Daniel Nwosu, Aws- Csap, Css, Cda, Itil Email & Phone Number

Bowie, Md, Us

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Us

-Architected Scalable AWS Solutions: Spearheaded the design and deployment of scalable AWS infrastructure, incorporating EC2, S3, and VPC to significantly enhance the university's research computing capabilities, ensuring scalability and security.-Deployed AWS Landing Zone Accelerator: Led the strategic implementation of AWS Landing Zone Accelerator, streamlining the creation of a secure, multi-account AWS environment, facilitating efficient management and operations.-Implemented AWS Research Engineering Studio: Orchestrated the adoption of AWS Research Engineering Studio, empowering research teams with specialized cloud-based tools and environments, dramatically accelerating research outputs.-Managed Splunk for Operational Intelligence: Utilized Splunk for comprehensive logging and real-time analysis, enhancing monitoring, security insights, and troubleshooting across cloud and on-premises resources.-Enhanced Endpoint Security with CrowdStrike: Deployed CrowdStrike Falcon platform for endpoint security, leveraging its cloud-native architecture for real-time threat detection, significantly improving the security posture.-Conducted Vulnerability Assessments with Nessus: Configured Nessus for regular vulnerability scans, identifying and remediating security vulnerabilities, ensuring the integrity and security of the cloud infrastructure.-Integrated Okta for Identity Management: Implemented Okta for advanced identity and access management, providing secure, streamlined access to cloud applications with Single Sign-On (SSO) and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA).

Mclean, Va, Us

• Ideated innovative and effective security architecture processes to facilitate solutions and capabilities that comply with strict government (Army) requirements despite technical challenges.• Tasked with creating security next-generation firewalls, intrusion prevention systems, DDoS solutions, and more as a subject matter expert, as well as training staff on all related topics and systems.• Designated as the Lead AWS Security Architect for SMS on the US Army Enterprise IT-as-a-Service (EITaaS) Program, using approaches that were later adopted as a gold standard.• Grew sales by 170%; reduced operational costs by 45%; increased ROI by over 34%.• Led the buildout of enterprise-level platforms and infrastructure involving AWS Cloud-Native with Microsoft Server workload; supported the creation of standard operating procedures for processes.• Oversaw the building of AWS CloudFormation using the Infrastructure as Code (IaC) approach that achieved strict requirements and was used as a template for other development projects.• Innovated designs using extensive experience and knowledge of cloud service providers, including supporting management to develop a knowledge hub on the subject.• Devised security architecture processes that enable the enterprise to develop and implement secure solutions and capabilities that are in compliance with U.S. Army for AWS Gov Cloud IL5.• Implemented security next-generation firewalls, intrusion prevention systems, DDoS solutions, SSL-terminating load balancers, WAF, security groups, and NACL.• Demonstrated working knowledge of DoD HBSS, ACAS, STIGs, and IA Vulnerability Management (IAVM).• Configured multi-account architecture, identity and access management, governance, data security, network design, and logging within provisioned AWS Landing Zones using AWS Cloud Formation.

Mclean, Va, Us

• Achieved key goals for an early adoption strategy, including end-user training, evangelizing cloud solutions, and bringing experience and best practice in the AWS cloud ecosystem. • Selected to support high-level planning for new technologies and system integrations.• Evaluated current resources and applications, using AWS Cloud Watch, and creating alarms that improved response and resolution times within a fast-paced and high-stress environment.• Led the deployment and monitoring of applications on various platforms. • Authored a handbook to convey common issues and lessons learned.• Offered essential input to infrastructure with Docker containerization. • Delivered top-tier outcomes leveraging strong knowledge in creating ANT/MAVEN with Puppet build scripts.• Completed configurations of multi-account architecture, identity, and access management, governance, data security, etc., providing positive impacts to numerous end-users and millions in annual revenue.• Built VPCs from scratch and provided guidance to other engineers on the topic.• Maintained oversight of resources and applications using AWS Cloud Watch, including creating alarms to monitor metrics such as EBS, EC2, ELB, RDS, S3, and SNS; configured notifications for the alarms generated based on events defined.• Standardized the appropriate monitoring and alerting of solution events related to performance, scalability, availability, and reliability.• Deployed and monitored applications on various platforms using Elastic Beanstalk, setting up the life cycle policies to back the data from AWS S3 to AWS Glacier.• Optimized infrastructure with Docker containerization.• Recognized as an expert on the Docker containerized environment, hosting web servers on containers, and building docker images using Docker file.• Provisioned AWS Landing Zones to create a customized baseline of AWS accounts, networks, and security policies.

Deerfield, Il, Us

• Guided the implementation of system security and data assurance procedures used as a template for other projects, ensuring business continuity while remediating risks.• Garnered hands-on experience writing production-ready automation code to implement solutions with Puppet, Ansible, CloudFormation, or similar (e.g., Chef, Terraform). • Facilitated record-breaking profitability increases through unique solutions that improved efficiency and reliability metrics.• Introduced custom applications like microservices architecture and Docker container-based deployments. • Educated employees on new technologies and systems.• Commended strong interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills while acting as the main contact amongst organizations and virtual teams.• Leveraged superb understanding throughout systems and cloud network design and development.• Demonstrated mastery of information processing principles and practices while incorporating in-depth technical knowledge of networks, storage systems, and computing platforms.• Activated multi-factor authentication for all IAM users, assisting IT leadership in refining policies and increasing compliance with security measures. • Built applications of various architecture styles like micro-services architecture consisting of Restful web services and Docker container-based deployments.• Led the configuration of Docker containers for branching purposes.• Collaborated effectively across internal and external organizations and virtual teams.• Streamlined the deployment of Docker Engines in Virtualized Platforms for the containerization of multiple apps.• Applied advanced knowledge of information processing principles and practices, as well as in-depth technical awareness of networks, storage systems, and computing platforms including Amazon AWS, .NET, Windows, and CI/CD pipelines.

New York, Ny, Us

• Established and enforced procedures and processes to standardize incident response.• Drafted and maintained up-to-date security documentation. • Resolved long-standing security concerns and promoted the use of new technologies.• Cultivated lasting relationships with clients to maintain compliance with policies and standards. • Collaborated with clients to ensure that the respective business, application, data, and technology perspectives aligned with the organization's technology/governance strategies, policies, and standards.• Analyzed metrics on the state of the system to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities.• Partnered with senior management on highly sensitive projects that required the utmost discretion and strict confidentiality on all data, records, and tasks.• Executed assessments of threats and vulnerabilities; pinpointed deviations from acceptable configurations, enterprise, and local policy; assessed the level of risk; developed and recommended appropriate mitigation countermeasures in operational and non-operational situations.• Assessed systems and networks within the network environment and enclave to determine where those systems/networks deviated from acceptable configurations, enclave policy, or local policy.• Quantified the effectiveness of defense-in-depth architecture against known vulnerabilities.• Generated reports for submission/presentation to senior management synthesizing findings, conclusions, and recommendations for action.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Cloud System Administration

Certificate Of Completion, Cloud Security Architecture And Operations