Mizzani "Zhani" Walker-Holmes

Principal Security Architect | DevSecOps & Automation | Threat Modeling & AdSim | Cyber Analytics | Decision Science | DFRI |

United States

About

Scientist, thought leader and all around nerd that is excited about the future and the opportunities that the universe has to offer! Actively looking to join great project initiatives and companies.

Experience

  • U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary (8 mos)
    • FSO - CS
      Mar 2026 - Present · 5 mos

    • FEMA Geospatial Damage Assessments
      Dec 2025 - Present · 8 mos

      The U.S. Coast Guard's mission is to "protect, defend, and save" by ensuring the safety, security, and stewardship of the nation's maritime interests.

  • American Family Insurance (5 yrs 7 mos)
    • Principal Security Architect - Cyber Defense Engineering
      Feb 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

      Principal Architect over controls testing and automation engineering strategy.

    • Principal Security Architect - Cyber Fusion & SecOps
      Sep 2023 - Feb 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos

      Principal Architect for Enterprise Cybersecurity SecOps Engineer & Architecture Currently architecting and leading implementation of GoogleSecOps

    • Principal Security Architect - Cyber Defense Automation Engineering & PO
      Oct 2022 - Sep 2023 · 1 yr

      Principal Architect and Cyber security strategist over Cyber Defense, Cloud Engineering, Data Engineering, Security Automation and Analytics setting direction on roadmap and program level initiatives. PO over Security Engineering & Cyber Defense Architecture Few things I head are Data Protection, SecOps, SIEM & SOAR, MS E5, AdSim tooling...• Driving the strategy & vision for cloud, cyber and data migration of the enterprise security product portfolios. Developing multi-year road maps.

  • Firefighter at Polk County Fire Dept
    Aug 2023 - Present · 3 yrs

    Specializing in Technical Rescue and Engineering Search & Rescue Underwater Criminal Investigations (UCI Master Diver) Advanced Public Safety Diving Hazmat

  • Director of Career Development at Information Systems Security Association (ISSA)
    Jan 2023 - Jan 2025 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Lecturer in Physics at Kennesaw State University - Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology
    Aug 2022 - Dec 2022 · 5 mos

    Condensed matter Machine learning and dimensions Physics 1 & 2 Computational physics