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Michael Vargas

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AI Solutions Architect at New Era Technology securing LLM, RAG, and agent workflows with enterprise identity and data controls.

United States
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At New Era Technology, I lead the integration of AI-driven workflows into production environments. I secure LLM, RAG, and AI agent integrations by mapping data flows and trust boundaries, and controlling which company data each AI can reach.

I also wrote generative AI and LLM security standards and acceptable-use policies, translating emerging risks into practical guidance. My work includes designing enterprise security strategies and developing hardening standards for Windows Server and virtualized environments.

Earlier, I served as incident commander at Favorite Healthcare Staffing for production outages, failovers, and ransomware containment. Across healthcare, Honeywell, and Park University, I worked on secure system integration, privileged access, incident response, and infrastructure hardening; I also hold an MIT xPRO certificate in Designing and Building AI Products and Services.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Current

AI Solutions Architect & Senior Security Systems Engineer

New Era Technology

Sep 2024 - Present (2 years)

Lead the integration of AI-driven workflows into production environments, reviewing designs with engineering teams and coordinating testing, validation, and change control before release. Design enterprise security strategies for client environments, aligning infrastructure and identity controls with organizational policy and regulatory requirements.

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Senior Infrastructure Engineer & Crisis Recovery Architect

Favorite Healthcare Staffing (Acacium Group)

Sep 2024 - Sep 2025 (1 year)

Served as incident commander for production outages, failovers, and ransomware containment, isolating affected systems, restoring operations securely, and leading root cause analysis. Translated Qualys vulnerability findings into prioritized, risk-based remediation plans and tracked them through closure.

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Systems Integration Specialist & Security Analyst

University of Kansas Health System / Olathe Health Medical C

Jan 2023 - Jan 2024 (1 year)

Integrated clinical and enterprise systems in a regulated healthcare environment, defining secure data flows and access controls between applications. Performed security analysis of integrated systems and servers and supported remediation of findings, with SentinelOne endpoint protection.

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System Administrator II (Contract, Incident Response)

Honeywell

May 2022 - Dec 2022 (7 months)

Performed incident-response work under an active Top Secret clearance in secure, access-controlled environments. Managed privileged access with CyberArk and used Splunk for security monitoring and investigation.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

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MIT xPRO

Certificate, Artificial Intelligence

Completed a certificate program in Designing and Building AI Products and Services.

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DeVry University

Bachelor of Science, Network Communications and Management

Earned a Bachelor of Science in Network Communications and Management.

UK

University of Kansas

Bachelor of Science, Journalism

Earned a Bachelor of Science in Journalism.

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