Joshua J. Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

I'm a Senior DevOps Consultant in the Global Financial Services practice of AWS Professional Services. My job is to help our customers build, deploy, automate and secure their workloads in AWS.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Advised, architected and developed solutions for DevOps, security and automation in AWS environments for enterprise customers Authored a security control orchestrator to deploy controls via CloudFormation and Terraform at scaleDeveloped and deployed serverless text-to-speech application dashboard using S3 website hosting, API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB, SNS, Polly, CodePipeline, Codebuild, CodeCommit, SAM and PythonArchitected and engineered ServiceCatalog and CloudFormation orchestration solution for catalog configuration as codeDesigned continuous integration and continuous delivery (CICD) for Cloudformation using CodePipelineBuilt an automated security framework to detect high risk API calls to serve as a mitigating and detective control

Mclean, Va, Us

Investment Bank - Financial ServicesEngineered Application Migrations and Application Design for the Cloud.Prototyped new solutions and AWS Services. Developed, integrated and demoed cloud infrastructure.Secured and Troubleshooted AWS environments. Wrote Cloudformation and Automated Bootstrap Scripts. Coordinated with other teams to integrate cloud solutions with on premise infrastructure.Configured least privilege permissions for other teams to use cloud services.Advised Business lines on recommended tools, integration patterns and Costing. Managed AWS Costs through automation and scripting across multiple accounts with PythonLead blue green application deployments with minimal downtime using EC2, Elastic Load Balancing and CloudFormation.

Mclean, Va, Us

Amazon Web Services Architecture Design for Investment BankArchitected and designed a security focused AWS enterprise environment for a cloud application migration.Co-Authored and managed various environments using Infrastructure as Code templates with AWS CloudFormation for seamless deployments. Automated many repeatable AWS processes using scripting languages such as Unix BASH and Python.Lead dozens of technical / hands on training sessions for Security Engineering, Virtualization / Storage, Windows, Unix and Networking teams. Co-Developed block level architecture design documentation, strategy, networking and segmentation using various AWS services.

Mclean, Va, Us

Monitored SIEM and logging environments for security events and alerts to threats, intrusions, and/or compromises.Contained and Triaged high severity and critical incidents in the environment.Troubleshooted security monitoring devices to improve event correlation and performance.Developed and updated procedures, and configure tools for other Analysts to use.Security Tools Utilized: • ArcSight, Splunk, Spear Phishing Remediation, FireEye Analytics Platform (TAP), FireEye Email Security and Malware Analysis, IronPort, CISCO Prime, Mandiant Incident Response Tool, Resolution One, Blue Coat Proxy,Bro IDS, Archer, Password Vault.CyberM3 Maturity Assessments: Financial Services Clearinghouse and Global Investment BankConducted Cyber M3 Maturity Assessment to help client with understanding growing cyber risks across information security program.Led and managed the deliverable development, client status meetings, control family stakeholder interviews, project charters and roadmaps for long term security program planning and growth at the C-Suite level.Amazon Web Services: Data Protection Capability WorkbenchDesigned a project roadmap and made critical infrastructure, networking and EC2 instance decisions for the lab foundation. Created the Virtual Private Cloud, VPN Server, designed documentation for remote access. Incorporated best practices for cyber security, including firewall rules, security groups and network access control lists. Implemented Active Directory and Exchange.Developed virtual lab to demonstrate that Data Loss Prevention tools can be successfully deployed in the cloud.

Menlo Park, California, Us

IT Audit: IT SOX Control Testing: New Hires, Terminations, Modifications. System and Security Administrators, User Access Recertifications, Backup and Recovery, Application Interface Testing, Passwords, Separate Environments, Unix Security.JD Edwards World, OneWorld: Segregation of Duties and Sensitive Object Access

Created computer repair business, expanded to sales, custom builds and networking for small businesses.Troubleshooted Windows XP, Vista 7, Home Networking, Televisions and Home Theatres. Installed and configured backup and recovery software for clients.My largest client was a market and advertising research business. I was responsible for managing all IT Systems including Applications, Desktop and Networking Hardware, Shared Drives, Printers, Web Hosting, FTP, servers since May 2007.Engaged with various clients with different technical understandings on a one-on-one basis.Contracted to design and master a number of websites, using Search Engine Optimization.

Consulted for a local non-profit organization that provides educational, clinical and residential services; total of 950 hours among team of 4.Engaged in weekly progress meetings with Executive and Clinical Directors and Fortune-500 level strategic coach.Obtained Humans Subjects certification. Developed and conducted surveys targeted to multiple audiences and aggregated data.

Support and troubleshooted over 200 workstations and 40 printers and 10 Servers Worked with brokers, backoffice, management, and executives with various technical problemsUpdated and managed on a daily basis Active Directory, CCure 800 keycard system, and Inter Tel Session manager (PBX)Worked closely with IT director on all problems

Bs, Management Information Systems, General

Education record

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Organizational Leadership And Consulting