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Fredericksburg, Va, Us

• Member of contract leadership team part of initial boots on ground assessment, planning and strategy, staffing, and stand up of team structure (Development Lead and Enterprise Architect)• Lead for all architecture efforts on the contract, including gathering requirements and collaboration with the customer leadership, current state discovery, direction and strategy, and leadership of other architects on multiple efforts• Member of leadership team that planned, designed, and… Show more • Member of contract leadership team part of initial boots on ground assessment, planning and strategy, staffing, and stand up of team structure (Development Lead and Enterprise Architect)• Lead for all architecture efforts on the contract, including gathering requirements and collaboration with the customer leadership, current state discovery, direction and strategy, and leadership of other architects on multiple efforts• Member of leadership team that planned, designed, and implemented a new development team structure for the customer based on Agile/Scrum methodology• Lead a Tiger Team responsible for assessing the DevSecOps environments, tools, and processes for modernization and improvement• Member of team responsible for working with the CIO to author the overall Digital Transformation, IT Modernization, and IT Portfolio strategies for the entire organization Show less

• Senior member of a team responsible for the design, architecture, planning, deployment, and configuration of new solutions or the updating of systems and services for the entire USCIS enterprise including Active Directory, Group Policy, VMware, Hyper-V, and more• Top Tier level Administration, Configuration, and Support for Hyper-V/VMM, VMware vCenter, Veeam, Active Directory, Cisco UCS, Windows Server, Bulk Document Scanning Solution, and more• Member of a team responsible for… Show more • Senior member of a team responsible for the design, architecture, planning, deployment, and configuration of new solutions or the updating of systems and services for the entire USCIS enterprise including Active Directory, Group Policy, VMware, Hyper-V, and more• Top Tier level Administration, Configuration, and Support for Hyper-V/VMM, VMware vCenter, Veeam, Active Directory, Cisco UCS, Windows Server, Bulk Document Scanning Solution, and more• Member of a team responsible for standardization and automation of the configuration of over 1000 network devices in the environment, including switches, routers, firewalls, and others using Ansible and software development processes including Github, SDLC, and agile methodologies• Automation scripting with PowerShell• Technical Lead on multiple successful projects where I gathered requirements and managed the taskings, engineers, timeline, and customer expectations Show less

• Member of a team developing a new Cyber Security toolset/solution for SOC’s that combines and integrates multiple products for an in-depth picture of the security posture of your enterprise using the MITRE ATT&CK matrix as a framework• Provided engineering and development support for everything from Windows OS, to AD, to PowerShell, to Elastic Stack, to Wazuh, and anything and everything else that was needed

• Lead all design, architecture, implementation, configuration, and administration of training and lab environments including Active Directory related infrastructure, file shares, DHCP, DNS, Group Policy, Exchange, Workstations, Network segmentation, Firewalls, and Routers• Lead all technical related efforts for all courses and lab development including course content design and development, the automation of environment deployment and configuration utilizing CypherPath and automation tools… Show more • Lead all design, architecture, implementation, configuration, and administration of training and lab environments including Active Directory related infrastructure, file shares, DHCP, DNS, Group Policy, Exchange, Workstations, Network segmentation, Firewalls, and Routers• Lead all technical related efforts for all courses and lab development including course content design and development, the automation of environment deployment and configuration utilizing CypherPath and automation tools such as Ansible• Primarily responsible for the design, architecture, and implementation of the lightweight Elastic Stack based CDM Dashboard solution for training purposes, enabling our customer to perform training for multiple students at once each with their own instance• Managed all technical related taskings and engineers Show less

