Senior Cybersecurity Architect with 20+ years of experience designing zero-trust frameworks, cloud security solutions, and compliance-driven infrastructure for Fortune 500 enterprises.
I'm Jermaine Ragsdale — a CISSP and AWS Solutions Architect certified architect who transforms complex compliance requirements into elegant, automated security solutions. My career spans Cisco, Truist, Fiserv, and Verizon, where I've led zero-trust implementations, cloud migrations, and regulatory compliance programs across Azure and AWS.
Beyond enterprise security, I'm 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.
Building automated trading systems with real-time execution, API integrations, and custom indicators using ICT methodology.
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.
Real-time options execution system connecting TradingView alerts to Schwab via AWS Lambda with ~149ms latency, OAuth rotation, and safety controls.
Advanced Pine Script indicators featuring displacement candle detection, FVG analysis, strength classification (L1–L4), combo markers, and stats dashboards.
AWS-based audit logging with blockchain-style hash chaining, tamper detection, and compliance reporting for financial services environments.
AWS S3-based file upload system with automated malware scanning, quarantine workflows, and clean file promotion with full audit logging.
Designing zero-trust architectures and leading cloud security initiatives across AWS and Azure. Implementing IaC-driven compliance automation for SOX, PCI-DSS, and FedRAMP frameworks.
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.
Information Systems Management
University of Southampton
Certified Information Systems Security Professional — (ISC)²
Cert #706351 · Certified since 2019
SAA-C03 — Amazon Web Services
Validation #TM6ZH6D22M1419C7 · Expires Jan 2028
AIF-C01 — Amazon Web Services
GCLD — SANS / GIAC
ITILF — AXELOS / EXIN
Cert #6044767.20678666 · Issued Jul 2017
jermaine.ragsdale@gmail.com
Marietta, GA — Available Remote