IT Security Architect

IT Security Architect — Vanguard Cyber Infrastructure

Atlanta, GA | January 2023 – Present

• Designed and deployed enterprise Zero Trust network architecture policies across 120+ applications, reducing internal network exposure and unauthorized lateral movement incidents by 52%.
• Architected secure hybrid cloud infrastructure blueprints for 4 major migration projects, integrating AWS IAM permission controls and WAF regulations to protect data for 250,000+ active users.
• Spearheaded automated static (SAST) and runtime application security testing (DAST) into CI/CD pipelines, preventing 41% of high-severity software vulnerabilities from reaching production environments.
• Designed comprehensive security control matrices mapped to NIST CSF and ISO 27001 frameworks, validating compliance across 5 business units and facilitating successful annual SOC 2 audits.

Information Security Engineer — Apex Security Systems

Marietta, GA | August 2020 – December 2022

• Deployed and configured centralized logging pipelines and SIEM platforms using Splunk and Azure Sentinel, reducing security threat detection time (MTTD) by 35% across 8 distinct business departments.
• Executed 18 comprehensive cybersecurity risk assessments and vulnerability tests on enterprise firewalls and network devices, coordinating patch management to remediate 94% of critical vulnerabilities.
• Programmed custom Python scripts to automate routine vulnerability scanning and compliance checks with Nessus, reducing manual security testing workloads by 22 hours per developer every month.
• Optimized enterprise firewall rule sets and network security groups (NSGs) for 35 corporate database servers, decreasing the internal systems attack surface by 44% over a 12-month period.

Security architecture design, Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), IAM governance, Network security & segmentation, Risk assessment & threat modeling, NIST CSF, ISO 27001, SABSA framework, SIEM engineering, Splunk, Azure Sentinel, AWS Security, Terraform, Nessus, Python, Linux, Cryptography, DevSecOps

Enterprise Zero Trust Implementation

Role: Lead Security Architect

Tools: AWS IAM, Okta, Zscaler, Terraform, Python

Architected and deployed a multi-factor authentication and micro-segmentation system for 10,000+ employees, reducing credential-related compromise risk by 68%.

Automated Compliance Auditing Framework

Role: IT Security Architect

Tools: Python, AWS Config, Jira, Splunk

Developed custom automated compliance scanning policies, shortening audit preparation time for annual SOC 2 Type II validation by 45%.

• CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) (2024)
• CCSP (Certified Cloud Security Professional) (2023)
• SABSA Chartered Foundation (SCF) (2022)

• Languages: English (Native), French (Conversational)
• Professional Memberships: ISSA Atlanta Chapter Board Member (2023 – Present)
• Publications: Co-authored whitepaper on hybrid-cloud Zero Trust migration strategies (2025)