Promoted into leadership role to provide strategic direction to internal stakeholders, partners, and customers during design, development, and deployment of complex technology solutions. Consult on automation projects and provide guidance on designing solutions that are scalable and production-ready; verify security and review for code vulnerabilities, ensuring compliance with standards. Channel deep understanding of API integrations between systems to implement continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, build DevOps and DevSecOps processes, and manage toolchains.• Implemented DevOps and automation workflows across Cisco portfolio as cornerstone practice to increase security and standardization while decreasing time-to-market and Operation and Maintenance (O&M) complexity. Leveraged CCIE DevNet and Enterprise certifications to orchestrate multimillion-dollar network redesigns to next-generation Cisco platforms.• Authored multiyear technical roadmaps with emphasis on reducing technical debt through automation and increasing security through zero trust architecture; significantly reducing technical debt. Applied unique skills in DevOps and automation to shape vision of customer solutions by guiding all public-sector teams on developing technical roadmaps, focusing on vision, strategy, and process improvements.

Spearheaded engineering and implementation of projects for multi-pod, multi-site Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) deployments that is among largest in world, spanning 3 geographically separated data centers and supporting 40,000+ customers; evaluated project deliverables and cost-effectiveness. Exercised business judgment and exceptional communication skills to achieve results in agile and evolving environment, maximizing use of resources and planning future needs. Defined and evolved technical vision to accelerate digital transformation for customers; developed architecture documents, delivered strategy and insight, and steered standards for key elements.• Led development team tasked with automating tenant onboarding into ACI data center and creating self-service hybrid-cloud marketplace supporting 172,000 customers; migrated 5 multisite campus networks as Software-Defined Access leader.• Employed lean management and agile development methodology to promote adaptive planning, evolutionary development, early delivery, and continuous improvement.

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Designed, developed, and implemented secure wireless solutions for classified environments at premiere communications organization within Department of Defense, comprising military members from all branches and civilian personnel in variety of communications, automation, electronics maintenance, and logistic specialties.

Served multiple deployments as network engineer and WAN specialist spanning 10 countries, including Iraq, Afghanistan, and North Africa, interconnecting 35 metropolitan area networks that enabled 3,000 customers; led network engineering for 4,000 service members across 17 bases.