Phillip Tarrant
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- Enterprise-AI-Automation-Engineer: hands-on IC, full-stack (Flask/Python + JS) build framing, balanced AI/security hybrid - Director-of-AI-Solutions-Architecture: strategy + architecture + leadership tilt; surfaces solution architecture, roadmaps, build-vs-buy, RAG on vector DBs Both 2 pages; only claims skills confirmed by the user. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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"name": "Phillip Tarrant",
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"label": "Principal AI Engineer | Enterprise Automation & Applied AI | Security-Grade Reliability",
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"email": "ptarrant@gmail.com",
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"phone": "(706) 294-6733",
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"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/phillip-tarrant-cyber",
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"summary": "Principal engineer with 20+ years shipping production software and applied-AI automation end to end — Flask/Python backends, REST APIs and integrations, JavaScript frontends, and cloud-native CI/CD. Partners directly with business and technical stakeholders to turn manual processes into scalable AI solutions: built agentic LLM automation that auto-closed 47% of 3,500 weekly tickets with zero human touch. Designs reusable automation frameworks, RAG platforms, and intelligent agent workflows — with enterprise security, authentication, and reliability built in from the start.",
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"location": {
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"city": "Morrison",
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"region": "TN",
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"work": [
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"name": "TopBuild Corp",
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"position": "Principal Engineer — AI Automation & Security",
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"location": "Remote",
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"startDate": "2026-03",
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"summary": "Lead engineer owning AI development, automation platforms, and data architecture for the enterprise program; design and ship production applications and set technical direction for the team.",
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"highlights": [
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"Designed and built a production full-stack web application end to end — Flask/Python REST API backend with a JavaScript frontend — delivering 20+ automated actions and integrations across Microsoft 365, CrowdStrike, Google SecOps, and ReliaQuest",
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"Architected reusable automation frameworks and intelligent agent workflows as shared platform capabilities that unify data, reporting, and response across enterprise systems",
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"Built a cross-source telemetry correlation tool that accelerates investigation and triage for engineers and business stakeholders",
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"Own enterprise automation, AI development, and data/logging architecture; set secure-coding, CI/CD, and responsible-AI usage standards",
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"Mentor engineers and advise leadership on engineering best practices and AI investment"
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{
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"name": "Confidential (Contract)",
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"position": "Senior Engineering & Automation Consultant",
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"location": "Remote",
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"startDate": "2025-01",
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"endDate": "2026-03",
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"summary": "Delivered hands-on engineering, automation, and secure architecture for defense, fintech, and MSSP clients across multiple cloud environments.",
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"highlights": [
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"Built automation and API integrations that streamlined vulnerability management and reporting workflows for one of the largest US fintech clients",
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"Designed secure application and cloud architectures across multiple enterprise tenants",
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"Advised on compliance and secure-by-design practices (NIST 800-53, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, GDPR)"
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]
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},
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{
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"name": "Compuquip Cybersecurity",
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"position": "Director of Automation (Technical IC) — prior: SOC Technical Manager → SOC Director",
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"location": "Tampa/Doral, Florida",
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"startDate": "2021-01",
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"endDate": "2024-12",
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"summary": "Hands-on technical leader owning all AI development and automation for a secure, regulated MSSP — from solution discovery through development, deployment, and adoption.",
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"highlights": [
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"Owned all AI development — designed and shipped AI-powered automation in Python, AWS Lambda, and LLMs that processed 3,500 tickets weekly and auto-closed 47% with no human involvement",
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"Built agentic AI workflows, RAG-based knowledge systems, and LLM triage pipelines as reusable platform capabilities that accelerated every downstream initiative",
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"Designed prompt-engineering frameworks and AI guardrails ensuring safe, accurate, auditable outputs in production",
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"Established AI governance — model evaluation, output validation, and security controls — and drove AI adoption through training and knowledge sharing across teams",
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"Partnered with business leaders to identify automation opportunities and measure impact; grew the client base from 16 to 52 and margin from 18% to 52% while leading a 17-person engineering, Red Team, and DFIR org"
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]
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},
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{
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"name": "Travel Syndication Technology (TST)",
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"position": "Sr. Security Architect",
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"location": "Alpharetta, Georgia",
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"startDate": "2020-04",
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"endDate": "2021-01",
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"summary": "Owned security architecture, automation tooling, and compliance across the organization.",
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"highlights": [
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"Built custom tooling and automation for infrastructure testing and detection engineering",