• Design, Architecture, Implementation, Configuration, and Administration of the entire cloud environment utilizing AWS/C2S• Implementation of the entire cloud environment from scratch utilizing AWS/C2S resources and best practices including EC2 instances, VPC’s, Custom AMI’s, VPN Gateways, EBS Volumes, Elastic IP’s, Availability Zones, IAM Roles, CloudWatch, etc.• Lead the completion of all technical documentation and diagrams required to establish the validity of the environment and… Show more • Design, Architecture, Implementation, Configuration, and Administration of the entire cloud environment utilizing AWS/C2S• Implementation of the entire cloud environment from scratch utilizing AWS/C2S resources and best practices including EC2 instances, VPC’s, Custom AMI’s, VPN Gateways, EBS Volumes, Elastic IP’s, Availability Zones, IAM Roles, CloudWatch, etc.• Lead the completion of all technical documentation and diagrams required to establish the validity of the environment and fulfill all security and IA requirements• Lead the implementation, Configuration, and Administration of the chat federation efforts as a new capability expanding on previous Skype for Business infrastructure Show less

• Design, Architecture, Implementation, Configuration, and Administration of Cyber Range test/evaluation environments for customer test and exercise events including Active Directory related infrastructure, file shares, DHCP, DNS, Group Policy, Exchange, Workstations, Network segmentation, Firewalls, and Routers• Lead efforts to work directly with customers to shape their requests, gather requirements, manage expectations, communicate updates, work through timelines, and execute test and… Show more • Design, Architecture, Implementation, Configuration, and Administration of Cyber Range test/evaluation environments for customer test and exercise events including Active Directory related infrastructure, file shares, DHCP, DNS, Group Policy, Exchange, Workstations, Network segmentation, Firewalls, and Routers• Lead efforts to work directly with customers to shape their requests, gather requirements, manage expectations, communicate updates, work through timelines, and execute test and exercise events successfully• Virtual Machine, systems OS, and software deployment utilizing VMware ESXi/vCenter Server and vRealize Orchestrator, as well as CypherPath• Deployment, Implementation, Configuration, and Administration of vJRSS testing and training environment.• Automation scripting with PowerShell• Work on various solo efforts to test new software and technology to bring new capability to the Cyber Range Show less

• Design, Implementation, Configuration, and Administration of entire Active Directory related infrastructure across three worldwide production environments to include file shares, DHCP, DNS, Group Policy, Roaming Profiles, and DFS on Windows Server 2008 R2 and 2012 R2• Lead Design, Management, Configuration, and Administration of two development/test environments to include Active Directory, Hyper-V, Exchange, SCCM, VMM, VDI/RemoteApp, and NetApp storage• Administration, and… Show more • Design, Implementation, Configuration, and Administration of entire Active Directory related infrastructure across three worldwide production environments to include file shares, DHCP, DNS, Group Policy, Roaming Profiles, and DFS on Windows Server 2008 R2 and 2012 R2• Lead Design, Management, Configuration, and Administration of two development/test environments to include Active Directory, Hyper-V, Exchange, SCCM, VMM, VDI/RemoteApp, and NetApp storage• Administration, and Troubleshooting of three worldwide Exchange 2010 environments• System security hardening according to DoD STIG requirements• Systems OS, updates, and software deployment utilizing SCCM and VMM 2012• Automation scripting with PowerShell• Work on various command level projects representing the S6 and utilizing agile/scrum methods Show less

• Implementation and testing of entire system solution to include WSUS, Hyper-V, DHCP, DNS, Group Policy, user accounts and other Active Directory related infrastructure• Development and testing of solution application installation and administration• Development, and testing of system solution implementation, administration, and installation automation making heavy use of scripting with Powershell• Troubleshooting systems and applications to identify and correct reported bugs and… Show more • Implementation and testing of entire system solution to include WSUS, Hyper-V, DHCP, DNS, Group Policy, user accounts and other Active Directory related infrastructure• Development and testing of solution application installation and administration• Development, and testing of system solution implementation, administration, and installation automation making heavy use of scripting with Powershell• Troubleshooting systems and applications to identify and correct reported bugs and issues• System solution documentation review and editing• Travel to customer sites to perform system implementation Show less

