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Nathan Wood

Nathan Wood

Frederick,USA

Summary

Top Secret Cleared Senior Network Engineer with experience designing secure, highly available network and cloud connectivity solutions in enterprise environments. Strengths include AWS networking (VPC, Transit Gateway, hybrid connectivity), Zero Trust patterns, and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation). Known for translating requirements into scalable designs, leading implementations, and improving reliability through automation.

Work History

Network Engineer

Quevera
Frederick, USA
04.2025 - Current
  • Designed and maintained AWS VPC architectures including public/private subnets, route tables, NAT Gateways, Internet Gateways, and Transit Gateway (TGW) attachments to support hybrid DoD environments.
  • Implemented IAM least-privilege access models using roles, managed policies, permission boundaries, and service control policies (SCPs) across multi-account AWS organizations.
  • Built and automated infrastructure using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation, developing reusable modules and stacks for VPCs, security groups, ALB/NLB, EC2, and IAM resources.
  • Leveraged Amazon CloudWatch for centralized monitoring, custom metrics, alarms, dashboards, and log aggregation to support operational visibility and incident response.
  • Integrated CloudWatch Alarms with operational workflows to detect availability, performance, and security events across EC2, ALB, and VPC Flow Logs.
  • Used AWS CloudTrail and CloudWatch Logs to support audit readiness, forensic investigations, and FedRAMP/NIST 800-53 compliance requirements.

Senior Network Engineer

Falcon IT & Staffing Solutions
Columbia, USA
10.2024 - 03.2025
  • Aligned zero‑trust architecture to FedRAMP Moderate; achieved ATO three weeks early by leveraging Fortinet control inheritance and STIG automation.
  • Led emergency response to XZ Utils supply chain exploit across 1,500 Ubuntu servers; isolated vulnerable hosts within 2 hours.
  • Authored hardening baseline (DISA, CIS) adopted by three program teams, lowering Nessus critical findings 42%.
  • Supported FedRAMP Moderate ATO efforts by validating IAM controls, CloudTrail logging, CloudWatch monitoring, and infrastructure-as-code compliance.

NOC Analyst

Peraton
Charles Town, USA
08.2024 - 10.2024
  • Monitored 5,000 + network devices across 16 CONUS locations; resolved P1 incidents with mean time to restore of 17 min (SLA ≤ 30 min).
  • Deployed NetBox asset inventory and automated config backups via Ansible, boosting compliance‑audit pass rate from 83 % to 96 %
  • Monitored cloud and hybrid infrastructure using Amazon CloudWatch, responding to alerts related to network latency, availability, and system health.

Helpdesk Manager (SGT/E5)

Maryland Army National Guard
, USA
09.2018 - 09.2024
  • Directed 15-person Tier II/III desk handling 1,200 tickets/month; lifted first call resolution to 78% (industry avg 74%).
  • SQL: Created and optimized complex SQL queries, joins, and stored procedures to extract and analyze large datasets, enabling data-driven reporting that improved executive decision-making accuracy by 20%.
  • Maintained TACLANE key loads & crypto rollovers for three battalions with zero mission downtime.
  • Authored remote support SOP during COVID mobilizations, shrinking first response time 52%.
  • Mentored four junior IT Specialists; two earned promotion to E5.
  • Supported early adoption of cloud-hosted services by assisting with IAM account provisioning, access reviews, and credential lifecycle management.

Education

Master of Science - Cybersecurity

University of Maryland Global Campus
Adelphi, MD
06.2024

Bachelor of Science - Cyber Security

University of Maryland Global Campus
Adelphi, MD
02-2023

A.A.S. - Cybersecurity

Frederick Community College
Frederick

Skills

  • AWS Solution Architecture
  • AWS GovCloud (US)
  • AWS Networking: VPC, Transit Gateway (TGW), VPN/Hybrid Connectivity
  • Cloud Security & Identity: IAM, Zero Trust / ZTNA
  • Monitoring/Logging: CloudWatch
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, CloudFormation
  • Automation: Python, Ansible
  • Network Architecture & Routing: BGP, OSPF
  • Network Security Architecture: NGFW, perimeter segmentation, SSL VPN
  • Palo Alto PAN-OS
  • Zscaler ZIA / ZPA
  • Cisco (IOS-XR, NX-OS/Nexus)
  • Juniper (Junos)
  • Compliance/GRC: FedRAMP, NIST 800-53 Indeed
  • ITSM/Ticketing: ServiceNow

Certification

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
• Cisco Certified Specialist – ENCOR 350-401
• Security +
• Scrum Master

Security Clearance

  • Top Secret

Timeline

Network Engineer

Quevera
04.2025 - Current

Senior Network Engineer

Falcon IT & Staffing Solutions
10.2024 - 03.2025

NOC Analyst

Peraton
08.2024 - 10.2024

Helpdesk Manager (SGT/E5)

Maryland Army National Guard
09.2018 - 09.2024

Master of Science - Cybersecurity

University of Maryland Global Campus

Bachelor of Science - Cyber Security

University of Maryland Global Campus

A.A.S. - Cybersecurity

Frederick Community College
Nathan Wood