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Greater San Diego Area

• Collaborated closely with the Navy Accreditation Office (NAO) and cyber stakeholders from the Joint Program Office (JPO) to maintain the NAVY F-35 Autonomic Logistic Information System (ALIS) eMASS reciprocity Authority to Operate (ATO), ensuring compliance with cybersecurity reciprocity requirements of the Navy Risk Management Framework (RMF).• Coordinated with stakeholders responsible for the accreditation process, to gather and integrate the necessary cybersecurity artifacts, maintaining compliance and up-to-date records in the ALIS accreditation.• Provided guidance to ensure adherence to cybersecurity policies and gave recommendations to mitigate identified risks, ensuring compliance with security protocols and regulations while enabling the successful implementation of ALIS installations.• Prepared comprehensive Background Change Requests (BCR) outlining the required Ports, Protocols, and Services necessary for enabling successful communication between ALIS shipboard kits and worldwide Navy Network Operations Centers (NOCs), to facilitate System Operation Verification Testing (SOVT) onboard Navy CVN (Aircraft Carrier) and LHD/LHA (Amphibious Assault Ship) class ships.• Interfaced with project sponsors to capture and document project requirements, ensuring alignment with project objectives and stakeholder expectations.• Created and maintained a comprehensive master project schedule to track and monitor F-35 ALIS deliverables throughout the project lifecycle.• Prepared detailed Statements of Work (SOW) to outline project scope, deliverables, timelines, and budgetary requirements.• Conducted quarterly Financial Status Reviews (FSR) to effectively manage the project's burn rate, ensuring optimal utilization of resources and adherence to budgetary constraints.• Coordinated and led cross-functional project teams, fostering collaboration and ensuring efficient communication channels.

San Diego, California, United States

• Served as the Enterprise Engineering, Test & Evaluation and Certification Division Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) responsible for enhancing the cybersecurity posture of the division's labs and systems.• Led preparations for the Command Cyber Operational Readiness Inspection (CCORI), a critical evaluation of secret lab cybersecurity readiness. During the CCORI, provided valuable cybersecurity coaching to lab managers, guiding them on policies and industry best practices to prepare the lab for inspection. Ensured compliance and readiness for the assessment. Implemented proactive measures and worked diligently to address any identified vulnerabilities or gaps in security. Successfully facilitated a smooth and successful CCORI inspection, resulting in positive outcomes and commendations for the division's cybersecurity practices.• Demonstrated proactive coordination of cyber security efforts among division labs, Navy SYSCOMs, and the NAO, ensuring effective collaboration and support for test events and accreditations. Hosts, collaborates, and contributes to various cyber security and engineering meetings to facilitate information exchange and decision-making.• Collaborated closely with the NIWC PAC Assessment & Authorization team to contribute to the SDREN Lab Unification Effort (SLUE) eMASS# S-3418 accreditation package. Led the effort to include assets from the Integration Test Certification Lab (ITCL) and the High Performance Computing Center (HPCC) in the accreditation package. Worked diligently to ensure that all assets were covered under the accreditation, meeting the necessary security standards and requirements. Successfully achieved a 3-year Authority to Operate (ATO) for the unified lab environment, demonstrating compliance with cybersecurity regulations and best practices. Played a key role in coordinating with stakeholders, conducting risk assessments, documenting security controls to achieve an accreditation.

San Diego, California, United States

• C4I Certification Manager skilled in evaluating the development lifecycle of PEO C4I Product Portfolio of ship systems, assessing both the technical and operational risks as it pertains to the ship’s mission.• Well versed leading process improvement meetings, including working groups with the NAVWAR Certifying Authority (CA), to improve the C4I certification process by capturing ‘rule-sets,’ lessons-learned and tripwires.• Provided engineering/cybersecurity support services to execute the Naval Warfare Systems Certification Policy (NWSCP) process, which supports the development and deployment of warfare systems throughout the technology life cycle of approximately 150 U.S. Navy Surface Ships. This includes providing assessments and recommendations to NAVSEA that result in a Warfare Systems Installation Authorization (WSIA) and Warfare Systems Certification Decisions (WSCD). • Specialized in assessing C4I systems configuration for Navy Force Level (FL) afloat platforms such as Aircraft Carriers (CVN), Amphibious Assault Ships (LHA/LHD), Amphibious Dock Landing Ships (LSD) and Amphibious Command Ships (LCC).• Developed and submitted official fleet readiness recommendations to NAVSEA command regarding C4I technology lifecycle maturity, reliability, availability, maintainability and cybersecurity readiness.• Assessed systems/application integration test reports, in-service sustainment tools, engineering reports, and attended meetings to collect fleet readiness information in support of engineering and certification assessments.• Experienced liaison, working cross functionally with a variety of other PEO program offices that are comprised of fleet support, engineering, installation, logistics, maintenance and cybersecurity to support ship C4I system deployment.• Deep understanding of technical risk, certification process, mission capability baseline and cybersecurity posture to able to make recommendations in reports and presentations supported by analysis.

