Skills Summary

Senior professional skilled at IT Strategy and Management Leadership Consulting, Project delivery, Program Management, IT Enterprise Architecture, IT Systems Architecture, Physical Security and IT Systems integration, CONOPS study establishing Proof of Concept, problem solving and technology management in a multi-national or inter-agency setting. With an overall experience of over 15 years, I have consulted, architected and managed IT and strategy projects using Agile and SDLC methodologies and have lead a team of enthusiastic and skilled professionals to achieve high level of competency in different areas of IT specialization.

Government Clearances: DoD Secret, Public Trust, DHS Suitability, Interim DoD Top Secret

Professional Experience

Confidential

Systems Architect

• Chief Architect on a project responsible for designing new network infrastructure for OPM that would be built upon the concepts of Cloud Computing, Virtual Datacenters, VMWare platform and plug into AWS GovCloud.
• Designing new IT infrastructure for OPM that involves the consolidation of services from 5 to 2 datacenters building virtualized IaaS offering across these 2 datacenters Hot-Hot config. along with leveraging the IaaS offerings from Amazon Web Services in the GovCloud environment. This entire architecture of hybrid cloud environments is built upon the concept of software defined data centers SDDC .
• Leveraging frameworks such as NIST SP-800, FIPS standards, FEDRAMP for Cloud Computing, DHS CDM, DHS Einstein, SDDC Software Defined Datacenters as a part of datacenter consolidation and IaaS.
• Architecting the migration of development and test environments from OPM on-prem to AWS GovCloud which are FIPS moderate constraint of AWS Gov Cloud
• Re-architecting the data archiving and backup solution by replacing the tape backups with storage based backups on AWS S3 and Glacier platforms using encrypted AWS Direct Connect between on-prem and AWS regions.
• Created security architecture for this new infrastructure with multiple layers of defense and vulnerability assessments using industry leading tools and technologies such as Forescout counter edge, Xceedium Privilege access control , PaloAlto FW IDPS, Gigamon TAPS, QRadar SIEM , Rapid7, Symantec SDC Agentless AV , Bigfix and encrypted DLP solutions from IBM.

Confidential

Principal Consultant Subject Matter Expert

• Consulting small and medium businesses in and around DC area on bidding new IT contracting work with the federal government agencies.
• Drafting technical and business responses to RFP for new IT contracting work at civilian government agencies.

Confidential

Sr. Enterprise Architect/SMEII

• Consulted Department of Energy OCFO on iManage contract regarding enterprise architecture and IT strategy initiatives.
• Consulted with Government managers to ensure agreement on tactical and strategic objectives for systems
• Provided architectural roadmap services and assessments on existing IT infrastructure
• Creating a migration plan for IT transformation initiatives and governance structure around IT PMO.
• Provided business subject matter expertise on enterprise architecture for CFO applications along with HR systems using SDLC approach. This involved assisting the software development and architecture teams in the planning, initiation, design, development, testing and implementation phases of their project lifecycle.
• Formulated and defined systems scope and objectives through independent research.
• Project ended late April 2014 due to budget cuts and lack of work in the OCFO at DOE.

Confidential

Principal

• Architected sensor framework for DHS CBP Custom and Border Patrol OTIA Office of Technology, Innovation and Acquisition to integrate different surveillance tools and technologies using one unified and common approach.
• Participated in new business development at NTT Data Federal by acting as a technical liaison to the sales/relationship teams and assisting them with proposal response and capture management.
• Delivered and executed the tasks on USCIS projects based on Agile and CMMI Level 3 for Services standards.
• Assisted with ICAM Enterprise Architecture at USCIS which was an effort in collaboration with overall DHS ICAM initiative.
• Provided Process improvement and re-engineering, Enterprise Architecture and IT management strategy support to the Office of End User Services at DHS USCIS US Citizenship and Immigration Services Office of IT under the SATS Systems Assurance and Testing Services contract.
• Consulted with Government managers at NASA and it's various centers to ensure agreement on tactical and strategic objectives for systems and related enterprise architecture.
• Architected the high level technical solutions in proposal response to the RFP as released by the federal government agencies.
• Supported NASA HQ Office of CIO/Chief Architect to define and develop IT Strategy, Roadmaps and Enterprise Architecture.
• Was trusted advisor and consultant to NASA Chief Enterprise Architect at HQ, Washington DC.
• Was responsible for envisioning, defining and creating enterprise architecture and related artifacts for the office of NASA CIO and its strategic architectural initiatives.
• Guided a team of senior architects and IT specialists at NASA HQ and its various centers to develop IT Enterprise Architecture and related artifacts in the areas of Security, Application Management, Hosting, End User Computing and Communications.
• Socialized the concepts for Cloud computing, IT security in the cloud environment, BYOD concepts and remote working capabilities at NASA.
• Projects/engagements ended at NTT Data Federal Services due to budget cuts at the federal clients and lack of work on systems engineering and management consulting engagements with NTT Data.

