Antonio Gonzalez-Torres
Springdale,United States
Summary
Security Engineer with 10+ years of experience driving infrastructure-scale security initiatives across global enterprises. Proven track record of redesigning network architectures to double performance and boost security posture by 85%. Skilled in system hardening, vulnerability management, and robust access control implementations in on-prem, hybrid, and cloud environments. Holds active Cisco Instructor (CCNA, DevNet and CyberOps), CompTIA Security+, and Network+ credentials, currently midway through an M.S. in Cybersecurity at NYU.
Experienced software developer prepared for this role. Skilled in programming languages, software design, and debugging. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving results. Reliable, adaptable, and solution-focused.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Software Engineer III - Cybersecurity
WALMART
03.2022 - Current
- Dockerized micro-services and authored Helm charts for Kubernetes, reducing environment-drift defects by 40% and on-call recovery time from hours to minutes.
- Implemented declarative CI / CD pipelines (Jenkins, Argo CD) with security scans and automated promotions, lowering mean time-to-production from ten days to two hours with 95% success rate.
- Wrote high-performance enrichment / correlation services in Python (Django, FastAPI) and Go.
- Developed interactive analysis consoles in React / TypeScript visualizing MITRE ATT&CK mappings.
- Translated business need technical designs, robust code development, ensuring system performance / availability, cross-functional collaboration, issue resolution, system architecture contributions, code quality assurance, mentoring junior engineers, and project lifecycle participation.
Cybersecurity Automation Lead
EQUIFAX INC.
08.2014 - 05.2015
- Drove big-data correlation pipelines that surface emerging attack patterns, reducing incident triage time by 45 % and cutting false positives by 30 %.
- Authored advanced analytics dashboards that map traffic anomalies and malware behavior to MITRE ATT&CK techniques, accelerating root-cause analysis for SOC analysts.
- Instituted historical-trend and campaign-tracking workflows, enabling proactive identification of repeating adversary infrastructure and informing purple-team exercises.
- Automated repetitive threat-hunting tasks (IOC enrichment, host isolation, playbook execution) with Python and SOAR integrations, freeing 20 % analyst capacity.
- Led after-hours rotation, personally handling escalations for high-severity threats and mentoring junior responders to improve mean time-to-respond (MTTR) by two hours.
Infrastructure Operations Lead
GLOBAL EXCHANGE GROUP
06.2011 - 07.2012
- Architected and launched end-to-end infrastructure for multiple field sites, aligning network, power, and rack designs with business growth plans.
- Oversaw 24 x 7 health and capacity monitoring for firewalls, routers, switches, and Windows/Linux server fleets, sustaining 99.99 % availability.
- Directed perimeter-security services—Cisco ASA/Firepower, Juniper SRX, Microsoft TMG—and site-to-site/user VPNs, trimming onboarding time by 40 %.
- Governed the Windows Server ecosystem (Active Directory, DNS, multi-site replication, trust relationships, IIS, GPOs), embedding automated compliance checks.
- Drove firewall rule-set optimization and hardening, cutting the external attack surface by 30 % and achieving 100 % pass rates on quarterly penetration tests.
- Led Level 3 escalations for regional IT teams in 15+ countries, maintaining an average MTTR under 2 hours for critical incidents.
Senior Technical Trainer
CISCO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER
09.2003 - 10.2005
- Served as principal instructor for advanced networking tracks (MPLS, BGP, security, SD-WAN), coaching senior engineers and acting as escalation point for complex customer cases.
- Designed mentor-led labs and capstone projects that replicate real-world escalations, cutting time-to-proficiency for new agents by 35% and boosting first-contact resolution metrics.
- Headed the Cisco TAC training portfolio, shaping strategy, budgets, and KPIs for new-hire bootcamps, advanced routing & switching courses, and continuing-education paths.
- Directed the Cisco Academy franchise in-house, supervising instructors, maintaining alignment with global Cisco Networking Academy pedagogy, and driving certification pass-rates to top-quartile benchmarks.
