• Technical architect, lead engineer and Scrum Master for a team of five DevOps engineers developing Infrastructure-as-Code and Configuration-as-Code Azure cloud solutions for SimCorp Client Reporting software.• Spearheaded SimCorp's first successful adoption of DevOps principles and practices, streamlining automated deployment, configuration, and management of Azure IaaS/PaaS infrastructure for investment software clients, resulting in greatly increased efficiency, reliability, and reduced deployment times.• Developed automation processes and code for testing, deployment, and configuration of Azure solutions utilizing industry-leading tools such as ARM/Bicep templates, Terraform, Azure Automation runbooks, Ansible roles and playbooks, and idempotent PowerShell scripts and DSC templates.• Designed and implemented Azure DevOps Git repositories with automated Build/Release, CI/CD Azure DevOps YAML pipelines, accelerating the deployment and configuration of cloud solutions.• Developed complex Azure network and systems architecture solutions. Some key components included Entra, Azure Compute resources, Citrix SSO, Databricks, network security rules and VPN gateways, IPS systems, secrets/keys/certificates security management and rotation, and nuanced automated deployment and configuration solutions for Windows AD DS, DNS, GPOs, OS 2016-2022, IIS web apps, and SQL Server.• Optimized cloud monitoring and management by planning and building Azure Log Analytics-Kusto, Azure Monitor metrics and telemetry, Loki/Grafana dashboards, and Rapid7 SEIM solutions.• Leveraged Agile methodologies, including iterative and incremental frameworks, to facilitate code collaboration among cross-functional teams, expedite delivery, and adapt to changing business requirements.• Cultivated a growth-oriented environment by providing training and mentorship to peers and junior engineers, and promoting a collaborative culture that values knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.

• Senior engineer on the software development team of Orca, a DevOps industry-award-winning application configuration management and automation software solution; competitor to Chef, Ansible, Puppet, Salt, and Octopus Deploy.• Lead software architect for Orca's Windows IT infrastructure configuration and automation design.• Designed and developed Orca back-end PowerShell modules to deeply manage and configure a wide variety of applications such as IIS, SQL Server, Sharepoint, TFS, Apache, Tomcat, JBoss, MSMQ, Windows OS, etc., plus various network devices, security platforms, and cloud services such as Azure.• Primary architect of the in-house Orca Agile development CI/CD pipeline solution, using Git, Team City, Jira, Hyper-V and VMWare VMs, and in-house scripts to automate, test and deploy Orca software builds.

• Architect, technical owner and subject-matter expert (SME) of company key IT infrastructure areas: PowerShell configuration management, orchestration and automation; Active Directory Domain Services; DNS; Group Policy (large-scale, multiple-forest environments); PKI infrastructure; Windows OS security and compliance; and Identity and Access Management. • Performed system design, development, integration, and final-tier support activities for the above SME areas as well as network devices and appliances, UCS and VMWare systems, Windows and Linux servers, IIS and Microsoft SQL Server servers, Microsoft Exchange, SCCM, and other enterprise applications.• Windows infrastructure security specialist with government-level (NIST) security configuration oversight and primary audit response responsibilities (for NIST, SOX, etc., including third-party client audits). Maintained "Public Trust / High Risk IT" (6C) level United States government security clearance.• Personally designed, developed and coded in-house orchestration runbooks and automation solutions leveraging PowerShell and other scripting languages, application web services, SQL databases, WMI queries, software APIs, etc., for IT areas including monitoring, security compliance, system and user provisioning, configuration management, and auditing.• Planned, designed and implemented a wide variety of enterprise IT infrastructure solutions.• Created and maintained architectural design and process documentation, and mentored peers and junior technicians in SME areas.

• Established business and technical requirements, built development teams, and managed client projects through a formal project development lifecycle.• Analyzed, defined, refined, and implemented official company-level project management processes and process guidelines.• Managed successful web application development projects to completion for clients including AMD and Applied Materials.