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Washington, DC, US

Washington, DC, US

• Establish and reaffirm working relationships between the Office of Cyber Security (OCS) and House Information Resource (HIR) business units.
• Manage and support various OCS projects (e.g., Privileged Access Management (PAM); Web Application Firewall (WAF) policy reassessment; Firewall upgrade) by being a liaison between OCS and HIR business units; requesting.
• Facilitate OCS’s Internal Review Board (IRB) by ensuring that potential topics meet IRB criteria and requirements; preparing presenters on how best to present their topic; and drafting meeting minutes for the IRB to.
• Manage the lifecycle of change requests (CRQs) using BMC Remedy.
• Prepare and present communications to a diverse audience group (engineers, senior management, directorates, c-suite members) through various forms: ClickUp project plan; ClickUp dashboards; presentations; briefs; and.
• Provide enhancements and improvements to further define and emphasize the importance and purpose of the Project Management Office (PMO) in the OCS.

Rockville, MD, US

• Establish security standards—determine, static and dynamic security scanning tools; create scanning requirements and procedures; and define security and risk thresholds—to ensure security compliance for the BHSIS IT.
• Create architectural diagrams describing data flow, security authorization boundaries, and network interactions using Microsoft Visio and Draw.io.
• As a developer, understand Play1 and Play2 framework and reconfigure configuration files to deploy BHSIS IT applications to the lower environments (e.g., development, testing, mirror) for internal development and.
• Assist in migrating BHSIS IT applications to the AWS cloud by creating the cloud infrastructure following security best practices.
• As a scrum master, manage the BHSIS Infrastructure team Jira board –outline sprint goals, track issue tickets, close sprints bi-weekly, and provide weekly team project reports for the Project Manager’s review and.
• Prepare and deliver presentations, reports, recommendations, and/or alternatives for improving processes in operational models and workflow procedures; and monitoring tools to monitor the health of BHSIS IT.

Arlington, Virginia, US

• ATO Process
• Successfully achieved an ATO from the HHS/ACF Accreditation officers.
• Actively participated in and drafted meeting minutes of weekly client meetings with HHS/ACF/OHS/HSES Accreditation officers and Cloud.gov personnel to discuss ATO progress, raise roadblocks, and determine action items.
• Utilize online tools—LucidChart, Draw.io—to design system architecture, boundary, and topological diagrams.
• Composed System Security Plan (SSP) components—e.g., Contingency Plan (CP), Incident Response Plan (IRP), Configuration Management Plan (CMP), Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) and Interconnection Security Agreements.
• Led discussions and presentations with the Project Manager, Operations Manager, System Architect, Network Administrator and Database Administrator to accurately describe the system’s technical, operational, and.

College Park, MD, US

• Worked closely with the professor to develop material for the course, such as sample constituent letters and presentations to prepare students for their internship at the MGA the following semester.
• Developed resources for students to assist them during their internship experience, such as a tutorial on mail merge.
• Shared internship experiences with students to coach them on internship etiquette.

College Park, MD, US

• Managed daily operations in the office such as: work with confidential documents, organize and assist during office events, administer make-up exams for students, and close the office and associated seminar rooms at.
• Created a Microsoft Excel database to simplify daily functions and organize pertinent data for daily office use.

Baltimore, MD, US

• Transcribed notes from meetings with other government offices and agencies.
• Contacted various stakeholders on promising practices throughout Maryland.
• Condensed information into a 200-300 word blog post to be posted on the back-end of the website.
• Updated the community events page of the website by researching events throughout Maryland and contacting stakeholders to confirm events.
• Pinpointed and organized necessary documents for the back-end of the website.
• Participated in meetings with local stakeholders on how their agency/company and the OOCC can work together to combat the opioid epidemic.

Annapolis, Maryland, US

• Conducted extensive research on the incorporation of computer science into MD public school curricula.
• Developed documents to assist office functions such as: responses to constituent inquiries, testimonies in support of and in opposition for bills, weekly memos to provide updates for constituents, meeting notes.
• Represented my office and delegate at various events such as during session, constituent nights, and bill hearings.

Washington, D.C., US

• Worked closely with office staff to develop, plan, coordinate and execute activities to develop community with the intern cohort such as: lunches and dinners with Congress members, karaoke nights, and community events.
• Represented my office at lunch talks and intern events to increase visibility for APAICS and show appreciation to the APAICS board members.
• Planned and executed a film screening, where 70 interns and 10 officials from the Filipino Embassy learned of the role the Asian American Pacific Islander community played in forging this country.
• Mastered administrative tasks, like Excel and mail merge, as well as Facebook and Twitter pages.
• Prepared information for a long term project to create an infographic displaying Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) elected officials throughout the country in all levels of government.

Master Of Science - Ms, Cybersecurity Policy And Risk Management

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Political Science And Government (International Relations)

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science (Cybersecurity)