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Samuel Kaufman

Honolulu,HI

Summary

Systems Engineer with over 15 years providing technical solutions through high-quality service and support. Seeking position in a challenging and rewarding tech environment where I can expand upon my existing skill base while contributing to a lively IT team.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Staff Security Engineer

Ava Labs
Remote
08.2022 - Current
  • Performed risk and vulnerability assessments and provided results and recommendations to senior management.
  • Represented company's technical security interests to partners to provide bi-directional flow of technical information and best practices in information security.
  • Validated and verified system security requirements definitions and analyzed system security designs.
  • Applied leading theories and concepts to development, maintenance, and implementation of information security standards, procedures, and guidelines.

Sr Security Engineer

Coinbase
Remote
10.2021 - 08.2022
  • Represented company's technical security interests to partners to provide bi-directional flow of technical information and best practices in information security.
  • Applied leading theories and concepts to development, maintenance, and implementation of information security standards, procedures, and guidelines.
  • Counseled senior-level management on current privacy and security trends and recommendations to mitigate risk.
  • Led teams of up to 15 in developing and implementing security systems, resulting in fewer threats.
  • Performed risk and vulnerability assessments and provided results and recommendations to senior management.
  • Planned and oversaw configuration changes for security infrastructure platforms.

Senior Security Consultant

Amazon Web Services Inc.
Detroit, MI
10.2019 - 10.2021
  • Pioneering technically excellent security solutions supporting customer initiatives that are meaningful to their business
  • Presented roadmap and technology infrastructure to customers, demonstrating deep familiarity with APIs, platform infrastructure, security and integration capabilities
  • Created and implemented innovative business solutions to support corporate objectives
  • Worked with clients post-implementation on user testing, debugging, support and maintenance
  • Managed project scope, schedule, status and documentation

Principle Cloud Security Architect

Ally Financial
Detroit, MI
03.2018 - 09.2019
  • Automate Private Cloud for Ally. using Ancible, Cloudforms, Openstack, VMware and ciscoUCS
  • Manage, troubleshooting, and scaling our server/systems infrastructure
  • Automate and streamline operations and processes
  • Automate provisioning and configuration management of environments using infrastructure-as-code techniques as much as possible
  • Ensured designed systems met security policies and regulations

Sr. System Engineer/ Architect

Wayne County Airport Authority
Detroit, Michigan, United States
04.2017 - 03.2018
  • Reviewed technical documentation and procedures
  • Defined and documented technical best practices
  • Identified and solved technical issues with a variety of diagnostic tools
  • Audited Network for Security vulnerabilities
  • Coordinate with business experts across IS to translate key strategic objectives into actionable and governable roadmaps and designs
  • Collaborated with key stakeholders and internal teams to define enterprise architecture principles, standards and guidelines, and blueprints
  • Developed multiple executive presentations and reports to facilitate project evaluation and process improvement

Windows System Engineer/Architect

Quicken Loans
Detroit, MI
03.2013 - 05.2017
  • Developed and implemented complex Internet and Intranet applications on multiple platforms
  • Diagnosed and troubleshoot UNIX and Windows processing problems and applied solutions to increase company efficiency
  • Monitored network performance and provided network performance statistical reports for both real-time and historical measurements
  • Proposed technical feasibility solutions for new functional designs and suggested options for performance improvement of technical objects
  • Established compatibility with third party software products by developing program for modification and integration
  • Coordinated with systems partners to finalize designs and confirm requirements
  • Consistently met deadlines and requirements for all production work orders
  • Independently designed and executed company catalog for infrastructure support and development
  • Recommended network security standards to management
  • Designed and implemented new server standards for core business services
  • Ensured network, system and data availability and integrity through preventative maintenance and upgrades
  • Managed creative projects from concept to completion while managing outside vendors
  • Trained junior members of IT team regarding network security and troubleshooting of data circuits
  • Advocated for end-users to perform testing and problem analysis for server, desktop and IT infrastructure work
  • Utilized a pipe and filter model to find bottlenecks and enable measurement of system resource usage and process behavior at boundary limits of all operations
  • Provided documentation on start-up, shut down and first level troubleshooting of processes to help desk staff
  • Provided continued maintenance and development of bug fixes and patch sets for existing web applications
  • Implemented company policies, technical procedures and standards for preserving the integrity and security of data, reports and access
  • Managed firewall, network monitoring and server monitoring both on- and off-site
  • Recommended architectural improvements, design solutions and integration solutions

