• Conducted comprehensive system vulnerability scans, reviewing prospective government systems by completing necessary risk management framework (RMF) processes to identify potential risk and security holes. • Ensured abidance to NIST 800-171/CMMC compliance standards, applying leadership skills to proficiently conduct in-depth assessments and create comprehensive recommendations to achieve data security goals.• Proficiently completed risk management framework (RMF) processes, efficiently developing an interim authority test to provide critical support for the Air Force Enterprise Data Loss Prevention System. • Spearheaded company-wide system training processes, leveraging technical acumen to aid in the overall development of organization employees on maintaining compliance and best cyber hygiene practices.• Successfully identified and mitigated 120 system vulnerabilities, deploying advanced technical tools and optimal methodologies to effectively analyze test results, detect security errors, and design effective strategies.• Aided in the design of an Air Force Information Technology System Categorization and Selection Checklist, creating a comprehensive catalogue detailing necessary equipment relevant to the organization E-DLP.• Coordinated directly with System Leads and Engineers, proficiently collaborating to develop completion dates, milestones, and mitigation statements while providing comprehensive system risk assessments. • Designed security architecture while determining required security tools and existing tool functionality.• Directed technical security control implementation operations, assisting in the overall mitigation and closure of open vulnerabilities under the system’s change control process

• Led Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) systems and authorized Service Interrupt Manager to safeguard $2.2M in non-liquid assets throughout all Middle East deployments. • Reconciled software upgrades with sensitive missions, analyzing customer needs to control service interruptions and utilizing classified points-of-contact to reschedule up to one year.• Oversaw 20-member work groups and task forces to insulate Theater Decision Maker communication for the Fifth Fleet admiral and the Central Command combatant commander four-star general. • Led a team of 17, administrators, engineers, and architects utilizing MBWA to evaluate network and physical information security by providing ad hoc training and insight through one-on-one conversations.• Resolved 1.5K trouble calls and 1K network change requests across 13 subordinate commands, overseeing over 500 video conferences, and reconfiguring 850 network-related devices to safeguard operations.• Provided insight to 150 enlisted personnel from 8 countries on effective leadership.• Orchestrated high-profile events, liaising with Bahrain and Washington D.C. to organize an unclassified Christmas VTC with the President of the United States for Christmas within a 10-day timeline.• Provided mission-critical bi-weekly presentations to the Assistant to the Chief of Staff for Communications, outlining ASIs and process flows to introduce compensatory action plans and forecasted timelines. • Orchestrated video telecommunications and system upgrades, harnessing SPAWAR accreditations to evaluate and sign off on product acquisitions.• Assessed vulnerability, identified threats, and minimized risk, monitoring seven C4I systems to troubleshoot interruptions and terminate security breaches.

• Improved workforce competence, overseeing training up to 500+ users on Fifth-Fleet Information Assurance and Computer Network Defense Operations to ensure safe usage and regulatory compliance.• Enforced physical and cyber security protocol, investigating systems usage to maintain best practices, including maintaining confidential user channels through consistent log-out implementation.• Identify technical and non-technical information system features, including managerial and procedural safeguards for a designated approving authority to evaluate residual risk.• Managed configuration management workflow changes to identify shifts in risk or compliance posture; oversaw patching solutions through Shavlik and Windows updates to safeguard the environment. • Maintained project management lifecycle discipline for assessment & accreditation initiatives, serving as PM interface with the government stakeholders for cybersecurity projects and controls. • Applied project principles to investigate, analyze, plan, design, develop, implement, test, or evaluate C&A for IT or military weapon systems; guided security design and implementation for IT and IA projects.

• Provided Command, Control, Computer, Communications and Intelligence (C4I) for real-world operations and exercises in the Atlantic Fleet Area of Responsibility.• Managed 12 Super High Frequency (SHF) assets providing highly reliable satellite communications (SATCOM), Internet Protocol services supporting over 35K operating in the 2nd Fleet AOR.• Responded to mission-critical incidents, efficiently changing network system configuration to resolve email-incapacitating IP service failure within nine hours of identification.• Oversaw a team of 30, admins and engineers holding daily meetings to collectively identify anomalies, design action plans, and develop up to 15-page ad hoc After Action Reports.

• Led a team of 17 system administrators in providing direct intervention 12 hours per day and seven days per week for deployed sailors; managed three subgroups with corresponding supervisors.• Identified and completed tasks in support of 2.5K user accounts, three exchange servers, two file servers, network access server, 172 network printers, and 850 work stations.• Integrated 850 laptops onto an aircraft carrier network, directing five squadrons and two IT technicians in team requirements maintenance, goal execution, and network function monitoring.

• Analyzed and reported global Digital Network Intelligence supporting Fleet Theater and national clients.• Led team of analysts in the research and analysis of Special Operations targets to provide target characterizations.