Adam Roberts
Scroll of Summoning
✉️ adam.r.popescu@gmail.com
📞 (202) 830-4666
🔗 adam-roberts.info
IT Technomancer & Cybersecurity Knight
Senior IT Infrastructure & Cybersecurity Engineer | Automation & Compliance Expert
Core Stats – Years of XP
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IT Infrastructure: 8
• Nebulous Consulting, USAI, Shield AI, & Options IT – Kubernetes, Docker & PXE deployments
• Nebulous Consulting, USAI, Shield AI, & Robert Half – Cloud service management and deployments
• Nebulous Consulting, USAI, Shield AI, Robert Half, & Options IT – Azure AD migration & hybrid infra management -
Security Ops: 5
• Nebulous Consulting & USAI – Splunk & Datadog SIEM tuning
• Nebulous Consulting & USAI – FedRAMP High ConMon & STIG hardening
• Nebulous Consulting, USAI, & Shield AI – DISA STIG deployments & vulnrability alerts -
Incident Response: 5
• Nebulous Consulting, USAI, Shield AI, Robert Half, & Options IT – Responded to several security incidents from active APT threat to suspected data leakages
• Robert Half – CJIS incident escalations
• Nebulous Consulting & USAI – SOC/NOC SOPs & runbook creation -
IT Audits: 4
• Nebulous Consulting & USAI – FedRAMP & CMMC policy reviews (+60% audit success)
• Nebulous Consulting & USAI – 3PAO evidence collection & cycle reduction
• Nebulous Consulting – Pre-acquisition CMMC readiness -
Leadership & Comms: 8
• Shield AI, Options Technology, & Green Castle – Led and mentored cross-domain teams across multiple levels of experince
• Nebulous Consulting, USAI, Shield AI, Robert Half, & Options IT – Ran weekly, daily, and monthly security and IT stand-ups for engineers, developers, and clients
• USAI, Shield AI, & Nebulous Consulting – Mentored junior engineers via structured touchpoints and non-standard feedback loops -
AI & Automation: 4
• MITRE – Cybersecurity LLM prototype
• Nebulous Consulting, USAI, Shield AI, Robert Half, & Options IT – Python, Bash, Ansible, & Power Automate toolchains for tech-stack wide intigrations and functionality
• Shield AI – Internal workflow scripts for teams outside of Enterprise Operations -
Cloud Ops: 6
• Nebulous Consulting, USAI, Shield AI, & Robert Half – AWS/Azure/GCP deployment & patching
• Nebulous Consulting, USAI, Shield AI, Robert Half, & Options IT – Cross-platform automation (Bash/Python)
• Shield AI – Multi-cloud HPC & simulation infra for engineering teams -
Compliance & Governance: 5
• Nebulous Consulting & USAI – FedRAMP Moderate/High SSP & SCR authoring
• Nebulous Consulting & USAI – CIS & DISA STIG policy & ConMon management
• Shield AI – DFARS/CMMC control implementation asisstance
Recent Achievements
- 🔐 1 Nation-State Insider Threat Investigated Identified DPRK-linked actor posing as an candidate; escalated to FBI
- 🧠 1 AI-Driven SOC Whitepaper Published Led research & prototype of an LLM-powered Cybersecurity SOC system at MITRE
- 🏛️ 3 Pre-Acquisition CMMC & FedRAMP Reviews Conducted Enabled smooth due diligence by aligning systems to DFARS & NIST 800-171 controls and internal SSP implimentation statements
- ⚙️ 12 Automation Tools Deployed Built internal tooling in Python, Power Automate, PowerShell, and Bash to streamline IT & compliance workflows
- 📈 35% Faster Patch Remediation Reduced patch latency across AWS, Azure, and on-prem through scripting and automation
- 📈 60% Boost in FedRAMP Audit Success Led audit remediation efforts across multiple orgs within the FedRAMP framework including running CONMON and SCR workflows
- 📉 40% Reduction in Service Desk Wait Times Overhauled ITSM stack and workflows using ManageEngine, Jira Service Desk, and escalation SOPs
- 📉 50% Decrease in Onboarding Time Standardised runbooks and documentation for faster user provisioning, ramp-up, and reduced end-user handholding
- 🖥️️ 1,300+ Endpoints Secured & Managed Used Tanium, STIGs, and vulnerability automation across hybrid environments
- 👥 800+ Users Supported Across 5 Time Zones Maintained 98% uptime while serving a distributed team and acting as final escalation
Tool Proficiencies
