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Washington, DC, US

Chantilly, Virginia, United States

• Fostered strong relationships with federal clients, ensuring their satisfaction and successful adoption of Sonatype products
• Collaborated closely with stakeholders to understand their unique needs and provided tailored solutions
• Demonstrated proficiency in Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager, assisting clients with configuration, and troubleshooting
• Conducted training sessions on best practices for using Sonatype tools to enhance security and streamline development workflows
• Developed creative solutions to address challenges faced by federal agencies, improving their software supply chain security

Chantilly, VA

• Lead various technical programs working alongside 200+ internal and external stakeholders across several programs, interfacing with B2C, B2G, and B2B clients to maintain software and hardware system development.
• Spearheaded the restructure and revamp current team project processes to better differentiate the multiple roles amongst internal teams (6 function groups retooled to 3 focus areas, still in use today)
• Lead a program with multiple sub-projects across a spectrum of overarching competencies
• Performs all facets of project management duties including; estimating and planning tasks, create and managing schedules, and perform personnel management
• Investigate and resolves program questions, risks, and issues; provide customers with solutions
• Maintains situational awareness across numerous overlapping efforts; provide customer with status updates, briefings, and recommendations

Chantilly, Virginia, United States

• Led a team of 3 engineers and scrum for a team of 6 on the Galvatron Project. A Time and Materials (T&M) study to provide System Security (Information Assurance) and Cloud Experience and how to automate deployments in.
• Assisted the design and purchasing of hardware of the project which included sizing systems and environments, resulting in a smaller footprint and less systems overall
• Built an Openstack cluster of a few machines for proof of concept work, showcasing operations to the customer and processing all findings along the learning journey
• Also developing a skill set for making templates for making systems in the cloud (AWS), resulting in repeatable and reliable deployments of instances
• Redesigned and rebuilt the prior development environment to better suit team needs
• Monitored and deployed software with the setup of Splunk and conducted research on how to gather information from certain applications

Chantilly, Virginia, United States

• Lead System Engineer on project Foundations, a first of its kind lab with a 30ft multi-touch video wall utilizing a windows OS and Linux based Processing cluster. Organized entirety of project from research phase to.
• Field most system questions and give answers or directions when applicable. Take care of leading the new work that comes to the project and redirecting duties as necessary
• Working in a lab environment where we PXE boot Linux servers to handle the processing cluster and used Puppet and Splunk to patch software, patch OS, determine usage issues, etc.
• We also share the block and object storage over CIFS, iSCSI and direct mounts to access the data provided in the lab environment
• Utilized KVM to virtualize system servers, allowing power saving and separation of services virtually using Active Directory with Centrify to authenticate the Linux systems with shared home directories

Chantilly, VA

• Promoted to technical lead on a team of six engineers after successful, and sustainable efforts in handling chucks of the system flow
• Managed hardware and network installation, setting up networks to storage to OSes all while meeting key milestones and deliverables within a truncated and moving timeframes
• Worked on the Sentient program under the Intelligence and Information Systems Division (IISD), which involves a converged ground infrastructure. This involves an enterprise mission processing system that takes.
• Provided direct support to customers involving integration of legacy systems and creating new baselines for newer technology. Technical troubleshooting of infrastructure systems. Helping in making system security.

Reston, Virginia, United States

• Responsible for keeping 100+ servers up and running optimally on various government networks including troubleshooting the running system, user concerns, addressing feature requests, and more
• Updated all servers with Remote Desktop, VMware client and Exceed, resulting in up-to-date security patches and limited downtime during operational hours
• Planning and developing practices and procedures to organize schedules for maintenance.
• Maintained systems patched and in IAVA compliance using Gold disk, Retina Scan Engine and VMS to avoid exploitation of all systems

Chantilly, Virginia, United States

• Completed 38 months of technical support for several NGA overseas and stateside sites in which I was successful in maintaining ~99% up time for our mission critical systems, including the NDCS, many complex, quick.
• While deployed and stateside, my responsibilities included the troubleshooting, maintenance, upgrading, and testing of a vast array of equipment and software
• Working with little to no guidance, I was a point of technical support for many deployed personnel and was relied upon to help and teach junior administrators
• Upgrade and troubleshoot existing systems in the field and suggest needed additions to systems to supply customers with the best possible solution for time, space and cost constraints

• Conducted in-depth analysis and exploitation of imagery and imagery-derived products using advanced softcopy/digital systems, ensuring accurate and actionable intelligence.
• Authored comprehensive intelligence reports and developed high-quality imagery products, contributing to various Intelligence Community databases and enhancing situational awareness.
• Led long-term imagery analysis research studies, providing critical insights and data for defense analysis reports and database updates, supporting strategic decision-making.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to integrate imagery analysis findings into broader intelligence assessments, bolstering national security initiatives.

• Served as a System Information Security Officer (ISSO) for the TES system, managing user access, account security, and authorization levels, ensuring system integrity and compliance with cybersecurity protocols.
• Demonstrated exceptional troubleshooting skills as a go-to resource for Field Service Representatives (FSRs), swiftly resolving system issues and minimizing downtime to maintain operational efficiency.
• Appointed as Shift Supervisor during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, overseeing production, quality control, and dissemination of critical intelligence products, including Initial Phase Intelligence Reports (IPIRs) and.
• Conducted comprehensive training sessions on TES, IESS, DE systems and various software programs, while also delivering high-level briefings on intelligence situations and system capabilities to senior military.

Aas, Business Management

Current GPA: 4.0 (on scale of 4.0)

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