Taylor Herrera

Hello, my name is Taylor Herrera. I am a Computer Scientist in the New Mexico area. I have experience creating Workflow Automation, Web Based Applications, Point of Sale Applications, and System Analytics. Please feel free to contact me.


Experience

Senior System Analyst

New Mexico Highlands University
  • I was one of three leads to recover the University from a cyber ransomware attack.
  • Implemented SentinelOne and Arctic Wolf on all Servers and University PC's for Cyber Security Monitoring.
  • Lead the migration of our legacy on premise ticketing system, OS Ticket, into a cloud hosted platform.
  • Lead the legacy authentication migration to SSO/SAML on numerous applications.
  • Maintained our O365 Admin Suite which includes Security, Compliance, Teams, EntraID, SharePoint, etc.
  • Implemented Gitea to collaborate and modernize our internal custom implementations.
  • Created a web page that allows the Help Desk search for any account within our ERP and Active Directory.
  • Create Report Dashboards In Argos to display data from our ERP.
  • Create and maintain Documentation.
  • Create test plans for change management.
  • SSL Certificate Renewal.
  • Maintained Linux and Windows Servers.
  • Adobe Administration.
  • Connected O365 with Adobe Sign Workflows.
  • Created Change Management Processes.
  • Automated ticket creation in osTicket.
  • Automated Business Workflows including forms, on boarding, account creatiion, etc.
  • Mentored junior level coworkers.
January 2024 - October 2025

System Analyst

New Mexico Highlands University
  • Created a script that syncs Banner and Active Directory Attributes.
  • Assisted with migration of our Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System, Banner, into the Ellucian Cloud. This included migrating our entire Oracle database.
  • Managed Microsoft O365 Suite which includes MS Exchange, MS SharePoint, MS Azure, and MS Active Directory.
  • Assisted Faculty with our Learning Management System (LMS) Brightspace by creating course shells and enabling specific features such as lessons for their course offerings.
  • I develop reports in Argos, maintain OS patching both on premise and in the cloud, maintain databases and assist students, staff and faculty with account issues.
  • I developed PowerShell reports for account audits as well as account clean up.
  • I Developed a way for NMHU to download, archive and delete Zoom recordings which saved the University from additional costs on Zoom cloud storage.
May 2020 - January 2024

Help Desk Technician

New Mexico Highlands Univeristy

Provided technial support via Zoom ,Phone Calls and In Person. I assisted students, staff, and faculty with hardware/software issues. One of the highights during my time as a Help Desk Technician was creating a python program that automates work order data collecting. This saved the team days of work.

January 2020 - May 2020

Technical Intern

Sandia National Laboratories

I collaborated with another intern to create a dashboard that provides status updates of the team's projects. The programming languages we used to achieve this was Angular, CSS, Bootstrap, C# and Javascript.

Summer 2018

National Science Foundation Intern

The Ohio State University

I developed simulations that calculates Dipole magnetic fields. I utilized my Python Programming skills to generate different type of magnetic resonance. My simulations assisted the head scientists further their research.

The Ohio State Unversity

Summer 2017

Education

New Mexico Highlands University

August 2015 - December 2018
Bachelor of Science
Computer Science - Individualized Program

MAGNA CUM LAUDE GPA: 3.79

New Mexico Highlands University

January 2022 - July 2025
Masters of Science
Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence

4.0


Skills

Programming Languages & Operating Systems
Offerings
  • Dynamic Programming To Suit Client's Needs
  • Troubleshooting Difficult Computer Issues
  • Analytics
  • Agile & Scrum Methodology

Interests

Besides programming, I love spending time with my wife and daughter! We enjoy the outdoors and playing musical instruments. My favorite instruments are the piano and guitar. My wife and Daughter sing as I play, it's the best!

I also enjoy learning about new hardware/software. I love tinkering with electronics and seeing the potential in the projects I engage in.