Summary
Carlos Puente is a security-focused cloud engineer with nine years of IT experience, currently working in Azure cybersecurity and IAM at Truveta with hands-on rotations in red team operations and cloud infrastructure. He has a proven track record improving reliability and uptime—having driven ~30% efficiency gains on Cisco networking at NOAA and maintained 99.9% VMware server uptime while eliminating 100% of critical Nessus vulnerabilities. Prior roles in tiered service desks honed his end-user empathy and incident response, where he consistently outperformed peers in ticket resolution and streamlined SOC handoffs using Defender and Microsoft 365 tooling. Comfortable across cloud migrations, AD/Entra ID, Intune, and VDI environments, he blends operational rigor with practical security controls. Based in Seattle, he pairs technical depth from a Cybersecurity degree with a background in psychology, giving him an unusual edge in user-focused security and communication.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Delaware Military Academy
Bachelor's in Psychology Minor in Neuroscience, Bachelor's in Psychology Minor in Neuroscience at University of Delaware
Bachelor's in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance, Bachelor's in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance at Western Governors University