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Experienced, Self-Motivated IT Engineer with results driven mindset looking for new employment opportunities. By the way, check out my awesome work or Skillset! .
Over 16 years of experience as a Systems Design and Integration Specialist in the Engineering & Aerospace industry. Worked in Classified and Unclassified environments having built and maintained systems as support and deliverables. Leading Security Design reviews, vulnerability assessments, as well as building automation for vulnerability remediation across large environments.
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Professional Summary:
Engineering leader with 16+ years of experience designing, securing, and modernizing classified infrastructure supporting Department of Defense and Intelligence Community missions. Proven success leading high-performing engineering organizations, managing $2M annual infrastructure portfolios, and delivering highly available enterprise platforms across geographically distributed classified environments. Expert in infrastructure architecture, automation, cloud technologies, DevSecOps, and Infrastructure as Code. Recognized for driving enterprise modernization through automation, reducing operational costs, and delivering secure mission-critical platforms with 99.99% availability.
Professional Experience
Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS)
IT Engineering Team Lead | Herndon, VA
2018 – Present
Provide engineering leadership for classified infrastructure supporting multiple Department of Defense and Intelligence Community programs across the National Capital Region.
Leadership & Organizational Impact:
Lead and mentor a 15-member engineering organization responsible for enterprise infrastructure engineering, cybersecurity, automation, and platform operations. Direct engineering operations across 8 geographically separated classified sites, supporting 12 accredited enterprise environments spanning 8 independent customer programs. Manage an annual infrastructure investment portfolio exceeding $2 million, balancing mission requirements, life-cycle planning, cybersecurity, and cost optimization. Serve as the senior technical advisor to executive leadership and Government customers, translating mission requirements into scalable infrastructure strategies.
Infrastructure & Platform Engineering:
Architect, engineer, and secure classified infrastructure from initial design through operational deployment and Authority to Operate (ATO) accreditation. Successfully led 25+ ATO packages, enabling rapid deployment of secure mission systems for classified customers. Accredited four ICD 705 SCIF facilities, serving as regional Subject Matter Expert for ICD 705, RMF, and TEMPEST compliance. Oversee infrastructure consisting of 500+ virtual machines, 4 CI/CD pipelines, and 400+ active classified users. Maintain 99.99% platform availability across mission-critical classified environments through proactive engineering, lifecycle management, and operational excellence.
Automation & Modernization:
Spearheaded enterprise Infrastructure as Code adoption by introducing Terraform and HashiCorp Packer as foundational platform engineering technologies. Standardized infrastructure provisioning through reusable automation frameworks, dramatically reducing deployment time while improving consistency and security. Expanded automation using Ansible, PowerShell, and Shell scripting to eliminate repetitive operational tasks and improve engineering efficiency. Modernized platform delivery by integrating Infrastructure as Code with enterprise CI/CD pipelines and configuration management.
Business & Financial Leadership:
Lead Long Range Business Planning (LRBP) initiatives for hardware and software lifecycle management. Implement strategic technology refresh planning that reduces infrastructure costs while maintaining operational readiness and security compliance. Evaluate emerging technologies and modernization opportunities to maximize return on investment and mission capability.
Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS)
IT Business Partner | Fairfax, VA
2014 – 2018
Served as the strategic IT liaison between enterprise technology organizations and multiple classified business programs. Managed technology investment planning, project portfolios, and IT financial forecasting supporting classified engineering organizations. Developed enterprise cloud adoption strategies utilizing internal and commercial cloud services. Directed DFARS and NIST compliance efforts supporting government contracts and classified programs. Evaluated emerging enterprise technologies and influenced organization-wide adoption strategies. Built executive partnerships with business leadership and external technology vendors to improve organizational capability. Delivered strategic technical guidance that improved operational efficiency while reducing infrastructure costs. Managed external VDI environments supporting classified customer demonstrations and business development.
Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA)
Systems Administrator | Seattle, WA
2010 – 2014
Supported Boeing Enterprise Hosting Services (EHS), providing enterprise Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) capabilities. Designed and administered VMware vCloud infrastructure supporting enterprise virtualization initiatives. Led enterprise customer onboarding and technical training for cloud platform adoption. Managed the Enterprise Hosting Services Automation Team, developing automation solutions that streamlined operations and improved service delivery. Designed and implemented an enterprise usage-based billing solution supporting internal cloud charge-back. Managed enterprise monitoring for large-scale physical and virtual infrastructure environments. Selected to serve on Boeing's Cloud Computing Advisory Board (Cloud PMO), helping shape enterprise cloud strategy.
Education
Pennsylvania State University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Security and Risk Analysis
2010
Skills
IT Engineering Skillset
- Cloud: Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Virtualization: VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, Nutanix, OpenStack/KVM, Proxmox
- Containers: Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker, Podman
- Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Packer, Cloud-Init
- Automation: Ansible, PowerShell, Shell, PDQ Deploy/Inventory
- CI/CD: GitLab, Jenkins, Atlassian Suite, Artifactory
- Security: Splunk, Rapid7, ACAS/Tenable, Trellix, Active Directory RBAC, Group Policy, RMF, ICD 705, TEMPEST
- Operating Systems: Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Debian Linux
- Infrastructure: Cisco, Dell, HP Enterprise Platforms
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