- Coordinated the training roadmap for 150 + TAC engineers, sequencing curricula across CCNA, CCNP, and specialist domains, while balancing classroom load with live-support service-levels.
Network and Infrastructure Administrator
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF COSTA RICA
01.2003 - 09.2003
- Extended connectivity to remote research and conservation sites, designing secure WAN links that cut data-transfer latency by 60 % and unified communications costs by 25 %.
- Modernized the museum’s core infrastructure by engineering and deploying a converged data-and-voice network backbone that supports exhibitions, ticketing, and security systems.
- Provisioned and administered institutional server platforms increasing uptime to 99.9 % and enabling on-prem archiving of digital artifacts.
Education
Master of Science - Cybersecurity
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
Brooklin, New YorkMaster of Science - Intelligent Systems
UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA
Salamanca, Spain07-2014
Master of Science - Computer Science
UNIVERSITY OF COSTA RICA
San José, Costa Rica03-2001
Bachelor of Science - Computing Applied to Business
UNIVERSITY OF COSTA RICA UCR
Puntarenas, Costa Rica03-1999
Ph.D. - Computer Science
UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA
Salamanca, Spain06.2015
Skills
- Cybersecurity: SOC Development, MITRE ATT&CK Framework, Network Security, Firewalls (Cisco ASA / Firepower, Juniper SRX, Microsoft TMG), VPNs, Penetration Testing, Vulnerability Management, CompTIA Security
- Software Engineering and Development: Python (Django, Django Ninja, FastAPI), Go, Java, C, C#, React, TypeScript, Microservices, API Design, Full-Stack Development, Git, GitOps, CI / CD (Jenkins, Argo CD), Agile Methodologies
- Infrastructure and Operations: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm Charts, Hybrid Cloud, Linux / Windows Server Adm, Active Directory, DNS, IIS, Virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V), Network Architecture, Capacity Monitoring
- Data and Analytics: Big Data Correlation, Visual Analytics, Data Analysis, Business Intelligence, Telemetry Data, Defect Classification
Certification
- Security+, CompTIA (January 2027)
- Network+, CompTIA (June 2028)
- CCAI CCNA, Cisco (Non-expiring)
- CCAI DevNet, Cisco (Non-expiring)
- CCIA CyberOps, Cisco (Non-expiring)
- CCAI Network Security, Cisco (Non-expiring)
- Bootcamp CISSP (August 2025) – Scheduled for August 2025
- Bootcamp CRISC (April 2025) – Scheduled for August 2025
LANGUAGE
Spanish, Fluent
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Diploma of Advanced Studies, Informática, Universidad de Salamanca
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
- COSTA RICA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cartago, Costa Rica, Assistant Professor, 2016-2025
- ULACIT, San Jose, Costa Rica, Assistant Professor, 2014-2020
- UNIVERSITY OF COSTA RICA, San Jose, Costa Rica, Adjunct Professor, 2014-2020
- ENAIC FORMACION SALAMANCA, Salamanca, Spain, Associate Professor, 2006-2010
- UNIVERSIDAD LATINA DE COSTA RICA, San Jose, Costa Rica, Associate Professor - ULATINA, 2000-2005
Timeline
Software Engineer III - Cybersecurity
WALMART
03.2022 - Current
Cybersecurity Automation Lead
EQUIFAX INC.
08.2014 - 05.2015
Infrastructure Operations Lead
GLOBAL EXCHANGE GROUP
06.2011 - 07.2012
Senior Technical Trainer
CISCO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER
09.2003 - 10.2005
Network and Infrastructure Administrator
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF COSTA RICA
01.2003 - 09.2003
Master of Science - Cybersecurity
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
Master of Science - Intelligent Systems
UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA
Master of Science - Computer Science
UNIVERSITY OF COSTA RICA
Bachelor of Science - Computing Applied to Business
UNIVERSITY OF COSTA RICA UCR
Ph.D. - Computer Science
UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA
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