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Olathe, Ks, Us

• Lead employee oversight through coaching and mentoring, serving as the escalation point for interdepartmental issues and onboarding new hires.• Partner with software engineers and product teams to drive product development and document technical specifications for firewall management solutions; proactively engage with customers as needed to discuss requirements and ensure alignment with their needs.• Serve on the product direction committee, providing strategic insights and updates directly to the VP of Product Development while advising on IT infrastructure alignment.• Analyze products and systems through reverse engineering to identify improvements, overseeing test labs to validate application functionality.• Establish integrations between on-premise servers and AWS Lambda for security audits, and set up an automated testing framework to enhance reliability.• Facilitate developer testing of Firemon firewall devices by documenting bugs and tracking issues throughout the development lifecycle.• Act as the escalation point for complex device integration issues and contribute to the network security team’s interview guide.

• Introduced Linux and implemented SaltStack for node configuration management.• Established a security program covering patch management and user education.• Trained new IT employees and supervised junior staff on remote projects.• Collaborated with vendors for staffing and reviewed maintenance plans.• Oversaw enterprise transition from static to dynamic routing, upgrading firewalls and switches.• Led the cleanup of Active Directory, automating data integration from HR.• Implemented a new VPN solution with Single Sign-On for enhanced security.• Drafted IT policies in coordination with legal and compliance teams.

• Assisted developers in testing Firemon firewall devices by documenting bugs and tracking issues.• Collaborated with Product Management and Engineering teams to implement firewall management solutions.• Created diagnostic tools to streamline debugging and provided technical expertise on network products.• Built and managed test labs, executing test cases to validate application functionality and device integrations.

• Automated technical tasks and led F5 projects, boosting revenue by $1.5M.• Streamlined compliance with SOX, GDPR, and CCPA while conducting security audits.• Implemented zero-downtime deployment, saving $20K per incident and migrating content in-house, saving $60K annually.• Conducted vulnerability assessments, mitigated threats, and led initiatives to shut down malicious nodes.