- ⚙️ Forgecraft & System Smithing: Infrastructure Engineering & Virtualization Kubernetes, Docker, VMware vCenter, PXE Server, TrueNAS, Veeam
- ☁️ Skyborne Architectures: Cloud Architecture, Deployment & Automation AWS, Azure, GCP – Skilled in deployment, automation, and secure cloud ops
- 🧠 Arcane AI Invocation: AI Integration & LLM Tooling OpenAI, LangChain, Qdrant, Hugging Face
- 🔐 Wardancer’s Arsenal: Security Operations, Auditing & Hardening Splunk, Tanium, DISA STIGs, FedRAMP, CIS Benchmarks, Vulnerability Management
- 📜 Scrolls of Access & Binding: Identity & Access Management (IAM) Active Directory (Azure + On-Prem), Okta, InTune, FreeIPA, Samba
- 🛠️ Runes of System Mastery: OS Administration & Platform Engineering Windows 11, Windows Server, Black Arch Linux, RHEL, Ubuntu, CentOS, PowerShell, Bash
- 💻 Spellbook of Scripting & Automation: Programming, Automation & Workflow Engineering Python, Bash, PowerShell, Power Automate – Scripts that summon results (and eliminate toil)
- 🛡️ Tome of Governance & Operational Lore: Governance, DevOps, and Compliance Frameworks Jira, Confluence, GitLab, OpenProject, ServiceDesk+, Atlassian Admin, ServiceNow GRC, Tenable.sc, Xacta, Vanta
- 🦑 Artifacts & Auxiliary Relics: Supporting Tools, Services, and Operational Enhancers NGINX, Apache2, Citrix, Exchange, MariaDB, Postgres SQL, DataDog, Zoho Suite, MDM, OpenVPN, SharePoint
Traits & Perks
- 🤖 Summons AI Familiars +3 Automation, +2 Intelligence — Conjures scripts and LLMs to slay repetition monsters
- 📖 Lorekeeper of Sci-Fi, Cyberpunk, and Techno-Strategy +1 Wisdom, +1 Charisma — Recovers mana faster while reading about a future in the stars
- ⚔️ Wields the STIGblade +4 Compliance, +2 Defense — Slices through outdated policies with DISA-forged clarity
- 🧠 Thinks in Flowcharts +5 Architecture, +3 Communication — Visual logic trees form naturally in mindspace
- 🧪 Believes in Experimentation > Perfection +2 Creativity, +2 Risk Tolerance — Unlocks new tech paths through research
- 🆙 Level-Up Addict +3 Grit, +3 XP Gain — Gains power while others sleep, literally
- ☕️ Caffeine Stack Maxed +10 Stamina, -5 Sleep — Buff lasts 12 hours or until forced reboot
- 🎮 Gamer Calmness +2 Agility, +1 Awareness — Immune to panic during live incidents
- 🧒🏻 Child of the Command Line +4 Intelligence, +3 Debugging — Raised on bash scripts and boot logs, mastered computers before middle school
- 🦸🏻♂️ Alignment: Chaotic Good – Extreme Ownership +3 Responsibility, +2 Grit — Takes the blame, shares the credit, and leads from the front
Career Quest Log
🧠 MITRE
Lead IT Systems Engineer (Feb 2025 – Present)
Forged AI-powered SOC system, authored strategic AI whitepaper on automated SOC operations for a Sponsor mission.
🌌 Nebulous IT Consulting
IT Infrastructure Engineer & ISSE & Owner (Oct 2021 – Mar 2025)
Wrote ATO docs, deployed containerized infra, tuned SIEM dashboards, fixed vulnrabilities, and guided client it operations.
🤖️ USAI
Sr. Systems Lead & ISSO (Sep 2024 – Feb 2025)
Automated FedRAMP workflows, helped rebuilt ITSM from the ground up, served on leadership committee and improved patch compliance by 15%.
🛡️ Shield AI
IT Ops Manager & Sr. IT Engineer SRE (Jul 2023 – Aug 2024)
Managed five‑engineer team across several regions, supported 800 users, deployed Atlassian suite, automated ops through scripting, performed Sr SRE duties for DC HQ, safeguarded multiple systems.
🚓 Robert Half – Law Enforcement Contract
Sr. IT Systems Engineer (Oct 2022 – Jun 2023)
Secured sensitive systems under CJIS; led deployments of secure Atlassian and CAD solutions.
🏦 Options Information Technology LTD
Sr. Technical Support Engineer & Jr. Technical Project Manager (Mar 2020 – Aug 2022)
Supported 4,000 users, managed Azure transitions, and boosted SLA metrics using agile tooling.
🔐 Brivo Systems
Technical Support Representative (Oct 2018 – Feb 2020)
Reported vulnerabilities in access hardware, enhanced QA feedback loop, reduced bug turnaround time.
🥷🏻️ Green Castle Security
IT Director & Company Partner (Mar 2016 – Oct 2018)
Pioneered org-wide IT agility, delivered infra projects ahead of schedule, reviewed code repositories, led 5-person team.