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Serving as a Cybersecurity Control Assessor Lead in the Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Assessment Center (DIBCAC) in the Technical Directorate. Responsible for performing cybersecurity assessments for contractor compliance and to provide an assessment rating. Responsible for validating Contractor compliance with the security requirements identified in Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) clause DFARS 252.204-7012, Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber… Show more Serving as a Cybersecurity Control Assessor Lead in the Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Assessment Center (DIBCAC) in the Technical Directorate. Responsible for performing cybersecurity assessments for contractor compliance and to provide an assessment rating. Responsible for validating Contractor compliance with the security requirements identified in Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) clause DFARS 252.204-7012, Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting and to validate that their implementation of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication (SP) 800-171. Server as Lead Assessor performing validation compliance of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Third-Party Assessor Organization (C3PAO) to the CMMC Level 2. Show less

Serves as the Team Chief assigned to the Field Service Operations Division, DCMA Information Technology. Responsible for performing configuration management throughout the assigned DCMA Southeast Sector assuring the continuous integrity of the agency’s standard technology and information architectures. Manages the implementation, planning, coordination, and installation for all network projects throughout the Sector: negotiates site work assignments, completion deadlines, and recommends… Show more Serves as the Team Chief assigned to the Field Service Operations Division, DCMA Information Technology. Responsible for performing configuration management throughout the assigned DCMA Southeast Sector assuring the continuous integrity of the agency’s standard technology and information architectures. Manages the implementation, planning, coordination, and installation for all network projects throughout the Sector: negotiates site work assignments, completion deadlines, and recommends resource requirements with site management officials, local area network (LAN) managers and administrators; oversees work in progress. Serves as senior specialist for the Southeast Sector, and key technical advisor for all aspects of information technology efforts, to include project management and exceptionally unusual, complex problems. Supervises a workforce of over twenty GS-7 through GS-12 Information Technology Specialists, support staff, and/or senior private contractors. Show less

Served as Test Director and Program Manager. Responsible for maintaining a consistent, repeatable process for planning and scheduling tests, analyzing results and managing software and environment defects. Directed the coordination of hardware and software integration projects that directly affect the overall Enterprise Architecture. On a day-to-day basis, managed two test teams in Virginia and Ohio that include 6 government and contractor personnel.Served as Contracting Officer… Show more Served as Test Director and Program Manager. Responsible for maintaining a consistent, repeatable process for planning and scheduling tests, analyzing results and managing software and environment defects. Directed the coordination of hardware and software integration projects that directly affect the overall Enterprise Architecture. On a day-to-day basis, managed two test teams in Virginia and Ohio that include 6 government and contractor personnel.Served as Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COTR) for our Application Development Team, Web/Digital Effects Development Team, Integration Team, and Sustainment Team for our central design activity in Alexandria VA. These efforts have a total contract value of $10.54M for this fiscal year.Served as COTR for our Shared Data Warehouse (SDW) and MOCAS COBOL programming efforts in Columbus, OH having a total contract valueof $1.32M for this fiscal year. Responsible for accelerating Procedures, Guidance, and Information (PGI) implementation as the result of the DFARS Show less

Manage DCMA information technology (IT) programs and plans and establish enterprise-wide architectural requirements for $50 million DCMA IT systems supporting 12,000 users by leading, mentoring, and guiding up to 30 personnel, within the Architecture and Infrastructure Division, Operations, Operations Center, Network Operations Security Center, Information Assurance Division, Field Services Center, Software Acquisitions Division, Business Management Branch, and Electronic Business… Show more Manage DCMA information technology (IT) programs and plans and establish enterprise-wide architectural requirements for $50 million DCMA IT systems supporting 12,000 users by leading, mentoring, and guiding up to 30 personnel, within the Architecture and Infrastructure Division, Operations, Operations Center, Network Operations Security Center, Information Assurance Division, Field Services Center, Software Acquisitions Division, Business Management Branch, and Electronic Business Division.PROGRAM MANAGEMENT / PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Plan, manage, and control all aspects of DCMA IT programs and projects throughout their lifecycle based on improved plans, including simultaneously managing projects, by using expertise in IT risk management, change management, project management, requirements analysis, cost-benefit analysis, systems life cycle management, technology awareness, stakeholder management, financial management, data management, and acquisition processes, to ensure the successful implementation of IT system solutions. Show less

Provide information systems security engineering support for 100,000 users by reviewing tactical information system and network security architectures to determine compliance with security requirements.

Facilitated development of the Pentagon’s organization's security goals to support a TCP/IP network backbone with more than 23,000 nodes as an engineering consultant on technology and information requirements by providing advice on enterprise security, network engineering, project management and requirements analysis for the network’s Designated Approving Authority (DAA) and developing and implementing projects.Resolved Computer Network Defense Service Providers (CNDSP) certification and… Show more Facilitated development of the Pentagon’s organization's security goals to support a TCP/IP network backbone with more than 23,000 nodes as an engineering consultant on technology and information requirements by providing advice on enterprise security, network engineering, project management and requirements analysis for the network’s Designated Approving Authority (DAA) and developing and implementing projects.Resolved Computer Network Defense Service Providers (CNDSP) certification and accreditation issues by leading, mentoring and guiding a 3- person engineering team. Researched National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication 800-53 standard and applied them security policies. Show less