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Deale, Md, Us

Herndon, Va, Us

As the Iron Bow CISO, responsible for maintaining the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of all technology systems at Iron Bow. Works diligently with Iron Bow business leadership and information technology team members to develop and implement security practices that protect customers and company assets by promoting the company's security methodology and framework.

Arlington, Va, Us

Regional Cybersecurity Manager leading a team of cyber professionals to build a unified service model that supports government classified programs within the SCI, SAP and NISP communities. Serves as a liaison to IT, Commercial Information Security and Cyber Security Engineering to collaborate on the emerging threat vectors and resolution options.

Arlington, Va, Us

Lead a 25-person merged security and system administration team responsible for security engineering and operations, security compliance, system engineering and administration in support of ongoing JPSS CGS operations and maintenance. Primary interface and spokesperson to NASA, NOAA, and Raytheon stakeholders for all sustainment security related issues. Responsibilities include developing strategic leadership of the information security program, providing guidance to executive leadership, setting short and long range compliance goals, leading the security incident response team to investigate and address potential data breaches, SA and security stakeholder within the spacecraft anomaly resolution team, and overseeing various program-wide initiatives such as the High Interest Vulnerability Working Group, and the Patch and Vulnerability Management Plan.

Arlington, Va, Us

System Security Engineer within Boeing’s Information Assurance Center of Excellence. Responsible for applying an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to plan, design, and verify lifecycle balanced information system security solutions. Evaluated customer/operational needs and implemented appropriate Assessment and Authorization activities per DIACAP/DIARMF, DCID 6/3, ICD503, etc. as required by customers. Identified assets and assessed risks, threats, and vulnerabilities of assets in accordance with accepted industry and government standards. Lead for Server Virtualization and Information Assurance implementation within Boeing Commercial Satellite Services. Applied innovative system design solutions directly resulting in contract award valued in millions. Lead Security Engineer for Information Technology and Assurance activities with a proprietary customer at HRL Laboratories, a Boeing/GM LLC.

Melbourne, Florida, Us

Lead system administrator supporting the 45th Space Wing’s launch mission. Responsible for the installation and DoD-secure administration of an IT LAN/WAN environment consisting of Cisco routers, firewalls, intrusion prevention systems, multi-layer switches, and physical/virtual windows/UNIX servers. Lead Tier-3 systems administrator for company-wide network infrastructure, McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator infrastructure, VMware virtualized architecture, Messaging (MS Exchange, Lotus Notes, BlackBerry), MS SharePoint environment, software development environment, and configuration management control. Provides technical assistance and career mentoring to junior administrators. Responsible for insuring infrastructure compliance with government regulations to include Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security Technical Information Guides (STIGs).

Falls Church, Va, Us

Responsibilities included software installation and hardening of a complex virtualized (VMware) computing infrastructure with approximately 800 software components consisting of COTS/GOTS, legacy, and newly-developed software with greater than 1,200 Information Exchange Requirements including HUMINT, IMINT, SIGINT, All Source, MTI, motion imagery, and weather intelligence disciplines & functional domains.

Directly supports various 45th Space Wing missions to include the Delta II, Delta IV, and Atlas V rocket programs, as well as other governmental agencies such as the National Reconnaissance Office and NASA. Responsible for the installation and administration of an IT LAN/WAN environment consisting of routers, firewalls (PIX/ASA), intrusion protection systems, multi-layer switches, and physical/virtual windows/UNIX servers. Coordinates with senior leadership to design innovative solutions to satisfy customer requirements and to further business goals. Lead systems administrator for company-wide network infrastructure, VMware architecture, Messaging (Exchange, Lotus Notes, BlackBerry), software development environment, and configuration management control.

Directly responsible for the system administration of an IT environment consisting of Cisco routers, firewalls (PIX), multi-layer switches, physical/virtual windows servers, and 3000+ workstations. Duties included managing the installation of hardware and software updates/security patches, administration and performance tuning of SQL databases, providing on-site training to supported personnel, performing routine backups of data servers to maintain data integrity, provide tier 2/3 technical support to helpdesk personnel, and maintaining a Cisco CallManager/Nevotek VOIP network providing voice, voicemail, and targeted marketing to 600+ nodes.

Reston, Va, Us

Performed system engineering and administration of enterprise network consisting three security enclaves, 140 servers, 250+ workstations, routers, switches, Trusted Solaris cross domain solutions, and satellite communications. Implemented innovation and automation efforts for web development initiatives. Managed network projects which included development of plans, project schedules, and communication of status updates on project milestones. Contributed to IT budget analysis processes, personnel management activities, and strategic plans to related Pacific Air Force capabilities.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Performed exceptionally well in positions of increasing levels of responsibility culminating as the Flight Chief (team-lead), 17th Operational Weather Squadron, IT Systems Flight. Managed diverse IT division consisting of systems engineers, systems administrators, database administrators, webmasters, and help-desk personnel. Directed systems engineering, maintenance, and development for the squadron's $1.5M Operational Production System (OPS-II) infrastructure. Technical lead for enterprise network ensuring availability to all system users and performed necessary maintenance to support network reliability. Supervised subordinates through long and short range plans, daily activities, policy reviews, work priorities, training schedules, and career progression. Coordinated with senior Air Force and contractor executive leadership to develop and refine requirements, provide technical expertise, institute solutions, as well as provide management oversight for software development efforts, and design of web applications.