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Currently serving as Senior Systems Engineer at Leidos supporting the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Information Management & Technology Directorate (ITD) through the I3TS Program at Fort Belvoir, VA. This role focuses on enterprise-wide IT engineering and support for DTRA's modernization, consolidation, and service innovation initiatives across CONUS and OCONUS mission sites.

Hybrid Infrastructure Engineering: Design and engineer hybrid infrastructure solutions spanning on-premises and Azure Cloud environments, supporting DTRA's digital transformation objectives while maintaining security compliance and operational excellence requirements for defense mission systems.

Automation & Configuration Management: Leverage Ansible and Red Hat Satellite to automate provisioning, configuration, and patching across Windows and Linux systems. Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) artifacts and automation pipelines improving repeatability, compliance validation, and operational efficiency.

Cloud Platform Integration: Engineer, deploy, and sustain hybrid workloads in Azure using Azure Functions, Blueprints, and related cloud services. Maintain and optimize virtualization environments leveraging VMware and Hyper-V while supporting automation-driven infrastructure scaling for Azure Virtual Desktop and IaaS platforms.

Systems Engineering Excellence: Deploy and configure new Windows Server (2016-2022) and RHEL/Linux systems supporting DTRA modernization initiatives. Evaluate and implement system performance enhancements and lifecycle improvements ensuring mission-critical availability and security compliance.

Technical Leadership & Collaboration: Serve as senior-level individual contributor within the DTRA engineering team, providing mentorship, peer review, and engineering guidance to support team expansion and knowledge transfer initiatives.

Operational Excellence: Provide Tier 3/Tier 4 troubleshooting for complex issues across hybrid environments while analyzing recurring operational incidents to drive permanent resolutions through automation and comprehensive documentation.

Documentation & Standards: Ensure technical documentation and architectural consistency across related task orders, maintaining traceability from requirements through implementation and supporting audit readiness and knowledge management objectives.

This current position demonstrates continued commitment to federal mission support, combining advanced technical expertise with operational excellence in defense enterprise environments requiring the highest levels of security, reliability, and performance.