Cloud & Cybersecurity Leader

Results-driven IT leader with 8+ years of hands-on experience designing and implementing secure, scalable M365 solutions in defense and regulated industries. I've led complex tenant migrations to Azure GCC High, architected Microsoft Sentinel SIEM environments, automated user lifecycle workflows with PowerShell, and deployed endpoint compliance frameworks through Intune and Microsoft Defender with CMMC, NIST 800-171, and federal compliance standards at the core.

Certifications & Credentials

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ITIL 4 Foundation Certified by PeopleCert

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Highlighted Work Experience

Total Systems Technology Corporation

Microsoft 365 Technical Lead

Arlington, Virginia (Remote) · 2022 – Present

83% Microsoft Secure Score achieved
109/110 NIST SP 800-171 controls met
0 ISO 27001 nonconformities
  • Built the IT department from scratch, leading a service desk that resolved 400+ tickets annually across a federal contractor environment.
  • Architected a zero-trust authentication model using Conditional Access, Duo MFA, and ADFS; automated identity lifecycle with PowerShell and Microsoft Graph.
  • Authored 70+ SOPs, work procedures, and configuration baselines — standardizing operations across the organization and standing up a legitimate, audit-ready GCC High environment from scratch.
  • Deployed Microsoft Sentinel SIEM and led the company through a C3PAO CMMC Level 2 mock assessment, meeting 109 of 110 controls.
Azure GCC High CMMC Level 2 NIST SP 800-171 ISO 27001 Zero Trust Architecture Microsoft Sentinel Entra ID / PIM Incident Response DISA STIGs Change Management

Silco Fire and Security

System Administrator

Cincinnati, Ohio · 2019 – 2022

2 days to restore after ransomware
~500 employees across 5 branches supported
30+ business processes automated
  • Led infrastructure for a 500-person, 5-branch organization — 3 VMware hosts, 50+ Windows servers, ~300 laptops, and ~400 iPads.
  • Designed and deployed FortiClient ZTNA company-wide and implemented a full-mesh FortiGate VPN connecting all five branches.
  • Restored company operations within two days of a major ransomware attack as part of the incident recovery team.
  • Automated 30+ business processes with Power Automate and Azure Logic Apps; configured SAML SSO for 5+ applications.
VMware Active Directory FortiGate / ZTNA Microsoft 365 SAML / Identity SSO Power Automate Ransomware Recovery Meraki MDM
Microsoft Sentinel Microsoft Purview SharePoint Online Exchange Online Azure GCC High Power Platform Microsoft 365 NIST 800-171 DISA STIGs PowerShell Cisco Duo ISO 27001 Fortinet Intune VMware DFARS SCuBA CMMC