Samuel Vass Email & Phone Number

Tooele, Ut

United States

Salt Lake City, Utah

Configures information processing equipment into required operating configurations; performs senior operator and systems administrator duties and unit level maintenance functions on assigned computer systems; assists and supervises experienced soldiers in the installation, operation, and maintenance of information processing equipment; writes, analyzes, edits, tests, and modifies computer systems; drafts program operation manuals and technical programs requirements documentation; troubleshoots software using established debugging procedures; responsible for equipment valued in excess of $1 million; responsible for the health, welfare and training of 1 supervisor (NCO), 4 soldiers, and their families.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Serves as the Content Management NCOIC for the 96th Sustainment Brigade. Served as the Chief and Senior Technical Advisor of the Information Technology Office. Expert knowledge of the principles, methods, and techniques of IT assessment, planning, management, monitoring, and evaluation as well as knowledge of the principles, methods, or tools for developing, scheduling, coordinating, managing IT projects and resources, monitoring and inspecting costs, work, and contractor performance. Responsible for deployment, installation, version upgrade, and maintenance of NETOPS ESXi RAID servers, VMware Vcenter servers and virtual machines, WAN optimizers, multi-vendor firewall and network devices. Direct and perform supervisory personnel management responsibilities. Assign, direct, coordinate, and oversee work of unit personnel through subordinate supervisors. Develops and administers hands-on based training. Knowledge of the principles and methods to identify, analyze, specify, design, and manage functional and infrastructure requirements; includes translating functional requirements into technical requirements used for logical design or alternative technologies or approaches. Compiles network status and bandwidth utilization reports. Provides advanced technical assistance to subordinate Companies and Battalion staff sections to troubleshoot and resolve above-user-level problems. Knowledge of methods of supervision to hold others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results. Establish, revise or review policies, procedures, mission objectives, and organizational design to eliminate work problems or barriers to mission accomplishment. Provides computer system administration, local area network administration, and system network security. Responsible for the welfare, development, supervision, readiness, and training of four departments with multiple employees.

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Responsible for management of a team of engineers over four projects, providing the development, refinement, and production of contractual deliverables for various government projects including System\Sub-system Design, Training Plans, Training Materials, and System Operations. Configuration and Technical advice on VMware, Cisco Nexus clients, and Avaya switching and routing products. Providing oversite and reporting on all USAF contracts P&L, Burndown rate, status, and forecasts. Providing oversite on technical assistance and SME knowledge to Lab Management Team on equipment and configurations. Providing expert technical advice, guidance, and recommendations to management for the improvement of IT systems. Analyzes and defines requirements and specifications for complex systems, applications, and processes.

Ft. Irwin, Ca / Slc, Ut

Serves as Network Engineer for the Consolidated Networks Corporation. Responsible for maintaining, managing, and distributing of NETOPS ESXi servers, VMware vCenter servers and virtual machines, multi-vendor firewall and network devices, ensuring adequate configuration management, and maintaining life cycle replacements for all automation systems within the NTC Training enterprise. Responsible for the functionality of the NTC Cisco SONET distribution network. Identifies and anticipates network performance, availability, capacity, or configuration problems. Evaluating, designing, training, and implementing application systems. Providing expert technical advice, guidance, and recommendations to management for the improvement of IT systems. Analyzes and defines requirements and specifications for complex systems, applications, and processes. Installation, operation, PMCS and unit level maintenance on COMSEC devices. Resolves difficult or highly controversial policy, doctrinal, or conceptual matters associated with test plans, procedures, test conduct, and analysis/evaluation of test results. Participates in meetings and conferences and, as applicable, presents and defends opinions and proposals. Schedules maintenance activities during off-peak usage periods. Implements security plans and policies and preventive maintenance schedules. Identifies need for policy revisions to address changing test objectives. Resolves problems such as defective hardware components or corrupted software. Plan, organize and conduct technical inspections. Runs tests to verify operability and functionality. Brief staff and operations personnel on information systems matters. Developing short- and long-range plans for the management of human and material resources. Submits monthly automation updates to the Lead on automation equipment and software.

