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Amanda Vanderwall

amandavanderwall.com · hello@amandavanderwall.com · GitHub (opens in new tab) · Houston, TX

Privacy-first, accessibility-first engineer in legal operations, AI governance, and IT. Former NASA Johnson Space Center (Leidos NEST). CompTIA A+ Core 1 passed April 2026.

Experience

IT Support Specialist — Per Scholas

AI-Enabled IT Support Program · Houston, TX · March–Present 2026

  • CompTIA A+ Core 1 passed April 30, 2026; Core 2 exam June 2026
  • Foundational hands-on hardware, operating systems, networking, security

IT Systems Administrator — NASA Johnson Space Center (Leidos NEST)

Leidos Advanced Solutions | Houston, TX · January 2024–January 2026

  • Microsoft 365 tenant administration: identity, licensing, security groups, DLP policies
  • Endpoint management at scale: Intune, Windows 11 deployments, device compliance
  • ServiceNow incident and change management: resolved 200+ tickets, drafted 50+ changes
  • Supported six human spaceflight programs across JSC's IT infrastructure
  • Security awareness training deployment and compliance auditing

Legal Operations and Compliance — Self-directed

Houston, TX · 2023–Present

  • FOIA practice: 5 U.S.C. § 552, fee waivers, expedited processing standards, Bluebook citation
  • ABA Formal Opinion 512: attorney AI use disclosure obligations, compliance tooling
  • NIST AI RMF 1.0: AI procurement policy and risk assessment frameworks

Skills

Web Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 AA conformance, cognitive accessibility auditing, accessible form design. Semantic HTML, visible focus rings, no color-only status. Keyboard-only and screen reader testing (NVDA, VoiceOver).

AI Governance

ABA Formal Opinion 512 (attorney AI use), NIST AI RMF 1.0, attorney disclosure obligations, AI procurement policy. Practical experience building tooling that makes compliance the path of least resistance.

Federal Litigation Operations

FOIA practice under 5 U.S.C. § 552, fee waiver grounds, expedited processing standards. Bluebook citation. Experience drafting requests and reading agency response letters.

Engineering

Vanilla HTML, CSS, JavaScript — no runtime framework, no JSX, no compilation of page content. IndexedDB for client-side persistence. Web Crypto API for browser-side cryptography. Static site architecture deployable anywhere that serves files.

Enterprise IT

Microsoft 365 tenant administration, ServiceNow incident and change management, endpoint management at scale. Two years at NASA Johnson Space Center under the Leidos NEST contract, supporting six human spaceflight programs.

Certifications

  • CompTIA A+ — Core 1 passed April 30, 2026; Core 2 exam June 2026

Education

AI-Enabled IT Support Program

Per Scholas · Houston, TX · 2026

Hands-on training: CompTIA A+, hardware, OS, networking, security fundamentals.