Richard Cassara
Cloud Infrastructure Engineer at Cisco
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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Top SchoolRichard Cassara is a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer with over 13 years of focused experience and more than 20 years solving complex systems, network, database, and cloud challenges. He blends hands-on administration and short-stack development (Python, PowerShell, Bash) to automate operations, integrate acquisitions, and secure AWS and corporate environments. At Cisco and prior roles at Consumers Energy and DELTA Resources he designed and deployed security tooling, authored custom integrations, and trained operations teams to sustain production systems. Comfortable working independently or in Agile/Scrum teams, he emphasizes pragmatic balance between strong security and user-friendly systems. Richard also creates and presents original security material at local conferences, reflecting a commitment to continuous learning and community knowledge-sharing. Based in Ann Arbor, he pairs deep operational craft with a habit of turning edge-case technical problems into repeatable, documented solutions.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
MicroMasters - RITx, Cybersecurity, 97%, MicroMasters - RITx, Cybersecurity, 97% at edXBachelor's, Bachelor's at University of Rochester
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Github Skills (5)
powershell-module9
powershell6
maintenance4
security3
windows2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
PoshSec/PoshSec
May 2013 - Mar 2015
Contributions:20 commits in 1 year 10 months
powershellpowershell-module
PoshSec/PoshSecFramework
Sep 2013 - Oct 2013
A framework for PowerShell and PoshSec scripts for network management, security, and maintenance.
Contributions:3 commits in 1 month
network-managementwindowspowershellsecurityps1
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