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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

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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
Andrew ClarkDirector, Security & Application Networking Architecture