Larry Dye

About Larry Dye

Having spent the last 7 years working 100% remote I\'ve come to realize that I\'m significantly more productive because of it, and the huge increase in my quality of life from being able to do so is undeniable. As a result positions that are fully remote will receive priority consideration going forward. A short initial familiarization in office and occasional office trips for critical meetings where face to face interaction is advantageous are expected and are fine. A significant benefit of being able to effectively work from my home office means that I can consider employment opportunities with companies in virtually any location.As an IT leader with over 20 years of experience in the communications field I’m confident that I would be a strong addition to any organizations IT team. I’m highly educated, highly trained, and have been successful at very technical jobs in extremely stressful work environments. My natural leadership and affinity for IT has allowed me to excel in sink or swim environments. My military training as both an enlisted Marine AND commissioned Army officer coupled with extensive civilian work experience has developed both my ability to follow and to lead along with instilling in me the experience to know when each is most appropriate. I take great pride in my work and IT is more than just a job for me, I’ve embraced the reality that it’s my ‘calling’. While working in my current position I have become the platform owner for Active Directory and Azure/Entra AD, and currently serve as the Identity Architect for a Fortune 200 company. Certifications: Microsoft MCSE, MCSA Exchange Messaging SpecialistSpecialties: Active Directory, PKI / certificate services, AD LDS, ADFS, DNS, DFS, Group Policy/Intune device configuration policies, Azure/Entra AD and AD connect, Single Sign-on, Azure/Entra conditional Access and MFA.

Experience

1. Identity Architect

   Quanta Services, Inc.

   May 2016 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   Identity Architect responsible for a global Azure/Entra integrated Active Directory infrastructure, experienced with remediating security vulnerabilities in MS operating systems/AD/Entra ID, ADFS/DFS/DFSr, internal and external DNS, Advanced Group Policy, ADLDS with proxy authentication to AD for JDEdwards, Azure AD Connect including Password Hash Sync and SSPR, hybrid joined workstations, SAML and Oauth based single sign on via MS Azure/Entra AD, MS Direct Access, Always On VPN including machine tunnel deployed via Intune, Windows Hello for Business, Enterprise Certificate services (PKI) including NDES/SCEP for Intune, Azure/Entra conditional access policies and MFA. Azure/Entra MFA via NPS/Radius, Azure App Proxy architecture and implementation to support global access to internal web based apps.Over the 10 yrs I\'ve been with Quanta they have created consecutively more senior roles to promote me into; Systems Administrator, Solutions Engineer, and currently Identity Architect and backup to the Principal Cloud Architect. I have helped develop and guide Infrastructure and security roadmaps for Quanta which is sub 200 on the Fortune 500.

Education

• Purdue University

  Bachelors, Law and Society, Psychology

  1992 — 1998

• Purdue University

  Bachelor's degree

Skills

• Field Radio Course (2531), U.s. Marine Corps - October 1991
• (Log75) Standard Army Management Info System Course, Apr 2000 (40hrs)
• Training Management Course, U.s. Army - April 1999 (40hrs)
• Dod Information Assurance Managers Course - May 2001 (40hrs)
• IT Management
• Dhcp
• Antivirus
• Implementing Enterprise San Solutions/Data Protection on Dell Storage, Feb 2004
• System Administration
• Troubleshooting
• (Cisco Icnd) Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices - August 2001 (40hrs)
• Dns
• Vmware Vsphere 4 Fast Track, Dec 2010
• Wsus
• Army Rotc at Purdue University, 1997,1998
• (Cisco Bscn) Building Scalable Cisco Networks - August 2001 (40hrs)
• IT Service Management
• Active Directory
• Xp
• Windows Server
• Hardware
• Disaster Recovery
• (Ms 2153) Supporting Ms Windows 2000 - July 2001 (40hrs)
• Windows Server 2003
• Microsoft Exchange
• U.s Army Signal Officers Course, Feb 1999
• Intense Schools, Mcse and Security Specialist Training Course, Aug 2004 (168hrs)
• Dod
• Networking
• San
• System Deployment
• Servers
• (Ms 973) Core Technologies of Exchange 5.5 - June 2001 (40hrs)
• United States Marine Corps Boot Camp. July 1991
• (Ms 2154) Implementing and Admin Ms Windows 2000 - July 2001 (40hrs)
• Enterprise Architecture
• (Ms 2151) Ms Windows 2000 Network and Os Essentials - June 2001 (24hrs)
• Software Installation
• Microwave Communications Course (2532), U.s. Marine Corps - July 1992
• Army