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Cloud Security Architect (AWS, GCP, Azure)
TEKsystemsCloud Security Architect (AWS, GCP, Azure)
Jan. 2022GlobalSecurity domain for cloud services across the major three. Oversight of landing zones and appropriate security control guardrails. Development of cloud security patterns leveraged by operational teams for cloud workloads. Secured architecture for AI (Azure OpenAI, Copilot) as well as chatbot implementations. Thought leadership across the business for information security at the project and program level.
Trust & Security Swiss Army Knife
TwilioTrust & Security Swiss Army Knife
Sep. 2019 - Jan. 2022United StatesDrove several projects to achieve organizational goals, most of them M&A based. Conducted thorough data center assessments of acquisitions from an enterprise security perspective for proper controls, determine if migrations to AWS cloud would be productive/appropriate, worked through moving from a low-volume AWS account model to a multi-account model for better governance and cost accounting, and appropriate guardrails along the AWS well-architected framework security pillar.
Security SME, Big Data Enteprise Pod
ClouderaSecurity SME, Big Data Enteprise Pod
Jan. 2018 - Sep. 2019United StatesSecurity SME/Architect in the Enterprise POD supporting large customers on clusters based on Hadoop HDFS. Required expertise in Cloudera Manager as well as up to thirty disparate software products (Spark, Pig, Kafka, etc.) to secure, investigate, and provide assistance with security related issues in these complex ecosystems for big data across the big three clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP).
Security Architect
Tractor Supply CompanySecurity Architect
Jan. 2016 - Jul. 2017Brentwood, Tennessee, United StatesOversight of security design and architecture at an organization that launches 50+ projects each year. Member of the ARB (Architecture Review Board) working closely with PMO to estimate resources required from the security team, and alongside Enterprise Architects to understand existing systems by breakdown to define the new system. Program level participant in effort to move from on-premises data centers to cloud. Drove home a project internally that I had completed as a contractor where application security was operationalized.
Application Security Architect
BJ's Wholesale ClubApplication Security Architect
Jul. 2015 - Dec. 2015Boston, Massachusetts, United StatesShort term contract for retail organization leveraging IBM eCommerce solution where concern that the security team did not have appropriate skills to undertake a secure SDLC. Assisted the customer with evaluation of their application security at the program level, tools used, integration with software development teams, and success in driving down defects related to security.
Security Architect
Tractor Supply CompanySecurity Architect
Nov. 2014 - Jul. 2015Brentwood, Tennessee, United StatesContract position to supplement existing security team on a large sized project for growth-based upgrade of retail web site to IBM eCommerce. Complex project involving multiple colocation facilities and disaster recovery sites. At the program level, defined a strategy for a secure SDLC with automation and injection of security tooling. Conducted vendor research, procured and implemented both a SAST platform as well as DAST, a means to automate scanning over the SDLC, as well as train developers on secure code practices and the remediation cycle.
Threat Team
PearsonThreat Team
Nov. 2013 - Nov. 2014Denver, Colorado, United StatesThreat team senior member to large electronic learning platform leader. Early adopter leveraging AWS/Chef/Puppet in a DevOps type of infrastructure management model. Continuous assessment of SIEM input and tuning, Snort tuning, Appscan configuration and incident response in close cooperation with the network teams. Reporting to CXO level for incidents, overall security posture, compliance and governance.

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Security Architecture Reviews- 40 years experience Fortune 100. I will review your architecture for security flaws. Cloud, hybrid or on premises. Accepting part time roles, flexible.
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