Professional Development & Technical Sabbatical (2025-01 – Present)
Following changes to my previous role and business alignment, I dedicated this period to professional development focused on AI systems architecture, AI governance, AIOps/MLOps concepts, and enterprise cloud technologies while pursuing my next opportunity.
- Conducted independent research into AI Governance frameworks, focusing on risk mitigation, compliance, and ethical enterprise deployment models
- Studied and applied industry frameworks, including the NIST AI Risk Management Framework and OWASP Top 10 for LLMs, to strengthen enterprise AI governance and cybersecurity knowledge
- Developed multi-cloud environments across AWS, Azure, and GCP to explore cloud architecture, AI governance, security, and enterprise AI integration patterns
Enterprise Sales Engineer at Datadog (2024-01 – 2025-01)
- Led technical discovery and solution architecture across 25+ enterprise customer engagements, partnering with platform engineering, DevOps, and infrastructure teams to validate scalable cloud-native architectures
- Served as the technical partner to Account Executives throughout the sales cycle, supporting technical strategy, proposal development, RFP/RFI responses, discovery, executive presentations, technical validation, and Proofs of Concept (PoCs) / Proofs of Value (PoVs) for enterprise opportunities ranging from $250K to seven-figure ARR
- Designed and delivered 20+ PoCs and demonstration environments utilizing REST APIs, SQL, and enterprise integrations to validate cloud architectures, automate deployments, demonstrate production-ready solutions, and establish operational success criteria
- Supported cloud-native application reliability through observability, monitoring, root cause analysis, operational playbooks, and automated deployment workflows that helped customers improve incident response processes and reduce mean time to resolution (MTTR) across enterprise production environments
- Led architecture and design discussions around infrastructure monitoring, Kubernetes workloads, cloud networking, application reliability, enterprise observability, and cloud modernization across regulated environments
- Supported customers in evaluating migration and modernization strategies for legacy platforms, advising on cloud architecture, scalability, performance, and deployment approaches across cloud-native and hybrid environments
- Partnered cross-functionally with Customer Success, Technical Account Managers, Product, and Engineering to accelerate customer adoption, influence product roadmap discussions, resolve complex technical challenges, and improve long-term customer outcomes
- Delivered executive briefings and technical presentations to engineering teams, architects, directors, and executive stakeholders covering cloud-native architectures, Kubernetes deployments, CI/CD integration patterns, monitoring strategies, and enterprise operational best practices
Solutions Engineer at UltraViolet Cyber, Inc (2023-01 – 2024-01)
Served as a senior technical advisor supporting 5+ federal stakeholder organizations, providing guidance on enterprise architecture, cloud modernization, data architecture, and compliance strategies across mission-critical environments.
- Designed and evaluated multi-cloud architectures across AWS, Azure, and GCP, including data platform components on Databricks, balancing performance, cost, and compliance requirements including FedRAMP, NIST, and CMMC across federal environments
- Built automation and analytics solutions using Python, SQL, Ansible, GitLab, Oracle, and MySQL to eliminate manual processes and improve reliability, repeatability, and operational efficiency across enterprise environments
- Participated in Agile sprint planning, technical design reviews, and cloud platform discussions covering distributed storage architectures, big data concepts, and hybrid cloud deployments across federal environments
- Supported Zero Trust and identity architecture discussions involving SAML, OAuth, and LDAP while contributing to federal security initiatives supporting STIG implementation, Authority to Operate (ATO) activities, NIST compliance, and secure architecture considerations aligned with DFARS and ITAR requirements
- Supported incident response and operational data workflows across cross-functional federal teams using ServiceNow, standardizing processes and improving coordination across distributed stakeholders while supporting secure operational readiness
Cloud Solutions Engineer at Amazon Web Services (2021-01 – 2023-01)
- Advised 5–7 enterprise and public-sector customers on AWS infrastructure modernization, application modernization, and cloud adoption initiatives, aligning technical architectures with mission requirements, operational objectives, and compliance standards
- Designed secure, scalable AWS reference architectures utilizing EC2, IAM, VPC, RDS, S3, Auto Scaling, and CloudFormation to help enterprise and public-sector customers deploy highly available, automated cloud solutions
- Conducted 25+ architecture reviews, migration planning sessions, disaster recovery strategy discussions, and modernization assessments for enterprise workloads, advising customers on cloud-native architectures, distributed storage, scalability, high availability, and operational resilience
- Designed and optimized 30+ databases across Amazon RDS, MySQL, and PostgreSQL to support modernization of legacy systems and data-driven applications
- Delivered executive-level recommendations on data platform cost, performance, and operational tradeoffs, translating technical outcomes into business value for non-technical decision makers
Healthcare IT Solutions Engineer at New Bedford Corp (2020-01 – 2021-01)
- Supported healthcare IT modernization through technical documentation, stakeholder materials, and reporting to drive adoption
- Partnered directly with clinicians, analysts, and IT teams to align technology solutions with clinical workflows, HIPAA compliance, and reimbursement models
- Provided technical guidance and training to end users, supporting adoption of new modules and system upgrades
