Summary
Julian Engel is an experienced Information Technology Consultant based in the San Francisco Bay Area with over a decade focused on infrastructure, virtualization, and cybersecurity. He has led enterprise-grade projects around VMware vSphere, HPE Nimble storage, and VEEAM backup, while administering complex Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Intune and Defender for Endpoint environments. Julian brings hands-on network and security expertise—designing IDS/IPS, MFA/SSO, and firewall solutions (Cisco, Fortinet) and managing FortiClient EMS at scale—to reduce incidents and harden operations. He combines systems administration across Windows and Linux with practical disaster recovery, policy development, and project management experience. Notably, his career spans both consultancy and in-house roles where he built DR plans and implemented SOC2-aligned controls that materially improved uptime and compliance. He aims to translate deep operational knowledge into efficient, secure, and auditable IT platforms for growing organizations.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Undergraduate Studies, Undergraduate Studies at Orange Coast College
Psychology, Business, Psychology, Business at College of Marin
Network Systems Administration Program, Network Systems Administration Program at Silicon Valley College