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"Steered the organization through PCI and NIST 800-series audits; saved $10,000+ through vendor negotiations"
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]
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},
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{
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"name": "Intercontinental Exchange",
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"position": "Cyber Security Engineer → Senior Cyber Security Engineer",
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"location": "Marietta, Georgia",
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"startDate": "2018-08",
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"endDate": "2020-04",
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"summary": "Incident Response/Digital Forensics lead, promoted to the Architecture and Automation Team.",
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"highlights": [
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"Designed security data pipelines and automated SOC triage tooling on the Architecture & Automation team",
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"Led critical multi-server incident investigations across three teams and mentored junior analysts"
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"position": "IT Leadership & Systems Administration Roles",
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"startDate": "1999-01",
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"endDate": "2018-08",
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"summary": "Progressive IT and technical leadership roles, including Technical Services Manager at the National Wild Turkey Federation — led 8 technicians and developers supporting 300+ staff, saved $50,000+/year migrating 3rd-party tools in-house, and owned web/network/application security."
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"education": [
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"institution": "Virginia College",
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"area": "Network Administration",
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"studyType": "Associate",
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"startDate": "2014",
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"endDate": "2016",
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"score": "4.0",
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"name": "GWAPT - Web Application Penetration Tester",
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"issuer": "GIAC",
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"date": "2020-01-01"
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},
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{
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"name": "GCFA - Forensic Analyst",
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"issuer": "GIAC",
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"date": "2019-01-01"
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"name": "GCIH - Incident Handler",
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"issuer": "GIAC",
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"date": "2018-01-01"
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"awards": [
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"title": "Lethal Forensicator Coin Winner",
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"awarder": "SANS/GIAC",
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"date": "2019-01-01",
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"summary": "SANS Challenge Coin for excellence in digital forensics"
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"name": "AI/ML Engineering & Automation",
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"level": "Expert",
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"keywords": [
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"AI Application Development",
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"Agentic AI & Agent Workflows",
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"LLM Integration",
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"RAG Systems",
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"Prompt Engineering",
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"AI Guardrails & Governance",
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"Model Evaluation",
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"AWS Bedrock",
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"AWS Lambda",
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"Reusable Automation Frameworks"
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"Python",
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"Flask",
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"REST API Design",
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"JavaScript",
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"HTML/CSS",
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"Frontend Development",
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"System Integration",
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"CI/CD",
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"Docker",
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"PowerShell",
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"Bash"
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"name": "Cloud, Data & Infrastructure",
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"level": "Advanced",
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"AWS (Lambda, Bedrock)",
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"Azure",
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"Oracle Cloud",
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"Serverless",
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"Cloud-Native Deployment",
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"Data Pipelines",
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"Linux/UNIX",
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"Windows Server",
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"Active Directory"
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"name": "Enterprise Security & Reliability",
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"level": "Expert",
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"keywords": [
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"Enterprise Security",
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"Authentication & Access Control",
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"Secure Architecture",
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"SIEM/SOAR (Sentinel, Splunk, Google SecOps)",
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"Detection Engineering",
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"DFIR",
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"NIST 800-53",
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"PCI-DSS",
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"HIPAA",
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"GDPR"
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"keywords": [
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"Technical Leadership",
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"Engineer Mentorship",
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"Cross-Functional Partnership",
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"Stakeholder Management",
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"AI Adoption & Enablement",
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"Team Leadership (17+ reports)"
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