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Experience

My professional journey and current focus

Current Focus

What I'm working on right now

Living Libations

•Remote•Jan 2024 – Aug 2025

DevOps Engineer – Cloud Security (GCP)

Led DevSecOps initiatives securing and scaling GCP workloads, built automation pipelines, and embedded compliance across development teams.

▹Embedded GitHub Advanced Security to block 20+ high-risk vulnerabilities pre-production.

▹Elevated security score from 79% to 92% in a month via Coalition Control, Spycloud, and Security Metrics.

▹Instituted weekly Dev/Ops syncs cutting incident resolution time by 30%.

▹Designed IAM least-privilege policies and custom roles, reducing security exceptions by 60%.

▹Built GitHub Actions + Docker pipelines to Cloud Run, eliminating manual builds and errors.

▹Rolled out Terraform modules shrinking provisioning from days to hours.

▹Hardened load balancers against DDoS, keeping 99.99% uptime at peak.

▹Authored security & compliance handbook reducing onboarding by 40%.

▹Tested disaster recovery playbook lowering downtime risk to under 4 hours.

▹Locked down databases with private networking, firewalling, and IAM tags to remove public exposure.

▹Hosted monthly security reviews to eliminate all high/critical vulnerabilities.

▹Developed HMAC-encrypted coupon validation preventing fraud and revenue leakage.

Career Timeline

My professional journey

DevOps Engineer – Cloud Security (GCP)

Living Libations•Remote

Jan 2024 – Aug 2025

Led DevSecOps initiatives securing and scaling GCP workloads, built automation pipelines, and embedded compliance across development teams.

▹Embedded GitHub Advanced Security to block 20+ high-risk vulnerabilities pre-production.

▹Elevated security score from 79% to 92% in a month via Coalition Control, Spycloud, and Security Metrics.

▹Instituted weekly Dev/Ops syncs cutting incident resolution time by 30%.

▹Designed IAM least-privilege policies and custom roles, reducing security exceptions by 60%.

▹Built GitHub Actions + Docker pipelines to Cloud Run, eliminating manual builds and errors.

▹Rolled out Terraform modules shrinking provisioning from days to hours.

▹Hardened load balancers against DDoS, keeping 99.99% uptime at peak.

▹Authored security & compliance handbook reducing onboarding by 40%.

▹Tested disaster recovery playbook lowering downtime risk to under 4 hours.

▹Locked down databases with private networking, firewalling, and IAM tags to remove public exposure.

▹Hosted monthly security reviews to eliminate all high/critical vulnerabilities.

▹Developed HMAC-encrypted coupon validation preventing fraud and revenue leakage.

Owner / Operator

Sunrise Land LLC•Austin, TX

Jan 2022 – Aug 2024

Founded and scaled a land brokerage, managing acquisitions, compliance, and team operations.

▹Closed multiple five-figure deals while maintaining full regulatory compliance.

▹Built and led a 3-person team overseeing contracts, sales, and operations.

Utilization Review Specialist

Cipher Billing•Remote

Sep 2023 – Jan 2024

Streamlined utilization review workflows to accelerate approvals and ensure proper care placement.

▹Coordinated with providers to ensure accurate placement decisions.

▹Reduced approval turnaround by 20% through process improvements.

Utilization Review Manager

Shift Billing•Costa Mesa, CA

Apr 2020 – May 2023

Managed utilization review operations, delivering compliant, efficient reviews at scale.

▹Built training programs and SOPs that improved audit scores.

▹Led cross-department reviews reducing placement errors by 15%.

▹Hired and mentored a 3-person review team.