Senior Frontend Engineer

• Jan 2023 - Present

Focused Area: UI development and implementation (Frontend with build tools)Uses latest technologies for prototypes and push implementation with finished testing and products- Javascript and Typescript- React frameworks: Next.js, React.js- Webpack 4 vs 5, RSpack, Vite- VA Design System, US Web Design System, web component, and react components- Chakra UI, Panda CSS, Ark UI- SASS/SCSS, CSS, CSS Modules, CSS-in-JS, CSS extraction engine- Foundation Sites 5 to 6- NPM / YARN (1, 3) workspaces, Lerna/NX, PNPM, Bun.sh Show less

Software Security Engineer II

• Sep 2022 - Jan 2023

Mentor

• Aug 2022 - Present

Senior DevSecOps Engineer for Drop Squads

• Mar 2022 - Present

Custom dockerized environment built to deploy anywhere you want: at home or in the cloud (someone else's server). Components include: - PI-Hole DNS Server - Kali Linux with Bleeding Edge Repository - Linux Webtop - Ubuntu MATE - Virtual Admin - Linux Webtop - Alpine KDE - Security Operation Center - Visual Studio Code Server - HashiCorp Vault development server - Minio S3 artifact storage - Kubernetes load-balancing cluster - Portainer as a GUI interface to manage your resources Show less

Cyber Engineer

• May 2022 - Sep 2022

- Professional experience in Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC), created and updated working documentations based on NIST SP 800-53 Rev4/5, NIST SP 800-204 series, Software Supply Chain and DevOps Security Practices, and NIST Zero Trust Architecture SP 800-207. - Exposure to Red Hat OpenShift, Tekton Pipelines, buildah, Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh, Fortify, Kubernetes, and Istio.- Experience in the concepts, terms, processes, policy, and implementation of information security, specifically DevSecOps.- Provided input and developed documentation relating to Service Mesh, REST API, and DevSecOps Infinity Loop in terms of security best practices.- Followed best practices from NIST SP (Special Publication) 800-204 - Security Strategies for Microservices-based Application Systems. Show less

Cyber Security Analyst

• Aug 2021 - May 2022

- Designated as an interim Information System Security Officer (ISSO) for a program that did not have adequate security policies/handbooks in place.- Contributed and wrote documentation based on NIST 800-53 Revision 4/5.- Acted as liaison between cross-functional teams to ensure that vulnerability findings were mitigated and remediated from the infrastructure/systems.

Systems Administrator Associate

• May 2020 - Aug 2021

- Professional experience as a systems administrator in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) environment. Experience with Active Directory account management, minimal AWS disk management/configuration, systems monitoring via ScienceLogic, AWS CloudWatch. Patch management / vulnerability management, ensuring that systems were up to date and patched. Exposure but limited configuration/management to HCL BigFix, RiskSense, Tenable Security Center, OpenSCAP, DISA STIGGING, CIS Benchmarks

Cloud Operations Intern

• Feb 2020 - May 2020

Help Desk Support Specialist

• Aug 2017 - Feb 2020

- Help Desk Support, supported multiple programs/clients and produced consistent client satisfaction of a minimum of 93% monthly by solving general hardware and software issues over the phone.- Promoted to Tier 2 Help Desk agent on account of FY18 Year-End Performance Review.- Selected for a trial internship approved by the organization's Vice President, which allowed me to be on-boarded onto the next role as a Systems Administrator Associate.

Call Center Customer Service Representative

• Nov 2016 - Aug 2017

Assisted customers who entered the United States through the Immigration programs, ensuring that accurate information had been entered into the system, as well as provided to them about the process of becoming a US Citizen.

DevOps Developer

• Aug 2017 - Aug 2018

Customer Service Specialist

• Mar 2016 - Jan 2017

Software Development Intern

• Aug 2016 - Dec 2016