I am a seasoned, innovative IT Professional who loves to solve technical challenges

I have been involved in many projects in my professional career, volunteer positions, and even at home. The areas I know most about include:

  • Cybersecurity
  • Identity & Access Management (IAM)
  • Software Development
  • Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
  • Business Process Modeling
  • CAD
  • Digital Electronics
  • Amateur Radio
  • IoT and Home Automation

I am always interested in hearing from fellow technologists, so please reach out to me at contact (at) brandonlrogers.com.

Online Presence

You can usually find me on the following major social platforms:

Skills and Qualifications

Languages: Java, .NET, PHP, C#, Python, SQL, R, Perl, Shell (bash), JavaScript, VueJS, Angular, HTML5, CSS

System Administration: Linux (Red Hat, SUSE/openSUSE, Debian-derivatives), Windows

Technologies: Identity & Access Management, GitHub, Azure Dev Ops, SailPoint, UIPath, Celonis, SQL / noSQL Databases (mariadb, mysql, postgres, MSSQL, MongoDB, redis), Web Services (Apache / IIS / nginx), Containers (Docker, Kubic, k8s), Azure, AWS

Ways of Working: Agile Principles & Practices, Scrum Framework, Business Process Automation

Other Skills

Technical Leadership

Data & Analytics

Process Mining

Interpersonal Communication

Conflict Resolution

Robotic Process Automation

AI/Machine Learning

Intelligent OCR

Citizen Technologies

Immersive Technologies

Modern Architecture

Platform Automation

Data & Storage Systems

CMS & Web Platforms

Enterprise Content Management

Experience

ExxonMobil, 2005 - Present

Senior Principal Enterprise Architect, IAM | 2021 - Present

Providing strategy and roadmaps for the Corporate Identity and Access Management (IAM) capability:
- Implementing, designing, organizing progress of IGA, Authorization, Authentication, and Privileged Access
- Modernizing IAM capability to leverage cloud / distributed workflows and workforce
- Exploring, evaluating, and implementing breaking technology in business settings, such as Distributed Identity (DID) / Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI)

Program Manager, Cloud Solutions Architecture | 2021

Leading the Modern Application organization at ExxonMobil and enabling business/service lines in the proper architecture and design of modern applications:
- Coordinate and prioritized work for Cloud Solution Architecture (CSA) team. Coached and mentored CSAs.
- Architected and designed solutions built on IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS and leverage technologies such as containers, Azure, AWS, GCP, on-premise/private clouds, and others.

Enterprise Application Architect | 2020 - 2021

IT Architect for the Technical Services / Applications division, in charge of providing large-scale, shared, global platforms and services to our business lines and capabilities.

Supported platforms include:
- Robotic Process Automation
- Immersive Technology
- Data & Storage platforms
- Integration and Automation platforms
- Web Content services
- Enterprise Content Management

Program Manager, Hyper-automation & Chat Bots | 2017 - 2020

Led a team to introduce RPA / hyper-automation to the corporation and establish an innovative Community of Practice for RPA.

Built and deployed Intelligent Process Automation tools, Conversational Interfaces, Cognitive Services and Process Mining.

Application Design Lead (Solutions Architect), IAM | 2015 - 2017

- Designed/architected applications in the Identity & Access Management (IAM) area, including applications for privileged ID management, general access management (certification, review, and compliance), role-based access deployment, and identity tracking / consolidation services
- Designed Identity Provider solution to allow modern authentication schemes
- Developed code samples and provided training on how to incorporate modern authentication (OID Connect, OAuth, SAML) into existing applications with deprecated authentication systems
- Led a group of 15 technical experts and developers to enhance and deploy IAM-related processes and tools.

Supervisor, Identity & Access Management (IAM) | 2013 - 2015

Supervisor over a team of up to 15 individuals responsible for the coordination and delivery of projects to the EMIT Application Support Team.
- Led the adoption of agile methodologies for IAM development.
- Key contact over Vendor Relationships and Management
Interface and coordination with Project Management Office to coordinate technology investment in the IAM domain

Technology Program Manager | 2011 - 2013

Stewarded and coordinated the Technology Evaluation Program, executing proof of concept activities to evaluate new technologies and services:
- Led the financial planning and reporting of the IT Architecture organization and its $10M budget to complete evaluation and design work in order to bring new technology into the business. Additionally, I stewarded the Technology Program and provided regular updates to IT Executives, including the IT management team.
- Led the Proof-of-Concept Community of Practice (PoC CoP), a group dedicated to creating best practices for technology evaluation and adoption.

Team Lead, UNIX/Linux Operations | 2009 - 2011

Team leader for 6-10 Unix Administrators located in the Buenos Aires and Budapest
- Ensured a successful lead-the-sun support for over 1000 servers
- Worked with direct reports to accomplish goals and tasks associated with project deadlines, and to improve personal effectiveness and job performance.
- Completed several projects, including:
- Staffing harmonization to transition regional teams into global "lead the sun" support team.
- Improved Training Program in international affiliates
- Led Business Continuity plan activities, including table-top tests and verification programs

System Engineer / Administrator, UNIX/Linux Operations | 2005 - 2009

Provided Technical Support to Unix System Administrators for the Scientific Computing services. Acted as alLead to several projects and was responsible for proper implementation of hardware changes to Scientific Computing infrastructure.

Western Wats, 2002 - 2005

Web Developer | 2002 -2005

Developed custom web applications which utilized asynchronous web calls to dynamically generate reports with a responsive user interface. The web apps were developed in PHP/mySQL and used AJAX calls to improve the user experience.

Certifications and Publications

CISSP Certified, ISC2, May 2023

Microsoft Certified Professional, Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

Re-imaging Computers for Multi-Purpose Labs.  Computers in Education Journal, Vol. XV, No. 3, July - September 2005

IT security education is enhanced by analyzing Honeynet data.  6th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training, 2005., July 2005, Page(s): F3D/10 - F3D/14

Safely train security engineers regarding the dangers presented by denial of service attacks.  Conference On Information Technology Education, Session Security II, 2004

Performance Testing and Analysis of Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Databases.  ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Session 1332, 2004.

Load Testing and Analysis of Email Services. ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Session 1532, 2004.

Volunteer Activities

Technology Specialist | April 2020 - Present

Leading Solutions Architecture for technology and application needs for local church congregation of over 2500 individuals

Developed hardware and software for a PTZ camera controller operating on the Visca Over IP protocol

Developed audio-visual production automations to enhance capabilities of broadcasts during COVID-19 lockdowns

Designed and implemented SMS Q&A tool to allow webinar attendees to submit questions via text to be immediately received by the presenter. (PHP)