// Career History

Experience

From the Army flight line through federal cyber operations to IT infrastructure — a career built on operational discipline, technical depth, and continuous growth.

CURRENT ROLE // SYSTEMS & NETWORK ADMINISTRATION SECTOR // FEDERAL TECHNOLOGY YEARS IN FIELD // 8+
2026 – Present
Systems & Network Administrator
Federal Technology · Central Florida

Transitioned into IT infrastructure and network operations, managing systems and network services that support mission-focused operations. Bringing a cybersecurity-informed lens to infrastructure work — ensuring availability, performance, and defensibility from the ground up.

  • Administer systems and network infrastructure within a complex enterprise environment.
  • Contribute to stronger cyber defense and security-monitoring capabilities for mission-focused infrastructure.
  • Apply cybersecurity background to infrastructure decisions — from network segmentation to endpoint hardening and monitoring integration.
  • Coordinate with engineering, security, and operations teams to maintain system availability and support IT operational continuity.
Systems Administration Network Operations IT Infrastructure Cyber Defense Security Monitoring DoD IT
2025 – 2026
Cybersecurity Leadership
Federal Technology · Central Florida

Provided leadership and operational direction for a multidisciplinary team supporting enterprise cybersecurity.

  • Led and mentored a multidisciplinary cybersecurity team.
  • Supported Zero Trust implementation and network-access control efforts.
  • Communicated enterprise cyber posture, vulnerability trends, and risk mitigation to senior stakeholders.
  • Developed division-level cybersecurity metrics to inform remediation prioritization, workload distribution, and resource allocation.
  • Ensured alignment with DoD RMF, NIST SP 800-53, and applicable service-level cybersecurity directives across supported programs.
Division Leadership Zero Trust Cisco ISE C2C RMF Executive Briefing Personnel Management
2024 – 2025
Lead Information System Security Officer (ISSO)
Federal Technology · Central Florida

Served as Lead ISSO with ownership of the RMF lifecycle across multiple mission-focused systems.

  • Directed implementation, validation, and sustainment of NIST SP 800-53 security controls, maintaining ATO status across multiple systems.
  • Managed vulnerability tracking and oversaw POA&M development, prioritization, and remediation coordination.
  • Conducted security assessments using ACAS, SCAP, STIGs, and eMASS/eMASSter to validate control implementation and document compliance artifacts.
  • Mentored incident-response personnel and developed process playbooks for security exercises.
  • Authored and reviewed MFRs, security documentation, and authorization artifacts supporting inspections and audit events.
  • Improved authorization-and-assessment workflows through continuous monitoring strategy and data-quality initiatives.
ISSO ATO NIST 800-53 Vulnerability Management eMASS ACAS / SCAP Incident Response POA&M
2018 – 2024
Cyber Defense Analyst · Senior Master Gunner
Federal Cybersecurity

Served as a Cyber Defense Analyst, supporting defensive cyber operations across enterprise and mission-focused networks.

  • Operated and sustained defensive cyber tooling and developed formalized training for technical personnel.
  • Performed enterprise network and host-based monitoring using SIEM/NSM platforms (Security Onion, ELK, Splunk) — analyzing PCAP, NetFlow, firewall logs, IDS/IPS alerts, and authentication events for IOCs.
  • Tuned sensor configurations, ingestion pipelines, and detection logic to improve signal quality and reduce false positives across mission environments.
  • Administered Red Hat Virtualization infrastructure and multi-node Security Onion clusters supporting scalable defensive cyber operations.
  • Configured network devices to support secure operations and coordination.
  • Designed sensor deployment plans and led hunt operations using MITRE ATT&CK and signature- and heuristic-based methods.
Cyber Defense SIEM / NSM Security Onion Splunk Threat Hunting MITRE ATT&CK Red Hat Virtualization Cisco / Juniper Defensive Operations
Sep 2017 – May 2018
Student Cybersecurity Analyst
Augusta University · Augusta, GA

Served as a student cybersecurity analyst while completing my B.S. in Information Technology — supported by the DoD Information Assurance Scholarship Program (IASP), which funded my final year and transitioned me directly into federal cyber service.

  • Monitored enterprise endpoint security and administered Symantec Endpoint Protection for university systems.
  • Developed, deployed, and analyzed phishing simulations to assess enterprise security awareness training effectiveness.
  • Participated in Leidos CTF competition and served as VP of the Association for Computing Machinery chapter.
DoD IA Scholarship Endpoint Security Phishing Simulation Augusta University
2006 – 2017
Aviation Maintenance and Flight Operations
U.S. Army

Served in aviation maintenance and flight operations, developing the discipline, accountability, and calm decision-making that guide my technical work.

  • Performed aircraft inspections and maintenance across mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems.
  • Supported operational deployments and mission readiness.
  • Maintained accountability for equipment and technical readiness.
  • Developed operational discipline, precision under pressure, and mission-first mindset that carries into every technical role since.
U.S. Army Aviation Maintenance Flight Operations Combat Operations