Quixari Ruffin
Director of Cybersecurity & Infrastructure | Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) Security | Web3 | DevSecOps | Cloud Automation | Identity Governance | Azure, AWS, & GCP
- Role
- Director of Information Technology at Phoenix Energy Technologies
- Location
- Long Beach, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Quixari Ruffin
Proven digital transformation and cybersecurity leader with 20+ years of experience…
Experience
Director of Information Technology
Feb 2017 — Present · Aliso Viejo, CA, US
Led DevSecOps teams delivering secure, compliant infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, and Terraform, aligning with Zero Trust and business objectives.• Built hybrid cloud environments (Azure, AWS) with CIS Benchmarks and NIST 800-53 controls, integrated IaC security using Terraform and Azure ARM templates.• Enforced identity and device protection at scale via Entra ID, Conditional Access, PIM, Intune, and MFA, improving endpoint compliance and access governance.• Automated identity governance workflows using Entra ID (Azure AD), Conditional Access, and PIM to enforce least privilege and improve access request turnaround time.• Improved uptime and recovery across VMware, Hyper-V, and Azure IaaS by deploying BCDR strategies, network segmentation, and immutable infrastructure at scale.Integrated Microsoft Defender, Sentinel, and AWS Security Hub for XDR, monitoring, and Policy-as-Code enforcement across cloud-native environments.
Education
Ross Business Institute
A+ Certification Course, Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology
2003 — 2004
(ISC)2
CISSP - Certified Information Systems Security Professional (Course)
2020 — 2020
Computer Learning Center
Associate of Arts and Sciences (A.A.S.) Degree, Computer and Networking Systems
1996 — 1998
Santa Monica College
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
2009 — 2010
University of Phoenix
Bachelors Degree (B.S) Information Technology Information Security Systems, Computer and Networking Information Systems Security/Information Assurance
2020 — 2022
West Los Angeles College
Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) Course, Windows Server 2012 / Computer Science
2016 — 2016
West Los Angeles College
Cisco Networking Academy Course / Linux Administration LPI Course, Information Technology (Networking)
2013 — 2014
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