Sep 2025 – Jan 2026 · 4 mos · King George, Virginia, United States · On-site

Mar 2024 – Sep 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos · Washington, District of Columbia, United States

• Spearhead the cybersecurity program for the Department of Energy's Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, ensuring compliance with national security and intelligence community (IC) standards, guidelines, directives, and policy.
• Direct the Federal Enterprise Information Assurance team in executing the Assessment and Authorization (A&A) Risk Management Framework (RMF) process.
• Oversee the Security Operations Center (SOC) and Security Engineering Team, enhancing continuous monitoring of the DOE-IN Information Environment.

May 2022 – Mar 2024 · 1 yr 10 mos · Washington DC-Baltimore Area · On-site

• Provided expert guidance on IT security strategies, ensuring compliance with federal mandates.
• Managed risk assessment initiatives, addressing complex technical challenges across DHS components.
• Collaborated with senior leadership to align IT systems with CISA's strategic goals, optimizing resource allocation.
• Supervised cybersecurity incident response efforts, significantly enhancing system vulnerability mitigation.

Feb 2020 – May 2022 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Washington, District Of Columbia

• Serve as the manager for Information Technology Management functions and am responsible for managing all related issues, resolutions, and policy conflicts. Responsible for staffing and employment development programs including but not limited to hiring, training, time and attendance, and evaluating and implementing award and disciplinary actions. Responsible for the program's technical alignment and compliance with federal laws and standards, including the Information Technology Management Reform Act(ITMRA), the Federal Security Management Act (FISMA), and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) policies and guidelines. Plan and design security architecture for various network and general support systems. Provide and maintain adequate levels of security for OCSO business systems. Continuity Planning will encompass Continuity of Operations (COOP).

Aug 2018 – Feb 2020 · 1 yr 6 mos · Suitland, Maryland

• Lead task forces/project teams in advanced systems software/hardware project efforts; provide guidance on implementing Information Security ensuring security controls are implemented as necessary. Analyze and evaluate work concerned with integrated systems of computer programs and computer equipment; provide managerial and technical direction for the design, development, testing, monitoring and oversight of enterprise systems, identity management systems, and directory services and their use. Maintain awareness of sensitive sources, methods, tactics, techniques and procedures used by cyber attackers. Maintain expertise in IT Security and works to evaluate various platforms, assess their vulnerabilities, and make recommendations to ensure the most secure computing configurations possible to complete the Census mission. Perform supervisory functions that including: assigning work to subordinates; interviewing prospective candidates; evaluating present employees; recommending promotion, and reassignment; providing advice and instruction to subordinates regarding training needs and providing developmental assignments.

Mar 2018 – Aug 2018 · 5 mos · Fort George G Meade, Maryland

Jun 2017 – Mar 2018 · 9 mos

Dec 2007 – Aug 2018 · 10 yrs 8 mos

Mar 2017 – May 2017 · 2 mos · Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium

• Temporary assignment to perform Cybersecurity related tasks for the New NATO Headquarters Building.

Sep 2016 – Aug 2018 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bolling AFB

Jun 2016 – Dec 2016 · 6 mos

Apr 2015 – Jun 2016 · 1 yr 2 mos

• Achieve and maintain compliance with DoD Instruction requirements as specified in DoDI 8500.01 and applicable DoD STIGs and other applicable DoD and AF directives for the Air Force Common Computing Environment (AF-CCE). Engineering, system, and application designs that include data flows with DoD compliant ports and protocols, testing, and support to demonstrate and maintain compliance with IA controls during the Certification and Accreditation process and system operations. Perform IA management, technical, system architecture and engineering functions with personnel meeting enclave certification requirements specified in DoDD 8570.01-M. Produce and deliver artifacts that demonstrate compliance with DoD and AF approved policies, standards, and tools. Identify and resolve security weaknesses for the solutions prior to delivery to the customer or address weaknesses according to time limits specified by DoD and AF directives. Provide technical rationale, with supporting vendor references, for why security weakness findings cannot be corrected with mitigation actions to reduce security risks to a minimum. Develop a unified Cloud Service Provider (CSP)-neutral accreditation strategy. Provide guidance to engineering teams to minimize artifact rework when changing CSPs. Provide security engineering guidance to the Operations and Support team. Perform security engineering reviews for Engineering Artifacts.

