IAM Engineer · Identity & Access Specialist
5 years designing and implementing secure identity solutions across Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, and Active Directory. I translate complex IAM challenges into clean, automated, auditable outcomes.
I'm an IAM Engineer based in Fayetteville, NC, focused on building identity infrastructure that scales securely. My background spans hybrid AD environments, cloud-native identity platforms, and the automation that ties them together.
Beyond my day-to-day work, I document real production scenarios in my homelab — not how-to guides, but case studies structured around actual business problems, constraints, and measurable outcomes. This site is where that work lives publicly.
I built ID Sentinel Solutions as a professional brand to house my labs, writing, and eventually consulting work as my career grows in the identity space.
Real-world IAM problems simulated in a homelab — each structured as a production case study with business context, solution design, scripts, and documented outcomes. Not how-to guides.
Legacy protocols bypassing MFA controls org-wide. Blocked using Conditional Access sign-in risk policies.
Audit revealed stale users retaining access post-offboarding. Remediated with Graph API + PowerShell automation.
Executive mandate to implement Zero Trust for a 1,000-person org. Deployed CA policies, PIM, and Terraform.
Built automated identity risk reporting pipeline using Graph API with OAuth2 client credentials flow.
Standardized P1/P2 response procedures for Identity Protection alerts, mapped to NIST IR and SOC 2.
Built secure, branded customer login with social federation, MFA, and JWT-protected API endpoints.
Overprivileged AWS roles increasing lateral movement risk. Remediated with Access Analyzer and SCPs.
Structured learning environments covering IAM fundamentals and Microsoft 365 security — the foundation behind the production scenarios above.
Hands-on modules covering Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, on-prem Active Directory, and federation protocols including SAML, SCIM, OAuth 2.0, and OIDC.
Hands-on labs covering Microsoft Purview, Defender for Cloud Apps, and Intune — focused on identity protection, data governance, and device management.
Whether you're hiring for an IAM role, want to talk identity architecture, or just want to connect — I'm always open to a conversation.