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Bigfork, MT, US

Woonsocket, RI, US

Reston, Virginia, US

• Accomplishments:Designed and implemented a best practice solution for a security hardened baseline configuration for Windows Server 2019/2022 images across the vendor-diverse DHS DCCO Cloud, and delivered to the build.
• Create, maintain, deploy, and enforce cloud-level and system-level policies to continuously improve cloud security posture and DISA STIG compliance within a diverse Department of Homeland Security enterprise cloud.

Herndon, VA, US

• Prioritize & manage CSPM & vulnerability data from AWS infrastructure, authenticated OS and web application scans; deploy and tune appliance-based scans in Qualys and Nexpose for VMDR and policy compliance checks.
• On-demand security impact analysis & evaluation of change management tasks, architectural reviews, resource deployments, and DR test procedures.
• Maintain heightened awareness of daily vulnerability status and notify appropriate product owners & remediation teams as needed. Develop and constantly improve tailored dashboards in VMDR tools. Generate and sustain.

Herndon, VA, US

• Deliver, secure, integrate and maintain various cloud compute resources, network infrastructure, and 3rd party SaaS applications, all within multiple AWS tenants including GovCloud. Troubleshoot critical components.
• Within GovCloud, leverage exclusively FedRAMP-moderate compliant applications for change management & incident response cases, secure remote access, endpoint protection & monitoring, vulnerability scanning: ServiceNow.
• Consistently collaborate with site reliability, security, architecture, and network engineering teams to ensure efficient handling of deliverables as well as prompt mitigation & resolution of ongoing incidents in a.

Kalispell, Montana, US

• Manage creation, maintenance, lifecycle, security patching of 160+ Windows 2012/2016/Linux AWS EC2 & VMware server instances, 300+ physical workstations. Support 40+ Cisco switches/routers/UCS including.
• Architected and deployed VPC subnets, Security Groups and associated EC2 instances for a new AWS Govcloud environment to meet FedRAMP requirements.o Designed & implemented GPOs to match CIS & DISA STIG benchmarks for.
• Led continuous InfoSec vulnerability remediation campaign to satisfy compliance/audit requirements. Configure Tenable.io/Nessus to scan all environments for vulnerabilities and compliance data using both agents and.
• Acted as tier III escalation resource for IT Operations personnel. Coordinate with various IT teams to evaluate technical issues & determine optimal solutions.
• Accomplishments: o Directly responsible for cost savings of $300,000+/year due to proactive investigation & discovery of, and enacting comprehensive solution to, a faulty vendor process involving file storage.

Columbia Falls, MT, US

• In depth knowledge and configuration of communications technologies including voice, data, RF, WiFi, cellular, VSAT, CCTV & surveillance, security, rack & power, and other proprietary systems.
• Manage IT project engineering from conception to delivery. Translate customer specs into detailed bill of materials (BoM). Configured all software & networking components; generated necessary literature including.
• Administer Exchange/Antivirus/VMware/backup servers and processes as needed. Set up and maintain end users' desktop hardware & software. Manage Veeam backup.

• Provide Tier II physical & virtual desktop support/customer service to 300+ users both local and remote to 100% satisfaction. Audit all technology assets and create applicable reports.
• Monitor datacenter (200+ physical servers) hardware & applications to immediately address & escalate any alarms. Promoted to sole responsibility for maintaining several Windows 2003 application servers.
• Administer AD, Exchange, Avaya, Solarwinds Orion, Track-It!, WASP Asset Management, Spector 360, Symantec System Center, VMware, Safeboot/WAVE Drive Encryption suites. Deploy internally developed software to multiple.

Kalispell, MT, US

Redondo Beach, CA, US

A.S., Electronics Engineering

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