Resume

2020-07-28 943 words 5 minutes

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Michael Erdely

Cybersecurity, DevOps, Linux, and IT Infrastructure Leader

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Cybersecurity Engineer • DevOps Engineer • Systems Engineer • Linux Administrator • Director of IT • IT Automation • Team Leadership • Security • Containerization • Virtualization • AI • Cloud • Observability

SKILLS

Bash • Python • Golang • Ansible • CI/CD Workflows • GitHub Actions • GitLab CI/CD • Gitea • Forgejo • Red Hat Enterprise Linux/RHEL/OEL • Ubuntu • Debian • OpenBSD • pfSense • OpnSense • MacOS • Windows • VMware vSphere • ESXi • Docker • Kubernetes • AWS • Azure • Oracle Cloud/OCI • Google Cloud Platform/GCP • OpenStack • Xen • KVM • SIEM • SOAR • Splunk • Grafana • Loki • Prometheus • InfluxDB • VictoriaMetrics • VictoriaLogs • Cribl • Firewalls • Palo Alto NGFW • Cisco ASA • VPN • VLAN • Zscaler • Wireguard • OpenVPN • Tailscale • Headscale • NetBird • Pangolin • Crowdstrike • Suricata • Tenable • Nessus • Crowdsec • Bind • Unbound • DHCP • DNS • SSH • Okta SSO • DUO MFA • Authentik • Authelia • Keycloak • Active Directory • LDAP • Slack • Google G Suite • PostgreSQL • MySQL • Naemon • Nagios • Open-WebUI • Ollama • LocalAI • llama.cpp • Promptfoo • n8n • Claude • ChatGPT • OpenCode • ClaudeCode

WORK EXPERIENCE

Copper River Cyber Solutions; North Bethesda, MD - Dec 2019 - May 2026

Principal Engineer

Maintained 100% uptime and zero unplanned downtime over 6+ years across a 130-server FDA Cybersecurity Platform through disciplined automated patch and Splunk upgrade management.
Implemented Infrastructure as Code with Ansible across 130 FDA Cybersecurity Platform systems, cutting week-long manual deployment tasks to under 1 hour and improving repeatability.
Optimized the observability pipeline by deploying Cribl to replace Syslog ingestion, cutting Splunk data ingestion by 2 TB and reducing platform costs.
Executed a zero-downtime OS migration strategy across 130 systems, upgrading from RHEL 7 through Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) 7, 8, and 9: bare metal, virtual, and containerized systems.
Designed and deployed an AI Platform providing an agentic interface to Splunk data, bringing modern AI-assisted analysis capabilities to the FDA’s Cybersecurity program.
Saved SOC analysts critical response time by creating Splunk VPN SOAR automation that instantly disconnected prohibited users; earned FDA CISO Challenge Coin recognition.
Improved platform resilience by redesigning FDA Tenable infrastructure from a single server to a multi-tier architecture with greater redundancy and task separation.
Built Gitea-based CI/CD pipelines to automatically build and ship custom Docker containers for the Platform.
Saved several hours weekly by scripting Suricata ruleset management with Bash to download, test, and distribute updates across FDA sensors automatically.
Advanced AI-assisted analysis by designing and deploying an agentic AI platform interface to Splunk data, modernizing cybersecurity analytics across the FDA program.

SparkPost; Columbia, MD - March 2012 - Oct 2019

IT Director

Managed 6 engineer IT team supporting 200 users in 3 offices across the US, Canada, UK, Singapore, and China, ensuring reliable global technology operations.
Executed 2 office moves in first 6 months after joining late in the move process, coordinating technology transitions while maintaining business continuity; earning a Quarterly SparkPost Momentum Award.
Reduced on-boarding and off-boarding complexity by deploying Okta SSO, simplifying secure access to company applications and improving user experience.
Strengthened security with DUO MFA across Okta, LastPass, OpenVPN, Slack, Google G Suite, and AWS.
Reduced onsite infrastructure by migrating dozens of physical and virtual systems to AWS EC2 instances.
Enabled SOC2 and Capital One audit success by completing IT and security evidence requests and supporting onsite security reviews with CoalFire and Capital One.

CyberPoint; Baltimore, MD - Jun 2010 - March 2012

Principal Systems Integration Specialist

Supported 100 users in 3 offices by directing a 4-person IT team and providing reliable technology support for traveling employees and distributed operations.
Improved development agility by designing complex VMware environments spanning Windows, Red Hat, CentOS, Ubuntu, and OpenBSD with flexible VPN and VLAN configurations.
Accelerated system deployment by creating VMware templates that standardized and simplified provisioning of developer environments across diverse operating systems.
Protected production resources by configuring vCenter Resource Pools that enabled developers to provision virtual machines independently without affecting operational workloads.
Strengthened infrastructure reliability by administering Dell M1000 chassis with ESX, vCenter, EqualLogic, and EMC SAN environments supporting enterprise operations.
Secured corporate and customer networks by administering multiple Windows 2003 and 2008 domains while maintaining distinct environments and access controls.

SPARTA; Columbia, MD - May 2009 - May 2010

Principal Systems Engineer

Wrote Perl/Bash scripts and small C programs to integrate SPARTA software into customer systems.

RABA; Columbia, MD - April 2007 - May 2009

IT Manager

Managed IT systems, network and physical security, and staff for secure customer spaces in RABA offices.

Epok; Bethesda, MD - Sep 2003 - April 2007

IT Manager

Managed IT systems, network and physical security, and staff for software development company.

OpenBSD; Sep 2007 - March 2014

Developer

Ported third-party software to OpenBSD, patching source code (often C), configure scripts and Makefiles.
Managed bulk builds of 6000 Alpha Platform packages.

OpenBSD Journal; March 2007 - Nov 2010

Editor

Wrote and published news and articles about OpenBSD for the Journal.
Edited articles contributed by others before publication.

EDUCATION

University of Maryland, University College - Jan 2007 - Dec 2009

Bachelor of Science; Computer Information Technology

CERTIFICATIONS

Splunk Core Certified Power User • Splunk Core Certified User • Cisco Certified Network Associate/CCNA 2.0 • Microsoft Certified Professional 2000 • Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer/MCSE 4.0

AWARDS

FDA CISO Challenge Coin • SparkPost Quarterly Momentum Award