SUMMARY
Network security engineer with 10+ years of experience designing and implementing firewall, endpoint, and SD-WAN solutions across enterprise and SMB environments. Deep hands-on expertise in Fortinet and SonicWall platforms, with demonstrated ability to operate at scale — including a 500% improvement in multi-site firewall deployment efficiency. Experienced in leading escalations, integrating AI tooling into engineering workflows, and guiding teams on security best practices. Currently focused on high-trust consulting for digital asset security.
Core Competecies
Firewall Architecture & Deployment · SD-WAN Design · Endpoint Security (EDR/AV) · VPN & Secure Remote Access · Incident Response & Breach Investigation · Network Segmentation · NGFW Policy Design · AI Agent Development & QA · Escalation Engineering · MSP & Multi-Tenant Environments
ABOUT
• I secure networks for a living — and I’ve been doing it for over a decade across MSP, enterprise, and consulting environments.
• My core is firewall architecture: Fortinet, SonicWall, SD-WAN, NGFW policy design, endpoint protection. I’ve worked everything from active breach response to building deployment systems that cut engineer workload by 500% across thousands of managed firewalls.
• More recently I’ve been integrating AI tooling into security workflows — building agents that help teams troubleshoot faster, catch firmware bugs earlier, and automate configuration builds without introducing risk.
• Currently consulting through Vonvoo, focused on securing high-value personal and digital assets.
• I’m available for full time work. If you’re working on something in network security, endpoint protection, or security automation — let’s connect.
EXPERIENCE
Vonvoo: Remote — April2026-Present
• Independent consulting practice focused on securing personal and organizational digital assets.
• Assess threat exposure and implement layered security controls tailored to high-value individual and small-team environments.
• Advise on wallet security, identity protection, access control, and operational security posture
Logically: Remote — August2021-April2026
Engineer, Security Implemenation:
• Promoted into a formalized senior implementation role within the engineering org.
• Developed and maintained AI agents to assist engineers with troubleshooting, security best practices, firmware vulnerability tracking, and configuration automation — reducing manual investigation time.
• Established and refined QA processes and guardrails for AI agent outputs, ensuring reliability and accuracy grounded in real-world security experience.
Network Security Engineer II:
• Architected and delivered new customer firewall and network security deployments; hardened and optimized existing environments.
• Designed and implemented a scalable deployment system that increased team efficiency by 500% across thousands of managed firewalls.
• Served as Lead Engineer for Arctic Wolf Aurora Protect and Focus (NextGen AV/EDR platform), owning rollout, configuration standards, and escalation handling.
• Acted as Escalations Engineer for the most complex and high-severity customer issues across the team.
• Core platforms: SonicWall, Fortinet, ExtremeCloud IQ, Arctic Wolf Aurora.
Network Security Engineer I:
• Handled inbound technical cases for cybersecurity breaches, network traffic issues, and new security configurations across a managed customer base.
• Investigated and resolved firewall misconfigurations, policy gaps, and connectivity failures in complex multi-site environments.
• Core platforms: SonicWall, Fortinet, ExtremeCloud IQ.
Lab - continuous
Recently:
Fortinet
Previously:
Benefiting mostly from the Open Source communities and donating to them when possible. Netgate/pfsense, Hyper-V, Linux terminal, Docker Compose, Nginx, LetsEncrypt, Fail2ban, Rclone, custom logging and creating actions based on those logs with Regex, Cloudflare Proxy/Firewall. Customized and hosting this and a few other websites on Github Pages with the beautiful-jekyll repository.
ADT Cybersecurity SMB: Remote — Nov2018-July2021
NOC Engineer:
• Provided 24/7 inbound support for SMB customers facing active security incidents, network outages, and firewall configuration needs.
• Spearheaded rapid deployment of Secure Remote Access solutions for customers transitioning to remote operations during COVID-19.
• Delivered in-depth technical onboarding and mentorship to new NOC team members.
• Core platforms: SonicWall + GMS, FortiGate, Cisco ASA Firepower with FMC, Netgear managed switches, enterprise Wi-Fi.
NWG Solutions: Charlottesville, VA — Aug2015-Aug2018
• Systems Administrator (1.5 yrs): Delivered full-stack MSP support for SMB clients. Led recovery of multiple ransomware-compromised environments via bare-metal server restore. Authored proof-of-concept recovery runbooks and prevention documentation. Daily scope covered AD, DHCP, DNS, LDAP, Exchange, Office 365, Azure AD Connect, SSL VPN, and SQL-backed applications.
• NOC Administrator (1.5 yrs): Sole NOC employee responsible for 200+ servers and 2,000+ workstations. Built Dell hardware monitoring improvements, custom Synology NAS monitoring via SNMP, and managed StorageCraft/BackupExec backup infrastructure. Developed a fully automated Group Policy startup script for managed services software deployment; documented end-to-end. Trained successor before transitioning to field work.
CvilleITPros: Charlottesville, VA — 2014-July2015
Cofounder and Technician:
• Co-founded an IT services company supporting small businesses, residential clients, and university customers in the Charlottesville area.
EDUCATION
Piedmont Virginia Community College: (2014 Graduate)
• Computer Science: Associate of Science:
• • Focus in C++ and Java
• • Enjoyed creating recursive functions and building data structures
CERTIFICATIONS
Fortinet: NSE 7 – SD-WAN · NSE 4 – Network Security Professional
SonicWall: Network Security Administrator (SNSA)
Cylance: Certified Administrator
Microsoft: MCP