MichaelAnderson

Lead Systems Engineer

• Lead engineer for a fully air-gapped enterprise network spanning multiple U.S. sites, covering identity, DNS, virtualization, storage and monitoring.
• Lead integrator for complex Linux-based mission systems delivered to U.S. government customers, with system designs derived from customer requirements.
• Integration and test lead for onboard missile control systems.
• Install and configure Cisco, Juniper, FortiGate, Dell and HP network and compute equipment, and run VMware, XCP-ng, XenServer, Proxmox and KVM hypervisors alongside Docker-based applications and clusters.
• Harden systems to NIST, CIS and DISA STIG and SRG controls, and support RMF accreditation with ACAS and SCC scanning.
• Run a four-server FreeIPA multi-master topology with integrated BIND DNS, and introduced Ansible automation and offline package mirroring so every site builds, patches and recovers the same way.
• Subject matter expert on secure network infrastructure who trains and mentors other engineers, and leads initiatives in visualization, AI and machine learning, cloud integration and secure communications.

Anderson Computer

• Deliver network, server, security and Google Workspace solutions for small businesses across Florida.
• Build private AI deployments and agent automation for clients who want AI without sending data to the cloud.
• Hire, onboard and direct remote system administrators with structured ramp-up plans.

Infrastructure Team

• Set the team's engineering standard: air-gap-first design, version-numbered packaging, and documentation shipped with every tool.
• Built internal tools including a FreeIPA web console, an Ansible automation hub, a diagnostic toolbox and offline install kits for GitLab and LibreNMS.

Network Planning Engineer

• Communication systems lead for an international program based in the United Arab Emirates.
• Subsystem lead engineer for four subsystems in the Initial Operational Capability phase, designing the network to customer requirements.
• Prepared and delivered Preliminary and Critical Design Review (PDR/CDR) packages, and supported Full Operational Capability and maritime proposals.
• Wrote the waveform description for a proposed nuclear-hardened waveform research effort, and supported integration and test of the TNW-75 waveform.

Information Technology Manager

• Led the IT department: staff, network infrastructure, software development, support and training.
• Owned information security, backup and recovery, vendor contracts, purchasing and the IT budget.
• Served as the liaison between IT and the business, turning business goals into IT deliverables.

Lead Applications Engineer

• Supported more than $44 million in FY15 airborne radio sales through customer demonstrations and support.
• Built a trusted relationship with U.S. Army Special Forces, who requested me by name during equipment qualification.
• Primary integration contact for prime contractors including Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman.
• Selected as group leader and supervisor for all applications engineers in the division, and ranked top of my peer group in the FY15 review.
• Process improvements cut tasks that took days or weeks down to hours.

Infrastructure Engineer

• Designed a new multi-site network on Cisco 3850 switching with a 10 Gb fiber backbone.
• Ran the IT side of a full company relocation and moved the server fleet to Windows Server 2012.
• Managed XenServer and VMware, SNMP monitoring, SCCM and SonicWall firewalls, and was lead architect on an Android tablet project for customer sites.

Systems Engineer III / System Administrator III

• Supported secure wireless networks that integrate Cisco systems with military radio systems.
• Managed VMware environments hosting more than 650 virtual machines across multiple sites, plus Citrix XenApp farms.
• Planned OS and application patching across more than 1,200 servers worldwide.

Senior Systems Engineer, FEMA contract

• Managed development, test and production servers for FEMA in Hanover, MD and the DHS DC2 data center.
• Led security initiatives across both data centers and managed Juniper firewalls and more than 300 TB of EMC SAN storage.

Manager of Technology Operations & Resources

• Ran IT for 1,300 workstations, 50 servers, 950 staff and 2,400 students, and wrote and carried out the technology plan and budget.
• Designed and deployed a Cisco VoIP system with more than 700 endpoints for 950 users, replacing a legacy PBX.
• Built a virtual data center on VMware and Hyper-V, plus the Active Directory forest, Exchange, SharePoint and a fiber WAN linking every location.
• Ran IP video conferencing and distance learning, and served on statewide technology and distance-learning committees.

Senior Network Engineer

Lead troubleshooter in professional services. Installed Bay and Cisco networks and Novell servers for businesses, law firms and schools across Western New York.

Chief Information Systems Technician, U.S. Navy (Retired)

• Information Security Officer and Electronic Key Management System (EKMS) manager, responsible for COMSEC and controlled cryptographic items, after graduating from EKMS Manager school as an honor student.
• Led more than 65 Operations Department personnel and maintained C4I, battle management and HF, VHF, UHF and SATCOM systems.
• Awarded five Navy Achievement Medals. One, along with Sailor of the Quarter, came in 1991 as acting supervisor of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Repair Branch, raising its Ready-For-Issue rate to 95% against a 78% goal.
• Brought every ASW test bench at NAF Misawa, Japan back online during a 1987 deployment, giving the squadron 100% ASW support.
• On active duty, served as avionics technician, work center supervisor, designated Quality Assurance Representative for all P-3C systems, and Navy-qualified instructor who trained more than 300 selected reservists.

Where it started

Started coding in BASIC on an Atari 600XL, moved to the CP/M operating system on a TRS-80 Model II, and was working in IT before the decade was out.