Wendell
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512-998-5059
Round Rock, TX 78665
Security Architect
24 years experience W2
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Summary

  • Over 5 years of IT Security experience.
    Experience in roles developing team performance, managing IT assets, and supporting IT infrastructure, applications, and cloud-based solutions.
    Skill set encompasses a wide array of software, operating platforms, networking, infrastructure, and emerging technical tools.
  • Proven track record in designing secure architectures, conducting threat assessments, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
  • Skilled in identity and access management, secure DevOps integration, and vulnerability assessment.
  • Core competencies: Cloud Security Controls, Identity & Access Management, Security Architecture, Threat Detection, Incident Response, Compliance & Governance, Secure DevOps Integration, Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing, Security Monitoring & Logging, Network Security
  • Experience designing highly available and cost-effective multi-cloud, hybrid, and private cloud environments
  • Led teams of specialty architects, cloud engineers, and DevOps engineers to design large global cloud and enterprise architectures.
  • Experience in security controls needed during the migration of legacy applications to cloud infrastructure with zero security incidents after migration.
  • Technical Skills: Multi-Cloud, Private Cloud, Hybrid Cloud, Cloud Security Controls, Cloud Architecture, Security Architecture, Incident Response, Policy as Code, Threat Modeling, AWS, Azure, Terraform
  • Education: Master of Science, Cyber Security & Information Assurance, Western Governors University; Bachelor of Science, Network Security, University of Advancing Technology
  • Certifications: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Certified Security – Specialty, Certified SAFe® 6 Product Owner/Product Manager, Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) ISC2, Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), Certified Container Security Expert (CCSE) ​

Experience
Education
Master's in Cyber Security & Information Assurance
Western Governors University, 2016 - 2018
Bachelor's in Network Security
University of Advancing Technology, 2012 - 2015
Certifications
Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Microsoft, 2024
AWS Certified Security – Specialty
AWS, 2022
Certified SAFe® 6 Product Owner/Product Manager
Scaled Agile, 2023
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
ISC2, 2022
Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
ISC2, 2022
Certified Container Security Expert (CCSE)
Practical DevSecOps, 2023
Skills
Government
2023
15
Employ
2014
12
Financial
2024
12
Internal Audit
2014
12
Project Management
2014
12
Vendor Management
2014
12
Firewall
2023
5
Architecture
2024
4
CISSP
2024
4
Stakeholder Engagement
2024
4
DevSecOps
2023
1
Applications Security
2023
3
Assessment
2023
3
Audit
2023
3
Cloud Infrastructure
2023
3
Compliance
2023
3
Cyber Security
2023
3
Dell
2023
3
Documentation
2023
3
Implementations
2023
3
Infrastructure Security
2023
3
NIST
2023
3
SDLC
2023
3
Training
2023
3
Actor
2019
1
Analysis
2019
1
Microsoft Office
2019
1
Multi-factor Authentication
2019
1
Office 365
2019
1
Social Engineering
2019
1
Software
2019
1
Auditing
0
1
AWS
2024
1
CEHV7
0
1
CISA
0
1
Cloud Architecture
2024
1
Cloud Computing
0
1
Cloud Engineer
2024
1
Cloud Security
2024
1
Continuous Integration
0
1
Cyber Security Architect
0
1
Devops
2024
1
Enterprise Security
0
1
Hybrid Cloud
0
1
IAM
0
1
Information Security
0
1
MS Azure
2024
1
Network Security
0
1
Penetration Testing
0
1
Private Cloud
2024
1
Product Management
0
1
Product Owner
0
1
Python
0
1
Risk Management
0
1
Security Engineer
0
1
Security Monitoring
0
1
Solutions Architecture
0
1
Team Build
0
1
Terraform
0
1
Troubleshooting
0
1
Vulnerability Assessments
0
1
Vulnerability Managment
0
1
Awards
Top Talent Program - Risling Leader at Dell, 2023
Graduation with Honors, 2015