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Mclean, Virginia, Us

Deliver for the Selective Service System, under the Government COR’s direction, a top-tier planning and technical analysis for the design, implementation, and operation of Cisco switched networks, with proven experience with industry standard proxy servers (Barracuda), firewalls (Cisco and Fortinet), and domain servers (Microsoft and Linux).• Timely and efficient detailed planning, and/or execution for the installation, testing, operation, troubleshooting, training and maintenance of hardware and software systems, network cyber security, load balancing, Alt Routing/COOP to design the network towards the year 2030• Responsible for the (timely and efficient) technical planning and execution of all network infrastructure upgrades throughput the SSS enterprise while ensuring all data transit and interfaces are FISMA/FIPS compliant• Install, maintain, and enhance (network/systems) equipment, services, and/or maintain technical documentation or procedures as needed• Manage and load balance network/systems resources including performance, capacity, availability, serviceability, and recoverability• Continually implement and sustain (compliance of) security protocols, procedures, software patches, and tools to sustain compliance with the agency’s established configuration baseline• Implement and maintain established system/network, interface protocols, procedures, software patches, and tools to sustain compliance with the agency’s established configuration baseline• Develop, document, and maintain systems administration standard operating procedures• Analyze, troubleshoot and resolve hardware/software interface and interoperability problems• Ensure systems availability, functionality, integrity, and efficiency• Accomplish the installation and integration of systems fixes, updates, and enhancements• Ensure the rigorous application of information security and information assurance policies, principles, and practices in the delivery of systems administration services

Mclean, Va, Us

Currently working on a research and development contract with the US Airforce providing visibility into received sensor data. Building the applications infrastructure in Amazon AWS using such tools as VPC, EC2, S3, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, AWS Config, Lambda, and IAM. Using GitLab for source control of JSON/YAML CloudFormation templates.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Oversees the network operation to ensure network services fulfill the F-35 Program performance, security, and availability requirements. Provides the customer with information that articulates performance, planned improvements, and capacity status. Manages a team of 14 to include Network Engineers, Network Administrators, telephony (VoIP) technicians, and VTC technicians.

Herndon, Virginia, Us

Provide engineering and administration to the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research network in Silver Spring MD, consisting of ~100 servers (80% virtual), ~1500 end users, 7 firewalls (Cisco and Fortinet), ~80 switches (Cisco and Brocade), and 41 wireless access points (Cisco).

Arlington, Va, Us

Provide the overall planning, organizing, and execution of all IT functions, including directing all IT operations to meet requirements as well as the support and maintenance of existing applications and development of new technical solutions.•Implement and manage computing and information technology strategic plans, policies, programs, and schedules for business and finance data processing, computer services, network communications, and management information services to accomplish corporate and project goals and objectives•Assess new computing technologies to determine potential value for the company•Propose and manage budgets for projects and programs, and makes decisions on staff training and equipment purchases•Directs operations in executing production tasks according to a documented schedule that meets or exceeds expectations•Approves all business requirements prior to the technical solution•Participates on all hardware and software evaluations and maintains vendor contracts•Directs education programs for her/his staff•Performs salary administration and conducts interviews and makes recommendations for new hires, consultants and/or replacement personnel

Arlington, Va, Us

Responsible for the overall planning, organizing, and execution of all IT functions for the Cambridge enterprise, to include directing all IT operations to meet corporate objectives and business unit requirements, as well as the support and maintenance of existing applications and development of new technical solutions.• Analyzes complex business needs presented by the executive leadership, functional departments, and business units to recommend technical solutions• Ensures the consistency and maintainability of existing applications by creating, maintaining, and enforcing standards/procedures for implementing technical solutions• Directs operations in executing production tasks according to a documented schedule that meets or exceeds management expectations• Produces detailed timelines for each IT project or application release and implements effective project control by monitoring the progress of the project and reporting the status• Directs and prioritizes the work load of subordinate personnel, outsourced IT firm, and consultants• Reviews all designs, solutions, and implementation plans• Coordinates the approval of business requirements prior to the technical solution• Conducts hardware and software evaluations and maintains vendor contracts• Represents the IT function at business unit meetings when appropriate• Perform liaison duties between users, operations, and support personnel in the areas of systems design, modifications or trouble shooting

Annapolis Junction, Md, Us

Under the overall direction of the CIO, provides overall leadership to the network and server administration team. Communicates the company’s vision, requirements, and mission and leads the team through a successful execution process. Makes sure the department is compliant with all applicable requirements. Acts as a member of the IT Change Control Board (CCB) and IT Management and takes full responsibility for all assigned projects and personnel. Acts as an advisor to IT Director and CIO on all matters assigned. Within the framework of Livanta's policies and guidelines and concurrence of the CIO, hires, fires, coaches, and builds personnel. Communicates vision, assigns goals to staff, gives employees tools to execute, and ensure successful execution. Coordinates any training needed to keep staff up to date. The Infrastructure Team consists of 11 personnel, to include a team in Las Vegas and a remote member in Oregon. • Audited the Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure and identified many unused instances, volumes, and snapshots. Their elimination saved upwards of $2,000/month.• Rebuilt the development environment in AWS securely, in one weekend as requested.

