Greg Watson
Greg Watson

DevSecOps Architect

Open to offers · Member since 7 Nov 2026
Location
Union, United States
Desired salary
Unspecified
Work preference
On-site / Full Time, Part Time, Contract, Temporary
Experience level
Senior

About

Professional summary

I am a senior cloud, security, and DevSecOps architect with extensive experience designing secure, scalable enterprise solutions across multi-cloud environments. My background includes AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and Alibaba Cloud.

I lead engineering teams through cloud modernization, security architecture, data platform design, and AI/ML solution delivery. I translate business, regulatory, and operational requirements into practical architecture roadmaps, implementation standards, and secure technical solutions.

I specialize in cloud security, Zero Trust, Policy-as-Code, CI/CD security automation, vulnerability management, identity and entitlement management, application protection, and security compliance. I have supported environments aligned with SOX, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, GDPR, NIST, FISMA, HITRUST, FedRAMP, and other governance frameworks.

I have architected data pipelines, data lakes, warehouses, lakehouses, distributed systems, and cloud migration programs. I also bring hands-on architecture leadership for GenAI, LLMOps, MLOps, retrieval-augmented generation, vector search, agentic AI, and enterprise AI governance.

My experience spans consulting and enterprise organizations in automotive, retail, healthcare, utilities, financial services, manufacturing, and technology. I am effective in client-facing discovery, pre-sales architecture, technical leadership, mentoring, risk assessment, and delivering secure solutions from strategy through implementation.

Skills

60 capabilities

Tech stack & tools

Working toolkit

Application Hosting

Development

Marketing and Sales Tools

Experience

Career history

DevSecOps Architect Subaru of Indiana Automotive

Lead engineering teams in deploying enterprise DevSecOps strategies, AI-assisted security pipelines, automated guardrails, and Policy-as-Code controls across multi-tenant cloud environments. Establish Zero Trust-aligned compliance controls and standardized pull request, continuous integration testing, rollback, web ownership, and application deployment practices.

Guide implementation of SAST, DAST, IAST, RASP, dependency checking, secret detection, vulnerability auto-remediation, and cybersecurity mesh and SASE solutions. Architect AI and data capabilities including LLM applications, RAG, vector search, MLOps, LLMOps, agentic solutions, data pipelines, APIs, microservices, observability, and model lifecycle management.

Data Architect The Gap Inc.

Defined data architecture strategies, standards, conceptual/logical/physical models, and scalable designs for databases, data warehouses, data lakes, lakehouses, lighthouses, data streams, and distributed multi-node platforms. Guided monitoring, optimization, data storage, accessibility, quality, metadata, master data, and reference data practices.

Led cloud migration planning and data-platform governance with security, compliance, testing, validation, and reliability requirements. Designed GenAI patterns involving prompt orchestration, embeddings, vector search, RAG, grounding, agent orchestration, API and tool integration, observability, human validation, MLOps, and LLMOps.

Solutions Architect CVS Health

Guided teams delivering end-to-end AI/ML architecture for the CVS Pharmacy Navigator platform, including data pipelines, model training, deployment, monitoring, scalable infrastructure, and security controls.

Provided architecture leadership across DevOps, MLOps, DevSecOps, FinOps, governance, APIs, data stores, cloud infrastructure, and microservices. Developed roadmaps, standards, reference models, logical and physical designs, and future-state platform direction across multiple business domains.

GCP Solution Architect Cincinnati Reds

Assessed cloud architecture for scalability, performance, and cost-effectiveness for Google Cloud Platform deployment. Guided GCP solution design and integration with BigQuery, Azure SQL, and Databricks.

Established configuration hardening guidelines, security requirements, security-control frameworks, and reference architectures for Generative AI and machine learning solutions.

Senior Manager Cloud Architect DXC Technologies

Led cloud architecture discovery, client workshops, pre-sales technical support, proposals, statements of work, bills of materials, architecture diagrams, prototypes, proof-of-technology sessions, cost estimates, and implementation roadmaps. Advised clients on multi-cloud, on-premises, security compliance, technical constraints, ROI, and delivery scope.

