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Seattle, Wa, Us

Kansas City, Missouri, Us

* Led a skilled team to ensure the reliability, security, and efficient operations of the organization's complex AWS multi-account infrastructure, enabling the business to leverage the full potential of AWS services while maintaining control and compliance.* Provided clear and transparent communication to executive stakeholders, allowing them to make informed decisions, allocate resources effectively, and align the cloud initiatives with the organization's strategic goals.* Streamlined the change management process, improving operational efficiency, reducing the risk of human error, and ensuring consistent compliance with the organization's policies and industry regulations.* Demonstrated the organization's commitment to data security and privacy by successfully attaining the HITRUST certification, which is a widely recognized standard in the healthcare industry, enhancing the organization's reputation and enabling it to participate in new business opportunities.* Enabled JIT access through a user-friendly and secure mechanism for self-service access to cloud resources, empowering the organization's teams to quickly provision the required infrastructure while maintaining centralized control and governance.* Created a fine-grained AWS Service Control Policy exemption process involving the use of principal and resource tags allowing the cloud admin team the ability to bypass actions typically denied to the default users.* Established a proactive approach to monitoring and remediating configuration drifts, ensuring the organization's cloud resources remain compliant with internal policies and external regulations, reducing the risk of security incidents and potential fines.* Strengthened the organization's identity and access management security by enforcing strong password policies across the entire Active Directory environment, reducing the risk of compromised user accounts and unauthorized access.

Kansas City, Missouri, Us

* Designed a scalable and centralized DNS solution to enable seamless communication and resource sharing across multiple AWS accounts, improving operational efficiency and reducing the risk of service disruptions.* Developed a custom automation tool to streamline the management of private DNS zones, improving operational efficiency, reducing the risk of manual errors, and enabling developers to focus on higher-value tasks.* Designed a secure and scalable user access management solution for the organization's AWS Control Tower environment, ensuring appropriate access controls and compliance with security best practices.* Evaluated and tested different identity management solutions to determine the most suitable option for the organization, balancing cost, functionality, and integration with the existing IT infrastructure.* Implemented a comprehensive identity and access management platform, enabling the organization to centrally manage user access across both on-premises and cloud-based resources, improving security and compliance.* Established a seamless and secure connection between the organization's on-premises Active Directory and the AWS cloud environment, allowing users to access cloud-based resources using their familiar login credentials.* Designed a solution to streamline the management of Group Policy Objects across a complex, multi-forest Active Directory infrastructure, improving the consistency and reliability of the organization's security and compliance policies.* Established a dedicated training environment to educate and up-skill administrators on the use of the GPO management tool, ensuring efficient and effective management of the organization's Group Policy configuration.* Developed a comprehensive plan to consolidate and centralize the organization's user authentication infrastructure, improving security, reducing administrative overhead, and enabling better visibility and control over access to critical resources.

Kansas City, Missouri, Us

* Designed a more secure and scalable Active Directory infrastructure, aligning with industry best practices and enabling the organization to better protect sensitive data and resources.* Established dedicated environments for development and testing, allowing developers to safely validate changes and new functionality before deploying to the production environment, reducing the risk of disruptions.* Implemented a robust public key infrastructure to enhance the security of digital certificates and ensure the integrity of critical systems and data across the organization.* Implemented a flexible and scalable PKI solution, enabling the organization to manage digital certificates more efficiently and maintain tight control over access to sensitive resources.* Enabled seamless integration between Linux servers and the Active Directory environment, improving user access management and enhancing the overall security posture.* Established a unified identity management solution for users to access both on-premises and cloud-based resources, enhancing productivity and reducing the risk of unauthorized access.* Evaluated and tested various backup solutions to ensure the organization can effectively protect and recover its critical Active Directory data, safeguarding against data loss and service disruptions.* Collaborated with industry-leading vendors to identify the most suitable backup solution for the organization's specific requirements, ensuring a well-informed decision-making process.* Established a more robust process for managing Group Policy Objects, enabling the IT team to quickly troubleshoot and roll back changes, if necessary, and maintain better control over the organization's security and compliance policies.* Deployed a sophisticated threat detection and analysis solution to identify and address potential security vulnerabilities, such as weak authentication methods, proactively protecting the organization from cyber threats.

Kansas City, Missouri, Us

* Established a centralized cloud platform to enable secure and scalable IT services for the organization.* Ensured a consistent authentication experience by aligning with the organization's identity management strategy.* Enabled seamless user and identity management across the hybrid environment, improving productivity and security.* Provided a secure and streamlined access experience for employees to cloud-based productivity tools, enhancing user satisfaction and IT control.* Established a dedicated environment for testing and development, enabling the IT team to safely validate changes before deployment to the production environment.* Enforced the principle of least privilege and maintained tight control over access to critical cloud resources, strengthening the organization's security posture.* Enabled seamless integration between on-premises and cloud-based email, as well as user and device management, improving productivity and IT control.* Delivered valuable insights to key stakeholders, supporting informed decision-making, cost optimization, and compliance.* Proactively monitored the health and performance of the hybrid identity infrastructure, ensuring reliable access and enabling timely issue resolution.* Implemented robust, user-friendly multi-factor authentication, significantly reducing the risk of unauthorized access and protecting the organization's sensitive data.* Proactively identified and addressed security vulnerabilities, reducing the organization's exposure to potential cyber threats and protecting critical systems.* Provided advanced analytics and reporting capabilities, enabling the organization to make data-driven decisions, optimize costs, and enhance security monitoring and incident response.

Kansas City, Missouri, Us

* Centralized management and deployment of Group Policy Objects across the domain.* Provided automatic password management for service accounts, enhancing security and reducing administrative overhead.* Ensured consistent and reliable distribution of Group Policy and login scripts.* Implemented more secure processes and controls for the creation and management of administrative user accounts.* Ensured access to the latest features and security updates for the network management and configuration management tools.* Expanded and upgraded the core infrastructure components, including virtualization, Active Directory, and network services.

Verona, Wisconsin, Us