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Independent IT & Cybersecurity Consultant

Contract · Miami, Florida, United States (Hybrid) · June 2025 — Present

Long-term technology consulting practice serving small and medium businesses across infrastructure, security, cloud, and automation — 9+ years with multiple active clients.

Networks & Structured Cabling

  • Designed and installed Cat5e/Cat6 structured cabling for office and residential environments: patch panels, switches, wall plates, and network drops.
  • Configured managed switches, VLANs, wireless access points, and PoE devices for multi-room deployments.

Security & Networking

  • Deployed and hardened perimeter firewalls, site-to-site VPN, and network segmentation for SMB clients.
  • Conducted security assessments and remediated misconfigurations across cloud and on-premise environments.

Cloud & DevOps

  • Migrated client workloads to AWS and GCP; implemented IaC, CI/CD pipelines, and automated deployments.
  • Established cloud cost governance and security baselines for clients transitioning from on-premise.

Smart Home & Space Automation

  • Designed and deployed smart home and office automation: smart switches, lighting control, connected devices, and integrated network infrastructure.
  • Configured remote monitoring and management for automated spaces.

Automation & Development

  • Built Python/Bash automation scripts for monitoring, maintenance, backups, and operational tasks.
  • Developed websites and web applications for SMB clients using modern frameworks.

Skills

AWS GCP Network Security Firewalls VPN Infrastructure as Code CI/CD Python Bash Structured Cabling VLANs Cloud Cost Governance