DERRICK ADADE
Holbrook,NY
Summary
Frontend Developer and Cloud Security Analyst
A passionate Frontend Developer with a drive to craft extraordinary user experience through the use of HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Seeking a role to leverage a strong technical and problem-solving skills and broad web development to achieve organizational efficiency and to optimize user interfaces. Over 6 years of experience in Cybersecurity and cloud technologies ranging from data loss prevention, risk assessment to cloud security assessment.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Technology Solutions Professional
Humana Inc
01.2023 - Current
- Review 174 application tiers with app owners to ensure apps are in conformity with Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Object (RPO)
- Drive the establishment and maintain OLAs, KPIs, SLAs and agreements for IT Service management processes (ITSM)
- Increase Humana’s operational savings through automation and eliminating unnecessary tasks
- Assist/Educate 10 developers on how to commit to their work to make use of Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Deployment (CD) pipelines that are in place.
Cloud Security Assessment Architect
Humana Inc
07.2022 - 01.2023
- Managed deployment of Azure solutions for clients using Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platform
- Help drive Agile behaviors/practices, help scale Humana DevOps practices by getting applications to GLAPI Level 3
- Implemented Azure Log Analytics to monitor Azure Resources and configured alerts for better SLA
- End to end designing and implementation of both on-premise and cloud-based enterprise-wide security solutions
- Assisted team to move Humana’s on-premise applications to cloud enforcing encryption in flight, encryption at rest and DLP fundamentals.
Information Technology Technician
US Military Navy
04.2019 - 12.2022
- Researched and wrote Common Vulnerability threats (CVEs) and provided solutions to these flaws. Evaluated vulnerability and threat information, performed vulnerability scanning and identified root cause of these vulnerabilities.
- Successfully integrated a Box.com SaaS solution for remote sites, meeting ISO 27001 FEDRAMP, PII and HIPAA compliance requirements and enabling secure collaboration across organizations.
- Responsible for defending and maintaining Department of Defense (DOD) 2 servers against intrusion by employing firewalls, physical security and industry best practices. Understands and has knowledge of Cybersecurity Governance patterns.
Information Technology Technician
US Military Navy
12.2016 - 04.2019
- Hands on Experience in managing Azure services and subscriptions using Azure portals and managed Azure resources to Azure Resource Manager (ARM)
- Assisted the command’s team on implementing Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies. This involved granting authorizations, authentications and implementing principle of least privilege
- Thoroughly assessed firewall rule sets, limited administrative ports limiting attacker threats and suggested any necessary changes.
Education
Master of Science - Cloud Computing Architecture
University of Maryland Global Campus
Adelphi, MD12.2022
Bachelor of Science - Computer Network and Cybersecurity
University of Maryland Global Campus
Adelphi, MD12.2019
Skills
- Version Controls Systems (Git)
- HTML/CSS
- JavaScript
- Nodejs
- Express
- Mongo DB
- MySQL
- Agile Methodology
- JQuery
- CSS framework such as Bootstrap and template Engines
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
- CI/CD tools
- Principal of least privilege
- RBAC
- Authorization
- Authentication
- Data loss prevention (DLP)
- Cloud service delivery models: IaaS, SaaS, PaaS
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Security audits and risk assessments
Certifications/Courses
- Microsoft: AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals
- University of Maryland Global Campus: Certificate: Web Design 2023 (In Progress)
- Coding Bootcamp: Software Engineering (FullStack Academy – In progress)
Clearance
Active Secret Clearance (Military, US Navy)
Timeline
Senior Technology Solutions Professional
Humana Inc
01.2023 - Current
Cloud Security Assessment Architect
Humana Inc
07.2022 - 01.2023
Information Technology Technician
US Military Navy
04.2019 - 12.2022
Information Technology Technician
US Military Navy
12.2016 - 04.2019
Master of Science - Cloud Computing Architecture
University of Maryland Global Campus
Bachelor of Science - Computer Network and Cybersecurity
University of Maryland Global Campus
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