Status: Engineering Scalable Infrastructure

Systems Engineer

Houston, TX | 314.824.4058 | christech556@gmail.com

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Professional Summary

System Engineer with a background in Software Engineering, offering a unique blend of infrastructure management and dev-centric automation. Expert in hybrid identity (AD/Entra ID), high-availability cloud delivery, and CI/CD pipelines. Proven track record in Fortune 50 environments optimizing both supply chain systems and secure enterprise networks.

Education & Certs

Purdue Global University

BS Cloud Computing (GPA: 3.97)

Azure Administrator (AZ-104)
AWS Solutions Architect (SAA-C03)

Professional Experience

IT Support Specialist II

Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County

Aug 2024 - Present

  • Administered enterprise identity governance across hybrid environments including Active Directory and Entra ID.
  • Maintain and troubleshoot secure remote access infrastructure (GlobalProtect VPN, Zscaler ZTNA).
  • Resolve Tier II network connectivity failures including DNS resolution and DHCP scope management.

IT Support Specialist

ExxonMobil

May 2023 – Aug 2024

  • Managed enterprise identity lifecycle and role-based access control (RBAC) standards.
  • Collaborated with security teams to ensure authentication integrity for critical business apps.
  • Automated administrative workflows through PowerShell scripting.

Software Engineer

The Home Depot

April 2022 – March 2023

  • Engineered the Home Depot Request Tool on GCP, utilizing BigQuery and GitHub Actions for CI/CD.
  • Refactored legacy supply chain batch processing code, drastically reducing execution time for logistics.
  • Optimized data flows between engineering and operations to maintain high-performance services.

Technical Case Studies

Lab Environments & Automation

Primary Case Study

Enterprise Hybrid Identity Lab

Full-scale deployment for Oakmont Chemical. Synchronized On-Premises AD with Entra ID, automated GPO security baselines, and custom IIS intranet hosting.

ACTIVE DIRECTORY ENTRA ID
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Cloud-Native Portfolio

This site: Engineered using S3, CloudFront (HTTPS), and Route 53 with automated SSL via ACM.

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WearCast AI

AWS serverless app using ECS Fargate and OpenAI GPT-4 for weather-intelligent outfit logic.

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ERP Infrastructure Migration

Migration of containerized Dolibarr ERP to native LAMP stacks for performance optimization.

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Infrastructure as Code

Provisioning Azure resources with Terraform HCL for repeatable, version-controlled infrastructure.

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