Hector Alicea is a seasoned DevSecOps leader and founder with nine years of experience guiding agile, security-conscious IT transformations for government agencies and large-scale enterprises. As Owner and Principal of HLA & Associates, he combines hands-on development with strategic architecture to reduce complexity and accelerate value delivery through infrastructure as code, cloud adoption, and microservices. He has led key USCIS ESB modernization efforts, built API microservices pipelines, and steered Kubernetes/OpenShift deployments, ForgeRock OpenAM, and Mule ESB integration in cloud environments. His work spans risk- and security-focused governance (ISSO, privacy analysis) and agile coaching, enabling diverse teams to ship frequent, reliable releases. He is a proven builder and mentor, with a track record of turning ambitious transformations into interoperable, scalable solutions that meet stringent government requirements. Based in Poolesville, Maryland, he holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland.
9 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Computer Science, B.S., Computer Science at University of Maryland
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