SUMMARY:

• Accomplished Cyber Systems Engineer with a Master of Science in Management Information Systems, a Master Certificate Information Systems Analyst and 37 years working in government and the intelligence community with an emphasis on enterprise engineering.
• Strong background in cyber security, systems and network engineering, program/project management, and Confidential .
• Received numerous awards for modernization and integration of classified Analog to Digital system transformations.
• Displays strong leadership, management and decision making skills.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

Cybersecurity Engineering & Risk Management Systems & Network Engineering Program & Project Management Personnel Supervision & Management Confidential Analog to Digital System Transformations System Development Life Cycle Assessment Methodology Communications Infrastructure Process & Procedure Development Data Architectural Analysis Cloud Environment Disaster Recovery

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Cyber Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Support Homeland Security, Office of Cybersecurity and Communications, Federal Network Resilience Division responsible for enhancing the security, resilience, and reliability of cyber and communications infrastructure across governmental departments and agencies by developing innovative approaches to drive change in cybersecurity risk management.
• Conduct security architecture assessments of critical infrastructure system designs, IT architectures, project plans, system security plans, and implementation of critical controls of high value asset systems and networks.
• Utilize a range of cybersecurity engineering, architecture and information assurance skills to develop assessment methodology that projects a top - down architectural approach to identify most critical risks in high value asset systems, limits interference with Department and Agency IT organization operations, and provides comprehensive technical recommendations that detail architectural, process, procedural and governance changes required to mitigate severe risks to critical infrastructure systems.
• Develop processes and procedures for producing Cybersecurity Engineering Program deliverables including assessment of security controls, engineering recommendations, cyber security best practices, implementation guides, retirement of systems, and standardized templates.
• Liaise with Department and Agency leadership to lead end-to-end cybersecurity engineering projects, from policy and architectural design to implementation and assessment services to harden security architectures for technical agency personnel and Executive leadership.
• Ensure departments and agencies effectively secure high value asset systems and networks from cyber threats prior to deployment and specifically during development, modernization and enhancement activities.
• Perform technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems.

Confidential

Cyber Security Engineer/Security Operations

Responsibilities:

• Evaluated and improved the confidentiality, availability, and integrity of critical mission system information for United States Air Force enterprise architectures across Europe.
• Supervised cyber security policies, records management, and information data management programs for senior leadership and users.
• Performed technical analysis, infrastructure consultation, and remediation support for joint intelligence community projects and Confidential system engineering efforts. Facilitated implementation of cyber security best practices throughout system development life cycle.
• Supervised sustainment and improvement of provisioning and de-provisioning Big Data system access privileges with cryptographic technologies and security protocols.
• Managed the mitigation of cyber security risks through system implementations, applications, and audits in-line with organizational cyber security policies.
• Performed incident response in reaction to emergency situations utilizing risk management and data protection procedures.
• Monitored threat landscape through vulnerability and penetration testing assessments on enterprise architecture networking baselines.
• Supported enterprise security operations to assure a heightened security posture was maintained throughout the Confidential IS&GS/ Confidential merger.

Confidential

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Delivered data architectural analysis and oversight with Mission Communications Regional and Data Center Service Team.
• Managed focus group infrastructure activities comprised of application enterprise delivery architects, system engineers, project leads, and system administrators assigned to plan, architect, and implement Enterprise Data Center Services in Cloud environment across Europe for Confidential .
• Conducted infrastructure assessments to ensure consistent and reliable System Development Life Cycle processes across several OCONUS remote facilities in Europe.
• Translated user requirements into technical specifications and solutions leveraging new technologies and business services.
• Monitored and executed strategic planning budget allocated for Enterprise Data Center and associated OCONUS facilities.

Confidential

Technical Consultant 3

Responsibilities:

• Provided expertise to architects in developing and implementing a Class 1 Enterprise Data Center to support local Confidential modernization activities.
• Assisted senior customer leadership in updating, maintaining, and conveying master plans, IT roadmaps, dashboards, and enterprise transition initiatives focused on enterprise strategic goals and architectural and technical direction of operational facility.
• Planned, designed, and implemented strategic and tactical network architecture enclaves to in corporate secure mission services in the Class 1 Enterprise Data Center.
• Conducted new physical and virtual Confidential information system integrations and wide area network architectures to ensure site baseline compatibility, functionality, security, and disaster recovery.

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Delivered technical expertise to World-Wide Plans and Programs supporting a mission services transition plan for a military communication group.
• Provided project risk management and trade-off analysis for secure infrastructure systems architecture design concepts across the mission enterprise.
• Supervised the configuration management plan to ensure products and services delivered across the enterprise baseline adhered to strategic goals of the organization.
• Provided project management, engineering consultancy, and task management for technical communication implementations of secure long haul communication circuits, local area networks, video teleconferencing, and telephone installations to customers in Europe.

Confidential

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Corporate Representative to an operational facilities first multi-contractual Network Architecture Team supporting the Technology Directorate.
• Planned, designed, implemented, and conducted quality assurance for new modern hierarchical network architecture integration effort to support increasing demands and capabilities of Confidential information processing systems.
• Ensured acquisition offices, developers, and project managers had sufficient information to design, build, verify, validate, install, test and activate new Confidential Information systems on the operational baseline.
• Reviewed Requests for Change (RFC) proposals to identify network, communication impact, security vulnerabilities, and overall risk to the Confidential operational baseline.

Confidential

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Systems Engineer filling several technical, managerial, and supervisory roles supporting Confidential mission systems for Technology Directorate over an 11 year period.
• Designed, developed, and implemented engineering and technical services for Confidential activities at several OCONUS locations.
• Analyzed mission system architecture and integration techniques to ensure intelligence production and dissemination data standards policy met agency compliance criteria.
• Managed cross-functional team of 40 electronic technicians delivering engineering support activities for the Confidential community, analog and digital electronic technicians delivering 24/7 system availability of Confidential mission systems across a customer operational complex, and digital electronic technicians that ensured the operational readiness of all Confidential digital computer processing systems.

Confidential

Tactical Air Operations Central Technician

Responsibilities:

• Performed maintenance, repair, and operational availability of specialized deployable air traffic control system which aided military fighter aircraft in successful airborne intercepts.
• Planned, organized, and supervised several system deployments for NATO exercises to ensure operational performance was met in accordance with military guidelines.