Engineering depth
Enterprise networking, Linux and Unix, Windows, virtualization, firewalls, remote access, monitoring, incident response, cloud-capable platforms, APIs, containers, and automation.
Primary market focus
Infrastructure automation and security modernization for regulated, mission-critical environments.
I help connect infrastructure engineering, automation, cybersecurity, platform operations, resilience, service management, and leadership so complex environments become more secure, observable, repeatable, and supportable.
35+years across infrastructure, security, automation, operations, consulting, and leadership
10,000+annual incidents and requests supported by enterprise automation
10+engineers and technicians recruited, developed, and led
$1M+managed-services and engineering practice directed
Why this focus
A scarce combination is more valuable than a list of unrelated specialties.
The strongest professional value is not any one tool or title. It is the ability to connect deep infrastructure and network experience with cybersecurity, automation, architecture, operational accountability, business continuity, consulting, and people leadership.
Operational judgment
24x7 support, service management, incident and change coordination, disaster recovery, business continuity, documentation, escalation, vendor management, and executive visibility.
Leadership range
Architecture, consulting, team building, managed services, technical mentoring, roadmaps, stakeholder communication, product development, and ownership of business-critical technology.
Three focused solution areas
Where the background can create the most practical value.
Secure Platform & Infrastructure Automation
Automate repetitive infrastructure and security operations, improve observability, integrate service workflows, strengthen repeatability, and reduce manual dependence across network, firewall, Linux, cloud, and platform environments.
Regulated & Public-Sector Technology Modernization
Support modernization, resilience, cybersecurity, continuity, standards, and operational improvement in financial services, government, defense, healthcare, utilities, transportation, and other risk-sensitive environments.
AI Infrastructure, Governance & Operational Automation
Design controlled AI-enabled workflows, agent infrastructure, integrations, logging, secrets isolation, testing, and human approval gates. Current work is consulting, product development, lab, and technical validation—not represented as long-term enterprise production ML ownership.
Evidence
Documented outcomes and operating context.
Enterprise automation
Designed, implemented, maintained, and supported Python, Ansible/AWX, Terraform, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, PagerDuty, Rundeck, API, Docker, and Kubernetes-related automation in a regulated 24x7 financial-services environment. Automation accounted for more than half of incoming ticket volume and supported 10,000+ incidents and requests annually.
Security and resilience analysis
Developed Palo Alto firewall analysis that evaluated hundreds of thousands of objects and rules in minutes, identified missing or incorrect recovery policies, and generated structured reporting for disaster-recovery and site-recovery readiness.
Leadership and managed services
Helped build and direct a $1M+ managed-services and engineering practice, recruited and led more than 10 engineers and technicians, and established centralized monitoring, ticketing, escalation, documentation, service-desk, and reporting capabilities.
Regulated and mission-critical sectors
Experience spans financial services, Ohio state government, federal and Department of Defense settings, healthcare, critical infrastructure, utilities, manufacturing, consulting, and regulated transportation operations.
Current modernization work
Through Lighthouse Digital Logistix, CharterVantage, public repositories, and a clearly labeled technical-validation lab, current work includes Linux, containers, Kubernetes/K3s, automation, AI-enabled workflows, SaaS architecture, APIs, documentation, deployment planning, secrets isolation, and human-approval controls.
Experience classification
Credibility depends on describing work in the right context.
Enterprise production experience
Financial-services automation, enterprise networking, network security, firewalls, monitoring, incident response, service workflows, architecture, government and defense systems, managed services, disaster recovery, and business continuity.
Consulting and operating-company work
Infrastructure modernization, cybersecurity controls, identity, cloud and SaaS systems, APIs, websites, endpoints, backups, business applications, automation, documentation, vendor management, and operational risk.
Product development
CharterVantage requirements, workflow and database design, architecture, integrations, testing, documentation, deployment planning, AI-assisted capabilities, and human approval for customer-facing and financial actions.
Lab and technical validation
Current RHEL and Ubuntu, KVM/QEMU, Docker, Kubernetes/K3s, ARM64 and x86-64 nodes, GitHub Container Registry, AI-agent infrastructure, logging, configuration management, and secrets isolation are labeled as lab, development, and validation work.
Best-fit roles and engagements
Focused enough to be distinctive; broad enough to support multiple income paths.
Senior and principal technical roles
- Principal Infrastructure Automation Engineer
- Senior Platform or DevSecOps Engineer
- Security or Infrastructure Architect
- Network Security Automation Engineer
- Senior Linux or Systems Automation Engineer
Leadership roles
- Platform Engineering Lead
- Infrastructure or Technology Manager
- Director of Infrastructure or Automation
- Architecture or Consulting Lead
- Senior Manager, Platform or Infrastructure Operations
Consulting engagements
- Infrastructure and automation assessment
- Security and resilience modernization roadmap
- Operational workflow and incident automation
- AI operations and governance design
- Architecture, documentation, and transition planning
Work arrangements: Appropriate full-time employment, contract, contract-to-hire, and carefully scoped consulting engagements. Remote opportunities are preferred, with suitable hybrid or selected onsite work in Central Ohio.