Troy Ward
Solutions Engineering Manager - National Defense Programs
Ilchester, Maryland, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTroy Ward is a seasoned solutions engineering manager focused on National Defense programs with over 25 years of hands-on DOD experience and a strong background in networking, cyber operations, and security engineering. He has led large, mission-critical teams and programs—managing multi-million dollar budgets and $100M+ annual revenue contracts—while delivering automation-driven efficiency gains and new products that generated significant first-year sales. Comfortable briefing flag officers and collaborating with OEMs and USCYBERCOM, he blends technical depth (Linux, AWS, Ansible, Terraform, Python) with product ownership and agile delivery. An active communicator and educator, he runs a widely read defense tech blog and has taught cyber forensics to hundreds of students, revealing a commitment to knowledge-sharing beyond his operational duties.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors Information Systems Management, Bachelors Information Systems Management at University of Maryland Global CampusMaster's degree Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, Master's degree Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance at Norwich University
English
Github Skills (62)
python10
php-fpm10
zabbix10
automation10
ansible10
heroku10
mongodb10
flask10
devops10
ssh10
matplotlib9
pandas9
network-configuration9
infrastructure-as-code9
pace8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
StreisandVPN/streisand
Feb 2022 - May 2022
Contributions:19 commits, 10 pushes, 2 branches in 2 months
pyrodie18/AdventOfCode
Dec 2021 - Dec 2024
Contributions:45 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
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