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Benjamin Salazar

Identity Systems Engineer
Houston,TX

Summary

Flexible Identity Systems Engineer with 8+ years of experience helping clients maintain smooth operations. Expertise in Windows and Unix systems in On-Prem, and Cloud environments. Commended for rapidly and effectively resolving downtime and efficiently integrating updates and improvements to maintain durability and high availability of services.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
6
6
Certificates

Work History

Identity Systems Engineer

Academy Sports + Outdoors
08.2022 - Current
  • Contributed towards continuous improvement initiatives aimed at streamlining internal processes and enhancing overall service delivery quality.
  • Designed high availability strategies to minimize downtime during critical systems outages or disasters recovery scenarios.

Technical Support Engineer

Identity Automation
11.2018 - 07.2022
  • Served as primary point of contact for support relating to owned solutions and products.
  • Analyzed issues to identify troubleshooting methods needed for quick remediation.
  • Advised senior personnel on potential process improvements to increase support quality and expedite ticket fulfillment.

Service Application Engineer (Internship)

Siemens Energy
05.2018 - 09.2018
  • Partnered with development team on product development and application support plans.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Information Systems

University of Houston
Houston, TX
08.2016 - 06.2019

Skills

Customer Service

Windows Active Directory

SSO Technologies

Powershell Scripting

Microsoft SQL Server

Certification

CompTIA PenTest+

Software

PingIdentity

CyberArk

Microsoft Entra ID

Active Directory

Splunk

Auth0

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate SC-300

03-2026

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

12-2025

CompTIA PenTest+

07-2024

Identity Systems Engineer

Academy Sports + Outdoors
08.2022 - Current

CompTIA CySA+

07-2021

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

08-2019

Technical Support Engineer

Identity Automation
11.2018 - 07.2022

CompTIA Security+

10-2018

Service Application Engineer (Internship)

Siemens Energy
05.2018 - 09.2018

Bachelor of Science - Computer Information Systems

University of Houston
08.2016 - 06.2019
Benjamin SalazarIdentity Systems Engineer