Master of Science in Cybersecurity

2023 - 2025 (anticipated graduation)

University of Phoenix

Currently studying security risk management and implementation with a specialization in cloud security.

Bachelor's Software Engineering

2004 - 2008

Auburn University, Auburn, AL

Studied Software Engineering specializing in web development and database design. Member of multiple honor socities and member of the Auburn University Marching Band 2004 - 2006

Lead Technical Architect

2022 - Present

Cox Automotive Inc.

Opelika, AL

• Supporting SaaS solution, Dealertrack, to provide Dealers and Lenders a suite of solutions for F&I and titling processes to help improve profitability and customer satisfaction.
• Review and develop roadmap for Digital Document Service (DDS) modernization to AWS.
• Conduct routine reviews of portfolio of F&I Solution workloads with AWS Well Architected Framework.
• Develop metrics and business insights into F&I Architecture portfolio with PowerBI.
• Develop and implement security focused solutions for modernization efforts like OAuth2 with centralized identity provider (iDP).

Enterprise Cloud Solutions Architect

2020 - 2022

Northrop Grumman

Opelika, AL

• Developed Strategy and business case for migrating on-premise infrastructure to a cloud service provider.
• Developed automated method using AWS Cloud Endure/Migrate product to work with on-premise VCenter app to migrate servers at scale.
• Developed framework for modernization of applications into federated cloud environments.
• Developed organization and mission statement for modernization in order to assist internal customers remediate technical debt of their applications and begin taking advantage of native cloud services.
• Developed resiliency strategy to improve operational efficiencies for business continuity with respect to fault tolerance and disaster recovery

Sr. Principal Computer Systems Architect

2017 - 2020

Northrop Grumman

Opelika, AL

• Designed, developed, and maintained a platform of services to enable our data scientist and engineer community to perform data analytics including Collibra and Alteryx server environments providing efficiencies and decreasing required man hours by the thousands .
• Responsible for integration between multiple systems such as Alteryx Server, Collibra Data Governance Center, Hortonworks Data Platform (Hive/HDFS), and custom SQL platform.
• Helped develop and maintain business processes for maintaining our Alteryx Server environment for use for our Data Scientists and Engineers.
• Helped develop and maintain data governance for our Collibra system.
• Handled service requests, including initial troubleshooting and escalation for Alteryx and Collibra systems.
• Created SQL provisioning services POC using Azure cloud technologies to allow users to easily provision and maintain managed SQL databases for their analytics needs.

Software Engineer

2010 - 2017

Northrop Grumman

Auburn, AL

• Implemented and developed agile methodologies as a Scrum Master and developer for multiple high profile projects with the use of the Scrum framework and Team Foundation Server.
• Created and updated multiple requirements into user stories into TFS and helped multiple Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, and Product Backlog Grooming sessions for multiple projects.
• Helped develop and design the implementation of Team Foundation Server for our organization.
• Developed, maintained and troubleshoot .Net web services for an iOS application to help mechanics utilize iPads for their work and tracking of maintenance for military vehicles.
• Developed, maintained and troubleshoot multiple .Net applications built with jQuery, Bootstrap, C#, MSSQL, Oracle 11g, and other technologies.
• Created and maintained unit testing for multiple applications using TFS and Visual Studio, along with some automated UI testing scripts.
• Created a data entry project with automated UI testing scripts to onboard multiple TFS projects.
• Developed, maintained and troubleshoot multiple Coldfusion applications.
• Technical lead in multiple projects, leading a team of software developers for maintenance and enhancements.
• Coordinated enhancements and performed code reviews for multiple junior engineers and peers.
• Worked with Project Management to establish a feasible schedule for software milestones.

Software Development Analyst

2008 - 2010

Northrop Grumman

Auburn, AL

• Created and developed a document management system that automated data entry and extraction of meta data from images for onboarding documents.
• Maintained a Kofax system for document recognition and meta data extraction via trained Optical Character Recognition rules.
• Maintained a Rightfax system that allowed faxes to be sent to the system and archived for the document management system.
• Lead a small team to perform maintenance, enhancements, and requirements gathering for the system.