Confidential

Associate

• Worked as an IT Strategy and management consultant for the civilian federal agencies and Department of Defense.
• Provided IT strategic guidance and consultation to C level executives in the Federal Government
• Lead IT solution development for chasing new business opportunities along with the capture managers and business development teams by providing white papers, market research and writing technical volumes of proposal development efforts.
• Conducted analysis, interviews and work sessions with senior leadership to provide them with Technology Strategy Documents, Risk Management Plans and Technology Strategy Roadmaps and dashboards for effective decision-making.
• Lead the technology work stream on GSA HR LOB HR Line of Business project to create IT Strategy and Risk Mitigation Plan for Chief People Officer at GSA. Led the team and contributed towards creating the IT architecture to support HRLOB that is in line with the SDLC approach for the systems development and enhancement of the supporting applications.
• Contributed towards creating the governance structure and BMO Business Management Office for managing the HR services provided by GSA to other federal agencies
• Created As-Is and To-Be technical and enterprise architectures of IT systems involved in supporting HRLOB at GSA.
• Guided and mentored less-experienced Business Systems Analysts
• Analyzed business and user needs, document requirements, and revise existing system logic as necessary
• Assisted in creating IT Capital Investment Plan for FY 2011 FY 2114 to support GSA HRLOB IT systems including their modernization, enhancements and upgrades .
• Analyzed GSA HRLOB's existing incomplete Enterprise Architecture artifacts and provided consultation on its further enhancement and justification towards the completion of artifacts with proper IT system mappings to the business processes.

Confidential

Systems Architect

• Joined Lockheed Martin as an incumbent to the GSA-FAME contract when Unisys lost this contract to Lockheed Martin during the re-bid.
• Major role included being a lead Infrastructure Architect on GSA FAS ECMS FASeSOA projects.
• Contributed towards the Project Management activities on FASeSOA project.