Web Developer/ Admin

My Aloha Vacation LLC
Plymouth, Michigan
07.2009 - 03.2015

  • Identified and eliminated website bugs to improve user experience
  • Rapidly developed and iterated product and feature prototypes from conceptual demonstrations
  • Conducted usability testing and post-deployment evaluations to measure user experience success
  • Used site analytics and metrics to define and monitor success
  • Worked closely with social media team on WordPress blogs and social media marketing


Skills

  • Network architecture design
  • Troubleshooting
  • Strong communication skills
  • Project leadership
  • Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) Certificate
  • AWS (EC2, ELB, RDS, S3, Cloudwatch)
  • MS SQL, MySQL
  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform
  • Redhat Automation Stack
  • Powershell, Net, java , Python and Bash specialist
  • IT security best practices
  • Scalable systems
  • Large computer networks
  • Windows Server OS
  • Active Directory
  • SAN methodologies in virtual environments with VMWARE technologies
  • Backup, security, and fault tolerance methodologies
  • Web 30 Security

Accomplishments

  • Extensive experience with Git, SVN, Ansible, Puppet, Terraform, Chef, Travis-CI, Jenkins, AWS (EC2, ECS, AMI, ElasticCache, ElasticSearch, RDS, VPC implementation, IAM, KMS, WAF, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, S3, CloudFront, AWS CLI scripting, ELB, Route 53, Lambda, DynamoDB, Elastic Beanstalk, SQS, SNS), Rackspace, Heroku, Dokku, Google Cloud Platform, Digital Ocean, Apache, Nginx, Docker, Kubernetes, Vagrant, Mocha, Karma, RunScope, PHPUnit, Codeception, Cypress, MEAN stack, LAMP stack, Selenium, Serverless, Load testing and server tuning
  • Extensive experience scripting in BASH, PowerShell and Python in enterprise environment
  • Extensive experience with Microsoft products and Operating Systems such as Microsoft Office Suite and Windows OS
  • Designed and configured Azure Virtual Networks (VNets), subnets, Azure network settings, DHCP address blocks, DNS settings, security policies and routing.
  • Experience using administrative tools in Windows 2016, Windows 2012, Windows 2k8 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server to create Primary and Backup Domain Controllers, create Domain Forests, manage users and groups, and assigning rights/permissions
  • Expertise in Installation, Configuring, Deploying, Trouble shooting, administration and maintenance of ESX3.5/ESXi 4.0/ESXi 4.1/ESXi 5.1/ESXi5.5 and 6.0 versions andVMwareVirtual Center 4.0, 4.1,5.0/5.1, 5.5 and 6.0.
  • Designed and built auto scaling cloud solutions for multiple sites and solutions

Certification

  • Apple Certified Mac Technician (ACMT)
  • Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE)
  • AWS Certified Solution Architect
  • AWS Certified Security Specialist
  • Cisco Certified Network Associate: Routing and Switching (CCNA)
  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

Timeline

Staff Security Engineer

Ava Labs
08.2022 - Current

Sr Security Engineer

Coinbase
10.2021 - 08.2022

Senior Security Consultant

Amazon Web Services Inc.
10.2019 - 10.2021

Principle Cloud Security Architect

Ally Financial
03.2018 - 09.2019

Sr. System Engineer/ Architect

Wayne County Airport Authority
04.2017 - 03.2018

Windows System Engineer/Architect

Quicken Loans
03.2013 - 05.2017

Web Developer/ Admin

My Aloha Vacation LLC
07.2009 - 03.2015

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