May 2011 – May 2016 · 5 yrs

• ● Contributes to the completion of milestones associated with specific JSF ALIS Information Assurance projects.
• ● Frequent use and application of Information Assurance technical standards, principles, theories, concepts, and techniques.
• ● Primary internal JSF ALIS Information Assurance point of contact
• ● Provides solutions to a variety of Information Assurance problems and issues of moderate scope and complexity.
• ● Provides security engineering designs and implementation in all aspects of Information Assurance and Information Security (InfoSec) Engineering
• ● Assesses and mitigates system security threats/risks throughout the program life cycle
• ● Validates system security requirements definition and analysis
• ● Establishes system security designs
• ● Implements security designs in hardware, software, data, and procedures
• ● Verifies security requirements
• ● Performs system certification and accreditation planning and testing and liaison activities, and supports secure systems operations and maintenance

Jan 2009 – May 2011 · 2 yrs 4 mos

• ● Provided support to the PAX Joint Strike Fighter Integrated Test Facility as the lead point of contact for all matters related to the Autonomic Logistics Information System
• ● Provided additional remote support as well to the Edwards ITF, the Forth Worth Plant and International Customers (1400+ users on two separate releases)
• ● Maintained, patched, and supported 40+ servers remotely via RDP and VMWare
• ● Worked with multiple organizations on the DIACAP Reaccreditation Package, from an ALIS standpoint, for the PAX ITF in 2010

May 2007 – Jan 2009 · 1 yr 8 mos

• ● Responsible for the maintenance, management, and security of over twenty servers and 200+ client systems and users on multiple systems
• ● Represented OSD PA on the Configuration Control and Information Assurance Boards (ECCB & IAB)
• ● Applied computer updates in accordance with DISA IAVAs, IAVBs, and OSD Chief Information Officer Directives
• ● Completed the DIACAP Package for OSD Public Affairs in 2008
• ● Coordinated weekly with the Secretary of Defense Executive Support Travel Team for Public Affairs Communication requirements
• ● Tested new software for the Government and provided feedback with recommendations for implementation
• ● Provided technical knowledge when suggestion solutions to the Government for communications requirements
• ● Worked closely with the OSD CIO on all matters that could possibly affect OSD Public Affairs to present to the government client’s position on upcoming changes
• ● Constantly kept OSD Public Affairs users apprised of any and all Network Outages that would affect them, no matter how minor

Dec 1999 – Aug 2014 · 14 yrs 8 mos · Washington D.C. Metro Area

• ● Symantec AntiVirus Server Administrator – 700+ Client Systems
• ● Sidewinder Firewall 5.2 Administrator
• ● Applied computer updates in accordance with DISA IAVAs, IAVBs, and TCNOs
• ● Maintained the unit’s C&A package and C&As for subordinate units
• ● Monitored the network boundary for unauthorized access
• ● PKI Local Registration Authority and Trusted Agent
• ● COMSEC Manager for the unit
• ● Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Administrator – 1300+ users
• ● Nortel Networks Switch Administrator – 100 switches plus 4 Information Transfer Nodes
• (ITNs) between 20 buildings
• ● Cisco Systems Switch Administrator
• ● Remedy Action Request Systems Administrator – 99.9% uptime for 3+ years
• ● Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server Administrator
• ● SQL Database Administrator
• ● Nortel Networks VPN Gateway Administrator
• ● Active Directory Administrator
• ● Client Support/Administration for Windows NT, 2000, 2003, XP, and Vista

Aug 1995 – Jul 1999 · 3 yrs 11 mos

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