Confidential

Sr. Manager, GSA-FAME Contract

• Was responsible for Project Management and Technical Operations activities on FASeSOA project at GSA FAS General Services Administration Federal Acquisition Services
• Led new architecture and IT initiatives based on SDLC approach with emphasis on the planning, analysis, testing, integration, documentation, and implementation of the new tools and technologies with custom software development.
• Architected SOA backplane for GSA FAS at the enterprise level using SOA governance policy management tools, Red Hat ESB and Savvion BPM business process management system .
• Designed and implemented COOP and DRP measures for SOA environment.
• Architected, managed and maintained It systems built on Oracle databases, RedHat middleware and JAVA/J2EE technologies.
• Architected Documentum 6.0 as a content management solution for General Services Administration
• Was Technical Lead/Infrastructure Manager on implementing Documentum 6.0 at the GSA central level along with branch office caching setups at 11 regional levels.
• Architected, managed and implemented Documentum infrastructure including document repository, FAST indexing, RPS, IRM, BOCS, Brava, Captiva and Documentum Application server.
• Architected and tested COOP/DRP for Documentum based on application infrastructure level failover scenarios across multiple locations.
• Developed, documented, and revise system design procedures, functional and technical requirements, and test plans.
• Architected and demonstrated various Video Management Solutions using IP cameras from Pelco, Axis and Verint and control softwares from Cisco formerly Broadware , Verint, Orsus, Proximex and OnSSI.
• Architected security convergence and corelation solution related to physical and IT security for a leading financial institution in Europe Netherlands using Orsus Situator as a Command and Control tool, Verint Nextiva as a Video Management solution, Air Patrol as WiFi/Cell signal detector and deterant and Ccure9000 as access control system.
• Actively involved in creating business and technical CONOPS Concept of Operations for new business opportunities in the area of situation management related to physical security, border security and critical infrastructure protection.
• Confidential
• Prepared materials for and conduct user training on new and existing systems.
• Defined the requirements of systems and created flowcharts and diagrams describing the stages, actions, and roles associated with the business processes.
• Provided support to the Business Development team on chasing new opportunities as a technical liaison w.r.t. Security and Surveillance opportunities both domestic and international . This involved pre-sales activities including working with security vendors Cisco/Broadware, Verint, OnSSI, Orsus, Proximex and others , responding to RFPs and educating potential customers on security trends and analysis and marketing efforts.
• Defined the requirements of systems and created flowcharts and diagrams describing the stages, actions, and roles associated with the business processes.
• Prepared materials for and conduct user training on new and existing system.
• Provided consultation on security convergence and correlation, video surveillance and related IT infrastructure to other Unisys practices overseas and potential customers.
• Architected enterprise energy management solutions for new business opportunities in the area of facilities management and energy conservation.

