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Durham, Nc, Us

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Network security engineer in AT&T’s Managed Security Services cybersecurity division. Provides Tier 1 and Tier 2 network security support to multiple US-restricted customers, law enforcement agencies, and domestic/international federal organizations. Manages multiple switching, routing, and security appliances to include Cisco, Palo Alto, F5, Fortinet, Juniper, and Checkpoint routers/switches/firewalls. Day-to-day activity includes actively monitoring network devices, working tickets (AOTS/Remedy), and first-line initial troubleshooting.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Network Engineer in Government Network Operations Center that provides 24/7 Tier 2 support to over 400 United States Army Reserve Command (USARC) locations. Provides remote network implementation, administration, maintenance and troubleshooting support for thousands of users and hundreds of Cisco L2/L3 devices across the USARC network.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

• Led communications training & operations for a 560-person organization spanning 5 geographically dispersed locations.• Helped organize and develop a training pipeline to introduce 8 junior leaders to Special Operations communication capabilities and planning requirements.• Performed and supported with the requirements development, cost-benefit analysis, and implementation of a $2.6 million advanced technical training contract.• Served as project manager for the organization's training resource management.Highlights:• Developed project assumption log and requirements documentation for the organization's $4.5 million training budget.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

• Led the communications team that established, extended, and monitored radio, satellite, and fiber backbone communications across 100 million square miles.• Worked to integrate cloud technology into current equipment sets and ongoing operations by coordinating with the organization's Advanced Technologies Directorate.Highlights:• Increased CompTIA, Cisco, and Microsoft certification rate by 30% through the development and implementation of advanced technical training program.• Developed Senior Leader Executive Communication Course for junior communication specialists, giving 2 certified operators for the organization.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

• Spearheaded 22-person communications team responsible for establishing, extending, and monitoring radio, satellite, and fiber backbone communications for Special Operations Forces in the U.S. and on the African continent.• Maintained Army's voice, data and information systems as well as made tactical decisions and engaged Signal Soldiers.Highlights:• Developed first training cycle as well as the satellite maintenance program that comprised of 16 nodes worth $5 million.• Served on the project team that developed the organization's first vehicular on-the-move communications solution.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

• Oversaw LAN automation systems administration, security, maintenance, and customer service for a 430-user organization over 3 distinct networks.• Managed the organization's lifecycle replacement program comprising of ~250 Dell, Cisco and Lexmark network devices.• Developed new systems for COMSEC accountability for adherence to the National Security Administration's policies.• Ensured stability, integrity, performance, and sustainability of the in-house enterprise systems/network architecture.Highlights:• Reduced Satellite down time during critical training cycles by 40% through planning and execution of the Battalion's first Satellite maintenance program with the assistance of industry partners.• Led to 25% reduction in ticket resolution time by redesigning the organization's help desk ticket handling process.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

• Led training, administration, operation, supply, and maintenance for a 12-person communications retransmission team.• Consulted and advised senior leadership on the proper employment of a retransmission team.Highlights:• Led to zero major safety incidents in two years through strong management of the organization's safety program and training its personnel on proper equipment handling procedures. • Certified the first Communication Relay Group team for the Battalion in over 3 years with highest certification rating possible by executing a robust training plan in less than 6 months with all new personnel.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

• Completed BOLC, a three-phased training program designed to produce officers who are tactically proficient, technically competent, physically fit, and ready to lead Soldiers. BOLC focuses on leader development and prepares new officers for the complexities of our current battlefields. Graduated Signal Corps Officer become experts in planning, installing, integrating, operating and maintaining the Army's voice, data and information systems, services and resources. Signal Officers must be highly intelligent, forward-thinking and have a complete knowledge of these various technologies. Upon reporting to their first units, Signal Officers must be expected to plan and execute all aspects of communication on missions, both during combat and peacetime, understand tactical decision making and the Signal Officer's role as a leader in a combined arms or joint-force environment, and coordinating employment of Signal Soldiers at all levels of command, from platoon to battalion and higher, in U.S. and multi-national operations.

San Jose, California, Us

• Participated in product design, development, verification, troubleshooting, and delivery of a system/major subsystems.• Assisted in creating, documenting, and managing agile/scrum tasks and status, reporting status to leadership and helped coordinate project dependencies and execution.• Supported the creation and improvements of CI/CD build pipelines and software delivery.• Implemented algorithms and incorporated them in systems; conducted experiments and analyzed results.Highlights:• Helped design and administer an enterprise-level hybrid cloud environment in AWS consisting of ~400 users, 180 accounts, 1 Direct Connect, 11 VPN transit gateways, 66 VPCs, and hundreds of private endpoints.• Improved the ticket processing and completion times by 23% through completion of over 60 AWS service tickets for the ESIS Cloud Operations team.• Assisted the NetApp ESIS cloud team with transitioning and integrating over 180 AWS accounts to the organizations single sign-on (SSO) architecture, reducing the monthly operating costs in AWS by around $5,000.• Refined security posture of 12 AWS accounts/associated VPCs to align Hybrid Cloud Lab to company security policies.