Senior Cybersecurity Architect with 20+ years of experience designing zero-trust frameworks, cloud security solutions, and compliance-driven infrastructure for Fortune 500 enterprises.
I am Jermaine Ragsdale — a CISSP and AWS Solutions Architect who transforms complex compliance requirements into elegant, automated security solutions. My career spans Cisco, Truist, Fiserv, and Verizon, where I have led zero-trust implementations, cloud migrations, and regulatory compliance programs across Azure and AWS.
Beyond enterprise security, I am a passionate developer building algorithmic trading systems, Pine Script indicators rooted in ICT methodology, and full-stack cloud projects. I believe security should be invisible, automated, and uncompromising.
Designing and implementing enterprise-grade security across multi-cloud environments with zero-trust principles and defense-in-depth strategies.
Translating regulatory requirements into automated controls and continuous monitoring for financial services and federal environments.
Automating cloud infrastructure with declarative templates, policy-as-code, and CI/CD pipelines for immutable deployments.
End-to-end development from serverless backends to responsive frontends, with emphasis on secure coding practices and clean architecture.
Implementing security monitoring, incident response workflows, and threat intelligence feeds to detect and neutralize advanced threats.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop security blueprints and identify risks across enterprise systems. Assessed architecture vulnerabilities and defined security controls to strengthen Truist's cloud and infrastructure posture.
Led annual DevOps security enhancements and championed secure development lifecycle adoption across 80+ teams, achieving 90% compliance with enterprise architecture guidelines. Mentored development teams in prioritizing security hardening, reducing vulnerabilities by 70%.
Designed enterprise cloud architecture leveraging AWS Security Hub, Macie, and GuardDuty, reducing threat detection time by 50%. Ensured 100% compliance with NIST CSF, FedRAMP, and PCI-DSS, reducing cloud misconfigurations by 45%.
Guided security engineering teams in encryption strategies securing 100TB+ of sensitive data. Led enterprise-wide compliance ensuring 100% alignment with NIST, FedRAMP, ISO 27001/27002, PCI-DSS, and HIPAA standards.
Spearheaded security infrastructure efforts contributing to 99.999% uptime, securing Verizon's #1 J.D. Power ranking for reliability in 2015. Prioritized high availability and disaster recovery across video network infrastructure.
Serverless secure file upload system with automated malware scanning using AWS Lambda, S3, and ClamAV. Includes quarantine workflows and clean file promotion with full audit logging.
Secure Azure hub-and-spoke network architecture with Azure Firewall and network segmentation. Full Terraform IaC for enterprise-grade network isolation.
Infrastructure policy enforcement with Open Policy Agent preventing security misconfigurations in cloud deployments. Policy-as-code for automated compliance.
Immutable financial audit trail with blockchain-style integrity verification using AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, and S3. Tamper detection and compliance reporting for financial services.
Zero-trust Azure application using Managed Identity and Key Vault — no hardcoded secrets. Built with Bicep IaC for fully automated, secure deployments.
Automated PII detection and redaction for GDPR/CCPA compliance using AWS Comprehend and Lambda. Terraform-managed infrastructure for data privacy at scale.
Information Systems Management
University of Southampton
CISSP — (ISC)²
SAA-C03 — Amazon Web Services
AIF-C01 — Amazon Web Services
GCLD — SANS / GIAC
ITILF — AXELOS / EXIN