IT Support Engineer — CYNC Solutions
Ringgold, GA · May 2024 – Present
FortiGate · VMware · Azure AD · SentinelOne · Veeam · Intune
Tier II/III escalation owner across 40+ client environments,
leading remediation for server, network, and endpoint security
incidents while hardening Microsoft 365 and Fortinet estates.
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Stabilized multi-site FortiGate deployments by defining VPN and
routing templates with documented change control and rollback.
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Recovered failing Veeam jobs by troubleshooting VSS writers,
storage saturation, and replica configuration issues.
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Enforced Conditional Access, Intune compliance, and SentinelOne
response workflows to reduce dwell time and noisy alerts.
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Authored SOPs and documentation that standardize MSP workflows
and reduce onboarding time for new technicians.
Network Administrator — Kenco Management Services
Chattanooga, TN · 2022 – 2024
AWS · Juniper SRX · VPN · LogicMonitor
Designed and supported secure connectivity for 100+ warehouse and
office sites across the US, while coordinating with carriers and
on-site techs to keep logistics operations available.
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Built AWS-hosted vSRX hubs and site-to-site VPN standards that
reduced new-site onboarding time by ~30%.
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Implemented LogicMonitor dashboards and alerting that cut
downtime incidents by roughly 20% through proactive detection.
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Documented IP schemas, escalation paths, and change procedures
to shorten vendor MTTR and avoid guesswork during outages.
Systems Administrator / IT Specialist — US Navy (Submarine
Force)
Various deployments · 2013 – 2022
Active Directory · Exchange · DoD compliance · IDS/IPS
Led shipboard IT operations for 200+ sailors under strict DoD
accreditation, ensuring secure communications and zero-defect
mission readiness.
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Managed AD, Exchange, and backup systems with no data loss
across multiple underway deployments.
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Monitored and remediated cybersecurity threats using IDS/IPS and
shipboard security tooling.
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Authored recovery runbooks and incident-response drills adopted
across the submarine squadron.
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Earned Submarine Warfare qualification for technical leadership,
safety, and mission performance.