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Senior Security Engineer · 15+ years across software, IT, cloud, and security
Senior Security Engineer with 15+ years across software engineering, IT operations, cloud infrastructure, and security. Background spans web development, database administration, professional services, engineering leadership, and security. Focused on AWS security, detection engineering, incident response, security automation, and compliance work in FedRAMP and SOC 2-aligned environments.
Experience
Dec 2022 – Present
Senior Security Engineer
CircleCI
- Cloud security
- Detection engineering
- Incident response
- Security automation
- FedRAMP / SOC 2-aligned environments
- Threat detection, vulnerability scanning, and response automation
Key Results
- Automated threat detection, vulnerability scanning, and incident response workflows
- Reduced incident response time by 40%
- Reduced false positives by 60%
- Built and improved GRC and cloud security frameworks
- Led tabletop and red-team exercises
- Collaborated with development teams to integrate security into SDLC
- Implemented network security and data protection strategies
Jan 2012 – Present
Lead Consultant
Southside CHI Solutions
- IT and security consulting
- SMB cybersecurity
- Cloud/security training
- Incident response and hardening
- Chicago small business support
Jul 2021 – Oct 2022
Engineering Team Lead, Platform Integrations
Jellyvision
- Engineering leadership
- Internal APIs
- Third-party integrations
- Ruby on Rails and AWS
- DORA metrics
- Code reviews and best practices
May 2021 – Jul 2021
Staff Software Engineer
Invoca
- Staff-level software engineering after DialogTech acquisition
Apr 2019 – May 2021
Lead Software Engineer
DialogTech
- Architecture
- Team operations
- Mentoring
- Code and system design reviews
- Monolith decomposition into Python and Node.js microservices
- Jenkins/GitHub CI pipeline
- AWS cloud infrastructure design, maintenance, and security
- Root cause analysis for incidents
Sep 2015 – Apr 2019
Professional Services Engineer
DialogTech
- Custom dashboards
- REST APIs
- ETL jobs
- Third-party integrations
- Cloud infrastructure across multiple AWS environments
- Integrations with Google, Adobe, Genesys, Salesforce, Microsoft, and Amazon
Oct 2012 – Sep 2015
PHP Developer / Database Administrator
Lifting Gear Hire
- Internal PHP applications
- WordPress
- Infrastructure patching and hardware upgrades
- Helpdesk support
- Business-critical application improvements
- OCR/QR-based secure document workflow
Jul 2011 – Oct 2012
Web Developer / IT Support
A.W.T. World Trade
- LAMP stack sites
- Internal web applications
- MongoDB logging
- SEO
- IT support for fewer than 100 employees
Jul 2010 – Sep 2011
Museum Services Staff
Adler Planetarium
- Public-facing communication
- Guest support
- Safety and exhibit protection
Skills
Cloud & Infrastructure Security
AWSAWS GovCloudIAMGuardDutySecurity HubCloudTrailS3 SecurityService Control PoliciesMulti-account AWSTerraformInfrastructure as CodeKubernetes / EKS Security
Detection & Response
Detection EngineeringThreat HuntingIncident ResponseTriage WorkflowsEDR ContainmentSecurity AlertingTabletop ExercisesSecurity RunbooksForensics-first ResponseThreat Intelligence / IOC Handling
Identity & Access
OktaSAMLSCIMAWS IAM Identity CenterLeast PrivilegeAccess ReviewsGitHub Organization AccessCredential Exposure Response
Compliance & Risk
FedRAMPSOC 2GRCVulnerability ManagementTVMDLPSecure SDLCAudit EvidenceControl Implementation
Software Engineering
PythonGoBashJavaScriptNode.jsPHPRuby on RailsREST APIsETL JobsCI/CDGitHubJenkinsSystem Design Reviews
AI / LLM Security
AI-assisted TriageDetection-as-codePrompt Injection AwarenessModel-side Data Leakage AwarenessResponsible AI AdoptionSecure AI Agent Usage
Community & Consulting
Southside CHI Solutions
Lead Consultant · Jan 2012 – Present
Chicago-based IT and cybersecurity consulting focused on helping small businesses improve their security posture. Services include security awareness training, centralized logging, endpoint management, patching, and safe AI agent adoption guidance.
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