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San Francisco, California, US

• Manages a two teams of engineers responsible for securing the platform's infrastructure across 5,000+ AWS nodes, with a focus on vulnerability management, application security, and cloud security.
• Oversees product security operations for a cloud infrastructure spanning 5,000+ nodes split between AWS EC2 and EKS instances.
• Presides over platform security, application security, and vulnerability remediation through automated testing and continuous monitoring protocols.
• Leads collaboration with CISO on strategic planning; provides weekly status updates, risk assessments, and recommendations while developing short-term and long-term security roadmaps aligned with business objectives.
• Manages an annual budget of $2.4 million spanning security tools and personnel costs while directing hiring, performance reviews, and professional development.
• Partners with product teams and software engineering to conduct threat modeling for new features and ensure security requirements integrate with development processes and align with regulatory compliance standards.

Hanover, Maryland, US

• Led a team of 5 engineers developing integration solutions for security vendors for seamless data collection and threat intelligence across client industrial environments.
• Led architecture and development of custom integration solutions for industrial control systems within AWS/Kubernetes environment, using Python, Kafka, RabbitMQ, and Elastic database for real-time threat intelligence.
• Engineered integration framework for 7 unsupported Fortinet firewall models at major company – developed a custom transform engine for data processing that enabled millions of dollars in new revenue.
• Architected real-time data processing pipeline (Kafka and RabbitMQ) to enable automated extraction and transformation of security telemetry from industrial devices into unified threat intelligence platform.
• Architected integration solutions for CrowdStrike EDR and Cisco firewall systems, expanded platform compatibility and enabled threat detection.

Arlington, VA, US

• Head cybersecurity expert for exploit development & compliance across various defense & intelligence agencies.
• Managed AWS infrastructure deployment across on-premises and cloud environments and implemented containerized solutions using Docker for processing classified research data in high-performance computing labs.
• Directed a $6M machine learning (ML)/NLP research project for DoD clients and managed 20 engineers to process 12 million scientific publications and create an analytics system for tracking global R&D trends.
• Led the development of a spectrum analysis platform for military-civilian 5G bandwidth sharing; supervised 6 engineers over 4 years to detect signal interference between government systems and cellular traffic
• Presented research on compromising complex systems through second-order dynamic effects at the 2019 I-IT Sec Conference, to an audience of 17,400 cybersecurity professionals and military stakeholders.

Blacksburg, Virginia, US

• Progressed from junior engineer to Lead Software Engineer and led 5 engineers through the development of user interface (UI) generation platforms for naval systems.
• Supported project lifecycle from requirements gathering to implementation while mentoring junior developers.
• Led 7 projects through Phase III implementation as CMMI and Scrum lead; established development processes and conducted daily standups, sprint reviews, and quality assurance protocols.