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Lead System/Services Subject matter experts in maintenance, long range planning, and cloud transition of various platform systems (MS Server, Linux, File Server Appliances, Backup tools, ITSM, Virtual Systems)Schedule management across all reporting areas.Experience developing and maintaining scheduled/budgets.Experience developing solutions and gaining customer buy in.Experience briefing to all levels of technical and management personnel.Advanced/Expert knowledge of VMWare solutions (ESXi/VDI).Manage all services tasks to ensure mission operations are maintained in conjunction with DoD compliance requirements.Develop IT operating procedures, techniques, and baseline configuration guides.Participate and assist in researching IT solutions in support of technology refresh as required to support IT system development and life cycle activities.Create and distribute operating system image on standalone laptop PCs.Install, configure, manage baseline operating systems, and supported applications.Troubleshoot operating system and application faults, and errors.Interface with Information System Security Managers and Officers in support all applicable IT security policies and procedures.Perform media protection in accordance with DOD security policies, and degauss and wipe hard drive as required.Resolve IT related Plan of Actions and Milestones (POA&M) and remediate software vulnerabilities via security patching, and specialized software configurations.Support Risk Management Framework and assist in security assessment of IT environment as required.Ensures that the network/transport layers of the common operating environment are compliant.Evaluates problems in network usage, organization and planning and develops appropriate corrective action.Uses design tools to evaluate projected network usage and produce media, technical and cost solutions for multiple networks.

Engineers, develops, and maintains traffic aggregation and intrusion prevention security services for a variety of government agencies. Installs, configures and administers servers in a multifunctional environment hosting a variety of Linux, UNIX and Windows based physical and virtual servers.Provides technical support and assistance to other technicians across agencies.

Subcontracted by Centurylink to perform engineering, development, and maintenace of traffic aggregation and intrusion prevention security services for a variety of government agencies. Installed, configured and administered servers in a multifunctional environment hosting a variety of Linux, UNIX and Windows based physical and virtual servers.Provided technical support and assistance to other technicians across agencies. Drafted a myriad of scripts, guides and standard operating procedures to streamline processes.Integrated server management applications and technologies (Puppet, Nagios, Spacewalk) into environment.

Provides hardware repair, software troubleshooting and network connectivity resolution with little to no additional support in one of the harshest environments known to US forcesAdministers users throughout entire lifecycle of deployment; from account creation and hardware initialization to site breakdown—performs on-site and remote Tier I and II supportMaintains VMWare ESX suite hosting authentication, DNS, application and file services on Windows Server 2008 R2 hosts integrated into an AD environment of over 10,000 objectsSinglehandedly managed Regional Center Southwest, providing IT support services for over 71 COIC personnel dispersed over 12 operating bases throughout Helmand Province

Fields, repairs, integrates, and maintains client and server systems hosting an array of specialized applications across multiple platforms including VMware, Server 03, ESX, LinuxIdentifies and isolates server and client software and hardware issues, create solutions, and then test solutions in often demanding field environments with little or no remote supportCo-developed Iraqi Theater of Operations hardware/software configuration baseline for Dell 6950/R905 VMware ESX Work Station Suite server stack and storage area network arraySinglehandedly maintained base comprised of 19 units, 4 servers and over 60 client systems

Performed first look diagnostics, install, and operation of hard/software supporting 24/7 ops Troubleshot, tracked, and resolved system outages; provided technical solutions for 32 critical UNIX based systems/servers needed for timely intelligence exploitation Managed crew of six client support administrators; alternately managed section of 29Maintained 1,200 imagery analyst accounts for 400 users across 3 network enclavesCollaborated with Information Systems Security Officers to conduct security audits

Provided real-time and on call networked systems support for over 2,500 customers Directed system outages, work requests and upgrades to the GCCS Common Op PictureResolved 1900 of 3000 tickets generated during Pacific theater exercise on initial contactLed crew of four responsible for managing two networks spanning over 50 sites

Led 24/7 Help Desk; applied patches to servers, administered users using Active Directory/Net IQ DRA, and repaired hardware on classified and unclassified networksSecurely incorporated VoIP, wireless access, and IPTV into base LAN topologyManaged base IA office of four; oversaw Certification and Accreditation (C&A) of all organization systems and software applications for classified and unclassified networksTrained 104 client support admins and 130 info systems security officers across 38 units on IA awareness, COMPUSEC, EMSEC, software license management and the C&A processPerformed net monitoring; disabled unauthorized accounts enforcing 100% authenticationCreated base COMPUSEC/IA awareness programs; co-authored base network security policyPerformed spot inspections on all tenant organizations; removed 80 unauthorized programsEnforced IA training for 6000 military, contractor and civilian personnel; achieved major command's highest completion rate and exceeded standards by 16%Earned Superior Performer award by major command Unit Compliance Inspection TeamOversaw data integrity of 91,000+ messages monthly; maintained cryptographic equipment

Translated and analyzed over 41,000 pieces of raw target language data a year; produced time sensitive intelligence reports of national level value to organizations such as CIA and SecDefOperated multi-million dollar, state-of-the-art computer equipment and intelligence gathering, exploitation, and database software applications in a highly secure environment