Sr Staff Engineer · Remote / US

Securing hybrid cloud networks at scale

I architect network security automation systems for hybrid cloud enterprise — zero trust, policy-as-code, and AI-driven telemetry across modern and legacy infrastructure. Currently working towards a Master's in Computer Science at Georgia Tech alongside delivering production-grade systems.

17+
Years in Engineering
11+
Years at GEICO
ZTNA
Network Security Automation
HCE
Hybrid Cloud Enterprise

Deep expertise where security meets the data plane

[ 01 ]

Data Plane & Kernel Networking

SONIC NOS overlay integration, eBPF, Linux kernel networking, and data plane architectures bridging on-prem and cloud environments.

[ 02 ]

Network Security Automation

Zero Trust architectures with Zscaler ZPA, Cisco FTD/ISE/WSA — building compliant, automated security policy across hybrid cloud systems.

[ 03 ]

Policy-as-Code & Self-Service

Consolidating disparate policy authorities — JanusGraph, Cassandra, Batfish — into secure, CICD-consumable self-service stacks with RBAC.

[ 04 ]

AI/ML for Network Telemetry

AI agents for network observability, anomaly detection, and automated root cause analysis across distributed hybrid cloud architectures.

[ 05 ]

Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure

Kubernetes CNI, distributed provisioning via AWX and Nautobot, F5 load balancing, DNS/IPAM, and high-availability architectures at scale.

[ 06 ]

Technical Leadership

Leading teams of principal and junior engineers. Stakeholder partnerships, RCA processes, and turning constraints into product opportunities.

Tools of the trade

Languages

Golang C Python Bash Perl

Network Platforms

SONIC NOS Batfish Nautobot NetBox Infoblox F5 ILB/GLB

Security

Zscaler ZPA ZTNA Cisco FTD Cisco ISE Cisco WSA

Infrastructure

Kubernetes OpenStack Ansible/AWX Temporal eBPF

Data & Observability

JanusGraphDB Cassandra Splunk Kentik Prometheus Grafana Loki PostgreSQL Jupyter Oracle Sybase

DevOps & CICD

CICD Pipelines DNS/IPAM CNI Linux Kernel

Where I've built

Sept 2013 — Present

Staff Engineer → Sr Staff Engineer

GEICO

Technical lead for network software engineering team. Led data plane integration between SONIC NOS and OpenStack, built consolidated security policy automation across disparate authorities, and implemented zero trust architectures with Cisco FTD/ISE and Zscaler ZPA. Applied AI/ML to network telemetry for anomaly detection and automated RCA.

Aug 2003 — Feb 2005

Systems Analyst

AOL

DB Operations — rotational 24×7 support of Oracle, Sybase, and SQL systems. Root cause analysis, queue management, and operational reliability.

Dec 1999 — Oct 2002

Software Engineer

Call Technologies / 3Com

Telephony software engineering — custom IVR systems and CDR processing built in C/C++. Full software lifecycle from requirements through delivery.

Always learning

In Progress · 2028

MS Computer Science

Georgia Institute of Technology
Completed · 2003

BS Mathematics

Montana Tech
Completed · 2022

AI/ML Applied Data Science

MIT — Short Course
Available for Engagements

Let's build something together

Open to full-time, contract, and consulting opportunities in network security automation, hybrid cloud infrastructure, and data plane engineering — remote or US-based.