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Augusta, GA, US

San Francisco, California, United States

• Architect and design scalable solutions in AWS, leveraging EC2, S3, and RDS to optimize performance and reduce costs by 20%.
• Spearhead the development and maintenance of Splunk applications, crafting custom dashboards and reports to enhance data visibility and operational insights for cross-functional teams.
• Formulate and refine complex Splunk queries to extract actionable insights from large datasets, boosting data analysis efficiency by 25%.
• Deploy observability tools such as Splunk Cloud, Prometheus, and Grafana to monitor application performance and system health, enabling rapid issue detection and resolution.
• Oversee JIRA projects, enhancing issue tracking and prioritization processes, resulting in a 30% improvement in team productivity and faster turnaround on feature requests.
• Construct GitLab CI/CD pipelines to automate testing and deployment processes, increasing deployment frequency by 40% and minimizing downtime.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Orchestrated the automation of technical report generation, detailing intrusions and events, generating a 38% increase in stakeholder visibility and awareness.
• Developed automation scripts utilizing Kali Linux tools such as Nmap, Wireshark, and more for external penetration testing, achieving a 97% accuracy rate in vulnerability assessment through short and long UDP/TCP port.
• Designed automated monitoring scripts to observe intrusion detection systems, utilizing Snort and other proprietary IDS/SIEM tooling, ensuring prompt detection and response to potential threats.
• Automated the process of assembling Snort rules to match malware and unauthorized activity signatures sourced from OSINT and IOC, enhancing our system's capability to detect and mitigate threats effectively.
• Produced automation scripts to analyze anomalous network activity using tools like Kibana and Azure Sentinel, enabling proactive identification and response to security incidents.
• Engineered and implemented automation scripts to construct an advanced ITS security framework, which boosted anomaly detection rates by 45%, allowing for timely mitigation of security threats.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Migrated an iOS testing application from Objective-C to Swift, along with XCTest UI automation script, and established automatic builds in GitLab CI/CD for internal stakeholders to support successful demo presentations.
• Experienced in automating cloud security tasks on AWS, OpenStack, and Splunk Cloud to ensure secure configurations and continuous monitoring.
• Skilled in automating the implementation and management of ModSecurity for web application firewall protection, achieving a 93% security efficacy rate for robust protection and traffic management.
• Proficient in utilizing security toolsets such as ZAP, Burp Suite, Nmap, Metasploit, Radare, and Frida for vulnerability assessment and penetration testing desktop, web, and mobile applications.
• 10+ years of extensive experience in Linux security mechanisms and hardening techniques.
• Demonstrated expertise in automating compliance checks with NIST, NIAP, ioXt, and ISO standards, and addressing OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities effectively.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Performed Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) and QA activities with a focus on achieving a success rate of 97% in developing NodeJS/Javascript/Python applications and creating JavaScript/Python based test.
• Created and maintained comprehensive functional test automation frameworks using Selenium, Playwright, Puppeteer, WebdriverIO, and Cypress.
• Led the execution of comprehensive API and GraphQL testing strategies leveraging Chakram, Swagger/OpenAPI, SOATest, SOAPUI, ReadyAPI, andPostman; streamlined testing processes, saving the team 15 hours per week and.
• Developed requirements for 20+ key software projects, leading to a 35% reduction in previously identified defects, and driving increased product accuracy, reliability, and consistency.
• Introduced and implemented technical marketing strategies, resulting in a 30% increase in software quality efficiency and a 20% reduction in bug reports, facilitating the smoother launch of products.
• Leveraged scripts to customize loading and preparation of data in PostgreSQL and MongoDB databases increasing the speed of processes and data pipelines by 74%.

Augusta, Georgia, United States

• Utilized web scraping tools to extract information from various formats like HTML, JSON, and XML, then stored the parsed data into a database hosted on an Amazon EC2 instance.
• Developed a mobile application for iOS and Android platforms, employing Swift and Kotlin, to showcase location-specific content retrieved from an Amazon EC2 server.
• Implemented a scheduled cron job with error management and email notifications for consistent data scraping to ensure the health inspection data remains current and accurate.

Cyber/Computer Forensics And Counterterrorism, A

Studied and gained hands-on skills in business network communication, operating systems, cloud computing, and digital forensics.

Networking Associate Of Applied Science, Computer Systems Networking And Telecommunications, A

Gained a solid, hands-on skill set of computer, networking, and internetworking systems technology principles and desktop support.

Business Administration And Management, General, A

Learned a diverse skill set that includes knowledge of business principles, financial management, marketing strategies, organizational.