Summary
Brandon Rennolds is a systems engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience delivering secure, automated IT operations for mid-to-large organizations. He specializes in Microsoft 365 security tooling, endpoint management, and identity consolidation, having cut onboarding time in half and reduced helpdesk volume by over a third through standardization and automation. At DefenseStorm he led SOC 2 Type II audit readiness, automated evidence collection and onboarding with PowerShell and Power Automate, and implemented SSO to streamline access controls. Comfortable bridging technical and business stakeholders, he has guided migrations, VDI projects, and cloud tenant moves while mentoring junior staff. Based in Hiram, Georgia, he pairs a software development education with deep cybersecurity fundamentals and programs as a hobby, bringing a developer’s mindset to operational problem solving.
11 years of coding experience
Software Development, Software Development at Western Governors University
Cyber Security, Cyber Security at Kennesaw State University