Daniel Ortega
Creede,CO
Summary
Dynamic professional recognized for exceptional attention to detail, strong communication, and organizational skills. A commitment to excellence and integrity with proven ability to foster positive relationships within diverse teams while driving projects to successful completion.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Security Architect
Varonis
Remote
09.2025 - Current
- Strategic email security SME on acquisition product Varonis Interceptor formally SlashNext.
- Spearheaded sales deck creation that presales team uses for proof of concept evaluation and reviews.
- Took the full role of sales engineer for Interceptor opportunities to teach first wave of sales engineers how to deliver product value.
- Intimately work alongside product department updating with customer feedback and providing personal feedback to influence what projects take priority.
- Learned and presented on newly acquired product, generating NARR within first month and successfully assisted account team for millions within first year. Ranging from mid market to major enterprise deals.
- Travel and present to C-Suite customer connects, driving new business for multiple regions.
- Created battle cards and competitive overviews, presenting and enabling the entire sales department.
- Created and presented sales enablement deck the architect team uses. Tailored training for both account teams and sales engineering teams.
- Enabled global teams with the expansion of product, training Canada, LATAM, UK/EU, AU, and India teams on Interceptor product.
- Contributer to demo lab environment design, providing valuable anonymized examples from the field.
- Created customer facing powershell scripts to automate scoping workflows.
Sales Engineer
Abnormal Security
Remote
05.2022 - 09.2025
- Established long-term relationships with key clients for repeat business and referrals, cultivating a strong network within the industry.
- Over 6.4 Million in NARR in first 3 years tenure with the company.
- Assisted with streamlining SEG displacement program providing Powershell scripts to increase our displacement team's productivity.
- President Club winner for MM Sales Engineer, highest attainment percentage for MM America. FY25
- Helped train and onboard new SE's and AE's in best practices and competitive knowledge.
Technical Engineer
Technical Adventures
Remote
07.2021 - 05.2022
- IT Managed Service Provider for over 100+ Clients/Sites
- Led expansion of O365 email security to client sites configuring Threat Policies on Defender portal for Anti-Phishing, Anti-Spam, Anti-Malware, Safe Attachments, Safe Links
- Created PowerShell script for security policies to automate deployment on new sites
- IT Support troubleshooting ranging from Configuring Network Printers, O365 Exchange/Office Suite/SharePoint/Teams/OneDrive solutions, Active Directory for hybrid environments, DNS fixes, SMTP relay, Citrix, Azure, Cytracom Phone System
- Created tutorial videos via teams/Microsoft stream recordings for team members and clients
O365 Engineer
Stericycle
Remote
01.2021 - 06.2021
- Worked across Microsoft AD, Microsoft Azure AD, O365 Platform Administration, and Microsoft Exchange
- Responsible for producing key metrics associated with SOX Audit controls
- Gather requirements for ongoing projects and organized details for management use
- Evaluate existing procedures and made proactive adjustments to meet changing demands
- Assist in writing/maintaining/executing scripts to increase system efficiency and performance time
O365 Systems and Security Engineer
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital
Chicago, IL
07.2019 - 01.2021
- Provided comprehensive training to internal and off-site users to optimize systems maintenance and resolve recurring issues
- Daily use of Exchange Admin Center, Security and Compliance Admin Center, Sharepoint Admin Center, and Azure Admin Portal
- Administrated Symantec's Email Security to investigate filtered messages, register new addresses made on-prem ad, and resolve mail delivery issues
- Utilized PowerShell to apply governance on group/teams creation, Onedrive, and other items
- Managed and created conditional access policies
- Deployed organization-wide MFA, assisting with roadmap and implementation
- Created PowerShell scripts to assist with automation for research department, leveraging Power Automate to execute flows
- Responded to highest escalated incidents to assist with any issues pertaining to Office 365 hybrid (Cloud and On-Prem) IT environment
ITW Corporate | O365 Systems Administrator
Illinois Tool Works
Glenview, IL
06.2018 - 07.2019
- Manage corporate O365 tenant with over 450 domains, over 23 million monthly emails, over 30 million OneDrive files
- Created and applied governance O365 architecture for SharePoint/Outlook Exchange/Hybrid AD environment
- Utilize cloud app security to track alerts and activity logs of potentially compromised/compromised accounts
- Created/edited power shell scripts to increase migration/creation productivity
- Created Defender policies, oversaw pilot period and fully implemented them in corporate environment
Project Manager & Web/Application Developer Intern
i.c. stars
Chicago, IL
01.2018 - 06.2018
- Project Manager coordinating design for RFP and submitting high fidelity mock-ups
- Designed submitted was chosen as winning proposal out of 4 iterations offered
- Developed mobile and web based application using ASP.NET and C#
- Presented application to fortune 500 company
Guest Service Agent/Concierge
Hilton Brand Hotels
Chicago, IL and Arlington, Tx
01.2016 - 09.2017
- Increased enrollment program by 700% winning reward for 7 consecutive months
Staff Missionary
The Mission at Carmen Serdan
Carmen Serdan Mexico, Baja Cali
05.2015 - 01.2016
- Caretaker of physically and mentally handicapped orphans
- Performed rigorous schedules of 70+ hours per week
Contracted IT Specialist
MIS Computer Corp
1038 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
01.2013 - 12.2015
Skills
- C-Suite presentations
- Creating External & Internal Technical and Enablement Documentation
- Relationship building
- O365
- Service Now
- PowerShell
- Quest AD
- Active Directory
- AutoTask/Datto
- SQL Database
- Visual Studio
- ASPNET Web Forms
- Power Automate
- Hybrid Tenant Environments
- EDiscovery compliance
Timeline
Security Architect
Varonis
09.2025 - Current
Sales Engineer
Abnormal Security
05.2022 - 09.2025
Technical Engineer
Technical Adventures
07.2021 - 05.2022
O365 Engineer
Stericycle
01.2021 - 06.2021
O365 Systems and Security Engineer
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital
07.2019 - 01.2021
ITW Corporate | O365 Systems Administrator
Illinois Tool Works
06.2018 - 07.2019
Project Manager & Web/Application Developer Intern
i.c. stars
01.2018 - 06.2018
Guest Service Agent/Concierge
Hilton Brand Hotels
01.2016 - 09.2017
Staff Missionary
The Mission at Carmen Serdan
05.2015 - 01.2016
Contracted IT Specialist
MIS Computer Corp
01.2013 - 12.2015