Austin
IT Engineer
Texas A&M University - College of Engineering, Emerging Technology & Industrial Distribution
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About Me
I am an IT Engineer, with a focus on Infrastructure Security. I have an educational background in IT Service Management and cybersecurity with emerging technology. After completing high school in Edison, NJ, I pursued my undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University in College Station, TX. There, I received my B.S. in Technology Management from the College of Engineering with a minor in Business Administration.
Throughout my senior year of college, I worked as an IT contractor, first at BNY Mellon, and then at Truso Group. Upon graduating, I accepted an offer to join the North America division of eXalt-Fi (based in Paris) and consult for one of their largest clients, BNP Paribas, which is where I am currently working today.
Here are a few technologies I've been working with recently:
- Excel VBA
- Power BI / Grafana
- Atlassian Suite (JIRA)
- MDMs (MS Intune)
- OPNsense
- Zenarmor NGFW
- Windows Server 2022
- Azure Data Factory
- Nessus Tenable
- PowerShell & BASH scripting
Experience
I am currently working as a technology consultant with the IT Production Americas team in Jersey City, NJ
Currently, my work focuses on managing the deployment of corporate devices across North and South America, MDM transitioning, and automating data visualization
While working for Truso Group as an IT Analyst, some of my responsibilities included:
- Manage and oversee the migration of AD services to Azure Entra ID
- Developed a handbook to address common troubleshooting issues found in IT Support tickets
- Manage and configure VDI solutions for remote access, alongside GPOs with AD and EntraID to enforce security policies and automate resource allocation
Contracted through Pride Technolgies - New York, NY for BNY Mellon | Pershing
- Analyst-level position within Pershing Core Engineering, reporting to Infrastructure Security Directors and PMO VPs
- Core Projects
- Enterprise-wide End of Life Software Remediation iniative
- Global Registered Representative Identifier Expansion Project
During my undergraduate studies, I’ve contributed to faculty-led research, assisted Technology Services with upgrade projects, and conducted my own research constructing a secure model for CI/CD Pipelines.
- Research Project - Developed a research paper identifying ITIL 4 applications to CI/CD pipelines, present and/or new.
- Research Project - Data mining for Dr. Ali Mostafavi’s research on Disaster Informatics Solutions, Integrating Human and Machine Intelligence for Resilient Infrastructure and Smart Emergency
- Capstone Project - College Station Campus Cisco VoIP Upgrade
Rolls-Royce Aero Department, FACT/HST Industrial Intern, on-site in Derby, UK
- (2018) Worked with the Future Aircraft Concepts Team with their Electric Vertical Takeoff & Lift (eVTOL) program
- (2017) Worked with the Horizon Scanning Team to conduct research on the reusable space rocket industry for internal prototype developments
Industry Certifications
CCNA
In Progress, ETA November 30, 2024
Cisco Certified Network Associate
Projects
Next-Generation Firewall
Open Source Router
Security Hardening
IDS/IPS
IP Blocklists
DHCP
Network Segmentation
Custom-built Firewall Appliance
Rebuilt a small form factor (SFF) desktop to serve as dedicated hardware router + firewall appliance, using OPNsense alongside Zenarmor's NGFW to harden home network security
K8s
Cluster Orchestration
SOC
Port Management
Node Network Overlay
Analytics Engine
Data Visualization
Case Management
Incident Response
Kubernetes K8s
Deploy and manage a k8 cluster to host TheHive Project, a Security Incident Response Platform (SIRP), using Elasticsearch, Apache Cassandra, and Minio S3s
WireGuard
VPN
Secure Remote Access
Port Mapping
Subnetting
tailscale
A WireGuard-based, software-defined mesh network for remote access. An alternative to traditional VPNs with zero-connfigurations, high speed, and reliable connections
Dynamic DNS
VPN
Secure Remote Access
Firewall Rule Configuration
DDNS Client
Public/Private Key Management
Subnetting
WireGuard VPN + Cloudflare DDNS
Installed a Dynamic DNS client to update Cloudflare records with their API, to serve as an endpoint for a WireGuard VPN tunnel to enable remote access to locally hosted services and devices on my LAN interfaces.
influxDB
Telegraf
Server-side Agent
Docker Engine
Containerization
Data Aggregation
Data Visualization
ACL Configurations / VLAN Management
Grafana Dashboards
Created a monitoring dashboard populated with data from my network firewall, VMs run in my lab environments, SIEM analytics, and status of scheduled updates.
Dell PowerEdge R640
iDRAC9
Proxmox VE
Splunk
Nessus
Kali
Active Directory
RDP
Cyber Learning Lab (In-Progress)
Built an isolated lab environment within my home network to simulate Enterprise IT infrastructrure. Configured VLANs, Windows Server 2022, Splunk SIEM, Nessus Tennable Vulnerability Scanner, and managed several "users" with Active Directory, all within a node hosted on Proxmox Virtual Environment.
Education
2024
Bachelor of Science in Technology Management, Minor in Business Administration
Texas A&M University - College Station, TX
Student Research
- ITIL 4 Applications to CI/CD Pipelines
- Worked with Dr.Sweeney to create a hybrid workflow model integrating 13 ITIL 4 practices and frameworks into a CI/CD pipeline
- Urban Resilience.AI Laboratory
- Collaborated with Dr. Ali Mostafavi to enhance data mining efforts for his research, Disaster Informatics Solutions, Integrating Human and Machine Intelligence for Resilient Infrastructure and Smart Emergency
- Utilized an AI program to sort 50,000+ files and identify optimal reference objects within images to calculate elevation changes pre- and post-Hurricane Harvey
Senior Capstone Project
- Cisco VoIP Upgrade Project with Technology Services
- Collaborated with University Technology Services to implement Phase II of the initiative, developing asset replacement processes incorporating ITIL 4 framework of release management and Agile practices
Extracurricular Activities
- Technology Management Society - Texas A&M Chapter
- Beta Chi Theta (PI Chapter) - President 2021-2022
- Texas A&M Cybersecurity Club
- Society of Flight Test Engineers
2019
High School
JP Stevens - Edison, NJ
Extracurriculars
- NJ FCCLA State VP of Finance
- 4 year varisty soccer, Captain
- RWJ University Hospital Ambassador
- Model UN Outstanding Delegate x2 @NAIMUN @WAMUNC
Get in Touch
Don’t hesitate to shoot me an email with any question you may have!