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Colorado Springs, Co, Us

Provide critical products and engineering services while specializing in integrating technologies, tools and techniques to design, develop, integrate and test development of advanced critical systems for the Department of Defense & Intelligence Communities. Perform software requirements management for Command and Control System by creating system requirement specifications, use cases and interface change descriptions derived from system/subsystem specifications. Develop requirements to provide detailed definition and traceability from developed test procedures ensuring integration and completion of software development life cycle. Also create software design change requests, interface design descriptions and interface requirement specifications. Develop, write and update technical testing documentation, procedures, instructions and configuration management plan to verify and validate software installation packages. Create test documentation and develop/update automated test processes for test facility software to simulate normal and anomaly operation scenarios for satellite operation centers. Provide risk management, process improvement and detailed reporting processes to provide tested high quality products for space operations customers

Waltham, Ma, Us

System integration configuration and system/subsystem verification and validation testing for a large real-time satellite command and control subsystem to support General Dynamics – Advanced Information Systems in Santa Clara CA

Huntsville, Al, Us

Test Team member of Aerostat Test-bed Management Operations during U.S. Army Network Integration Evaluation Exercise at White Sands Missile Range NM. Successful testing efforts and data collection provided results that doubled the aerostat flight evaluation time during experimentation exercise from previous year

Huntsville, Al, Us

Operationally Responsive Space Task Lead at U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Future Warfare Center Battle Lab. Testing and engineering of tactical space systems.

Operational Test and Evaluation of DoD Space Systems. Performed as Test Manager and Analyst for suitability, RMA sustainment and logistics of Space Control Systems

Managed acquisition of equipment/materials and all intel mission maintenance to guarantee reliability of reach-back system architecture interface supporting forward deployed forces utilizing AIA, NSA, ACC and NATO infrastructures. Configured high-grade data security NSA network for Pentagon and Defense Red Switch Network for HQ AIA. Supervised maintenance control workload and quality control inspections of C4 system LAN/WAN requirements at Security Hill. Installed JWICS equipment, Intrusion Detection System and thousands of feet of fiber optic and computer networking data cable

Led three international maintenance teams and supported the U.S. Space Command DSP mission. Maintained and repaired legacy main frame data processing circuits. Scheduled all DISA satellite mission and training schedules for 24/7 total coverage as Maintenance Control Manager.

Supervised NATO technical team to maintain deployable electronic voice, data, radar tactical communication of mobile Modular Control Equipment capable of offensive/defensive mission control, surveillance, airspace management & integration of airborne early warning, special information system with command & control units within assigned European Air Operations Center

Implemented, operated, maintained, and administered the Contingency Theater Automated Planning System of the Theater Battle Management System supporting all 13 Air Force Air Operations in Pacific Theater. Performed System Administration functions for 100+ users during 4 joint military AOC mission exercises using Unix Solaris. Installed, maintained, tested and encrypted voice/data circuits and network routing equipment in 30 locations to include configuring network of SunSparc workstations, crypto devices and CISCO routers for remote sites