Tyler Salata
Details
Management of Information Systems
San Diego State University
2008 : 2012
Sigma Defense Systems LLC
Director of Cybersecurity & Infrastructure
• Leading NIST and CMMC compliance efforts for the entire organization to ensure compliance with DoD regulations.
• Overseeing corporate IT day-to-day operations, tasking, and project assignments
• Assisting on contract technical proposals writing leveraging PaaS and IaaS solutions
• Responsible for leading a team of engineers to design and deliver a PaaS solution to the Undersea Warfare Decision Support System (USW-DSS) program at NAVSEA
• Responsible for integrating the Agile Core Services 3 (ACS 3) Big Data Platform as a Service (PaaS) with the C4ISR platform, Distributed Common Ground Systems Navy Inc2 (DCGS-N Inc2).
• Install Government systems (ACS3 and DCGS-N Inc2) into AWS and VMware virtualization environments while following security best practices
• Automate the deployment and integration of Government and Commercial software utilizing Ansible
• Support and extend the development CI/CD pipeline to speed up feature development.
2018 : 2023
SOLUTE
Senior System Engineer
• Led a ten vendor, Hyper Converged Infrastructure (HCI) study on behalf of the Office of Naval Research (ONR)
• Planned and executed testing of a government, big data application stack, Tactical Cloud Reference Implementation (TCRI)
• Coordinated vendor logistics and tracked $3 million worth of vendor inventory
• Provided direct support for Distributed Common Ground Station Navy (DCGSN) Inc2 infrastructure team by addressing Linux, Windows, network, and middleware application issues which prevented project success
• Presented high-level and in-depth information on next generation hyper convergence infrastructure computing (HCI) platforms to senior government customers
• Led a team of three engineers to successfully enable SELinux on TCRI and provided network segregation for enhanced security
• Redesigned and architected new internal lab networks which enhanced corporate network security
• Assisted in the design of a next generation Automated Digital Network System (ADNS) virtualized platform for the Navy which resulted in a 90% size weight and power (SWaP) savings
2015 : 2018
SOLUTE
System Engineer
• Architected, implemented, and maintained corporate WAN, LAN, RAVPN, and dynamic multi-site VPN
• Maintained internal development and production environments of roughly 150 virtual machines (VMs) in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV 3.2), VMware (ESXI 5.5 and 6), and Hyper-V (2012 r2)
• Championed ‘go-paperless’ effort across administrative operations reducing costs and decreasing new employee onboarding time
• Implemented custom SharePoint workflows to increase efficiency and ensure administration adherence to corporate policy
• Hired, trained, and led the IT support team for the company to effectively support all company projects
• Managed the IT project backlog and executed projects which provided value and aligned with company goals/vision
2014 : 2018
Solute
Network and System Administrator
• Researched, tested, and evaluated virtualization platforms for internal development and production environments
• Created a lab facility which housed ten internal engineering and IRAD projects
• Managed internal corporate SharePoint migration of thirty subsites from server 2007 to server 2010 and 2013 cloud platforms
• Assisted in the development of a software development environment (Jenkins, Jira, Confluence, Nexus, Sonar, Review Board, and GitLab) with active directory authentication for all developers
• Served as part-time Facility Security Officer (FSO) in charge of visit requests, security clearances, in/out processing in JPAS and maintained acceptable security posture for security inspections
2012 : 2014
SOLUTE
IT Analyst
Skills
Computer Hardware, HTML, Linux, Management, Microsoft Certified Technology, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Network Administration, Networking, Network Security, Problem Solving, Resourceful, Security Clearance, SharePoint, System Administration, Technical Support, Troubleshooting, Virtualization, VMware, Website Administration, Wireless Networking, Access, Microsoft Certified
About
I am looking to leverage my skills and expertise as a forward-thinking engineer supporting small scale to enterprise information systems infrastructures on the global, national, and corporate scales. I am excited to implement next generation solutions to improve system performance, security, functionality, and anticipate future customer needs in a fast-paced work environment.
I have experience architecting, maintaining, and supporting networks and systems. I have worked in fast-paced environments my whole career and enjoy the challenge of such environments. My diverse skill-sets and unique vision of problem solving allows me to work on next generation projects which has quickly honed my technical/project management skills early on in my career.