Experience

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Experience

Crane Aerospace & Electronics — Network Security Engineer

Lynnwood, WA

Crane is a defense contractor with sites in the US, Europe, and Taiwan. I’m the primary engineer handling network security across the whole environment, which in practice means I get pulled into anything that crosses network, identity, or server boundaries.

  • Transitioned the NAC environment from FortiNAC to Juniper Mist on my own, at a time when Juniper Mist NAC was still in early development. Had to sign an NDA to work directly with the Juniper Mist team to get it production-ready. Wrote custom PowerShell modules so we could manage the NAC environment through their API instead of doing everything by hand.
  • Deployed and manage Juniper Mist for centralized control of all Juniper equipment across every site.
  • Implemented CMMC/NIST security requirements across the org, with near-perfect scores from external auditors.
  • Deployed Carbon Black App Control in High Enforcement mode across the environment.
  • Deployed and maintain Cisco Umbrella for DNS security.
  • Traveled to Europe and Taiwan to upgrade and deploy core networking equipment and wireless access points at remote sites.
  • Wrote standardization and SOP documentation for an environment that had none when I arrived.
  • Tier 3 escalation point for enterprise-wide outages across networking, server hardware, and application access.

Charlie’s Produce — Network Systems Analyst

Seattle, WA

Charlie’s Produce is a regional food distributor with sites across the Pacific Northwest. I ran IT end-to-end: datacenter operations, networking, Windows and Azure administration.

  • Stood up a complete site from nothing. Racked and configured all server and network hardware from scratch.
  • Migrated the entire ~3,000-person workforce from Windows 7 to Windows 10 using SCCM in-place upgrades.
  • Built a custom PowerShell script that synced Active Directory attributes with ADP HR data, automating personnel management. The IT team got real time back, and HR had actual visibility into org structure for the first time.
  • Deployed PKI infrastructure from scratch.
  • Managed hybrid Azure AD, SAML integrations, and Exchange Online migration.
  • Handled rack/stack, UPS systems, and SAN storage across multiple regional sites.

NAES Corporation — Service Desk Technician II / Systems Administrator

Issaquah, WA

NAES is an energy services company. I joined during M&A activity and spent most of my time consolidating IT environments that had been acquired at different points.

  • Consolidated multiple Active Directory forests and merged disparate O365 tenants after acquisitions.
  • Implemented Intune co-management to bridge the existing SCCM environment with cloud endpoint management.
  • Set up Cisco Hyperconverged infrastructure as a VMware replacement.

Affirma Consulting — Infrastructure Consultant

Bellevue, WA

Client-facing consulting across roughly 20 business clients. Firewall deployments, server builds, O365 migrations, WAN troubleshooting — it was different every week.

  • Ran an internal penetration test against US Steel’s legacy Active Directory environment.
  • Migrated around 20 clients to Office 365, including full Exchange Online deployments.
  • Handled firewall and WAN configurations using Dell SonicWall, Fortinet, and Palo Alto.
  • Wrote technical documentation and ran client training for each delivered solution.

US Army — Corporal (MOS 25N), Joint Nodal Network Operator

Multiple Locations

25N is the Army’s Joint Nodal Network Operator MOS — responsible for mobile NOCs in tactical environments.

  • Operated mobile NOCs providing TCP/IP and satellite connectivity for 3,000+ personnel.
  • Led a team of 5 covering hardware repair, COMSEC, and base-wide systems administration.
  • Completed Warrior Leadership Course (US Army Sergeant Training).