Experience

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  Nasa goddard space flight center

  Jun 2003 - Aug 2004

  Research intern | heliophysics science division

  • Prepared and maintained a class-10,000 cleanroom for the EUNIS (Extreme Ultraviolet Normal-Incidence Spectrograph) Mission research team• Expedited rocket-casing assembly and assisted in the instrument’s optical alignment• Calibrated sensitive laser optics integral to the EUNIS mission profile• Prepared data array casings, vacuum-sealed instrument components, and provided technical and logistical support for high-G ‘shock-pulse’ testing to determine instrument flight viability and survivability• Recognized for superlative performance with the Robert H. Goddard Award for Exceptional Achievement in Science Show less

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  University of maryland college park

  Oct 2004 - May 2005

  Laboratory intern | center for superconductivity research

  • Conducted thorough analysis of existing research concerning methods/techniques for mitigating the onset of decoherence between entangled particles due to interfering effects from the surrounding environment• Created, through rigorous experimental development, a copper-epoxy microwave ‘powder’ filter capable of attenuating environmental background noise within a quantum system across a range of high frequencies• Presented findings to a panel of physics and computer science luminaries at the 2005 Intel International Science & Engineering Fair where my teammate and I were awarded 2nd place in the Team Physics category Show less

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  Oztek manufacturing pty. ltd.

  Jan 2011 - Dec 2011

  Logistics analyst

  Provided logistical support to home office through the coordination of suppliers, shippers, and intermediate entities.Produced broad market analysis (AUD/USD) currency forecasting, commodity price trends, interest rate analysis) in order to highlight areas in supply chain with elevated risk.Researched commodity, currency, and interest rate hedging vehicles (futures, ETFs, and swaps) to address this risk.

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  Newday usa

  Sept 2012 - Sept 2013

  Position reported directly to VP of Finance and required high-level performance, adaptability, and competency with minimal direct supervision. In addition to secondary-specific responsibilities, the scope of this position was expanded to include direct oversight of certain critical processes native to other divisions.- MBS Pool Allocation and Securitization- Trade Execution and Portfolio Hedging- Database Maintenance, Analysis, Modeling, and Reporting- Affinity Partnership (Green Planet Servicing)- Reverse Mortgage Division- Subservicing Oversight- Product Rate-Pricing and Risk Analysis- Compliance Support Show less Position reported to the manager of forward processing and served as principal intermediary between sales, underwriting, closing, and post-closing departments throughout approval process. Acted as principal point of contact for all third parties.Managed individual pipeline averaging over twenty monthly loan closings while maintaining strict adherence to both federal (VA/FHA), state, and proprietary regulatory guidelines.Responsibilities included, but were not limited to, the vetting of all employment records, VA documentation, appraisals, incomes, credit histories, title work, encumbrances and insurance policies so as to establish qualification. Show less

  • Capital & Secondary Markets Analyst

    Feb 2013 - Sept 2013

  • Mortgage Loan Processor

    Sept 2012 - Feb 2013
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  Self employed

  Jan 2014 - Jun 2016

  Portfolio management analyst

  Performed quantitative portfolio equity analysis on clients' individual investment and retirement accountsDetermined appropriate distribution of funds across financial instruments, market sectors, and geographic regions according to clients' financial objectivesProvided multiple asset allocation strategies to achieve clients' stated goals while minimizing financial outlay needed for commission payments, exit fees, and capital gains tax obligations

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  Denver biolabs

  Nov 2017 - Feb 2018

  Director of technology

  Implemented full-scale rebuild and redesign of existing infrastructure, architecture, web and database tiers, as well as payment and email systemsPursued and orchestrated strategic partnerships

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  Amazon web services

  Feb 2018 - Oct 2018

  System analyst i

  Database Services DevOps Team: GovCloud ITAR Operator for Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)• Engaged with cross-platform development teams to implement modifications and new feature builds to RDS codebase according to internal change management protocol• Served in a recurrent (bi-weekly) on-call capacity addressing high-severity issues affecting RDS customer data plane & service control plane• Streamlined tracking & reporting of RDS operational performance metrics for weekly ops review meetings• Replicated commercial AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) database AMIs (Linux & Windows) onto GovCloud partition• Conducted preliminary research for implementation of DMS for new GovCloud AWS region buildSupport Services DevOps Team: GovCloud ITAR Operator for Amazon Support API Service (SAPI)• Primary GovCloud liaison for Cape Town, SA-based development team• Migrated production EC2 capacity from legacy hardware to new capacity provisioning system• Intermediary for Application Security & GovCloud compliance review processes prior to new region launch• Created, maintained, and white-listed internal & external front-end VIPs for prod & testing environments Show less

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  Cinelaya corporation

  Feb 2019 - Feb 2020

  Cloud operations analyst

  Abstracted functional components from monolithic application code into lightweight microservice components.Facilitated the porting of legacy codebase to modern JavaScript-based frameworks and tooling as part of a larger modernization effort geared towards improving the performance, scalability, and overall maintainability of the application.Architected and oversaw migration of application microservices and data-tier to AWS.Constrained application software footprint reducing monthly spend on compute, database, storage, and networking. Show less

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  Wizards of the coast

  Feb 2020 - Feb 2021

  Cloud engineer

  Operated as the designated technical SME for Akamai's Kona Site Defender suite of web security tools.Developed the standards for securing web properties according to internal change management protocols and industry best practices, providing teams an immediate avenue for securing their IP.Steered the implementation of WAF security rules across high traffic segments of the web property portfolio leading to a reduction in attack surface of nearly 15%.Led due diligence and requirements gathering efforts allowing executive management to establish a new enterprise risk posture. Fostered interdepartmental collaboration to facilitate implementation of the resulting security standards.Distilled findings from external audits of web assets and cloud infrastructure into actionable directives for internal and client stakeholders.Oversaw resolution of all medium to high-risk vulnerabilities indicated by audits per CISO directive.Created internal documentation codifying the methodologies, guidelines, and best practices for mitigating recurrent high impact vulnerabilities.Identified relevant security benchmarks and compliance standards necessary to initiate an internally developed auditing engine tasked with overseeing all internal and client AWS accounts. Show less

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  Freelance

  May 2021 - Jan 2024

  Cloud architecture consultant (aws iq)

  Provided prescriptive guidance on cloud infrastructure design and implementation, adhering to the AWS Well-Architected framework principles and best practices.Assisted early-phase startups in transitioning to a multi-account model emphasizing a least-privilege approach.Guided clients through the implementation of a baseline security posture focused on securing credentials, enabling logging and visibility, and capturing application, endpoint, and network telemetry.Implemented AWS Control Tower as a single access control for clients requiring a multi-team account management and governance solution. Set up automated provisioning of security-baselined and VPC-integrated accounts with Account Factory for Terraform. Show less

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  Coalfire

  Jan 2024 - now

  Cloud cybersecurity consultant