Senior Information Security Engineer on the AWS Security Engineering team in Information Security Engineering working on the safe enablement of AWS for the enterprise. Practice agile SDLC to deliver secure solutions and controls for the business based on InfoSec best practices, the CIS AWS foundations benchmark, and NIST security controls. Lead the project to evaluate the next generation of cloud native application protection platforms (CNAPP) to provide deeper insights, shift left security preventative measures, and faster responses. Responsible for supporting USAA’s public cloud detection and monitoring tool to monitor and alert on security misconfigurations and unexpected activity in AWS.

Information Security Engineer on the Platform Threat Defense team in Information Security Engineering at USAA. Supported several security technologies that included web proxies and external email gateways. Led projects that include creating a new web proxy policy for the enterprise that is centralized and more secure. Assisted with the development of a self-service, external web access application for use by all of IT. Wrote automation scripts that enhanced the every day jobs of engineers and that tested the controls created by the team. Troubleshoot advanced issues regarding external web requests or external emails which includes log and configuration analysis.

Information Security Engineer on the Platform Threat Defense team in Cyber Security Operations at USAA. Supported several security technologies that include web proxies and email security relays. Implemented rules and policies that keep the web and email traffic secure.

Network Engineer on the Voice Services team in I.T. Operations. Managed projects and supported multiple applications that included Aspect, Aceyus, and other various Cisco voice networking tools. Developed automation processes using the Cisco Process Orchestrator (CPO) while being the team lead for CPO. Performed log analysis for Cisco Peripheral Gateways and Aspect systems to troubleshoot issues, improve alerts, and to create monitoring dashboards.

Network engineer on the Voice Services team in I.T. Operations. Coordinated with multiple IT and business teams while serving as technical lead from the Voice Services team on the major Aspect 7.3 SP3 Unified IP upgrade. Prevented multiple outages by creating an automation script and effective alerting for both Aceyus and Aspect systems.

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Program in a Pick database with the BASIC programming language. Develop informational reports for the clients. Work with Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio to create efficient queries for reports as well as Microsoft Visual Studio to create SQL server jobs. Use Visual Studio to program in C# for web development.

I.T. Voice Operations - Configured and troubleshooted Oracle's Application Session Controller (ASC) to be implemented for call continuation. Studied and researched ASC Call Logs to determine the source of call drops. Developed a high-level interpretation of a standard Call Flow for USAA.

Develop leadership skills and provide guidance to fellow students.