Daniel Hinden

Cloud Engineer

Project Manager

Business Analyst

Orlando, FL

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(407) 756-5450

Professional Summary

Seeking an opportunity to further expand my technical and business background, with a focus on designing, migrating, securing, and administering corporate workloads within the Microsoft Cloud.

Education

Master of Business Administration

Crummer Graduate School of Business

Rollins College

  • - GPA: 3.9/4.0
  • - Earned Concentrations in Finance and International Business
  • - Beta Gamma Sigma, International Honor Society for Business Administration
  • - Professional Leadership Award - Professional MBA, Class 36
  • - Commencement Speaker at Graduation Ceremony
  • - International business project conducted in England for a large hospitality franchise

Bachelor of Science, Information Technology

School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

University of Central Florida

  • - GPA: 3.5/4.0
  • - School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • - Upsilon Pi Epsilon, International Honor Society for the Computing and Information Disciplines

Certifications

Microsoft


    Earned:
  • - Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)
  • - Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
  • - Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate (SC-300)
  • - Microsoft Certified: Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty (AZ-140)
  • - Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate (MS-700)
  • - Microsoft Certified: Azure/M365 Fundamentals (AZ-900, DP-900, SC-900, PL-900, AI-900)

    • Upcoming Certification Schedule:
  • - Microsoft 365 Certified: Endpoint Administrator Associate
  • - Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate
  • - Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate
  • - Microsoft 365 Certified: Administrator Expert

Technical Skills

  • Active Directory
  • Azure Active Directory
  • Microsoft Intune
  • Azure Virtual Desktop
  • Exchange Online
  • Microsoft Defender
  • Identity and Access Management
  • Conditional Access Policies
  • Multi-Factor Authentication
  • HTML/CSS
  • Jekyll/WordPress
  • PowerShell
  • Office 365 Suite
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Microsoft SharePoint
  • Windows Update for Business
  • Windows Hello for Business
  • Windows Autopilot

Employment History

PRA Law Firm

Azure Cloud Engineer

September 2021 - Present


  • - Developed Identity and Access Management strategy for Microsoft 365 services and configured conditional access policies to support secure access
  • - Configured Microsoft Intune environment for end user device management using MDM and MAM policies and managed remote application deployment to endpoints
  • - Implemented Microsoft Teams and Teams Phone System to improve communication systems to support remote work environment during pandemic
  • - Monitor, investigate, and resolve Microsoft Defender security events
  • - Designed migration strategy to move critical workloads from IaaS environment to PaaS to increase availability, improve security, and reduce operating costs

PRA Law Firm

Project Manager

July 2017 - September 2021


  • - Directed multi-disciplinary projects to achieve business goals
  • - Project Manager during MSP's migration of all on-premises computing resources to the Microsoft Cloud
  • - Managed vendor relationships and integrations with technology partners
  • - Developed advanced Contact Center IVR systems to improve customer experience and call flow

PRA Law Firm

Business Analyst - IT, Operations, and Finance

January 2007 - July 2017


  • - Supported high-level initiatives in Operations, Finance, and Information Technology
  • - Identified key performance indicators and developed reporting for all core areas of business
  • - Collaborated with all business departments to identify key processes and opportunities for improvement
  • - Discovered and implemented cost reduction strategies

PRA Law Firm

Systems Administrator

January 2003 - July 2007


  • - Managed on-premises infrastructure, Active Directory, and Group Policy
  • - Analyzed and implemented corporate IT security policies
  • - Supervised desktop support staff and handled escalations

University of Central Florida

IT Support Services

January 2002 - January 2003


  • - Provided desktop and server support for the UCF Student Health Center.

Integrated Systems & Software Design

IT Consultant

January 2000 - January 2003


  • - Provided fully managed IT services for several large law firms in Orlando, FL

Projects

Cloud Resume Challenge

GitHub:GitHub Repo

Blog Post: My journey through the Cloud!

Original Project Link: Resume Challenge by Forrest Brazeal

July 2023

Developed a full stack website with a HTML/CSS frontend and an Azure storage account that hosts a static website. Utilized a Content Delivery Network to configure a custom domain and HTTPs Security. There will be much more to come as I progress through this challenge!

Daniel Hinden — daniel@hindentech.com — (407) 756-5450

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