Atlanta, Georgia Staff → Principal

Paul Zanbaka AI product architect for secure, intelligent systems.

I turn complex cloud, security, and infrastructure problems into products people trust.

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AI product architecture
Cyber products
AWS / Azure SaaS
Windows automation

AI · Cloud · Security

ARCHITECTURE / CONTROL PLANE

Intent→Agents→Tools→Controls

Human approvalEvidence trailRecovery path

300+automated tests
in an AI product

18security scanners
orchestrated

2,000+servers recovered
during CrowdStrike

300+enterprise
runbooks built

01 / Selected work

Products & enterprise platforms.

AI, cyber, and automation systems.

Live product ↗

AI audit readiness · zaiaudi01

zAi Audit

Maps evidence to ISO 27001 controls, readiness, and remediation.

50+Python modules300+automated tests

Architecture highlights

Agents for ingestion, retrieval, and evidence validation.
RAG, structured output, Entra SSO, and RBAC.

PentestMyApps security scanner interface

Live product ↗

Cybersecurity SaaS02

zAi Breach

Unifies application testing into prioritized findings teams can act on.

18scan engines8,000+templates

Product highlights

CVSS-prioritized findings mapped to major frameworks.
Web, API, GraphQL, identity, secrets, and TLS coverage.

zAi Ops governed operations dashboard showing jobs, incidents, integrations, and system health

Product details ↗

AI-governed operations03

zAi Ops

Turns incidents, identity, and infrastructure signals into reusable agent workflows.

More about zAi Ops

Task-specific model routing with human approval; grounded in 1Ops at Rollins. Product details ↗

zAi Remedy vulnerability dashboard showing prioritized findings and a verified remediation workflow

Product details ↗

Vulnerability close-out04

zAi Remedy

Correlates vulnerability findings and drives verified remediation.

More about zAi Remedy

Human-approved patch and configuration close-out; re-platformed from TrinityX. Product details ↗

02 / Selected outcomes

Built in the hard rooms.

Where architecture met reality.

2,000+

CrowdStrike recovery

Led recovery across two datacenters, servers, and VIP desktops at Rollins.

Multi-region

Secure AWS SaaS

Per-tenant isolation, WAF ingress, VPC/IAM controls, and CloudTrail/S3 log pipelines.

300+

Automation runbooks

Recovery, provisioning, Active Directory audit, and request fulfillment at Norfolk Southern.

10+

Mission-critical DoD applications

Progressed from programmer analyst to senior engineering and operations manager at Lockheed Martin.

03 / Operating range

Broad enough to connect the system. Deep enough to build it.

Across product, cloud, security, and operations.

AI product architecture

Agents, MCP, RAG, evals, and approval gates.

Cloud SaaS & identity

AWS, Azure, Entra ID, IAM, OIDC, and RBAC.

Cyber product engineering

Pen testing, vulnerability operations, CVSS, and secure APIs.

Enterprise automation

ServiceNow, Logic Apps, SCORCH, PowerShell, and Python.

Hybrid infrastructure

Windows, Linux, AD, VMware, Azure Arc, and recovery.

Technical leadership

0-to-1 delivery, executive decisions, mentoring, and operations.

Open the technical indexLanguages, services & platforms

Build

Python · PowerShell · C#/.NET · JavaScript/Node.js · Bash · SQL · REST APIs · automated testing

Cloud

EC2 · S3 · IAM · Lambda · RDS · Athena · CloudWatch · CloudTrail · CloudFormation · Terraform · VPC · Route 53

Operate

Windows · Linux · VMware · MECM · SCOM · LogicMonitor · Active Directory · Group Policy · DNS · IIS · Apache

Platforms in the work

Anthropic
AWS
Azure · Entra ID · Windows
Cloudflare
Terraform
Python

04 / Experience

A career of making systems work better.

Enterprise systems, software, cloud, and cybersecurity.

2020—Present

Rollins, Inc.

Senior Solutions & Automation Engineer

Automated recovery and monitoring across on-premises, Azure, Windows, Linux, and cloud systems.

2019—2023
Advisor 2023—2026

Stratocore

Director, Cloud Infrastructure & Cybersecurity

Architected secure multi-region AWS SaaS and built the ISMS from zero through ISO 27001 certification.

2016—2019

Norfolk Southern · Pyramid Consulting

Senior Automation Architect

Built 300+ orchestration runbooks for provisioning, recovery, Active Directory, and fulfillment.

2015—2016

NCI, Inc. · Fort Benning NEC

Senior Program Manager

Led a software engineering team automating IT service desk incidents, requests, and tasks.

2005—2015

Lockheed Martin IS&GS Defense

Senior Engineering & Operations Manager

Led software, operations, automation, and cybersecurity accreditation for DoD environments.

05 / Foundation

Credentials with context.

Formal study and proven technical credentials.

B.S., Applied Physics

High Honors

M.S., Management Information Systems

GPA 4.0 · Highest Honors

Security+ Certified

PMP

MCSE: Data Platform

ITIL Intermediate

VMware VCP

CREST Pathway

* CREST application in progress

Additional credentials

MCITP DBA & SharePoint · MCSA · CIW Master Web Designer · Network+ · iNet+ · A+

06 / Next

Bring me the problem that crosses boundaries.

Open to Staff–Principal AI Product Architect roles across cyber products, automation, cloud, and SaaS.

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