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Expertise

Technical Skillsets

A comprehensive overview of expertise across cloud infrastructure, security, and enterprise IT solutions developed over 23+ years

Mark Darland Spanning Tree Protocol
AWS Cloud Architecture & Services
  • •Amazon S3 for scalable object storage and data lakes
  • •Amazon RDS for managed relational databases
  • •Amazon EC2 instance management and optimization
  • •AWS CloudWatch for monitoring and observability
  • •AWS CloudTrail for audit logging and compliance
  • •Amazon CloudFront for global content delivery
  • •Route 53 for DNS management and traffic routing
  • •AWS IAM for identity and access management
Mark Darland Data And Network Federation
AWS Backup & Disaster Recovery
  • •AWS Backup service configuration and automation
  • •Cross-region and cross-account backup strategies
  • •Disaster recovery planning and implementation
  • •Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO) optimization
  • •Backup lifecycle policies and retention management
  • •AWS DataSync for data migration and replication
  • •Amazon S3 versioning and lifecycle policies
  • •Automated backup testing and validation
Mark Darland Amazon Inspector
Cloud Security & Compliance
  • •Amazon Inspector for automated security assessments
  • •AWS Security Hub for centralized security management
  • •AWS GuardDuty for threat detection
  • •IAM policies and role-based access control
  • •Security group and NACL configuration
  • •AWS WAF for web application protection
  • •Compliance frameworks (CIS Level 2, OWASP, CSA STAR)
  • •Advanced encryption (Elliptic Curve, RSA)
Mark Darland Amazon Web Services Network Firewall
Network Infrastructure & Security
  • •AWS Network Firewall deployment and management
  • •VPC design and segmentation strategies
  • •Direct Connect and VPN configuration
  • •Transit Gateway for multi-VPC connectivity
  • •DNSSEC implementation for DNS security
  • •Elastic Load Balancing configuration
  • •Network traffic inspection and filtering
  • •Content Delivery Networks (CDN) optimization
Mark Darland Network Flow Diagrams
Database Management & Migration
  • •Oracle 12c database administration
  • •MS SQL Server 2017/2014 management
  • •MySQL 8 deployment and optimization
  • •Database migrations across platforms
  • •SQL tuning and performance optimization
  • •Database backup and recovery strategies
  • •Replication and high availability setup
  • •Query optimization and indexing strategies
Mark Darland Linux System Security Services
System Administration
  • •Windows Server 2022/2025 administration
  • •RedHat Linux 9 system management
  • •IIS 10.5 web server configuration
  • •Tomcat 9.0 application server setup
  • •Apache Web Server deployment
  • •System hardening and security configuration
  • •Log management and analysis
  • •Automation scripting (PowerShell, Bash)
Mark Darland Terraform
Application Development & DevOps
  • •AWS Java SDK for cloud integration
  • •AWS Microsoft .NET SDK development
  • •PL/SQL database programming
  • •XML, C#, and PowerShell scripting
  • •Ansible for configuration management
  • •Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices
  • •CI/CD pipeline implementation
  • •Containerization and orchestration
Mark Darland System For Cross Domain Identity Management
Threat Management & Monitoring
  • •Elasticsearch integration for log analysis
  • •Syslog-NG for centralized logging
  • •Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
  • •Threat detection and incident response
  • •Anomaly detection and alerting
  • •Security audit and compliance reporting
  • •Vulnerability scanning and remediation
  • •Real-time monitoring and dashboards
Mark Darland Software Defined Wide Area Network
Network Protocols & Architecture
  • •Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) configuration
  • •First Hop Redundancy Protocol (FHRP)
  • •Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN)
  • •Network screened subnet design
  • •System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM)
  • •Multi-AZ and multi-region architectures
  • •Zero Trust network architecture
  • •Network segmentation and isolation
Mark Darland Industrial Control Systems
Industrial Control Systems & IoT
  • •SCADA system security hardening
  • •ICS/OT network segmentation
  • •Industrial protocol security (Modbus, DNP3)
  • •Critical infrastructure protection
  • •IoT device security and management
  • •Edge computing security implementations
  • •Operational Technology (OT) risk assessment
  • •Real-time monitoring and control systems