Dylan Foster
West Monroe
Summary
Systems Engineer focused on applied AI, automation, and secure enterprise systems. Experienced in financial technology, production infrastructure, SIEM operations, APIs, Linux, Docker, Microsoft 365, and identity workflows. Skilled at applying AI engineering concepts to internal knowledge retrieval, security alert workflows, structured data pipelines, guardrails, monitoring, and responsible human-in-the-loop operations.
Overview
1
1
Certification
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Systems Engineer
Centric Federal Credit Union
West Monroe, LA
09.2024 - Current
- Develop automation scripts, lightweight internal tools, and API-based workflows to streamline IT operations, improve security visibility, reduce manual effort, and integrate AI-assisted enterprise use cases.
- Support and maintain production infrastructure across servers, firewalls, VPNs, branch networks, Microsoft 365 services, identity workflows, and cloud-connected systems.
- Monitor SIEM alerts, review structured security telemetry, tune detection logic, and support investigations across infrastructure, application, and API-driven environments.
- Administer firewall and network configurations including VPNs, routing policies, BGP, loopback addressing, and secure branch connectivity.
- Troubleshoot system, network, authentication, application, and vendor-related issues using server logs, SIEM data, Wireshark, NetFlow, Fortinet tools, and vendor dashboards.
- Lead and support cybersecurity risk assessments, IT audits, business continuity planning, incident response planning, vulnerability remediation, and compliance documentation in a regulated financial environment.
IT Coordinator
Centric Federal Credit Union
West Monroe, LA
07.2023 - 09.2024
- Supported enterprise IT infrastructure across end-user systems, servers, network devices, Microsoft 365 services, and core banking applications.
- Assisted with Windows and Linux server administration, account provisioning, access control, backups, patching, and routine maintenance.
- Coordinated with vendors to troubleshoot service disruptions, support infrastructure changes, and maintain financial technology platforms.
IT Operations / Information Security Intern
Business Alliance Financial Services
Monroe, LA
06.2021 - 05.2023
- Provided help desk and infrastructure support for hardware, software, network, account, and application issues across a financial services environment.
- Assisted with SIEM log reviews, daily alert monitoring, incident tracking, and escalation of potential security findings.
- Analyzed security logs and reports to detect anomalies and potential threats proactively.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Information Security
University of Louisiana at Monroe
Monroe, LA05-2023
Skills
- Python Flask Powershell
- Linux Docker APIs Webhooks
- LLM Workflows RAG Concepts AI Agents
- SIEM Elastic
- BGP OSPF VPNs
- Entra ID MS Graph Power Automate
Certification
Azure AI Engineer AI-102 | CompTIA Security+ | AWS Certified AI Practioner
Timeline
Systems Engineer
Centric Federal Credit Union
09.2024 - Current
IT Coordinator
Centric Federal Credit Union
07.2023 - 09.2024
IT Operations / Information Security Intern
Business Alliance Financial Services
06.2021 - 05.2023
Bachelor of Science - Information Security
University of Louisiana at Monroe
Projects
LLM-Powered Elastic Alert Triage Agent
Elastic | Claude Opus | SIEM | LLM Workflows | Security Automation
- Built an LLM-powered alert triage agent that uses Claude to review Elastic SIEM alerts, analyze alert context, and generate security triage recommendations for administrator review.
- Designed the workflow to reason over structured alert data, summarize key findings, classify potential risk, and support repeatable decision-making across security operations.
- Incorporated human-in-the-loop controls to prevent sensitive actions from being taken without administrator approval, improving audibility and responsible AI usage.
Enterprise Log Forwarding & Fraud Detection Pipeline
Python | Flask | Docker | Linux | SIEM | Elasticsearch | Elastic Agent | Agent-Based Monitoring
- Built and maintain a Docker-based Python/Flask log forwarding service to ingest application events, normalize structured data, and forward security-relevant telemetry into SIEM workflows.
- Supported AI agent-based monitoring and detection workflows using Elastic/SIEM tooling to improve visibility, alerting, investigations, and operational monitoring in a regulated financial environment.
Internal AI Knowledge Assistant
Microsoft Copilot | SharePoint | Internal Knowledge Base | Retrieval Concepts
- Built an internal knowledge assistant using Microsoft Copilot and SharePoint to help employees ask natural-language questions across curated documentation, core functions, company policies, task instructions, and employee handbook content.
- Organized source content to improve answer quality, retrieval accuracy, avoid hallucination, and self-service support while maintaining permission-aware access and responsible enterprise AI usage.