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Serves as Network Engineer and a Senior System Administrator for the Air Force development project of Theater Battle Management Core System (TBMCS). Responsible for maintaining, managing, and distributing of NETOPS ESXi servers, VMware Vcenter servers and virtual machines, multi-vendor firewall and network devices, ensuring adequate configuration management, and maintaining life cycle replacements for all automation systems within the TBMCS enterprise. Providing expert technical advice, guidance, and recommendations to management for the improvement of IT systems. Analyzes and defines requirements and specifications for complex systems, applications and processes. Installation, operation, PMCS and unit level maintenance on COMSEC devices. Initiates corrective or preventive action, such as increasing disk or memory capacity to improve performance. Resolves difficult or highly controversial policy, doctrinal, or conceptual matters associated with test plans, procedures, test conduct, and analysis/evaluation of test results. Participates in meetings and conferences and, as applicable, presents and defends opinions and proposals. Schedules maintenance activities during off-peak usage periods. Implements security plans and policies and preventive maintenance schedules. Runs tests to verify operability and functionality. Plans and coordinates the maintenance, upgrade and support of servers. Installs, configures, and tests software on workstations. Brief staff and operations personnel on information systems matters. Developing short and long range plans for the management of human and material resources. Submits monthly automation updates to the Lead on automation equipment and software. Reviews server loads and recommends server load balancing, and implements and verifies server backup and restoration. Provides computer system administration, local area network administration, and system/network security.

Qatar, Jordan, Kuwait, Turkey

Serves as the Senior Local Area Network Manager for the Special Operations Joint Task Force - OperationInherent Resolve (SOJTF-OIR). Responsible for maintaining, managing, and ensuring adequate configuration management, and maintaining life cycle replacements for all automation systems within the enterprise. Test planning, coordinating, and execution which consists of designing, planning, coordinating, and executing the Test and Evaluation (T&E) of Information Technology and National Security Systems (IT/NSS). Conduct interviews, management briefings, and entrance and exit conferences to exchange information and provide results to management. Responsible for deployment, installation, version upgrade, and maintenance of NETOPS ESXi RAID servers, VMware Vcenter servers and virtual machines, WAN optimizers, multi-vendor firewall and network devices. Direct and perform supervisory personnel management responsibilities. Assign, direct, coordinate, and oversee work of unit personnel through subordinate supervisors. Develops and administers hands-on based training. Compiles network status and bandwidth utilization reports. Advises and collaborates with IT managers and program managers on approaches to accomplishing IT goals that often involve significant changes in approach or technology. Lead audit team to provide guidance to other auditors and to ensure findings are developed and recommendations are fully supported. Prepares proposals, policies, guidelines, analyses, specifications, procedures and other materials tailored to the situation and the audience. Establish, revise or review policies, procedures, mission objectives, and organizational design to eliminate work problems or barriers to mission accomplishment. Provides training, guidance and leadership to less senior system personnel. Responsible for the welfare, development, supervision, readiness, and training of two departments with multiple employees.

Tooele, Utah

Technician in charge of resale and re-manufacturing of computer and technology equipment.

Fort Stewart, Ga 31314

Rear Detachment Platoon Sergeant for the Military Police Platoon in 1-3 Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 1st ABCT

Fort Stewart, Ga 31314

Served as the Operations Sergeant in Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1-3 Brigade Special Troops Battalion. Assisted and supervised the schools, training, armsroom, and personnel actions NCO's; prepared the TOC for operation, orders, drills, briefs, and rehearsals; received, handled, and distributed orders and tasks from higher (FRAGO's); responsible for the supervision of the training room, armsroom, and operations section; responsible for the accountability, maintenance and readiness of equipment valued at $394,815.63; responsible for the health, welfare and readiness of five supervisors (NCO's), seven Soldiers, and their Families.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Management Information Systems, General, In Progress

It Management

Management Information Systems, General

Military And Strategic Leadership

Military And Strategic Leadership

Law Enforcement

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