Sam Kryder

Background

About Sam Kryder

Cloud Architect/Cloud Security Architect with extensive technology background driving continuous improvement in corporate, startup, consulting, education and government environments. 15 years architecting + administering Enterprise infrastructure for Citrix's 10K+ global employees: • Public Cloud IaaS/PaaS/SaaS: Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services • Security: Zero Trust with iBoss SASE + Azure AD (Entra) Conditional Access, PIM, Microsoft Threat Modeling, Cloud Security Posture with Microsoft Defender for Cloud, logging with Azure Monitor/CloudTrail/Splunk, Azure Policy + Group Policy, WAF + NSG firewall, vulnerability assessments with Qualys/Synk/CIS/Kali/NMAP • Identity: Azure AD (Entra), AWS IAM, OKTA SSO federation, Active Directory • Orchestration/Pipeline: Terraform/Ansible/ARM/Cloudformation, AKS, Azure DevOps, Jenkins • AI/Machine Learning: Azure AI Services, Microsoft Copilot AI, ChatGPT • Code: Powershell, Python, C#, PHP, SQL, REST API, Bitbucket/GitHub, Jira, Confluence, UML, Visual Studio • Webserver: Azure AppService, Functions, Eventhub, FrontDoor, CDN, IIS, Apache webserver • Compute: Docker/AKS, VM scalesets,Citrix Virtual Apps/Desktops (XenApp,XenDesktop), XenServer, Hyper-V • Storage/Database: Azure blob/AWS S3 object storage, Azure SQL/AWS RDS/CosmosDB/Aurora, database schema design + SSIS, Netapp, EMC, Compellent (SAN iSCSI LUN’s, NAS CIFS/NFS Shares) • Network: Peering VNET/VPC + DirectConnect/ExpressRoute, Netscaler/Azure/AWS load balancers, VPN/DNS/DHCP/Firewall administration, WAF, Wireshark + Burp packet analysis • Operating Systems: Windows Server Linux Server RHEL/Ubuntu, MacOS Technical + Business Writing Experience: Mapping customer project requirements to IT solutions, developing IT policies and best practices, liaison for vendor purchase and integration decisions Lead Public Cloud training for internal customers and operator teams Industry Certifications: Architecting Azure Solutions, Architecting AWS Solutions, Azure AI Fundamentals, Azure Security Technologies, MCSA Windows Server 2016/2012/2008, MCSE + Exchange Professional Training: Architecting Microsoft Azure + Amazon Web Services, Azure DevOps Solutions, Azure AI Fundamentals, Administering Active Directory + Linux Server, Netapp storage, Xenapp virtualization, Powershell automation, SQL Database design + programming, Cybersecurity, IT management