career

Cybersecurity engineer and data analyst, working from both a defensive and a data-driven angle.

latest

work

Security Engineer

Arlington County Government · Arlington, VA
Jun 2025 – Sep 2026

certifications

  • CompTIA Security+CompTIAJun 2021 · valid to Jun 2027verify ↗
  • Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)Microsoft
  • AWS Certified Cloud PractitionerAmazon Web Services

skills

security operations
  • Microsoft Sentinel
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
  • Microsoft Entra ID
  • Palo Alto firewalls
  • Prisma Access
  • Microsoft Azure
  • SolarWinds
  • BlueCat
  • ServiceNow
  • Jira
  • Active Directory
  • CISA NCSR
  • SCADA systems
data analytics
  • SQL
  • Python (NumPy, Pandas)
  • Power BI
  • Tableau
  • KPI reporting
  • AWS Redshift
office & productivity
  • Excel
  • Word
  • PowerPoint
  • Outlook
  • Adobe Acrobat

experience

Arlington County Government

Arlington, VA · Aug 2024 – Sep 2026
  1. Security Engineer

    Jun 2025 – Sep 2026
    • Managed enterprise firewall operations across 16 Palo Alto firewalls, collaborating with network, server, and application teams to onboard devices and maintain secure, reliable connectivity for county systems and users.
    • Maintained security infrastructure by applying vendor security patches aligned with published CVE vulnerability releases, reducing exposure to known vulnerabilities.
    • Supported migration of on-premises applications and infrastructure to Microsoft Azure, gaining hands-on experience with cloud platforms, services, networking, and security controls.
    • Conducted an organization-wide cybersecurity risk self-assessment using the CISA NCSR framework, analyzing maturity data across security domains to identify control gaps and provide prioritized, data-driven remediation recommendations to leadership.
    → project: Azure Firewall Migration
  2. IT Analyst

    Aug 2024 – Jun 2025
    • Diagnosed and resolved hardware, software, connectivity, and system access issues across Windows, macOS, and mobile devices for 3,000+ end users; documented and tracked all work through ServiceNow ticketing system.
    • Managed device compliance and lifecycle using Microsoft Intune, including endpoint provisioning via Autopilot deployment, policy enforcement, and mobile device setup/configuration across a large-scale enterprise environment.
    • Built a Power BI reporting solution integrating Intune data to track hardware age and replacement eligibility, supporting procurement and asset lifecycle planning.

education

M.S. Data Analytics

Western Governors University
2023 – 2024

B.S. Information Technology (Cybersecurity)

George Mason University
2018 – 2021