Julian Yates

About Julian Yates

I am an Enterprise Infrastructure Architect with over 25 years of experience designing resilient, secure, and scalable systems for mission-critical environments. I hold an active Top Secret (TS) clearance and bring a proven track record supporting federal agencies, Fortune 100 enterprises, and highly regulated industries.My expertise centers on large-scale infrastructure transformation across cloud, hybrid, and private data center architectures. I specialize in virtualization platforms, network and firewall architecture, identity and access management, observability, infrastructure automation, and zero trust security models. I have architected and led multi-site deployments, disaster recovery frameworks, and enterprise monitoring ecosystems across healthcare, energy, financial services, and defense sectors.I operate at the intersection of strategy and execution. I provide architectural direction, guide engineering teams through complex delivery efforts, and advise senior stakeholders to ensure technology decisions align with business and mission objectives. Whether standardizing infrastructure platforms across regions, modernizing legacy environments, or designing systems from first principles, I deliver solutions that are technically sound, secure by design, and operationally durable.Core CompetenciesEnterprise Infrastructure Architecture, cloud, hybrid, and on-premisesSecurity-first design, zero trust, IAM, compliance, and disaster recoveryVirtualization and hyperconverged platforms, including VMware, Nutanix, and ProxmoxAutomation and observability, including Ansible, Splunk, and systems management toolingMulti-sector delivery across federal, healthcare, energy, and financial services environmentsTechnical leadership, architectural governance, and remote team oversight

Experience

1. Senior Security & Infrastructure Engineer (Cleared Program Assignment)

   Leidos

   Oct 2025 — Present · Fort Belvoir, VA, US

   Senior security and infrastructure engineer supporting a cleared program environment. Engaged in program alignment and technical readiness activities while maintaining availability to support infrastructure and security engineering tasks as program requirements mature.

Education

• Strayer University

  Associate in Arts, Information Technology

  2017 — 2019

Skills

• Cloud Computing
• Enterprise Architecture
• Virtualization
• Disaster Recovery
• Data Center
• Security
• Servers
• Firewalls
• Active Directory
• Network Design
• Network Security
• Cisco Technologies
• Project Management
• Systems Engineering
• Agile Methodologies
• Technical Leadership
• San
• Vmware
• Cisco Systems Products