William Cawthra

William Cawthra has a range of work experience in the field of IT infrastructure and operations. William has held various roles including Director of DevOps, Principal Cloud Infrastructure Architect, Director of Systems Engineering, Senior DevOps Engineer, DevOps Engineer/IT Engineer, Senior Systems Engineer, Lead Engineer - Systems, Senior System Engineer, and Principal Engineer. Throughout their career, they have worked for companies such as BigBear.ai, CyberPoint International, Narrative Company, PokitDok, PivotPoint Risk Analytics, General Dynamics AIS, G-2 Inc, and Lobar Associates Inc. William'sresponsibilities have included designing, deploying, managing, and automating cloud infrastructure, building and maintaining systems in Google Cloud and AWS, managing IT infrastructure teams, and providing technical expertise and mentorship. William has experience with various technologies and tools such as AWS, Ansible, Docker, NGINX, Tomcat, VMware, Cisco switches and firewalls, and Windows Server.

William Cawthra received a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Electrical Engineering from Penn State University, where they studied from 1996 to 2001. Additionally, they have obtained multiple certifications, including CompTIA Security+, GIAC Securing Windows with the Critical Security Controls (GCWN), Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA), GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA), GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN), GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH), GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA), GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC), and CISSP.