About

Security engineering with practical delivery pressure in mind.

Senior Security Engineer with AWS Security. I bring 10 years of experience in cybersecurity, cloud security, and solving complex security issues from Fortune 100 to Fortune 500 companies.

I help teams harden systems, reason through threats, and turn security requirements into patterns that engineering teams can actually ship and operate.

My work spans application security, cloud architecture, identity, data protection, detection engineering, incident response readiness, and security process automation.

Threat modeling AWS security architecture Secure-by-default patterns Python automation

Experience

AWS Security

Current role

Senior Security Engineer, AWS Security

I work across security reviews, architecture guidance, automation, and operational readiness to help teams meet AWS security expectations while preserving delivery velocity.

  • Embed with engineering teams to design secure architectures, prioritize findings, and land fixes before launch.
  • Create repeatable guidance for logging, monitoring, key management, identity controls, and data protection.
  • Coordinate with stakeholders across engineering, compliance, and leadership to keep security decisions clear and actionable.

Previous role

Team Lead, AWS Professional Services

Led a regional team of security consultants delivering cloud security transformations across regulated industries. I worked directly with AWS customers to secure their most critical workloads in the AWS Cloud.

Previous role

Security Manager, WetStone Technologies

Managed security services and product development for cyber operations and digital forensics use cases, helping teams translate complex investigative and defensive requirements into practical tooling and delivery plans.

Previous role

Cybersecurity Specialist, WetStone Technologies

Developed security tooling for malware detection, steganography detection, and steganalysis workflows used by digital forensic investigators and large federal customers.

Core skills

Cloud security, application security, and automation.

AWS architecture

Security architecture for AWS workloads, identity boundaries, data protection, compliance-aligned guardrails, and resilient operating models.

Application security

Secure code development, design reviews, threat modeling, and SDLC practices that help teams find meaningful risks earlier.

Security operations

Detection engineering, incident response playbooks, readiness exercises, and post-incident improvements based on AWS-native signals.

Python and GenAI

Python tooling for security automation and secure generative AI patterns with AWS services such as Amazon Bedrock.

Teaching

University of Arizona

Adjunct Instructor at the College of Information Science, teaching Python programming and cybersecurity for more than five years. Coursework blends practical cloud defense labs with foundational programming concepts so students can build and secure modern applications.

Education

Academic background in cybersecurity and computer science.

Johns Hopkins University

Master of Science, Cybersecurity

Old Dominion University

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science; Minor, Information Technology

Certifications

Current credentials on Credly

Credly hosts my current AWS and security certifications, including cloud security, incident response, and compliance-focused credentials.

Recent impact

Transforming Security from a Blocker to an Enabler

Launch readiness

Guided architecture hardening, evidence collection, and security risk reduction ahead of public launches.

Secure-by-default baselines

Packaged identity, logging, monitoring, and encryption patterns for repeatable adoption.

Detection engineering

Delivered actionable detection content and response playbooks tailored to AWS-native telemetry.