Summary
Rehan Ishrat is a Sr. Principal System Engineer with over 27 years of IT and infrastructure experience and more than a decade in senior systems roles, currently leading product and systems engineering at RTX Collins in San Diego. He specializes in datacenter and enterprise infrastructure architecture, RMF-driven security controls, and delivering ATO-ready solutions for DoD and Space Force customers, holding an active TS/SCI with CI Poly and DoD SCI. Rehan has a track record of improving deployment and configuration pipelines, closing technical gaps that reduced cost and risk, and earning award fees through successful program delivery. He blends hands-on storage, network and virtualization expertise (NetApp, VMware, Juniper) with product ownership and cross-functional leadership across Network, Compute, Storage, Cyber, and DevOps teams. Unusually for someone at this level, he pairs deep field engineering experience—from assembling HP blade farms to leading mission-critical 24x7 operations—with advanced security training (MS Security Engineering) and CCIE/CCNA certifications.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at Preston University
Master of Science - MS Security Engineering., Master of Science - MS Security Engineering. at Southern Methodist University
Certification CCIE R&S Written, Certification CCIE R&S Written at Cisco
English, Urdu