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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

Coordinated and documented an annual risk assessment as well as ad hoc project risk assessments.Reviewed risk assessment documentation for completeness and appropriate selections of controls.Coordinated and led efforts to execute an agency-wide security awareness program that is tailored to the needs of specific roles within the agency and is measurable.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Conducted meetings with the client to discuss client’s material weaknesses identified in an audit to gain an understanding and develop mitigation strategies for the findings.Conducted POA&M management by tracking and addressing weaknesses, as needed.Coordinated with POCs to request artifacts to close out POA&Ms.Met with system point of contacts to discuss.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Initiated and established a Role Based Access Control (RBAC) method for finance divisions to define controls for managing access and reducing risk.Managing role certification campaigns to confirm access controls and ownership.Coordinate meetings with senior officers of Morgan Stanley to determine privileges and access requirements relating to their.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Working diligently with stakeholders, business and technical leads to understand scope and align project deliverables to meet release deadlines
• Involved in the conducting weekly stakeholder meetings to keep the abreast of project status, changes, progress, timelines and cost.
• Involved in gathering business requirements, analysis, data modeling and project implementation schedules for several teams reporting to members of management in an Agile environment.
• Participated in UAT project planning, software testing and integration for corporate business applications.
• Responsible for organizing and participating in training sessions for end users after program or software execution.
• Install, configure and maintain IPS/IDS, Firewall, Anti-Virus, Anti-Spam, Anti-Malware, SIEM, etc. for maximum internal network protection.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Data gathering and report building for information related to sales, operating procedures, performance metrics, internal and external business intelligence to make actionable recommendations.
• Acted as a liaison with key functional partners within Business Unit to identify and acquire data required by the business to support decision making and influence operational improvements.
• Co-ordinated with stakeholders and acted as a liaison between the business unit and IT during project cycles.
• Assisted in the development and management project plans, identifying and managing stakeholders, and provides subject matter expertise to project teams.
• Provide ad hoc support to include but not limited to business performance reporting, financial performance review and analysis, modeling, competitive research, executive level proposal/presentation preparation.