Andrew Clark
Director, Security & Application Networking Architecture
Smyrna,DE
Summary
Andrew is the Director of Global Security and Application Networking Architecture at Fiserv. He offers more than 20 years of experience in networking, application delivery, infrastructure security, and automation. He leads a distributed team of architects and provides leadership and architectural direction for Layer 4-7 Security and Application Services.
Andrew is also the Product Owner (PO) for Security and Application Networking Automation. He builds infrastructure automation and self-service capabilities that enable engineering teams to reduce operational toil while increasing speed-to-delivery and change quality. He also works closely with the Cyber Security organization to integrate network and infrastructure data with threat feeds to provide greater context to security alerts, enabling the SOC to better defend against threats.
In addition to his technical leadership, Andrew brings the soft skills to work across diverse teams within the enterprise, including Cyber Security, Infrastructure, AppOps, and End User Computing, solving problems, eliminating blockers, and delivering solutions.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certificates
Work History
Automation Product Owner
Fiserv
Wilmington, DE
09.2018 - Current
- Develop and support automation workflows resulting in thousands of hours of engineering resource savings
- Gather and anticipate requirements from stakeholders
- Define vision for automation products
- Fill and prioritize backlog of bug fixes, feature requests, and new product capabilities
- Develop quarterly plans, sprints, and milestones
- Lead team from technical perspective and provide focus towards product delivery
- Eliminate blockers
Director of Security & Application Architecture
Fiserv
Wilmington, DE
09.2013 - Current
- Lead architecture team which delivers global infrastructure security solutions for Cloud & Container Security, Firewalls, Proxies, Remote Access/VPN, Application Delivery Controller (ADC), DNS/DHCP/IPAM (DDI), and Cryptography Hardware (HSM)
- Develop solutions which comply with relevant security policies and regulations (PCI-DSS/Card Production/PIN Security, HIPAA, NIST, Internal).
- Create and present business cases to senior leadership to secure funding for new technology projects
- Define technology policies, standards, roadmaps, reference architectures, and prescribed technology stacks
- Review and analyze emerging technologies and vendors to introduce new technology to the organization
Senior Network Architect
First Data (now Fiserv)
Wilmington, DE
10.2003 - 09.2013
- Provided strategic direction to senior management regarding data center, client network, webhosting, and security services to ensure network is highly-available, full-managed, and less complex
- Responsible for technology roadmap, evaluation, and lab testing of emerging technologies to lower costs, meet business requirements, and reduce time to market
- Responsible as liaison between Network Architecture and Information Security to coordinate new designs
Sr. Network Engineer
Concord EFS (now Fiserv)
Wilmington, DE
04.2002 - 10.2003
- Firewall (PIX and ASA) and VPN administration for internal and external clients
- LAN/WAN and Internet Design & Support
- Network Management and Automation
Senior Network Operations Specialist
Broadwing Communications
Newark, DE
08.2000 - 04.2002
- Provided operation support and troubleshooting in the Network Operations Center for the Broadwing IP Backbone
Desktop Support Specialist
Union Hospital of Cecil County
Elkton, MD
09.1998 - 04.2000
- First level support for PCs, servers, printers, and networking equipment
- LAN/WAN support for remote medical offices and facilities
Education
Associate of Science - Computer Network Engineering
Delaware Technical & Community College
Wilmington, DE 09.1998 - 05.2000
Skills
Network Automation
Security Architecture
Process Rationalization - Your Requirements Are Dumb
PCI DSS, Card Production, HSM
Python
Palo Alto Networks
Check Point
Tufin
F5
Bluecat
Crypto - Thales, Safenet, FutureX, Utimaco
VMware NSX-T
AVI Networks
Accomplishments
- Zero-Trust Network Access (ZTNA) - Deploying Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA) and Zscaler Private Access (ZPA) to replace incumbent cloud proxy and remote access vendor(s), respectively
- Dual-Vendor Global DDoS Protection (Silverline & Radware)
- Cloud Ingress/Egress/Transit Security Model (AWS/Azure)
- Self-Service Provisioning and Change Automation Platform (firewall policy, application delivery, DDI, DDoS, HSM)
- Continuous Perimeter Discovery & Documentation
- Merger & Integration of First Data and Fiserv Global Networks
- Cloud DNS Migration (Dyn/NS1)
- Network Function Virtualization (NFV) of Firewall and ADC platforms
Certification
SANS GIAC GSEC (Security Essentials)
Timeline
Automation Product Owner
Fiserv
09.2018 - Current
Director of Security & Application Architecture
Fiserv
09.2013 - Current
Senior Network Architect
First Data (now Fiserv)
10.2003 - 09.2013
Sr. Network Engineer
Concord EFS (now Fiserv)
04.2002 - 10.2003
Senior Network Operations Specialist
Broadwing Communications
08.2000 - 04.2002
Desktop Support Specialist
Union Hospital of Cecil County
09.1998 - 04.2000
Associate of Science - Computer Network Engineering
Delaware Technical & Community College
09.1998 - 05.2000