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Jacksonville, Florida Area

Greater New York City Area

Current Duties: - Ensure that the appropriate operational security posture is maintained for VA information systems.- Ensuring compliance with Federal security requirements and VA security policies.- Reviewing proposed Statements of Work (SOW) for VA contracts to ensure that the resulting contracts sufficiently define information security requirements.- Manage local information security programs and serve as principle security advisor to systems ownersregarding security considerations in applications, systems, procurement or development, implementation, operation and maintenance, or disposal activities (i.e., SDLC management).- Work with the System Owners and managers to ensure system security controls remain in place.- Participate in security self-assessments, external and internal audits of system safeguards and program elements.- Monitor compliance with the security awareness training requirements for each employee/contractor

St Augustine, Fl

Duties: - Senior System Administrator for a Windows environment using Active Directory, Group Policies, DNS, DHCP, Microsoft Exchange.- Perform security scans and patching of servers using Retina, SCCM and IBM BigFix.- Supervise 5 System Administrators. - Computer Network Defense (CND) Team Leader performing network and systems security, incident response, network penetration testing, and remediation. - Software configuration manager for >2500 workstations and >115 servers.- Budget team member for hardware and software purchasing requirements and strategic planning.

St Augustine, Fl, Usa

- Configured routers, switches, and servers.- Maintained statewide workstations and servers using remote software tools (Systems Management Server, Dameware) and command line interfaces.- Advised management on new technology purchases.- Monitored network using Cisco Works, HP Top Tools, Microsoft System Management Server, and Active Directory System Tools.

St Augustine, Fl, Usa

Duties: - Troubleshoot hardware and software applications for workstations, laptops and mobile devices.- Trained subordinate repair techs on various troubleshooting tools and techniques.- Responsible for workflow, equipment procurement, and budget using Numara (BMC) Track-it.