- Develop plans and makes recommendations for program growth, develop long-range programs and objectives, and play a role in strategic planning- Lead development and implementation of key technologies and processes- Identify, attract, and develop a qualified and diverse team while having supervisory and management responsibilities- Responsible for quality control on assignments through final review of deliverables- Demonstrates thought leadership and collaboration to contribute to the development of innovative solutions- Serves as a recognized thought leader and represent MetroStar to internal and external customers - Solutions Architect designing, and building DevSecOps solutions at scale, in the cloud, across multiple classification domains (IL5 to IL6+) simultaneously while providing technical expertise on building and delivering mission-relevant capabilities- Using infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as CloudFormation and Ansible, DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and automation tools including Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, and Artifactory

Astrik is the global talent marketplace changing how we hire. Our easy online process matches employers and candidates in just a few clicks and at a fraction of the cost of standard recruiters. No hidden fees. No games. 100% transparency.- Enterprise Architect - Solutions Architect- Utilizing many of the tools and services offered in GCP- Using any and every tool at my disposal to build both internal and external systems and applications- Jack of all Trades, Master of Many

- Serve as Chief Technologist for AnaVation Accounts in support of cybersecurity and mission systems- Customer facing technical lead for multiple projects- SME support for programs and projects; prototyping technical solutions to address technology problems, gaps, and risks; thought leadership to operational and proposal response teams; briefings/presentations to help demonstrate capabilities; and leading initiatives to deliver beneficial Government mission capabilities and results- Solutions Architect providing technical expertise on building and delivering mission-relevant capabilities- Collaborate with Government customers to address mission challenges, define requirements, develop technical plans expressing the strategy and tactical steps to accomplish objectives, and oversee implementation to ensure delivery success- Incorporates engineering strategies for introducing new technology into the customer's infrastructure related to its business processes of collection, analysis, production, and dissemination- Hands on engineering with back end development, testing, deployment, CI/CD pipeline, and cloud tools- Has a cross program responsibility and understanding of engineering professional development and conducts technical depth and breadth assessments of all engineers for further development, refinement, and career growth

- Leads in the development and implementation of new enterprise-level cyber service projects.- Developing, implementing, and sustaining new and emerging cyber capabilities such as advanced analytics, automated security services, cloud-based environments, and intelligence driven solutions using Python, Docker, docker compose, containerization, AWS SNS services, Google Cloud Kubernetes, Zabbix, and Gitlab for version control, merge requests, and CI/CD - Extensive work building python APIs, custom serializers that include custom create, update, and delete functions- Establish system/capability requirements and design technical solutions to meet critical cyber services performance criteria.- Interacts extensively with internal engineering and support teams as well as with Tier IV support engineers of various hardware/software vendors to solve difficult problems with operational services. - Assists in resolution of escalated trouble reports to ensure resolution in a manner which least disrupts customer service. Works with cyber operators, when requested, to conduct in-depth analysis of system or software issues. - Develops methods and procedures for protection of the network, systems, and applications. - Develops and implements detailed standard operating procedures dealing with provisioning, integration, operations, and support of customer cyber services.

Rapid Prototyping - Spec, build, test and deploy customized machine learning and/or other mission-focused applications based on customer requirements- Design, write, test, custom build environments and build pipelines- Deployment and implementation planning with customers- Produce customer documentation to support custom applications- Contribute technical content, tutorials to product documentation, and deliver customer training- Design and build with java, maven, docker, helm, skaffold, and Kubernetes - Work with distributed systems like Hadoop, HBase/Accumulo, Spark and Kafka - Writing scripts using Linux shell, Python, and other similar scripting languages- Write, build, test and deploy custom versions of software packages, frameworks, and other tools - Work with Cloud technologies such as Azure, AWS, and GCP- Set up CI/CD pipelines, builds, and releases using github actions and packages

