Mario Borja

Work History

Credera

07.2016 - Current

Technical leader and project manager on large-scale projects, working with clients to design and plan solutions that are used to develop technical approaches, assessments, and implementation
Trusted advisor, I serve as a subject matter expert in Information System Security, Cloud strategy & readiness and facilitate executive-level workshops
Senior leader in Credera’s Technology Solutions practice, where I provide mentorship, guidance, and employee development for junior and mid-level technical consultants
Supports and leads business development efforts on new and existing clients, farming, sales cycle, service offerings, sow/proposal creation, and go-to-market materials
Manage client relationships to help uncover business and technical requirements used for architecting solutions
Educates clients of all sizes on the value proposition of managed services in Azure & AWS, and participates in architectural and solutions design discussions
Strong skills in AWS & Azure IaaS offerings
Senior-level cloud security specialist, with strong skills in IAM solutions, Data Protection, and Vulnerability Management technologies
Technical SME on client engagements involving Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Workplace Modernization, AWS IaaS, Security posture assessments
Projects include, architecture design, planning, and implementations for enterprise infrastructure, cloud governance, data center modernization, and enterprise security

Consuro Managed Technology

01.2015 - 07.2016

Worked in a pre-sales engineer role and SME to assist in solutions designs and presentations for new and existing clients for Consuro's MSP services
Develop detailed SOWs for clients and provide expertise to design/implement solutions
Work with clients on major IT projects ranging from consulting, implementations, or maintaining existing IT infrastructure
Projects cover Co-location, Disaster recovery, Hybrid-cloud (Cloud Infrastructure, O365 implementations, Azure AD and SSO) virtualization, infrastructure upgrades, email migration, and enterprise wireless
Assist with high-level IT incidents and escalations for Consuro’s client base and in-house Data Center
Assist and lead on IT projects within the company to assist in keeping the hosted environment up to date with the latest technology

MD Buyline

10.2012 - 01.2015

Manage and maintain enterprise network, consisting of virtual and physical infrastructure for development, test, and production environments
Key contributor on the directive to implement cloud infrastructure on the AWS platform
Worked with the development team to design and begin building hybrid cloud infrastructure between the corporate network and AWS platform
Managed production and dev SQL workloads
Maintained and managed database performance, availability, and backup/restore processes
Implemented disaster recovery plan utilizing cloud backup to AWS
Planned, and implemented virtual infrastructure migration involving the replacement of production servers, routers, and switches, and upgrades to the VMware virtual environment
Support and manage enterprise storage network
Manage phone and email systems, backend databases, and company website
Manage software upgrades to Windows environments

City of Lancaster, Texas

10.2004 - 10.2012

Designed, engineered, and oversaw an enterprise LAN/WAN administration across 14 locations
Worked directly with the Executive leadership to implement technology in all city departments
Project lead on several key IT projects including Data center design and relocation, NOC upgrade and Emergency Management Center design and deployment
Key contributor to city Capital improvement program to build-out and implement an enterprise-wide network and phone system
Project lead on virtualization initiative using VMWare to begin migration schedule of physical to virtual servers
Experience managing Cisco firewalls PIX515E and ASA5500 series
Technical lead over all critical, production applications and databases performing E911 functions, police and fire systems management
Built and maintained working relationships with vendors for the procurement of all IT-related software/hardware purchases