• Implementation of system security policy, host and client access, file permissions, user accounts and other Active Directory related infrastructure duties including DHCP, DNS, and Group Policy• Configuration, administration, and maintenance of Microsoft Exchange 2010 environment, including 5 virtual servers and over 500 mailboxes• Design, configuration and maintenance of both Fiber Channel and iSCSI storage arrays• Research, evaluation, installation, configuration, and… Show more • Implementation of system security policy, host and client access, file permissions, user accounts and other Active Directory related infrastructure duties including DHCP, DNS, and Group Policy• Configuration, administration, and maintenance of Microsoft Exchange 2010 environment, including 5 virtual servers and over 500 mailboxes• Design, configuration and maintenance of both Fiber Channel and iSCSI storage arrays• Research, evaluation, installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of all hardware, peripherals, and equipment necessary to meet integrated systems objectives• Troubleshooting networks, systems, and applications to identify and correct malfunctions and other operational problems• Maintaining currency of knowledge with respect to relevant state-of-the-art technology, equipment, and/or systems• Performing software installation, maintenance and upgrading as well as performing routine network administration and maintenance Show less

• Oversees maintenance and repair of over 180 Windows 2000/2003 Servers across four domains• Manages Microsoft’s Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, File and Print Services• Plans, performs, and supervises routine patching, and maintenance of entire environment• Responsible for all hardware and most software maintenance of systems running Windows Server OS to include installation, integration, migration (using PlateSpin Migrate), and upgrade• Responsible for all aspects… Show more • Oversees maintenance and repair of over 180 Windows 2000/2003 Servers across four domains• Manages Microsoft’s Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, File and Print Services• Plans, performs, and supervises routine patching, and maintenance of entire environment• Responsible for all hardware and most software maintenance of systems running Windows Server OS to include installation, integration, migration (using PlateSpin Migrate), and upgrade• Responsible for all aspects of enterprise virus protection solution using McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator including McAfee Email and Web Security Virtual Appliance• Responsible for client-side configuration and troubleshooting of TSM backup solution• Responsible for administration of virtual environment utilizing VMWare vSphere/vCenter server• Minor role in basic network configuration of Cisco switches and routers• Minor role in Exchange 2007 administration of mailboxes and SMTP gateway/relay Show less

• Building, configuring, operation and maintenance of windows servers systems, workstations, thin clients and related network infrastructure including CISCO 2900 and 3500 series switches• Installing, upgrading, configuring and troubleshooting MS Exchange servers and migrating existing user data• Installation and performance tuning of Citrix Metaframe Servers, to include initial stand up, publication of desktops, and interaction with thin clients• Migrating file shares and… Show more • Building, configuring, operation and maintenance of windows servers systems, workstations, thin clients and related network infrastructure including CISCO 2900 and 3500 series switches• Installing, upgrading, configuring and troubleshooting MS Exchange servers and migrating existing user data• Installation and performance tuning of Citrix Metaframe Servers, to include initial stand up, publication of desktops, and interaction with thin clients• Migrating file shares and permissions, configuring print servers, DHCP Servers and Symantec Servers including configuring Antivirus for Exchange• Administering and configuring Domains, OUs and Group Policy Objects in Active Directory; Managing user accounts, groups and permissions• Review network topology maps, floor plans and current configuration to maintain documentation for present and future project planning and implementation• Responsible for providing training and support to Dept. of State IT staff and end users for upgraded server hardware, enterprise software and network infrastructure Show less

• Monitors, troubleshoots, repairs, and administers Global Command and Control Systems and accounts associated with Windows on a classified network• Analyzes system faults and troubleshoots and runs diagnostic tests on operating systems and hardware to detect problems• Evaluates and installs developed software during various phases of testing• Initiates preventive maintenance on the operating systems as well as repair system/environment problems• Interfaces with customers for… Show more • Monitors, troubleshoots, repairs, and administers Global Command and Control Systems and accounts associated with Windows on a classified network• Analyzes system faults and troubleshoots and runs diagnostic tests on operating systems and hardware to detect problems• Evaluates and installs developed software during various phases of testing• Initiates preventive maintenance on the operating systems as well as repair system/environment problems• Interfaces with customers for trouble calls, and opens trouble tickets if necessary Show less

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Networks And Security

Incomplete

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