Resume

Professional Summary

Multifaceted U.S. Air Force technologist and leader with over 8 years of experience spanning software engineering, systems automation, network architecture, and broadcast operations. Proficient at deploying full-stack solutions, leading digital transformation initiatives, and driving cost-saving innovation across multi-million-dollar DoD operations.

Education

Bachelor of Science – Network Engineering and Security

Western Governors University — Salt Lake City, UT

September 2019 – September 2024

Certifications

CompTIA Security+ ——— Current as of: March 2024

CKA: Certified Kubernetes Administrator ——— Current as of: January 2026

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate ——— Current as of: May 2025

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) – Routing & Switching ——— Current as of: March 2023

CompTIA Project+ ——— Current as of: August 2024

Professional Experience

Software Engineer

United States Air Force ——— Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan

January 2023 - Present

• Cut down manning hours by 98% for 66K military members and government civilians by migrating from legacy systems & developing an enterprise-scale emergency family evacuation solution using VueJS and Microsoft SharePoint.
• Reduced financial processing times by 30% across 6K users annually. Developed a finance on-boarding application by integrating Google AppScript and the Microsoft Power Platform.
• Streamlined insight into maintenance actions for an aircraft fleet worth $4B, saving 11K man-hours with a custom built aircraft equipment tracker built in Microsoft PowerApps that feeds into a Power BI dashboard.
• Lowered the rate of lost aircraft maintenance tools by 85%, and reclaimed 9K man-hours annually by standing up a base-wide network that centralizes & standardizes all tool inventory databases.
• Identified real-world technical challenges across 13 units to create a “needs-based” syllabus, collaborating with Microsoft to lead a Power Platform training, generating $100K in return on investment.
• Enhanced user feedback analytics by integrating Plausible across 7 custom built applications, supporting a 15K user base.
• Enhanced problem solving velocity regarding unit readiness for 66K military members by creating an AI pipeline that utilized IBM’s Granite 4, and Meta’s LLama AI models with wellness data.

Senior Systems Engineer

American Forces Network Pacific ——— Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan

October 2022 - November 2025

• Oversaw $4M broadcast infrastructure, including FM/AM towers, 2 studios, and Pacific-wide network administration, spanning 14 DoD installations, serving 55K service members & families.
• Authored in-house automation with JIRA, PowerShell and Ansible increasing update frequency and speed, ensuring 100% compliance with DoD cybersecurity directives.
• Provided greater insight into radio message dissemination, and audience feedback by leveraging low-code solutions to develop a real-time messaging database supporting 2K+ radio hours quarterly.
• Acted as regional network administrator, responsible for patching and administrating 40 Cisco switches, 7 Cisco firewalls, and 7 Cisco routers across the Pacific region, managing 13 Nutanix clusters, and creating firewall rules across end-user workstations using Trellix.
• Led digital modernization initiative by standing up 6 node, bare-metal Kubernetes clusters across 5 distributed broadcast locations, and established CI/CD pipelines for smoother software updates.
• Lead architect for a hybrid cloud audio-over-IP WAN solution spanning 3 military installations separated by 20km each, providing a low-latency emergency broadcast backup location.
• Acted as the lead project officer for an FM tower demolition project, gathering requirements for establishing a new transmission location, collaborating across 4 organizations, ensuring mission continuity, and saving $1.3M.
• Executed a disaster recovery operation on a geographically separated AM tower site, sourcing $34K in parts to conduct component level board repair, restoring 2 transmitters valued at $104K.
• Secured a $23K lightning protection system for AM broadcast, by utilizing Japanese language skills collaborating with 2 local contractors, and 1 government organization, eliminating $85K in survey costs, and securing a transmission site valued at $2.4M.

Network System Specialist

United States Air Force ——— Grand Forks, North Dakota

April 2019 - October 2022

• Supervised 8-person shift maintaining $60M communications suite for drone command and control (C2) systems, and satellite communication components, managing WAN & ATM links across all continents.
• Eliminated the root cause of 20% of mission delays. Reconciled & de-duplicated 8500 critical mission files across 5 C2 systems via custom shell-script automation scripts.
• Saved $20K in outsourced development costs & 50K man-hours annually. Developed a full-stack exam building application using Flask and Bootstrap deployed to AWS GovCloud.
• Restored 1-year broken links within 1 month, and closed critical regulations shortfalls by remedying OSPF issues across 2 federal organizations.
• Built & utilized Linux and Windows automation scripts to prepare, distribute & backup 228 mission plans across 5 C2 systems.
• Restored DGPS waypoint integrity by troubleshooting navigation subsystem faults, improving DGPS syncing between aircraft and C2 platform, averting 2 aircraft mishaps.
• Recovered operations after power outage saving 5 C2 systems, repairing DHCP, DNS and database syncing faults across 4 image processing servers within 3 hours.
• Reduced workload by 520 man-hours annually by migrating a legacy, on-premise contracting document database to the cloud.
• Hosted an in-person training on Linux server administration & security to increase data-driven decision making capabilities across 4 units supporting intelligence operations, enhancing data security and operational readiness.

Skills

• Languages & Frameworks: PowerShell, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Bash, VueJS, Flask, Bootstrap, TailwindCSS
• Infrastructure & DevOps: Linux, Windows Server, Docker, Git, Ansible, Proxmox, Terraform, Pulumi, Kubernetes
• Cloud & Platforms: AWS, Microsoft Power Platform, Heroku, SharePoint
• Networking & Security: Cisco Routing/Switching, VPN, Trellix, DHCP, DNS, Email Administration