Big Data Project- Developing and maintaining continuous integration, continuous deployment, automated monitoring of cluster and generation of metrics, automated test development, and configuration management- Writing the scripts for continuous integration, continuous deployment, and configuration management in bash, java, or what ever language is best for the case - Using software that includes Cloudera, Hortonworks Dataflow (HDF), Bamboo, Maven, Ambari, Accumulo, MongoDB, Nagios, Kafka, Solr, Elasticsearch Apache Nifi Configuration - Develops system Architecture and system design documentation- Analyzes users requirements, concept of operations documents, and high-level system architectures to develop system requirements specifications- Analyzes system requirements and leads design and development activities.- Provides technical leadership for the integration of requirements, design, and technology. Incorporates new plans, designs and systems into ongoing operations- Write all technical documentation for installation with explanations of how different settings affect the system- Develop automated scripts for installing, running, and monitoring the Nifi system Amazon Web Services- Work with EC2, CloudFormation, S3, and Virtual Private Cloud- Design and build multiple EC2 instances to run on our cloud system in a production environment- Create custom CloudFormation templates to set up EC2 instances with custom configured security groups and integrated section for software installation and configuration- Use Ambari to handle a custom build out of Nifi for 1 to many EC2 instances for a VPC- Write spec scripts to build custom rpm's for Ambari deployment

DARPA Plan X- Cybersecurity Software Engineer that is responsible for systems engineering, development, and evaluation of cyber security systems, and consulting for clients.- Work in areas such as software design, engineering evaluation or test, configuration management procedures, statistical analysis and modeling- Full spectrum cyber operations, Host and network based forensics analysis, and Virtualization platform development - Software reverse engineering & exploitation, penetration testing, and active defense- Computer Network Operations and Computer Network Defense- Designing, prototyping, and testing software applications to be integrated with the overall project- Writing software documentation that thoroughly explains how to build, test, and execute applications within the system

Oracle Data Warehouse ProjectBack end Java development: ⁃ connect to Oracle 11g database with Java back end ⁃ all user interface communication with database is through Java API ⁃ java API is built so multiple records can be updated with one front end request which adds a large layer of complexity to the back end codeUser Interface Requirements: ⁃ built using Javascript, JQuery, Ajax, html, and css ⁃ connect to Oracle 11g database through java api ⁃ insert, update and delete records from tables. ⁃ available through web browser ⁃ tables can be filtered as a whole or by columns individual and column groups ⁃ provide functionality to find desired table. ⁃ provide search criteria to find records from tables. ⁃ search criteria to find records shall have multiple “where criteria” columns ⁃ allow user to update one or multiple rows and columns at the same time. ⁃ display primary key for all the records from all the tables

User Interface DevelopmentGeneral Duties- Executed and contributed to full-stack web development projects, with an emphasis on front end features, browser manipulation, and cross-browser compatibility- Design, build, test, and maintain scalable and stable web solutions that meet business needs.- Worked heavily with HTML, CSS, Javascript, JQuery, and Ajax- Used UI best practices and code standards- Analyzed traffic and made necessary changes for a better user experience- Tested front-end code in multiple browsers to ensure cross-browser compatability

General Duties- Research, design, develop, test, and troubleshoot systems- Analyze software, hardware, and networks- Configure and maintain applications, servers, end-user systems, appliances, and networks- Represent product in field to clients- Serve as lead developer on projectsAutomation Project- Lead developer on a project to build an automated web scraper- Design all aspects of architecture - Develop database schema- Written in PHP, javascript, python, and selenium Hardware Development Project- Designing custom hardware for a software project- Research chips for software simulating in Multisim- Breadboard the chips and test hardware- Optimize design once hardware is working

General Duties-Design, build, integrate, test, and deploy software using a variety of languages and tools-Develop software using Groovy Grails, Nexus, Maven, Ant, PostgreSQL, Java, Objective-C, and other languages as necessary -Gather relevant information and conduct tactical and strategic assessments of various data sets for the purpose of identifying patterns, trends, and information of interest to the enterprise organization -Support incident handling, investigations, internal security alignment, intellectual asset protection, and other programs and servicesSoftware Security -Design and implement efficient security cryptography solutions in a java environment -Add increased hashing, custom salting, and or bcrypt to maximize security while keeping applications running efficiently -Create integration test to insure password hashing and custom security is activeSoftware Testing-Test applications with software such as Selenium and Push to Test -Design and code Selenium test suites in Java using J-Unit and J-Unit4-Build test using the WebDriver API for more efficient User Interface testing-Build test so that they can be easily changed if web application changesContinuous Integration Services-Use Jenkins continuous integration service for automatic software builds -Use three separate servers, one for building, one for testing, and one for production-Write Ant scripts to build, transfer, start and test software across all three secure servers with one command or set to perform automatic builds at designated times while starting and stopping multiple services on each server Data Mining-Research and develop algorithms for data mining -Use multiple data mining techniques to mine related documents and databases to find trends-Use acquired information for statistical modeling to improve data useCertifications:-Cyber Security for Industrial Control Systems-Operational Security (OPSEC) for Control Systems