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Reston, Virginia, Us

Reston, Virginia, Us

• Acted as Information system security Officer (ISSO) for Fires Support Command and Control (FSC2) program for Project Manager Mission Command (PM MC). • Responsible for applying software assurance for application development oversight of contractors. • Ensured that security was implemented within the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and enforced Sec DevOps best practices.• Introduced, defined, and implemented penetration testing methodologies to ensure warfighting applications met non-functional requirements.

Reston, Virginia, Us

• Applied interdisciplinary engineering skills in technical planning, systems integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness for complex solutions for Project Manager Mission Command (PM-MC). • Utilized core knowledge to integrate the Command Post Computing Environment (CPCE) and the Mounted Computing Environment.• Ensured the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.• Performed functional analysis, timeline analysis, detailed trade studies, and requirements allocation, translate customer requirements into technical specifications.

Reston, Virginia, Us

• Used Service Management Automation (SMA) and Desired State Configuration (DSC) to deploy Microsoft enterprise applications within a private cloud environment autonomously. • Served as the subject matter expert (SME) for the automation deployment of Microsoft Enterprise Applications. • Programmed in PowerShell 4.x/5.x, VMware 5.x/6.x, and Power CLI 5.x/6.x. • Designed and prototyped a system that can deploy Microsoft enterprise applications with minimal human interaction (Zero-Touch). • Employed Sec DevOps principals to achieve maximum productivity for the company. • Conducted end-to-end testing of the entire software application ensuring compliance with Information Assurance (IA) and Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGS).• Physically racked, stacked, networked, and configured servers, storage arrays, and switches.• Submitted weekly activity reports to management for tracking software development projects and helped manage budgetary constraints.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

• Directly managed a Cyber Network Defense (CND) team of 24 personnel and three sections conducting 24/7 CND operations in a Security Operations Center (SOC)• Developed a practical threat hunting capability for the CND team from the ground up, resulting in proactive cyber network defense operations being integrated into the cyber defense strategy• Coordinated the utilization of GitLab, Redmine, and Confluence as distributed management and version control platforms to organize multiple projects spanning three different CND sections• Proficient in CND Tier I through Tier III processes and operations, including cyber network defense, infrastructure management, and incident response operations

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Assistant Logistics Officer to the Troop Command Brigade. Coordinate logistical needs among the Battalions and State requirements. Draft standard operating procedures for the section. Supervise logistical operations, ensuring that all shortages are appropriately identified and resourced before critically affecting the mission.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

• Commanded a Combat Engineer Company with a strength of 95 Soldiers. • Supervised tracking of the unit’s readiness metrics such as personnel availability, equipment readiness, weapon qualifications, physical fitness, and other requirements. • Trained Soldiers in combat engineering areas, which included mobility, counter mobility, survivability, and support to explosive hazards clearing operations.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

• Maintained the maximum amount of uptime for network infrastructure. • Supervised a team and ensured that duties were tasked and completed within strict timeframes. • Created a safe working environment by adhering to all necessary health and safety requirements and legislation.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Responsible for planning, analyzing, and disseminating intelligence information to appropriate support personnel. Assisted in preparing, coordinating, and distributing orders and plans; reviewing orders and plans for subordinate units; synchronized tactical operations throughout the battalion; ensuring necessary combat service and support requirements were provided when and where required. Provided leadership guidance to lieutenants, serving as a mentor, further enhancing their military career, and performed other duties as assigned.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Prepared operations orders for an engineer company of 103 soldiers. Acted as the company commander in his absence, resulting in the successful training of 42 soldiers in combat engineer tasks. Coordinated flight operations with other states Air National Guard enabling them to fly the unit to annual training and performing other duties as assigned.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Commanded a 28-man line platoon, taking personal attention to soldier welfare, increasing the overall unit readiness by 25%. Led over 24 convoy operations across multiple states resulting in zero accidents. Performed other duties as assigned.

New York, Ny, Us

Worked in the corporate investment bank developing a middle market back office application. Maintained data integrity throughout the entire end to end process. Developed code utilizing design pattern principals and test driven development (TDD) to create extendable code. Integrated data from multiple source applications to one single database for regulatory reporting. Led a business critical project driven down from industry regulatory requirements ensuring timely milestones deliverables were met on time. Incorporated the software development lifecycle in to program development.Worked in the corporate investment bank line of business. Integrated with a third party vendor application that worked with automation an end-of-day batch process. Implemented workflow logic to help reduce operator error that significantly increases production time for the user to do higher level tasks. Worked extensively in the SCRUM agile framework. Increased my working knowledge of Autosys, Java, Perl, Sybase, and Unix.

Salisbury, Maryland, Us

Successfully lead multiple class sections of over 30 students in supplemental coursework in entry level computer science academic course. Spent 30+ hours a week, while maintaining a normal course load, planning sessions and learning new collaborative discussion techniques to enhance student’s critical thinking skills.

Provided start-to-finish implementation of the Salisbury University’s Student Military Veterans Association’s website. Incorporated idea’s from all board members of the association and provided a working demo within a 2 week time frame. Trained association’s website administrator on how to maintain and create dynamic content to place on the website. Continually increase subject matter knowledge on new development concepts related to programming languages to improve the website design and capabilities.

Annapolis, Md, Us

Assist in with planning and coordinating all aspects of Defense Advanced Global Positioning System (GPS) Receiver (DAGR) new equipment fielding and unit fielding support scheduling. Plan, coordinate, and manage logistics and distribution of equipment. Coordinate and communicate mass distribution on and off site. Perform before and after action analysis of distribution. Create and analyze performance and progress reports for use in management decisions. Assist in researching, developing, and procuring new contracts and potential fields of business.

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Import, edit, and digitize content from National newsroom. Responsible for editing, producing, and maintaining content for the main website’s affiliate website the “Safety Center”. Increased knowledge in film editing software on personal time to further increase performance to a higher degree.

Chicago, Il, Us

Junior executive responsible for the operations, alignment of team to task and sales performance of six departments in a $200,000 a year broad line retail outlet. Preformed management and analysis of lean replenishment & receiving logistics process throughout a $78.5 million-dollar-a-year retail market.

Manage the assembly of material kits in support of flight hardware manufacture and flight critical assemblies for Defense Rotorcraft projects; 100% accountability of all parts was maintained utilizing Excel spreadsheets to monitor status of requisite materials; Utilize MRP system to investigate material requirements and view inventory; Status kit shortages and expedite components to manufacturing across client contracts.

Professional Master Of Engineering, Cybersecurity

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Computer Science

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Communications - Mass Media