I work with enterprise customers to understand their data challenges in the areas of Search, Security, and Observability and help them drive transformative changes for their business.

Managed both a security consulting team as well as a 24/7 Security Operations Center while continuing to help grow Volta's security managed services business.● 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 to provide 24/7 continuous monitoring and incident response coverage for customers● 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 12 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 by understanding their career aspirations and helping them to achieve it, resulting in dramatically improved performance at an individual level.● 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬' 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬, I architected comprehensive security solutions that significantly enhanced their security posture.𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤:Python, Cisco ASA, Cisco Firepower, Cisco Nexus, Variety of Cisco L2/L3 Switches, SonicWall, Ubiquiti, Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats, VMWare, RHEL, OEL, CentOS, Oracle, Ubuntu, Python, Paramiko/Netmiko, Javascript, Symantec, Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Endpoints, Nessus, OpenVAS, Security Onion, SentinelOne, pfSense, Fortigate

Managed and led a team of highly skilled security engineers responsible for delivering comprehensive security solutions and services to managed services customers. This included overseeing security operations, incident response, threat detection, project management, and continuing to get my hands dirty with technical work.● 𝐂𝐨-𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐒𝐈𝐄𝐌-𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 that mapped directly to Volta's prescribed security and infrastructure stack. Enabled analysts to detect, automatically triage, and manage tickets via a web application, drastically simplifying and expediting security operations tasks.● 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 during a time when Elastic didn't have many native integrations, allowing Volta to gain a competitive edge with cost effective and robust cybersecurity logging.● 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐮𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 for managed security services customers and fostered inter-team collaboration, in some cases resulting in a 95% reduction in overall vulnerabilities for critical infrastructure and healthcare customers.𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤:Python, Cisco ASA, Cisco Firepower, Cisco Nexus, Variety of Cisco L2/L3 Switches, SonicWall, Ubiquiti, Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats, VMWare, RHEL, OEL, CentOS, Oracle, Ubuntu, Python, Paramiko/Netmiko, Javascript, Symantec, Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Endpoints, Nessus, OpenVAS, Security Onion, SentinelOne, pfSense, Fortigate

Helped to build Volta's Managed Security Services practice from the ground up. Acted as the sole technical resource and sales engineer on a team of two, helping to secure partnerships with key customers to grow the practice while owning the implementation and support aspects of security and network implementations.𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬:● 𝐂𝐨-𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 for Volta's go-to-market strategy for Security, focusing on a comprehensive suite of security and network controls to solve problems for critical infrastructure companies. This strategy led to securing business with 3 key partners within the first year, allowing our team to double in size.● 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 to streamline vulnerability assessments, analyze IDS/IPS alarms, and automatically block malicious actors and reconnaissance activity. This allowed the team to focus on higher-value and more strategic security tasks while saving us roughly 80 hours of work per week on manual tasks.● 𝐋𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 3 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞-𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 for medical providers and non-profit organizations, acting as incident handler and ransomware subject matter expert to ensure successful recoveries and preserve reputations in all 3 of engagements.𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤:Python, Cisco ASA, Cisco Firepower, Cisco Nexus, Variety of Cisco L2/L3 Switches, SonicWall, Ubiquiti, Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats, VMWare, RHEL, OEL, CentOS, Oracle, Ubuntu, Python, Paramiko/Netmiko, Javascript, Symantec, Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Endpoints, Nessus, OpenVAS

Worked on the IT Data Services team supporting a campus of 16,000+ users. Collaborated with Security, SysAdmins, and Developers to solve problems and ensure that students are having a positive and secure experience.𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬:● 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 >500 𝐂𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 by developing Python scripts to streamline switch configuration, saving a massive amount of time and normalizing switch configurations across the campus.● 𝐄𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 by building internal web applications to display detailed information about network devices and firewalls, improving troubleshooting and maintainability of the network.● 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 by setting up and administering PerfSONAR to facilitate network data sharing with other universities, allowing universities to have visibility into critical connection points.● 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭-𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐈𝐏𝐓𝐕 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 using a heavily modified Linux distribution on Raspberry Pis to serve as set-top boxes for EKU's IPTV solution.𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤:- Variety of Cisco devices, Cisco VSM, Cisco Prime, Cisco ISE, RHEL, CentOS, PHP, Python, Django, Apache, C#, ASPX.NET, PerfSONAR, Analog Telephony (PBX), and a whole lot of custom code!