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Bowie, MD, US

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Achieved substantial success by overseeing and driving the development of the company’s Information Security program from zero infosec to a fully-fledged program.
• Functioned in an integral capacity by obtaining SOC 2 type II certification as well as independent HIPAA compliance attestation.
• Preside over and direct a wide range of key information technology activities with a strong focus on achieving exceptional performance across the company’s technical infrastructure.
• Lead the creation, development, and execution of strategic plans for technology operations in alignment with the organization’s goals and objectives.
• Provide supervision, leadership, and direction to cross-functional information technology teams across various duties and activities.
• Spearhead all aspects of information technology projects from inception through to completion in a timely manner and within budget.

• Leverage extensive technical expertise and experience to dispense ongoing advice, guidance, and consulting on key technical matters.
• Contribute extensively to the development and implementation of innovative solutions for technical challenges and issues.
• Obtain and maintain a thorough and up-to-date knowledge of the evolving technical landscape, including new technologies and tools.

• Furnished ongoing strategic leadership and direction across all of the company’s technical operations to ensure alignment with goals and objectives.
• Played a key role by guaranteeing the efficient and effective operation and maintenance of the organization’s technical infrastructure.
• Drove significant improvements in and optimized technical operations and performance for the company by identifying and capitalizing on key opportunities.
• Searched for, identified, and addressed a wide range of technical risks and threats to the company, utilizing insights to develop risk mitigation strategies.

Bethesda, Maryland

• Performed the design and documentation of the company’s enterprise architecture through employment of extensive expertise.
• Carried out the establishment and enforcement of architectural standards, guidelines, and best practices across the organization.
• Orchestrated the creation, development, and maintenance of enterprise architecture roadmaps to support the growth of the organization’s architecture over time.
• Cooperated effectively with business and technical stakeholders to gather and analyze requirements before translating these requirements into solutions.

Reston, VA

• Provided supervision, leadership, and direction to a team of cloud services professionals in the delivery of exceptional solutions and services to meet customer requirements.
• Undertook and completed key projects related to cloud services and solutions architecture with an emphasis on meeting customer requirements and objectives.
• Pioneered all elements of the design and architecture of cloud solutions with an emphasis on scalability, reliability, and security.

Herndon, VA

• Oversaw and led the design and development of complex and innovative technology solutions with a focus on meeting customer requirements.
• Interacted clearly and effectively with customers to obtain a strong understanding of their objectives and technical requirements.
• Carried out the creation and maintenance of documentation on solution architectures, designs, and technical specifications for customers and stakeholders.
• Established and cultivated strong and sustaining relationships with customers while functioning as a trusted advisor and advocate.
• Closely collaborated and communicated with a variety of project teams, including developers, engineers, and other architects to ensure success and meet all customer requirements.

Beltsville, MD

• Orchestrated all aspects of the design, development, and architecture of complex systems, including hardware, software, and more.
• Served in an integral role by driving and optimizing system performance to meet defined SLAs and performance requirements.

Beltsville, MD

Act as a primary escalation point 24/7 for junior engineersDesigned and implemented a local disaster recovery solution which included implementing an EMC Symmetrix VMAX SAN and RecoverPoint Appliances.Planned and coordinated the migration of 100% of Vocus production data consisting of 1PB of data from 4 EMC arrays to a single VMAX array.Designed and.

Beltsville, MD

Served as a Senior member a production operations team, responsible for maintaining 99.99% uptime for the 90,000+ end users accessing the Vocus SaaS platform.Acted in a leadership role in all phases of large scale, high visibility projects.Planned, implemented and supported an initiative to virtualize 80% of the Vocus production environment using.

Beltsville, MD

Served as a member a production operations team, responsible for maintaining 99.99% uptime for 90,000+ end users accessing the Vocus SAAS platformWorked on a rotating basis to provide 24/7 on call supportResponsible for weekly tape rotation and management of disaster recovery dataResponsible for weekly data center visits to ensure maximum uptimeResponsible.

Worked as a team lead for the Vocus Support Services team. Responsible for maintaining Vocus's hight level of customer service. Responsible for handling escalations as well as working directly with our development and site operations team to resolve issues. Also responsible for mentoring and coaching the junior memebers of the support team.