Summary
Russell Dwyer is a Cloud Security Engineer with a decade of hands-on experience building and hardening cloud and network infrastructures across enterprise and research environments. He has held roles from Linux system engineering and DevOps for autonomous vehicle labs to network and cloud security positions at semiconductor and travel companies, giving him a practical blend of on-prem and cloud defensive controls. Russell is experienced with Palo Alto firewalls, DLP, container tooling, CI/CD systems, and automation via Bash and DevOps pipelines, and he translates operational problems into reliable, repeatable security solutions. Known for bridging support, engineering, and architecture teams, he’s comfortable both debugging low-level Linux issues and designing higher-level cloud security posture. Outside the typical resume, he’s supported high-performance storage and lab operations for self-driving research, reflecting an ability to secure cutting-edge, resource-intensive systems.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Washtenaw Community College
Michigan State University
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