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Rock Island, IL, US

Moline, IL, US

• Managed and optimized cloud proxy platform for a user base of over 70,000, ensuring secure and uninterrupted internet access for remote and on-premises users while maintaining a robust security posture
• Maintained the DDoS protection infrastructure, ensuring it remained resilient and effective in defending against distributed denial of service attacks, contributing to uninterrupted network availability and security

Moline, IL, US

• Utilized Splunk and Okta to respond to cyber incidents
• Coded node.Js solutions for large-scale automations
• Tracked and remediated many asset vulnerabilities within AWS infrastructure

Moline, IL, US

• Enabled delivery teams to securely build solutions in the cloud
• Evaluate the posture and requirements of new cloud services
• Manage all aspects of Identity and Access Management within the cloud
• Continually assessed cloud environments for security and compliance
• Automated key controls to enforce security governance
• Built and developed key solutions for on-going visibility and maintenance of security controls within cloud environments

Moline, IL, US

• Utilized security scanning tools to identify vulnerabilities and assign mitigation responsibilities to all areas of the business
• Performed application security evaluations and penetration testing engagements on internal and external facing business applications
• Analyzed malware behavior, network infection patterns and security incidents
• Researched and recreated known hacker methodology, system exploits, and vulnerabilities

Des Moines, IA, US

• Developed business applications in C# using the Entity Framework,.Net Core, MongoDB, and Visual Studio
• Created a system-monitoring application that watched server health and machine RAM/CPU usage, using the Slack API platform to alert system admins to abnormalities
• Designed, coded, and implemented a number of spear phishing websites used for an internal security audit
• Utilized AWS to deploy business applications and worked to migrate future applications to AWS

Des Moines, Iowa, US

• Designed and coded a Java application using the Spring framework that allowed users to switch from a 401(k) to an IRA easily and securely.
• Created feature files for Cucumber automation
• Deployed business applications using application servers and web servers such as WebSphere and Apache Tomcat
• Utilized Amazon Web Services (AWS) including Elastic Beanstalk, EC2, VPC, Route53, API Gateway, IAM, Cognito, and Certificate Manager to create a secure environment to communicate financial information to a third party.
• Practiced full-facing agile methodology with scrum meetings, sprint-planning meetings, sprint-review meetings, and retrospective meetings.
• Designed, coded, and implemented cloud-based automated penetration testing application that utilized OWASP ZAP, Selenium, and Docker

Ames, Iowa, US

• Developed new computer programs from program specifications prepared by Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) IT specialists.
• Tested and debugged programs.
• Reviewed the test results with an Iowa DOT IT specialist.
• Maintained existing programs, analyzed program specifications, and determined how to change the program to produce the desired results.
• Prepared test data for testing the logic paths for new or changed programs.
• Prepared program documentation consisting of an abstract of the program, operation instructions, the program compiler listing, and sample input and output data, and job control statements for operations staff.

Eden Prairie, MN, US

• Created back-end algorithm for text analytics application
• Discovered technical innovative solutions for healthcare and presented findings to upper management
• Redesigned high-level database to better fit business needs
• Designed program to reduce unnecessary hospital readmission rate by 70% using a blend of hardware and software options to best fit consumer need

Ames, Iowa, US

• Reviewed and processed accounts payable invoices
• Remitted payments and maintained files
• Prepared account statements and other reports as required
• Recorded details of transactions to appropriate ledger and journal
• Completed bank reconciliations
• Provided AP assistance to other departments regarding questions and/or discrepancies

Master Of Science - Ms, Computer Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Management Information Systems, General