services.•Utilized SCCM collections to group assets based on data classification to facilitate patches, updates, and deployments.•Scheduled application vulnerability scans for departmental web applications while maintaining the highest security compliance rating from the organizational Information Security Office.•Supervised and Lead Software Support Specialists in meeting ticket resolution SLAs for departmental IT issues.

•Designed, developed, and tested database-driven web applications using PHP & MySQL.•Initiated training campaign to utilize git repositories for storing and sharing proprietary code with other institutional departments in order to meet security considerations and requirements.•Implemented package management process for new and existing Linux Application Servers and cut provisioning time by 50% and to help standardize security rules baseline.