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Greater San Diego Area

Advanced Systems Engineering Group (ASE) Architect and designed a $35M contract’s AWS cloud system based on customer requirements, engineered a technical solution, and the company’s Price to Win strategy Worked closely with the Cost Proposal team to determine the scope of the work outlined by the Statement of Work and advised how to best design the system to fit in the requirements Lead the Infrastructure Proposal team comprised of 10 Engineers on a $200M contract proposal… Show more Advanced Systems Engineering Group (ASE) Architect and designed a $35M contract’s AWS cloud system based on customer requirements, engineered a technical solution, and the company’s Price to Win strategy Worked closely with the Cost Proposal team to determine the scope of the work outlined by the Statement of Work and advised how to best design the system to fit in the requirements Lead the Infrastructure Proposal team comprised of 10 Engineers on a $200M contract proposal Responsible for the technical design, performance, vendor selection, CDRLs, and technical requirementsFORGE Prototype Infrastructure Lead Designed, lead, and implemented a team to deploy a highly available, highly scalable DevOps Infrastructure that met customer requirements on a $9M prototype effort Worked with Senior Management and engaged the customer to better understand the needs of the program Made changes and recommendations that affected the direction of the prototype Worked with the Capture team to develop a highly competitive proposal based on Price To Win / Design To Cost constraints Led a team behind becoming the first contractor ever to accredit a private cloud within the contract facility with Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) working with our vendor partners and DCSAVC3 Cloud Technology Officer Researched and developed process for Azure Stack deployed for Government Customers Advised software developers on best design practices deployed into Azure Stack Show less

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Worked with a team designing, configuring and implementing AWS services in air gapped regions Coordinated with multiple service teams to analyze problems and implement fixes in air gapped regions Deployed to a major AWS development laboratory in South Africa to learn existing architectures and services and help develop future solutions

Greater San Diego Area

 Manage a team of engineers in the design and implementation of a Eucalyptus Cloud to solidify a Cloud Architect, supporting multiple customers for a production-ready Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Manage a team of ten System Engineers to design and maintain a complex virtualized system with current and emerging system requirements Collaborate closely with multiple organizations in a fast-paced and demanding environment to ensure the successful completion of system deployment at two… Show more  Manage a team of engineers in the design and implementation of a Eucalyptus Cloud to solidify a Cloud Architect, supporting multiple customers for a production-ready Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Manage a team of ten System Engineers to design and maintain a complex virtualized system with current and emerging system requirements Collaborate closely with multiple organizations in a fast-paced and demanding environment to ensure the successful completion of system deployment at two facilities Responsible for system design through analysis of requirements, metrics, and standards resulting in a system that meets all performance and availability conditions Responsible for Basis of Estimates / Materials (BoEs and BoMs) for future projects on engineering proposals Led an engineering proposal effort and worked with peers to evaluate all the cost estimates and workable hours on a major development project for the customer Led a team that maintained and evolved an engineering laboratory while developing methods to implement new emerging requirements Managed a team to stand up and maintain a virtual environment through the use of tools such as Red Hat Satellite Server, Active Directory, Group Policies, DNS, DHCP, and VMware Virtual Center Designed and implemented a method of rapidly deploying systems using PowerCli, RHNSat, Active Directory and ESXi Led a team to design, implement, and integrate the DCGS Integration Backbone (DIB) system to interface with the STIL library Show less

 Developed software in C++ for detecting, tracking, and analyzing ground based targets from streaming videos using the Open Computer Vision (OpenCV) library. Developed tools in Matlab to communicate with Satellite ToolKit (STK) in order to track and analyze ground based targets for highly classified programs. Used ArcGIS, APIX Viewer and ISR Forensics to detect and track objects as a Video Exploiter

 Provided SAP help desk support on the PM, MM, Finance, BW modules. Assisted in the configuration and maintenance of three networks consisting of 25 nodes each. Configured and maintained over 270 laptops.