Software, infrastructure, networking, and security.

July 2023 – Present

Conduct complex investigations and serve as a technical resource for digital evidence, mobile-device forensic extraction data, computers, storage media, body-worn camera systems, and field-computer troubleshooting; produce detailed investigative documentation and courtroom testimony.

April 2020 – July 2023

• Deployed and administered Wazuh SIEM across approximately 100 workstations and machine controllers; managed agents through Group Policy, created detection rules and alerts, and investigated security events and unauthorized access attempts against public-facing infrastructure.
• Selected, installed, and configured FortiGate firewalls, including VLAN segmentation, firewall policies, site-to-site VPN connectivity, and ongoing security administration.
• Partnered with an external PCI DSS auditor to remediate infrastructure findings and reduced exposure from vulnerable legacy systems through network isolation when upgrades were not feasible.
• Designed and implemented a Cisco switching refresh and 10 Gb server backbone while administering five Hyper-V hosts supporting approximately 15–35 virtual machines and AD, DNS, DHCP, and SQL Server services for more than 100 users.
• Developed and maintained production C# applications supporting reporting, inventory management, engineering file versioning, and internal business processes using C#, LINQ, and Microsoft SQL Server.

August 2017 – April 2020

Resolved workstation, application, account, and infrastructure issues through Jira; documented technical processes and communicated technical recommendations to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

September 2013 – July 2019

Selected for a Maintenance and Supply Quality Control Chief billet normally assigned to a Sergeant; provided technical quality control and instruction for automotive and electrical systems and previously held a U.S. government Secret security clearance.