• Providing knowledge and technical expertise to lead a team on two Foreign Military Sales (FMS) CDS cases the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) FMS CDS Program Office has with partner nations• Continuously collaborating with partners, combatant commands, and other relevant external stakeholders to determine architectural and information exchange requirements for CDS capability that will sufficiently support operational parameters provided by partners

Full-time remote telework as a subject matter expert in support of programs focused on national security

• Provided technical expertise to Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programs within the U.S. Navy International C4I Integration Program Management Office (PMW 740) • Assisted PMW 740 in developing a repository of processes and templates in preparation of compiling and submitting a Risk Management Framework (RMF) package to satisfy Foreign Military Sales (FMS) security policy requirements for planned efforts with partner nations

• Supported Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programs within the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) FMS and International Division (HBN) as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for FMS Cross Domain Solutions (FMS CDS)• Collaborated with AFLCMC/HBN and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) FMS CDS PMOs to provide:o Information to programs/partner nations on current baseline FMS CDS capabilities and limitationso Engineering advisement on architectural and information exchange requirements (IERs) for FMS CDS acquisitions and necessary data transfer policy requests to applicable Combatant Commands• Helped to define and assess a set of achievable goals for the FMS CDS Testbed at the MITRE Bedford Campus, designed to establish measurable performance capabilities of the FMS CDS devices recently certified as releasable by the National Cross Domain Strategy and Management Office (NCDSMO)o Developed and executed a test plan to demonstrate, as a proof of concept (POC), the compatibility between a Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) data aggregation and conversion product and the currently available FMS CDS, to establish precedent for supplemental capabilities and to better understand the limitations of the baseline FMS CDS producto Composed a test report to detail the results of the POC test and recommend an additional set of tests to verify the full set of capabilities that are attainable through an externally supplemented FMS CDS

- Provided Systems Security Engineering (SSE) and Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO) technical expertise to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) weapon system program office to support component development and test, performance assessment, risk mitigation, and accreditation efforts- Contributed to the update an RMF implementation plan to align performance specifications and technical cybersecurity recommendations with applicable security controls for continued development and revision within an established weapon system

Assumed ownership and custodial responsibilities of the Cross Domain Assurance Lab at SNL/NM, which involves the administration of:• More than 50 physical devices, including servers, computers, and mass storage devices• A vSphere cluster of 150+ VMs utilizing 20 datastores across 10 virtual networks and 14 virtual hosts • A physical network with simulated high and low sides consisting of 2 Juniper hardware firewalls and a combination of 10 Cisco and NETGEAR managed layer-3 network switches

Legal Technology Solutions Team• Conducting digital forensic analysis of devices along with searches of filesystems, system logs, and application data to satisfy requests in matters of litigation, including e-Discovery and WFA investigations, in support of the legal division at SNLMini-REA Project• Developing an automated process to update customized RHEL software on proprietary hardware, using a combination of techniques, including grub menu customization, init scripts, and a PXE boot server to host and transfer image files Nikita Project• Responsible for hardware and networking capabilities of all appliances, an integral part of the upgrades to the Tomahawk Strike Network Advanced Communications Architecture Ground System (TSN ACA-GS)• Installing, configuring, and maintaining the services necessary (including DNSMASQ, NFS, TFTP, and DHCP) to PXE boot and run Raspberry Pi appliances entirely from a remote server• Developing x86-based appliances to communicate with the cryptographic hardware that is replacing the software-based cryptography that was used for the early development and test cycles of the Nikita project• Utilizing Nessus Professional to configure and run vulnerability and compliance scans, along with mitigating the results of identified vulnerabilities in target systemsSplunk Analysis Project• Leveraged the dynamic search capabilities of Splunk to organize and visualize a large static dataset of over 15 million individual data points to identify any trends and anomalies existing in the collected data UHRW Project• Collaborated on a design assurance assessment of the Ultra High Reliability Wireless (UHRW) project, to ensure that the communications network design and development was reasonably secure and accounted for probable adversaries and logical attack vectors

Nikita Project• Utilized Docker technology to create a secure on-demand network comprised of lightweight OS containers to be deployed and managed with minimal overheadECS Project• Wrote a series of Python scripts to ensure the integrity of DHS Enhanced Cybersecurity Services (ECS) database, with respect to accuracy, consistency, and completeness of data regularly added to tables Nymi Band Project• Tested the security of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) signals utilized by the Nymi Band, a wearable biometric device intended to make authentication processes more secure and efficientCIMS Project• Designed a database schema and assisted in the creation of a database for a Chemical Inventory Management System (CIMS) to track sensitive chemical materials on SNL premisesSCEPTRE Project• Installed minimega, SCEPTRE application environment, and all required dependencies onto a Ubuntu server, to be utilized as a virtual testbed to analyze potential threats to and identify vulnerabilities in critical infrastructures such as water and power gridsTechnical Reachback Project• Ported Spectrum Quizzer web application to iOS environment to allow physicists the ability to practice identifying various isotope spectra, in preparation to assist DHS in border patrol scans of possible chemical/radiological threatsLong Term Information Management Study• Provided technical expertise to a researcher conducting a study on the Long Term Information Management of Safeguards Data pertaining to Geological Repositories

Scholarship graduate from the University of South Alabama. Received an MS in Computer and Information Sciences, with a specialization in Information Systems and a focus in Information Assurance. I successfully defended my thesis in April 2017, which included building a tool set to collect and analyze data focused on Bluetooth vulnerabilities.

• Installed and deployed a Domain Controller running Windows Server 2012• Set up and managed a new domain of over 50 devices, utilizing Active Directory and Group Policy Management• Configured DHCP, DNS, FTP, Print, and Remote Desktop Services for the domain• Installed and set up a SonicWALL TZ215 firewall. Learned to use and regulate the firewall Content Filtering Service, WAN/LAN Access Rules, and Application Control• Created network shares and managed remote backup services• Performed general maintenance on Windows PCs (XP, Vista, 7, 8)

• Set up new computers, printers, and projectors for faculty and staff• Utilized Symantec Ghost to clone drive images to 50+ new PCs• Performed system and application updates on 250+ machines within the scope of the department, working around Deep Freeze and user account restrictions with command line prompts and scripting techniques• Installed/Reinstalled operating systems and software as needed (both Mac and Windows)• Configured PC connections to the USA domain for faculty, staff and student lab machines • Migrated 50+ faculty email accounts from Outlook/GroupWise to the new JagMail system (Google Apps with Gmail)• Performed troubleshooting procedures for the several hundred PCs, network connections, printers and projectors utilized by faculty, staff, classrooms, and student computer labs