Miguel Rodriguez Email & Phone Number

Austin, Tx, Us

Austin, Tx, Us

Austin, Tx, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

Fairfax, Va, Us

Lead GDMS Cybersecurity Engineer for the Nuclear Weapons Security (NWS) program at Kings Bay Submarine Base. Managed a team of cybersecurity professionals in the execution of Certification and Accreditation (C&A) documentation and activities of electronic security system (ESS) infrastructures. Served as GDMS KB Cybersecurity SME and lead KB member of the NWS Cybersecurity Working Group (CSWG).• As Integrated Project Team Lead, authored process and procedure-level documentation to establish a NWS vulnerability management program which enabled repeatable remediation activity for the portfolio.• Authored a NWS Data Management Plan document outlining implementation of all data management actions and activities across the program.• Produced NWS prime contractor field basis of estimate utilized to determine and award associated prime contractor allocation for all IT related operation and maintenance activities.• Lead effort to develop NWS IT standard operating procedures manual, and associated procedures, to outline technical execution of all IT related maintenance tasks.• Championed utilization of agile project management software and collaboration tools, Jira and Confluence, to replace silo-ed legacy applications and processes.

Promoted above peers to lead Reliant’s managed security and payment (MSP) services including client PCI-DSS compliance programs, Reliant platform security controls and payment infrastructure management including monitoring, alerting, incident response programs. Responsible for managing and developing the client facing security and payment teams, cultivating functional expertise of our staff in the core areas of security, systems administration and payment infrastructure support. • Identified non-functioning security controls and owned the projects to correct them while introducing future maintenance measures.• Increased organization and efficiency while introducing accountability to MSP team workflow by implementing project management software and supporting management processes.• Developed client facing programs to introduce predictability, planning, and the ability to sustain workload while completing all PCI-DSS v3.2 requirements.

Drove completion of engineering projects from inception to closure through the use of prioritization, modularization, and minimizing work in process to maximize throughput for Reliant’s engineering team. Managed efforts consisted of internal projects, business projects, and maintenance activities on client infrastructures and for Reliant's PaaS solution(s). Ensured unplanned work was swarmed to minimize impacts to planned work.• Completed a cloud-based platform manager conversion project for On-The-Border restaurant chain, which had been previously stagnate for over a year, resulting in project completion within 3 working weeks of assignment.• Reorganized Engineering team sprint planning process to complete an annual goal of projecting department roadmap out at least 90 days from the previous 2 weeks standard.• Streamlined the Engineering Quality Assurance and GIT code merge review processes to adhere to industry and company System Development Life Cycle polices increasing efficiency approximately 15%.• Constantly developed Engineering and Support resources. Challenged 3 personnel to achieve technical certifications which resulted in 3 total resources attempting to gain 3 separate certifications respectively producing increased skillsets within the technical teams for the company.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Conducted overall management of IT technicians who delivered, provided, and maintained entire communications network suites to various users in the DoD to include data, voice, radio, transmission, and helpdesk administration services for the Joint Communications Support Element (JCSE). Awarded the Joint Services Commendation Medal for service.• Hand selected to lead a team to plan, install, and maintain communications network to an USMC Commanding General’s staff in 24/7 overseas environment. Result: Successful establishment of 7 different communication networks linking the overseas location with vital U.S. based command resources to facilitate mission success. Awarded the Army Achievement Medal.• Completely rewired Special Forces communication facility at a deployed location saving the military $100,000 and bringing the facility into security regulation compliance.• Saved the Unit $175,000 in replacement cost by repurposing an aging communications suite from operations into a training tool for newer personnel. • Maintained positive control of a combined total of $8.4M worth of telecommunications network and computer system equipment; $4.2M worth on a daily basis. • Hand-selected to assume operational management position above 9 senior personnel and 22 peer level personnel. Actions in that leadership role resulted in being awarded the Joint Service Commendation Medal for 100% completion of all required operational, and physical training tasks and administrative requirements for all supervised personnel.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Managed and supervised shift operations supporting Satellite WAN for DoD entities at a 24/7 Wideband Satellite Operations Center as part of the 53rd Signal Battalion.• Awarded the Army Achievement Medal for development of a database for trending satellite user performance and satellite resource usage.• Became a unit Master Trainer which facilitated training for new unit members that increased their overall initial work productivity by 60% and overall facility efficiency by 3%. Unit named most technically proficient of 5 Companies in Battalion 3 years running.• Turned a failing security program into a command inspection rating of 100% within 1 yr.• Awarded the Army Achievement Medal for obtained the pinnacle of technical certification in position as a Senior Wideband Controller which less than 20% of Satellite Controllers do in their entire career in under a 3 year span.• Awarded the Army Achievement Medal for winning 2 high level Soldier tactical knowledge and performance competitions.• Championed development programs which lead to unit members completing over 200 technical hours and increased overall physical performance from -8% to +12% over the average physical readiness standards.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Conducted Army Basic Training at Ft. Jackson, S.C. Conducted Advanced Individual Training and Satellite Network Controller course at Ft. Gordon G.A.-Graduated as Honor Graduate of Satellite Network Controller course.

Provided national Internet Service Provider technical support via phone in a call center.• Generated exposure to the organization’s products and services while advancing community knowledge in internet usage by providing training sessions for the Orlando area customer base.

Served as only IT personnel for computer and network systems support and administration over a small law-firm.• Restructured local storage architecture using newer OS functionality. Result: Increased overall ease-of-use and administrative support efficiency by 30%.• Modernized network technologies and information routing methods. Result: Increased traffic flow and information transportation speed 100%.

Master Of Science - Ms, Information Security Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Information Technology

Associate Of Science - As, Information Technology

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