Guided deployment of CWPP, CNAPP, CIEM, XDR, SSE, Salesforce, ServiceNow, VMware, Red Hat, and Dynatrace solutions. Supported major commercial clients across telecommunications, technology, manufacturing, finance, defense, and media sectors.

Lead Cloud Architect HCL Software

Guided secure AI/ML solution design, including data protection, anonymization, pseudonymization, model integrity verification, secure feature engineering, and controls against model manipulation and unintended bias.

Supported pre-contract strategic-partnership exploration and SAP Cloud deployments. Designed right-sized ecosystems based on capacity and throughput requirements across underlying technology stacks.

Cloud Security Architect NTT Data

Guided deployment of ETL/data-capture solutions, enterprise asset management solutions, Salesforce Cloud, ArcGIS integrations, business continuity planning, and analytics data pipelines.

Advised clients on business drivers, application portfolio assessment, and the design of reliable, cost-effective cloud architectures.

Lead Cloud Architect Pennsylvania Power & Light

Owned technical solutions for omnichannel applications and guided cloud application development using serverless and API management approaches. Designed fault-tolerant, scalable, and decoupled software solutions.

Supported IoT sensor and hub deployments and utility digital-grid systems, including SCADA, DMS, EMS, ADMS, DERMS, OMS, smart metering, AMI, GIS, and DRMS.

Google Cloud Resident Panera Bread

Guided deployment of continuous integration technologies, Cisco SAFE/zoning models, and secure right-sized environments focused on data integrity, availability, throughput, efficiency, and security.

Directed security metrics dashboard implementation and advised software teams on secure development, automated testing, and software testing strategies.

Senior Azure Cloud Security Architect Conduent

Guided delivery of n-tier multimodal applications using IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS services. Produced architecture blueprints and developer documentation for enterprise cloud solutions.

Led Azure Service Fabric, IoT, AI/ML, Agile, and Scrum initiatives, including planning, design, and deployment of enterprise container vulnerability-management scanning solutions.

Cloud Security Architect Kohl’s Department Stores

Guided security architecture and deployment of SIEM, NIDS, FIM/HIDS, CASB, cloud configuration management, and cloud security posture management capabilities.

Implemented electronic-fraud detection strategies, enterprise data loss prevention, and container vulnerability-management scanning solutions.

Senior System Engineer DXC Technology

Configured and maintained PLC and HMI systems, communication protocols, and electrical-power SCADA integrations with remote terminal units using MODBUS and DNP3.

Supported shop-floor processes, MES implementation, factory automation, Siemens S7 PLCs, DeltaV, KPI visualization, ERP integration, LIMS interfaces, Syncade MES testing, electronic batch records, and SAP-MES interfaces.

Technical Operation Security Johnson & Johnson Health and Wellness Solutions

Provided SDLC, systems quality assurance, security operations, and ITIL incident-management leadership. Supported deployment of SIEM capabilities and security-event management processes.

Developed POA&M documentation for control deficiencies and vulnerability remediation. Guided SOX, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, HITRUST, CASB, SSO, authorization, encryption, and multi-factor authentication implementations.

System Engineer Ford Motor Company

Maintained data-center environments and monitoring equipment, including daily system monitoring, hardware and server resource verification, log review, and scheduled backup validation.

Monitored network and infrastructure systems using WhatsUp Gold and maintained SOX corporate financial-responsibility compliance knowledge.

System Engineer SmartSource IT Staffing

Served as an on-site system engineer for enterprise clients across retail, banking, hospitality, healthcare, telecommunications, and professional services industries.

Collaborated with development teams on automated testing, test-driven development, secure architecture, system security, and data assurance aligned with organizational policy.

IT Specialist Faurecia Interior Systems

Acted as the primary second- and third-shift contact for service providers, customers, and third-party vendors. Presented technology designs and facilitated network-planning meetings.

Performed electronics troubleshooting for Allen-Bradley and Siemens AC systems, DC drives, and PLCs. Led continuous-improvement efforts using lean manufacturing principles.

Education

Learning history

Northern Kentucky University

Bachelor of Science, Computer Information Technology; Electrical Engineering Technology

Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Technology with an area of focus in Electrical Engineering Technology.

Cincinnati State Technical & Community College

Associate of Science, Computer Network Engineering Technology

Associate of Science in Computer Network Engineering Technology.

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