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Chantilly, Va, Us

Chantilly, Virginia, United States

Oakton, Va

Chantilly, Va

Arlington, Va

Network engineer for Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Enterprise Infrastructure Services - National Capital Region. One of two senior engineers supporting Operations and Maintenance to the agency's unclassified and classified enterprise networks, providing fault isolation and service restoration, performance optimization, and locality support for upgrading and decommissioning network equipment. Provides twenty-four hour technical support to the unclassified and classified Metropolitan Area Networks (MAN) supporting the agency director and two-letter staff. Provides engineering and implementation for local solutions per customer request. - Implemented new unclassified and classified MDA MAN sites supporting 350 users, including the agency director and staff. Provided engineering for an off-site director's suite. - Successfully led the restoral effort for a critical enterprise OC3 circuit outage after commercial vendors failed to identify an improper digital cross connect in the commercial SONET network. - Indentified Cisco licensing limitation affecting network performance between MAN sites since implementation, restoring WAN performance to all users in the region. - Identified and corrected insufficient static route configurations on the unclassified enterprise network, restoring connectivity to three special access program networks. - Team member for regional port security transition to an 802.1x Cisco ACS enterprise RADIUS solution integrated with the current Active Directory domain. - Received Three Star Letter of Appreciation from LTG Patrick O'Reilly, MDA Director, for providing a flawless network solution at an SES retirement ceremony.

Colorado Springs, Colorado Area

Former network engineer for Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) integration, test, and exercise at the MDA Integration and Operations Center (MDIOC). Architected, engineered, implemented, and managed IP networks to support wargames, exercises, training, and testing amongst various BMDS elements. Provided consultation to promote innovation, increase efficiency and performance, and maintain Information Assurance requirements. Lead complex troubleshooting efforts and critical implementations of administrative, test, training, and exercise communications systems. Represented the organization at various levels for integration and interoperability of network systems. - Lead engineer/architect: $550K+ network infrastructure for the consolidation of dispersed test and exercise network assets; $120K+ 20-host exercise and development network for joint exercise capabilities; $300K Command, Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) test network redesign; $140K NATO coalition network presence in support of C2BMC integration and interoperability; $100K Japan bilateral network presence in support of BMDS test and exercise capabilities. - Lead network engineer for more than twenty successful joint-command distributed exercises and wargames, providing continual strategic support to the warfighter. - Lead technical consultant to the Air Force for the multi-national Al Udeid Air Base White Cell Simulation Network. - Received BMDS C2BMC-West BMDS Support Employee of the Quarter Award, 2007, and BMDS Support Engineering and Excellence Award, November 2007, for C2BMC laboratory installations and enterprise multicast support.

Colorado Springs, Colorado Area

Systems engineer consultant to the Satellite Control Network Contract (SCNC) prime contractor supporting the Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN). Consultant to Systems Engineering division for various AFSCN communications systems projects, providing technical expertise in IP/ATM networking, system sustainment, and systems interoperability. Lead network engineer and staff systems administrator for the Integration and Test Support Facility (I&TSF) integrated laboratory network. - Subject Matter Expert for $650K+ AFSCN network technology update project involving IP router and ATM switch upgrades. Proposed the use of fewer network nodes while still providing required redundancy to reduce project budget by $150K. - Lead network engineer for two standalone and one integrated laboratory solutions supporting technology reviews and conceptual testing. Provided specific-use laboratories and table-top demonstration platforms without additional spending. - Developed Concept of Operations (CONOPS) for the I&TSF outlining areas of responsibility, lines of demarcation, and daily operations.

Englewood, Colorado

System engineer providing top-tier support, network architecture consultation, and cradle-to-grave project management of network upgrades and capability enhancements for the Air Force Distributed Common Ground System (AF-DCGS). Led or assisted with engineering support of various communications systems including IP networking, ATM switching, and long-haul ATM and serial circuits. Developed requirements for government approval, engineered, implemented, and integrated solutions on 24/7 mission system network. - Fully managed, designed, implemented, and integrated a $200K+ enterprise network performance management solution as project lead. - Organizational subject matter expert for IP multicast protocols and technologies, improving multicast architecture for real-time mission video imagery over IP/ATM enterprise network. - Contributing engineer to a comprehensive enterprise architecture white paper for the government program office, suggesting more efficient use of existing network capabilities. - Deployed a number of occasions to isolate and resolve network and cryptographic issues affecting mission-critical data flows after operations center personnel and vendor support teams were unable to restore service.

Colorado Springs, Colorado Area

Network engineer for Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station (CMAFS) unclassified and classified Local Area Networks at the Network Control Center (NCC). Documented, sustained, and maintained the station's Non-Secure, Secret, and Secret/Releasable IP Network enclaves, providing upgrade solutions and proposals for capability enhancements. Technical consultant to the NCC chief engineer and external organizations. - One of three engineers responsible for $500K+ upgrade to both unclassified and classified network infrastructures, providing routing capabilities to communications closets. - Lead engineer of $200K cabling infrastructure project for the NCC server room, providing a model of standards set for future installations in all work centers. - Supported Integrated Space Command and Control (ISC2) network operations at CMAFS, providing reliable network transport and exceptional confidentiality of ISR data flows.

Colorado Springs, Colorado Area

Communications/Computer Systems Controller (3C2x1, Tech Control) assigned to Satellite Control Communications Center, Distributed Tech Control, and Circuit Actions Network Team. Responsible for sustainment and maintenance of communications systems, including: serial communications circuits, data encryption devices, computer networks, messaging systems and scheduling systems, and automated circuit provisioning systems. Network engineer supporting the operations, sustainment, and maintenance of the Air Force Satellite Control Network. Liaison to Air Force organizations and national agencies for command and control communications of multiple satellite programs. - Planned and implemented several software and firmware upgrades to AFSCN equipment with zero downtime and 100% accessibility and transparency to mission data flows. - Updated and maintained more than 300 circuit history folders, earning an Excellent rating from Operational Readiness Inspection evaluators. - Successfully supported two $200M+ Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite deployments through the configuration, testing, and management of data communications links.

Bachelors, Information Technology

Aas, Electronics