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• Co-founder, Six Twenty-One Solutions

  Oct, 2017 - Present

  DevOps Consultant to Northrop Grumman on multiple projects

  • Developed satellite command and control (C2) client applications using Qt C++

  • Migrated legacy satellite C2 server applications to a microservice architecture utilizing Docker Images

  • Developed Kubernetes resource configurations for all of the satellite C2 services

  • Created CI/CD pipelines for rapid deployment and automated testing in AWS

  • Provided guidance to junior developers on effective microservice architectures and best practices for Docker and Kubernetes

• Senior Principal Software Developer, Lucid Perspectives

  Nov, 2016 - Oct, 201710 months

  DevOps Engineer on a large-scale entity management system used as the central repository for criminal history in Minnesota

  • Utilized test driven development and agile/scrum methodologies to decrease software defects and delivery time

  • Migrated on premise development infrastructure to Azure including JIRA and Mattermost

• Senior Principal Cyber Engineer, Raytheon

  Sep, 2015 - Nov, 20161 year 2 months

  Cybersecurity Consultant for International Solutions

  • Performed vulnerability assessments of critical government entities for an international customer

  • Designed and implemented standardized fly-away kit offerings for vulnerability assessments, incident response, and forensics

  • Developed system architecture for a standardized Security Operations Center (SOC) offering

• Principal Multi-Disciplined Engineer, Raytheon

  Dec, 2011 - Nov, 20164 years 11 months

  Cybersecurity Engineer for the CODE Center program

  • Subject matter expert on cyber exercise environment design, pre-exercise planning, and the conduct of nation scale tests

  • Developed custom automation solution that reduced the time of cyber range deployment from months to hours

  • Developed and tested a disaster recovery plan for critical VMs and application data

  • Designed and implemented custom RBAC solution for the management of a cyber range using Microsoft Windows Active Directory, VMware vCenter Roles, and TACACS

  • Architected and deployed Multi-Tenant Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud solution using HP CloudSystem Matrix in 5 weeks. System automated the provisioning and deployment of environments to be used for cyber exercises and training

  • Developed and implemented storage design emphasizing data separation and performance for HP 3PAR and EMC VNX systems

  • Developed performance benchmarks and metrics for data center using VMware VMmark and I/O Analyzer

• Senior Software Developer, Raytheon

  Sep, 2004 - Dec, 20117 years 4 months

  Java team leader on a project utilizing Java, ESRI ArcGIS, and SAP to create a fully-integrated system for the ordering of commercial imagery and production of map products

  • Discovered and resolved Java code defects. Worked directly with management, vendors, and third parties to ensure that system operated at peak efficiency

  • Developed new system capabilities based on requirements from the customer. Ensured new capabilities are delivered on time and within budget

  • Assisted Chief Engineer in resolving many of the more complex and overarching problems on the program. Identified enterprise architecture issues and options for resolution

  • Developed EJBs to retrieve ESRI shape files from an external system, load them into the database, and notify the SAP system of their receipt

  • Participated in enterprise wide/external system testing to identify and resolve problems in architecture and software

• Systems Engineer, BAE Systems

  May, 2000 - Aug, 20044 years 4 months

  • Developed custom shell scripts on customer site in order to meet customer needs and maintain current concept of operations

  • Led execution of classified database system 24-hour day in the life test with calculated expected inputs to verify functional accuracy, system stability and hardware performance

  • Developed Perl/SQL scripts for test automation and verification reducing cycle time and number of defects

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