★ Conducted Gap Analysis, Internal Audits and Risk Assessments in accordance with the ISO 27001 Compliance requirements.★ Conducted Market Research to find the best possible consolidated end-point solution and NIST 800-171 compliant solution for hosting projects with sensitive data.★ Developed Risk Register and Risk Management Plan.★ Developed technical material, operational processes, security policies, and other core documents.★ Managed program for Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms).★ Designed and created IT Security Engineering Artifacts in accordance with the VA OIT Standards.★ Provided IT Security Tools analysis and recommendations.★ Thorough knowledge of NIST Standard publications including NIST SP 800-53 and NIST SP 800-171.★ Managed and led IT Security Engineering Support team and projects.★ Experience in Authority To Operate (ATO) and Authority To Connect (ATC) processes.★ Planned and executed compliance related tasks and activities.★ Experience in maintenance of policies, standards and guidelines and report generation in eMASS.★ Experience in Risk Management activities including conducting Risk Assessments.★ Experience in coordinating and leading Security User Awareness & Training programs.

★ Responsible for project management for initiatives within the Security Operations Center, with a focus on developing and enforcing formal documentation and processes associated with the development and implementation of technologies.★ Works with Professional Support teams to build project schedules and scope management strategies; ensures compliance by all projects with Agile, Kanban and Scrum principles and methodologies.★ Coordinates Agile and Scrum meetings, including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums or Standups, Sprint Check-In, Sprint Review & Retrospective.★ Creates root cause analysis and remediation documentation for submission and review by leadership.★ Develops and revises infrastructure diagrams and inventories in Visio.★ As Project Lead for incidental Cyber Security Incident Response and Forensic Investigations, gathered information from stakeholders in order to produce daily reports, summaries, and presentations to upper management.★ Directed The Splunk Project, designed to gather information and raw machine data from tens of thousands of sources in order to create a snapshot of activity and build operational intelligence during a security incident; led user training in the FEMA Enterprise Splunk application.★ Advised on the resolution of issues impacting McAfee Virus Scan and Host Intrusion Prevention System agents; enforced critical security policies to safeguard confidential information throughout FEMA.

Served in a variety of development and project leadership roles at this United States Army Facility, with responsibilities that included software development, project cost management and the oversight of teams of civilians, and contractors.★ Configuration Management Specialist for the Warfighter Information Network–Tactical Increment 1 (WIN-T Inc 1). Responsible for configuration and change management of several WIN-T Inc 1 systems and reviewed Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) documentation.★ Assistant Project Leader for the Regional Hub Node (RHN) Post Deployment Software Support (PDSS) Project. Responsible for requirements management and technical communications between the contracting support team and leadership★ Developed code with core Java in the NetBeans development environment and ANTLR (parsing language), supporting an Integrated Global Positioning System Navigation Model (CIGNM) Project

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