Leading IT initiatives to transition existing infrastructure and applications to the cloud. Delivery and support of secure, reliable, efficient emergency management information services for Texas first responders and support personnel.

IT Infrastructure Manager for team of 35. Primary initiative is upgrading virtual environments and implementing infrastructure architecture for future cloud migration. Managed initiatives to introduce infrastructure automation and prove out that software stack is cloud ready by orchestrating a PoC migrating from AIX to Linux on AWS gov cloud.

IT Cloud Infrastructure manager for AWS gov cloud and VMWare private cloud platforms. Managed a team of 15 to support dev environments on private cloud and migrating changes to client environments on AWS gov cloud. Coordinated with multiple internal and client teams on connectivity, security, operations, infrastructure automation and compliance.

Security Responsibilities:AR SHOP compliance officer/CSO for Federal CMS health exchange related security controls implementation (MARS-e 2.0).Requirements gathering for CMS required 3rd party IT audit based on MARSe-2.0. Interview and vendor selection for this 3rd party IT Audit.Penetration testing for AR SHOP exchange on AWS and local office network HIPAA compliance officer – Verification of datacenter HIPAA compliance and local offices complianceImplementation of OpenPGP encryption for secure file transfers via sftp of PII dataImplementation of IPSec and SSL VPN Implementation of bitlocker encryption for laptop storage drive encryptionAdministration of Office 365 user permissions and Exchange email administration/filtersCisco ASA administration – network segmentation, acl administrationCisco switch administration – vlan segmentationNetwork/Sysadmin Responsibilities:Office 365 administration (exchange)Programing of Sharepoint templatesPowershell scripting for Office 365 adminLocal office network engineer - Cisco switches, Watchguard routers, wireless routers for data and management of VOIP controllers/switches. Implementation of C2S SSL VPN for remote users.Setup/admin of VDI developer workstations on AWSLead for UAT and Regression testing for first time and enhancement implementation of AR SHOP exchange Lead for UAT and Regression testing for first time and enhancement implementation of AR WORKS-ESI (an innovative exchange for small business with employees eligible for Medicaid funds to purchase private insurance)

(2012 - 2015)VMware virtual network configuration/administration (NSX)VMware configuration/administrator (vSphere 5.5/vCenter)Cloud storage/compute vendor analysis to evaluate IOPS/throughput performance/value tailored for 100% virtual environments. This best of breed analysis is now used by Accenture globally for turn-key private cloud and SAAS solutionsData center private cloud platform/hardware stack design/implementationvCloud director installation/administrationvRealize installation/administrationAWS VPC administrationCisco switch, router, firewall configurationDevOps deployment automation - ChefWindows install/configure/administration - Win 7, 8, 10, Win2008, 2012, AD, Radius, SQLserver, SMTP, IISLinux - RH 5, 6, Ubuntu, OpenSwan VPN (S2S), Zen load balancerVMware private cloud to VMware private cloud migrations of environments with 1000+ VMs(2009 - 2011)Configuration Management - SVN, CVS, GIT, CA:Gen (4GL) repository and code generator, CM team manager for team of 14 SOA enterprise server bus implementation - Oracle OSB, Oracle fusion middleware administrationData Modeling - Oracle 10, 11(2003 - 2008)DevOps deployment automation - GuardIEn for CA:Gen (4GL)DevOps operations support (Team lead)Data Modeler (Oracle, NonStop DB)(2001 - 2002)Network support tech, Windows sysadmin, Novell sysadmin, C2S VPN support, desktop support(2000)Cobol Programmer, JCL, CA Scheduler (batch support),

Cobol II programmer on IBM OS390 MVS mainframe. Proficient in JCL, Rexx. Exposure to CICSVB 6.0 programmer for emulator macros to 'screen scrap' data from green screen sessionConfiguration Management - Source Safe, PanvaletNetwork administration - PC network troubleshooting, TCP/IP configuration, login script automation for end users, AD managementWindow administration - Win NT, Win95, Win2000, Exchange 2003, IISUnix administration