San Diego, California, United States

• Cybersecurity lead for the Development Integration Certification Environment (DICE), formerly known as the Enterprise Engineering Certification (E2C), responsible for maintaining both the lab Authority to Operate (ATO) and test event accreditations (IATTs) required to support the 20+ PEO C4I test events held annually in the DICE distributed test environment.• Supervised and coordinated the daily tasking of a team of four Information Systems Security Engineers (ISSE) to complete project deliverables and meet customer deadlines.• Designed, engineered and developed a cybersecurity accreditation framework where geographically distributed, shipboard replicate, land-based laboratory environment can conduct system integration and application test events of hundreds of Navy C4I Systems in a secure collaborative manner.• ISSO accountable for the cybersecurity posture of five DICE labs in NIWC PAC. Applied industry best practices to align the lab’s cybersecurity posture with command security policies and procedures as required, to comply with DISA, DoD and DON mandates and directives.• Navy Qualified Validator responsible for ensuring that the network, site, system, or application ISs are certified and accredited to participate in RDT&E test events.• Performed Security Technical Implementation Guidance (STIG) compliance checks, conducted DISA ACAS scans and built the associated Risk Assessment Report (RAR) and Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M).• Develop cybersecurity related Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)s which include Data Handling, ISSM Special Requests, Port Exceptions, Test Event approval process and Incident Response. • Coordinate security investigative procedures for security events, data spillages and institute protective or corrective measures when an IA incident or vulnerability was uncovered.• Review and validate unclassified/classified port exception requests to connect to the Global Information Grid (GIG).

Greater San Diego Area

• Experienced helping the Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) with planning, scheduling and implementation of cybersecurity mandates and requirements in order to maintain the security posture of the Enterprise Engineering Certification (E2C) lab and hosted Program of Record (POR) systems.• Assists the ISSO in the cybersecurity review and validation of test plans to support Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (PEO C4I) sponsored POR Systems of Systems (SoS) test events. • Supports the ISSO in the daily progress tracking of various DICE hosted POR SoS test events from inception and development until test conclusion.• Fully Qualified Navy Validator (FQNV) responsible for developing and validating various Navy DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) packages that have achieved Authority to Operate (ATO). • Knowledgeable on a wide range of Certification and Accreditation (C&A) activities to include conducting security test and evaluations (ST&Es) on a wide range of systems and networking equipment utilizing Security Compliance Assessment Protocol (SCAP), eEye Retina, Tenable DISA Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS) v4.8 and STIGs. • Proficient at developing risk assessments, Certification Determination (CD) letters, composing technical mitigations and managing the accredited system within DISA’s Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Service (eMASS). • Experienced facilitating collaboration meeting with stakeholders and the Navy Authorizing Official (AO) to present an accreditation package and address any security concerns that may arise. • Adept at ensuring accredited systems are Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) compliant and operating under appropriate security and assurance controls for the full system lifecycle.

Greater San Diego Area

• Fleet Support Subject Matter Expert (SME) responsible for supporting Navy’s Integrated Ship Board Network System (ISNS) with COMPOSE 3.0x/Windows 2003. • Proficient in managing Active Directory (AD) resources including local/roaming profiles, group/user rights, group/account policies and resource sharing. • Specialization in LAN/WAN environments working with a wide variety of products which include servers, disk array systems, automated tape libraries, tape drives, routers, bridges and switches to name a few. • Testing and evaluating new system and equipment design. • Provided technical training to other SME’s and Navy personnel. Reviewing/updating documentation and preparing briefs/presentations for SPAWAR and Navy officials.

Greater San Diego Area

• Developed DoN Certification & Accreditation (C&A) documentation for the Navy's Integrated Ship Board Network System (ISNS) with Common PC Operating System Environment Program (COMPOSE) 3.x and successfully obtained a 3-year accreditation.• Provided Information Assurance (IA) guidance, assessment and engineering support for the development of secure network system implementation. • Performed penetration testing utilizing Gold Disk and eEye Retina on government Navy systems and ensured adherence to the DoD 8500.2 and DISA STIGs. Authored white papers that itemized found security vulnerabilities, evaluated the risk those vulnerabilities would add to the system and provided technical remediation guidance to close those vulnerabilities. • Inspected cybersecurity vulnerabilities and provided recommendations and mitigations to reduce the raw risk.• Assisted with security engineering planning activities to ensure comprehensive boundary level protection policies and Defense in Depth practices are in place to support enterprise efforts for secure networks.

Greater San Diego Area

• Experienced in project management, responsible for supervising a team of five systems engineers to install, test and tune new equipment installs at numerous customers sites, which included AT&T, Qualcomm, Sempra Energy, Cardinal Health, Navy, etc…• Proficient in installing and relocating a wide array of disk/tape/server systems, such as Sun Microsystems tape libraries, Sun redundant array of independent disk (RAID) subsystems and Sun Fire/HP 9000 servers.• Performed preventative maintenance in addition to emergency customer system repair on 7x24-maintenance support contract. • Provided remote technical support and onsite engineering support for HP systems, Sun systems and StorageTek systems on large storage area networks to obtain optimum operating performance while maintaining security and meeting deadlines.• Gathered and assisted in the evaluation of failure data to aid with problem identification and escalation.• Responsible for managing technical staff, training of customer employees and making on-site software/hardware changes to meet the needs of the customer. • Met with management, customers and systems engineers to provide guidance for enterprise disaster recovery planning.

Master’S Degree, Information Technology

Bachelor’S Degree, Information Technology