Acts as director, providing strategic direction and decision-making in the manager’s absence, ensuring seamless business operations.Successfully managed a team of contractors, ensuring timely and quality delivery of application development projects.Expertly coordinated project milestones and deliverables between contractors and clients, maintaining clear communication and ensuring project objectives are met.Skilled in resolving conflicts between project teams and clients, ensuring smooth project progression and maintaining positive working relationshipsActed as a key liaison between clients and contractors, effectively translating technical jargon and aligning project goals with client expectations.Maintained an up-to-date understanding of application development trends and technologies, guiding teams towards innovative solutions.Initiated process improvements in project management methodologies, enhancing efficiency and team productivityProduced comprehensive project reports and documentation, ensuring transparency and accountability in all project stages.

 Acts as Branch Chief when the manager is out, providing direction to the team  Demonstrated exceptional leadership in managing a diverse team of federal employees, ensuring optimal collaboration and productivity. Skilled in bridging communication between contractors and clients, effectively managing expectations and project objectives Provides oversite and leadership to a team that consist of all federal employees which includes Two GS-14’’s Two GS-13, Two GS-12’s and one GS-7 Communicates and briefs complex technical requirements to non-technical personnel and prepares and presents briefings to senior management officials on complex/controversial issues.  Designs, develops, and manages IT security systems that meet current and future business requirements, and applies, extends, enhances, and/or optimizes the existing architecture Demonstrated strong decision-making skills in critical situations, ensuring project deadlines are met without compromising on quality. Fostered a positive work environment, encouraging professional growth and skill development among team members Briefs Senior and Executive management with ongoing issues within in server division  Prioritizing tasks, research, ethical decision making, team decision making, problem analysis, consensus-building.

Mange over(Ten Direct) 75 contracts personal across 10 DOE Labs▪ Provides a proactive interface between project stakeholders and senior management team to ensure complete and accurate definitions of business requirements and delivery of business applications.▪ Develops, prepares, presents and maintains project plans, including staffing requirements, cost estimates, detailed budgets and work breakdown structures and schedules▪ Develop procedures and strategies to ensure information systems reliability and accessibility▪ Establish standards of performance, training and development programs, continuous improvement, and other practices that assure a strong and efficient IT service capability with user experience focus▪ Provide expert advice and guidance to management and other technical specialists on critical IT issues▪ Ensure all architectural artifacts and deliverables are developed to the highest quality standards▪ Lead proof of concept development and pilot technical and operational solution▪ Capture technical requirements and defining technical solutions in the form of conceptual, logical, and physical designs▪ Coordinate of implementation, administration and maintenance activities as necessary with network, storage, servers and software throughout the organization in support of delivery of computing services and providing centralized situational awareness▪ Provide oversight and leadership to our team of engineers through the IN enterprise

Manages projects and teams, including applying established methodologies, using change control templates and processes, managing time▪ Information technology support and technical documentation.▪ Leads the planning, execution, and delivery of moderately to overly complex technical projects within the IT organization▪ Leads, defines, and manages projects and project plans to achieve strategic business goals and operational objectives▪ Serves as a resource to team members on escalated issues of an unusual nature, guiding them in the development and delivery of their work▪ Develop and use collaborative relationships to facilitate the accomplishment of work goals.▪ Manage the functionality and efficiency of a virtual/physical desktop pool by proactively and reactively responding to Remedy based trouble and incident tickets▪ Managed the overall administration of Windows System applications.▪ Ensure Continuity of Operations Plans (COOP) are developed, tested, and remain current and effective▪ Monitored system and network activity to quickly detect any problems related to system security, performance, or system failures in a timely fashion

Install, upgrade, test, operated and maintained Windows based workstations and servers comprising a small software development network.Operated and maintained GCCS and other government and commercial off-the-shelf (GOTS/COTS) C2 systems to include DoD and site unique software applications, data communication channels, databases, and display systemsPerformed system monitoring, verifying the integrity resources, systems and key processes, reviewing system, application and security logs.Provided installation, testing and maintenance of Operating System and applications Software to include Windows, Linux, and C2 software applicationsInstalled VMware VSphere 5 and created virtual machines on ESXi 5.5 Servers. Created standard images and deployed servers from the images.Created and Managed Virtual Machines using templates and images.Performed physical to virtual Migrations using VMware Converter Standalone. Managed and maintained virtual computing environment based on VMware and administered virtual windows and Linux operation systems.Maintained user accounts, assigns file permissions and establish password and account policies.Installed of latest versions of Operating Systems on demand, per requirements of the clients. Updates, patching and software installations via group policies Manage the functionality and efficiency of a virtual/physical desktop pool by proactively and reactively responding to Remedy based trouble and incident ticketsManaged the overall administration of Windows System applications. Administer Linux and Active Directory Domains, DHCP, DNS and various other Infrastructure services. Monitored system and network activity to quickly detect any problems related to system security, performance, or system failures in a timely fashion