Anthony Flores

Cybersecurity Leadership: 5+ years of hands-on experience directing full-stack IT operations and establishing NIST SP 800-171 / CMMC 2.0 compliance frameworks across the Defense Industrial Base (DIB). C-Suite Technical Advisory: Trusted department head with a proven track record advising CEOs and VPs on company risk management, federal regulatory exposure, and strategic technology investments.

Sovereign Cloud Engineering: Expert-level proficiency in architecting, securing, and managing Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Intune, and Azure ecosystems to strictly safeguard Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).

Audit Readiness & Governance: Demonstrated success authoring comprehensive System Security Plans (SSPs), executing POA&M remediation, and achieving zero-finding compliance postures for federal submission.

Systems Administrator / Cybersecurity Compliance Officer at Prime Time Coatings, Inc. (DIB Contractor) (2026-04 – Present)

• CMMC Implementation: Configure, maintain, and optimize enterprise cloud applications (M365/Azure) and identity provider systems to ensure seamless, secure user access management across the organization.
• Audit Readiness: Author company System Security Plans (SSP) and map technical evidence to prepare for formal C3PAO assessments.
• Vulnerability Management: Lead patch management, execute continuous vulnerability remediation, and manage secure identity onboarding workflows.
• Resiliency Operations: Enforce automated, secure backup and validate disaster recovery preparedness to satisfy federal contingency requirements.
• M365 & Identity Governance: Administer Microsoft 365 tenants and manage Microsoft Entra ID user lifecycles, directory roles, and identity governance.
• Zero Trust Architecture: Configure Conditional Access policies, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) enforcement, and strict Zero Trust controls.
• Endpoint Management: Deploy Microsoft Intune for device enrollment, compliance policy management, and configuration profiles across Windows.
• Threat Detection: Manage Microsoft Defender suite components (MDE, MDO, MDI, MDCA) and integrate alerts into the broader security stack.
• Cloud Infrastructure: Support Azure resources including Azure Virtual Desktop, Log Analytics workspaces.

IT Systems Administrator & Compliance Lead (Promoted from Intern / Systems Administrator) at Advanced Machining Solutions, Inc. (DIB Contractor) (2021-02 – 2026-04)

• Executive Reporting & Strategy: Served as the sole IT authority reporting directly to the CEO and VP to align company technology infrastructure with company growth and federal defense compliance goals.
• Cross-Functional Ownership: Independently owned and managed the dual-lifecycle of full-stack IT systems administration, helpdesk support, and heavy regulatory compliance frameworks.
• Audit Leadership: Acted as the internal Lead Auditor and Compliance Officer, successfully executing and managing company wide security assessments aligned with AS9100, ISO 9001, ITAR, and CMMC 2.0.
• Documentation Control: Authored System Security Plans (SSPs) and proactively managed Plans of Action & Milestones (POA&Ms) to track and accelerate remediation efforts.
• SPRS Optimization: Validated technical controls and submitted data to the Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS), successfully maintaining a 110 SPRS rating, ensuring 100% compliance and zero findings across internal federal readiness reviews.
• Identity & Access Engineering: Redesigned Active Directory and hardened Group Policy Objects (GPOs) to enforce strict least-privilege access across the entire company.
• Data Protection: Directed data migrations, hardened hardware lifecycles, and oversaw backup pipelines to guarantee total disaster recovery readiness.

A.S. in Computer Science & Network Security – Cuyamaca College