About
Cloud Engineer and Infrastructure Architect with five years of experience building secure, scalable AWS platforms. Currently at Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) and SecurEd Inc., focusing on compliance automation and Zero Trust architectures.
I specialize in Infrastructure as Code, containerized workloads, and DevOps practices. My approach: automate everything, secure by default, and build systems that scale reliably. Certified in CCSP, AWS, and Kubernetes.
Cloud Architecture
- •Design scalable, resilient AWS infrastructure
- •Optimize for performance and cost efficiency
Infrastructure as Code
- •Automate deployments with Terraform & CDK
- •Enable self-service infrastructure provisioning
Security & Compliance
- •Implement STIG controls and compliance automation
- •Build Zero Trust architectures
Certifications
Industry-recognized certifications validating expertise in cloud security, compliance, and infrastructure management.
AWS Certified Security – Specialty
Amazon Web Services
Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
ISC2
Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA)
The Linux Foundation
Certified SAFe® 6 Practitioner
Scaled Agile, Inc.
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
Amazon Web Services
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Amazon Web Services
Experience
Professional journey in cloud engineering and DevOps
NAVSUP Business Systems Center
Cloud Engineer
At NAVSUP, I work with multiple application teams to help them architect and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Compliance as Code (CaC). My focus is on modernizing legacy systems, automating compliance, and enabling teams to adopt containerized, cloud-native solutions with agility.
- Automated STIG compliance using CaC, reducing manual effort by 90 minutes per host that required hardening.
- Cut environment setup time from 1 month to less than 1 day, introducing a self-service model where teams can provision without needing to create a ticket.
- Guided application teams in re-platforming workloads to containers and cloud-native databases, reducing overhead management through standardized IaC and CaC practices.
SecurEd Inc.
Platform Engineer
At SecurEd, I lead initiatives to integrate security into development pipelines and architect cloud infrastructure that is both secure and efficient. My role spans automation, monitoring, and enabling the development team with reliable environments.
- Introduced Terraform IaC across the portfolio, creating reusable modules that allowed the team to spin up a full staging environment in ~7 minutes, resulting in significant cost savings by running environments on-demand.
- Developed a standardized CircleCI orb used across 80+ repositories, reducing management effort by centralizing pipeline updates and ensuring consistent CI/CD practices.
- Led the modernization of access management by integrating SAML2 SSO with our existing IdP across SaaS tools and AWS, centralizing permissions and improving security posture.