Annapolis Junction, Md, Us

Managed the infrastructure operations of two Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) contracts and the corporate network supporting 75 employees and subcontractors. Supervised 2 direct reports consisting of a Network Administrator and Computer Operator. The technology consists of Microsoft Windows Servers, VMware vSphere, Cisco switches and firewalls, FortiGate firewalls, EMC VNX storage arrays, and SQL Server databases. Built out a Platform-As-A-Service (PAAS) infrastructure in Amazon Web Services consisting of Windows and Linux Amazon Machine Images (AMI).• Utilized AWS to set up Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) for Management, Production, and Testing environments with operational requirements and parameters (e.g., internet gateway, subnets, Elastic IP, and Security Groups). • Utilized other AWS Cloud Computing platforms and its many dimensions of scalability including but not limited to VPC, EC2, ELB, IAM, S3, using EBS under high I/O requirements, custom monitoring metrics/analysis/alarms via Cloud Watch, the AWS CLI, to meet project requirements.

Falls Church, Va, Us

Direct technical operations related to the US Refugee Admissions Program contract, supporting 1K worldwide refugee admissions processing system (WRAPS) users and IT professionals at the Refugee Processing Center (RPC) and 10 overseas Resettlement Service Centers. Supervise a team of 20 IT professionals responsible for system, network, VoIP, and database engineering/administration; helpdesk and system integration services; RPC infrastructure maintenance; and the IT security program.•Increased storage by 200% and eliminated service interruptions due to storage failures.•Reduced RPC server infrastructure by 90%+ while increasing functionality, reliability, and availability through a server virtualization effort using VMware.•Established Operations and Maintenance capability at the RPC to support development and testing of multiple WRAPS releases while enabling parallel release development and reducing deployment time by 75%.•Successfully migrated and transitioned RPC facility including data center systems and networks to new facility, installing new VoIP system in four days.•Replaced outdated, undersized, and failing infrastructure without any operational downtime.•Major RPC projects included business analytics for refugee pipeline forecasting, desktop, server, and common operating environment (COE) refresh; and WRAPS data archival.

Falls Church, Va, Us

Currently managing over 80 Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2008 servers, 150 Microsoft Windows XP workstations, Cisco PIX/ASA and Sonicwall firewalls, Cisco routers and switches supporting refugee operations for the Department of State. Plan and coordinate system utilization, and perform growth analysis and capacity planning. Perform systems and applications analysis/design and programming to produce a variety of innovative solutions to complex problems. Perform installation, maintenance, and user support, as required; plan and coordinate projects to meet future needs.•Sets up and installs servers, routers, switches and other network equipment.•Remotely manages alternate network sites.•Utilizes relevant technologies and procedures to maintain network integrity and performance.•Creates and performs server designs and security configurations, system backup procedures, and recovery processes in accordance with the company's disaster recovery / business continuity strategies.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Responsible for meeting the overall stability, reliability and performance requirements of a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) managed services environment. This involved working within the operations team to monitor systems, implement changes using proper change management procedures as well as suggest and implement improvements to the system. •Kept abreast of new technologies and approaches to improve system efficiency and lower operational costs.•Upgraded the network to take advantage of high-availability technology.•Made use of my well-developed organizational, documentation, and problem solving skills.•Strong verbal and written communication skills, utilizing tact and diplomacy when dealing with customer issues.

Mclean, Va, Us

Designed, developed, and supported global networking environments. Responsible for complex testing and analysis of all network facilities, including routers, switches, software, communications equipment, lines, modems, and terminals. Monitored and controlled the performance and status of the network resources. Utilized software and hardware tools, identified and diagnosed problems and factors affecting network performance. Identified key business partners and built strategic relationships. Troubleshot network related issues related to performance, security, reliability, and functionality. Managed and deployed security related technologies, including firewalls, access lists, and intrusion detection systems. Performed after hours support duties to sustain networking systems and service levels – 24/7/365. Developed network documentation, including diagrams, Standard Operating Procedures and work instructions. •Planned, configured and installed, maintained and managed network security for both users and infrastructure. •Worked with multiple groups to develop global LAN-WAN policies, procedures, and standards. Conducted onsite audits to ensure conformance. •Managed the design, configuration, installation, maintenance, backup and restoration of hardware and software for switches, routers, and firewalls. •Performed proactive monitoring and advanced troubleshooting for server, network, and some desktop systems for the LAN/WAN/Wireless and VPN environment.

Basking Ridge, Nj, Us

Guaranteed the integrity of inside central office equipment. Performed basic installations, updates, and maintenance of new and existing telecommunication systems and networks. Responsible for network systems management including monitoring and maintaining network stability, evaluating requirements, and making recommendations. Provided network analysis using associated network management tools.

Provided specialized technical maintenance and recovery support and services for the network and centrally managed multi-platform systems environment. Anticipated emergent situations for all available data sources and assisted in the contacting of essential/critical personnel as required. Provided leadership in resolving network and system problems and followed appropriate outage/recovery procedures. Reviewed trouble tickets and ticket procedures to ensure that tickets were completed with pertinent information and assigned them to the correct department for action. Interfaced effectively with customers.

Managed a Microsoft Windows LAN, WAN performance and maintained Windows network security through the use of Active Directory, Group Policies, DHCP, DNS, LDAP, SMB, and SNMP. Installed, maintained, and monitored the operation of the TCP/IP network. Evaluated vendor products in hardware, software, and telecommunications equipment and recommended purchases consistent with short and long term objectives. Recommended and implemented VLAN policies and standards, ensuring adherence to security procedures. Maintained contact with outside organizations in the maintenance, service, and purchase of the network.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Bachelor Of Science, Networking And Communications Management

It Management, Business Administration