Confidential

Technical Services Manager

• Mentored and managed a team of over 33 technical professionals in the Maryland state agenceis such as SHA State Highway Administration , OOTS Office of Traffic Saftey , MPA Maryland Port Administration , MAA Maryland Airport Administration , MSRA Maryland State Retirement Agency and DHMH Department of Mental Health and Hygine . These professionals include database administrators, software developers, network engineers and helpdesk professionals.
• Architected new IT solutions and related infrastructure for above mentioned clients using industry best practices such as ITIL, Six Sigma, CMM and PMI standards.
• Led the software development teams by practicing Agile and SDLC methodologies of software development that further led to the CMMI level 2 certification of the entire practice.
• Lead the windows network environment feasibility studies in terms of capacity and performance planning and tunning.
• Provided support to the Business Development team as a Technical Liaison for generating new business in the state of Maryland and earlier in the Federal agencies such as Dept of Commerce, US Census Bureau, USDA, DHS, FAA, ARNG and Amtrak. This involves chasing new business opportunities along with Business Development team by providing technical presenations and showcasing new technologies and proposed solution to the propsective clients.
• Architected, implemented, managed and maintained Windows 2000/2003/2008 Active Directory infrastructure for CNSI corporate network.
• Oversaw the health of a Windows Active Directory Domain with approximately 60 Servers and over 400 Windows 2000/XP clients.
• Confidential
• Was activley involved in writing technical responses to the State and Federal Govt. IT project RFPs. This included architecting, planning and proposing the network and systems architecture, integration of different technologies to propose one complete solution, providing inputs in the creation of WBS Work breakdown Structure and active interaction with other contractors, sub contractors and technology partners / vendors.
• Architected and implemented Vmware virtualization tools and technologies to host various windows 2003/20098 servers, IISv6/v7 servers for .Net applications deployments.
• Assisted with deployment of storage area networks using brocade fiber channel switches.
• Introduced the concept of Virtual Infrastructure and server consolidation by setting up VMware software. This helped in supporting mmultiple applications and operating systems within a single physical system.
• Installed and configured automated faxing solution using Relay Fax server on Microsoft platforms.
• Maintained the legacy based document mangement system hosted on Novell platform with Oracle database on SUN Sparc system.
• Migrated Windows NT4.0 domain to Windows 2003 alongwith the mail, database and web servers.
• Provided network and system integration support to the OES in relation to their existing infrastructure.
• Configured Nortel Ace Director 3 switch for web traffic load balance.
• Architected and configured the content management portal and website using Expressroom Content Management System with IIS as the Web server.
• Implemented and maintained EDA website for the Department of Commerce, US Govt. at CNSI Rockville hosting facility .
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• Initiated and managed vendor partnership programs such as Microsoft Certified Partner program, SUN I Force State and Federal Govt partner program and others.
• Controlled virus threat detection and fix, Firewall monitoring and configurations, MS Exchange e-mail servers administration, Web server control and management.
• Supervised backup and system administration activities on production and development servers.
• Deploy and managed multiple nodes in a VMWare vSphere 5.0 cluster
• Implemented Microsoft Sharepoint as a document management system for the internal business processes at CNSI.
• Created, maintained and periodically updated the Disaster Recovery Plans and Backup Contigency Plans for CNSI as well as State and Federal government agencies.
• Evaluated various document and content management systems for the agency including Albert, Industrial Medium Expressroom, Microsoft Sharepoint and Knowledge tree.
• Designed and implemented server migration from Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 2000 along with its successful integration into the Active Directory structure of entire USAID Windows 2000 domain forest.
• Architected and implemented SSL certificates and PKI on the Web and application servers using the services from Verisign.
• Lead the implementation effort of first .NET application developed by CNSI with its successful deployment in production environment.
• Designed and implemented the system / network architecture for LMS currently being used in the State house and hosted at ITD, Boston. It involved design and implementation of three web servers, one application server and 2 database servers in network load balancing configuration.
• Conducted the security and penetration analysis for NHVRIN application along with writing security plans and implementation strategy.
• Designed and architected the infrastructure for the vital records application using MS IIS as web servers, MS SQL 2000 as database servers, Win 2000 Adv server load balancer and CISCO PIX firewall in state's DMZ.
• Prepared system/network design and implementation strategy for New Hampshire Vital Records Information Network NHVRIN for the State of New Hampshire.
• Provided system and network consultation to OES for their upcoming projects and new requirements.
• Created simulated environments for testing different solutions before their final implementation in the transition of outsourced processes and further support.
• Designed and implemented Citrix based solutions along with the imaging transfer solutions and workflow from FileNet. Worked on and provided solutions using Mainframe emulators.
• Worked a team player in setting up the call center and transition processing units for GE outsourced insurance underwriting processes.
• Interacted with customers, identified and analyzed their business needs and prepared the technology transition plans to migrate their existing processes from overseas to India.
• Network Systems Engineer responsible for implementing technology to support Business Outsourced Processes in India from GE companies in Europe and North America.
• Contributed towards the creation and updating of Disaster Recovery Action Plan for OIG
• Implemented Symantec Antivirus Corp Edition suite for OIG along with the new automated backup strategy using Veritas products.
• Planned and implemented the migration of MS Exchange 5.5 server to MS Exchange 2000 in a test environment.
• Designed and implemented an automated backup and storage solution using SCSI based external HP storage drive systems and tape autoloaders.
• Successfully installed MS Proxy Server 2.0, MS SMS Server, MS Exchange Server 5.5, MS Windows NT 4.0 along with the company's inventory database in MS Access 97 and 2000 FoxPro.
• Facilitated lectures and trainings on various tools such as DRP Disaster Recovery Plan , BCP Business Contingency Plans , FMEA Failure Mode Effect Analysis BPM Business Process Management .
• Attended a 7 days workshop / training on DMAIC Design Measure Analyze Improve Control Wave I Wave III as a part of Green Belt Program of 6 Sigma Quality Standards. Performed technology transitions for the above-mentioned GE businesses on the scale of 5 to 6 Sigma.
• Successfully completed the IT transition of various outsourced processes of GE Finance Assurance Richmond San Rafael , GE Commercial Real Estate Dallas Houston , GE Vendor Financial Services, GCF U.K. Leeds Whitehall , EEF France Paris , GE FLEET U.K. Manchester , GE Card Services Atlanta and GE Appliances.
• Interacted with different vendors for purchasing network equipments and software licenses.
• Implemented the VPN tunnel between India operations office and the corporate headquarters in Rockford, IL.
• Designed and developed the Woodward-India website using HTML, DHTML and MS Access.
• Created an internal operations database using MS SQL server 7.0 and supported it.