During the Obama administration, he served at the Internal Revenue Service and United States Department of Justice Tax Division where he was detailed to the White House Counsel’s Office.

[4] His father continued to practice medicine and perform surgery despite suffering a spinal cord injury and becoming paralyzed while moving a patient onto an operating table in 1982.

[4][5] After entering an agreement to pay off his debt to the IRS, his father was sentenced to probation by then-District Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor.

[2][5] In 2010, Strelka joined the United States Department of Justice Tax Division through the Attorney General’s Honors Program.

[2][5] In 2013, Strelka received the Tax Division's Outstanding Attorney Award and was detailed to the Obama White House.