Resume
Kristopher Italiano
Chief of Network Operations at 1st Cavalry Division | Fort Hood, Texas, United States
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Professional Summary
Senior Infrastructure Engineer and Chief of Network Operations with two decades of experience in national security, including an active TS/SCI clearance since 2006. Proven record of leading enterprise network operations, achieving top-tier cybersecurity readiness, and modernizing infrastructure through enterprise virtualization and directory consolidation. Skilled at building resilient, highly available systems that keep mission-critical operations running anywhere in the world.
Top Skills
- Enterprise Architecture
- Enterprise Virtualization
- High Availability
- Linux System Administration
- Active Directory
- Network Operations
- Cybersecurity
- Incident Response
- Elastic Stack (ELK)
Certifications
- Top Secret / SCI (TS/SCI) Clearance – Active since 2006
- CompTIA Security+
- CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+)
- CompTIA Linux+
Experience
Chief of Network Operations
1st Cavalry Division | Fort Hood, Texas, United States | December 2025 – Present
- Lead a 36-person team (including 2 contractors) managing network and server infrastructure across 197 network nodes and hundreds of endpoints, ensuring on-premises service reliability and divisional network cybersecurity.
- Integrated the Army’s latest network infrastructure architecture.
- Engineered the division’s consolidation of 8 Active Directory domains into a unified forest.
Senior Infrastructure Engineer
1st Infantry Division | Fort Riley, Kansas, United States | February 2025 – October 2025
- Virtualized a mission-critical operations platform end-to-end, decoupling users from dedicated hardware so any role could be performed from any workstation worldwide, ensuring business continuity through network outages and rapid site relocations.
- Redesigned the management network to enable system administrators to remotely resolve trouble tickets anywhere in the enterprise.
Chief Information Security Officer
1st Infantry Division | Fort Riley, Kansas, United States | July 2023 – February 2025
- Led the organization to achieve the 2nd highest score to date on the Department of the Army Cyber Operational Readiness Assessment (CORA).
- Collaborated across the installation with Garrison and Regional Network Enterprise Center (NEC) teams for comprehensive, installation-wide readiness.
- Defended against a cyber red team at the National Training Center (January 2025), detecting and preventing Remote Access Trojans (RATs), password spraying, and denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.
Education
La Roche University
Bachelor of Science (BS), National Security | August 2011 – May 2013