• Lead the AWS architecture and engineering for the CMS PECOS project (CGI Federal contract with the US Department of Health and Human Services). • Promoted to “Director/Consulting Expert” on January 2023, prior role was “Network Lead/AWS Architect” • Design and oversee the migration of the federal CMS Medicare Provider web application (Pecos) from on-prem to AWS. • Develop network architecture and documentation for CMS Pecos application in AWS. • Implement and optimize EKS/ALB integration using Kubernetes ALB Controller. • Utilize Route 53 to create private hosted zones and manage DNS records. • Deploy AWS WAFv2 with Managed Rules and Whitelist for enhanced security. • Implement AWS Global Accelerator for multi-region web application architecture. • Reduce AWS costs through scheduler for RDS and EC2 in the DEV environment. • Ensure network security through AWS Network Firewall and custom rules. • Manage TLS certificates and implement Amazon SES for no-reply emails. • Implement infrastructure as code using CloudFormation and Terraform. -Served as technical lead on a Machine Learning / AI Lab to buid a RAG based chatbot prototype for potential government contracts

F5 Load Balancers, Cisco ASA Firewalls, Data Center projects at senior level. Hybrid environment including two data centers and AWS Cloud VPC's. Experience providing network support for migrations from On Prem to Cloud. Migrate complex F5 configs to ALB.Network Automation Experience (Ansible, Terraform)Built dozens of S2S Tunnels to Customer Hospitals, extensive experience modifying ciphers to customer requirements, and successfully working with customer network teams and managers in a professional manner while troubleshooting issues with new S2S tunnels.F5 Load Balancer Experience (LTM):Architect solutions based on Dev team requirements, including complex iRules for host based routing, path based routing, cookie based routing to support application multi-versioning, custom Security iRules including path based filtering where only certain subnets can reach certain paths, complex conditional redirects based on Request URI, routing early TLS to error page as temporary solution before disabling it, and dozens of other custom iRules to meet application team requirements.

2014 to 2016F5 Load Balancer Team -Experience with GTM and LTMExtensive troubleshooting experienceBuild new VIPs, pools, on Load BalancerData Center Migration (F5 portion only)2013 to 2014Assigned to Fannie Mae Route Switch TeamCisco Nexus (7K 5K 2K) experienceRouting experience (BGP and OSPF)

Responsible for configuring and maintaining military networks. Experience maintaining and setting up networks in combat zone (Iraq). Field experience configuring and trouble shooting satellite communications, modems, routers, firewalls and switches. Worked 24 hour shifts when necessary. Awarded several medals.