Steven Ditchkofsky

Objective

®      Transitioning Navy Chief Petty Officer with over 22 years of experience, active Top Secret, SCI, Counter Intelligence Polygraph seeks employment as an Information Technology Project Manager for Government Contractors.

Proven Leader IT Management Project Management Training & Instruction

Intelligence Processing Personnel Actions Processing Contract Management Information Assurance

National Security agency — Fort Meade, Maryland  

National Intelligence and Tactical Operations (NITO) Branch Chief                 April 2012 – Present

¨  Responsible for 61 military, government civilians and contractors providing continuous worldwide support to National Security Agency customers. 

¨  Oversaw the global transformation to virtualized, cloud computing based, thin client solution from thick; managing the conversation from a single server architecture to a Virtual Machine environment supporting thousands of users worldwide. 

¨  Supervised server expansion projects increasing support to worldwide customers; developing long term sustainment and support processes for multiple Department of Justice and Department of Defense customers.

 

National Security agency — Afghanistan

Deputy, Chief for Enterprise Information Technology                               May 2015 – October 2015

¨  Supervised over 40 Information Technology (IT) personnel who performed operation and maintenance of assigned equipment, ensuring both network and system availability rates exceeding ninety eight percent.

¨  Responsible for network and Information Technology (IT) systems which support all Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) and Information Assurance (IA) to US military Forces.

¨  Assisted with the planning and organizing requirements, implementing a drawdown strategy, and performed general management duties for the EITS workforce.

¨  Ensured efficient use of resources, resolved problems at the lowest level, validated customer requirements were satisfied on schedule and in accordance with EITS guidelines. 

 

United states navy — Misawa, Japan

Information Systems Technician                                                                           July 2011 – April 2012

¨  Qualified as Battle Watch Captain, one of only two senior enlisted personnel qualified to directly represent CTF-72 Commander for execution of operational evaluations.

¨  Led and mentored 17 multi-rate Sailors and two junior officers as N2 Department Leading chief Petty Officer. This led to 100 percent promotion of E-4 to E-5; one Chief Selectee; and one of three Navy-wide selections to for Middle Enlisted Cryptologic Career Augmentation Program.

¨  Hand-selected as one of three command Subject Matter Experts for initial qualification of Enlisted Information Dominance Warfare Specialist program for COMNAVCYBERFOR.

¨  Trusted as acting Command Senior Enlisted Advisor CSEL’s absence, exceeded all expectations and demonstrated unwavering focus on personnel and mission that enabled the command to excel.

 

Defense threat reduction agency — Kirkland Air Force Base, New Mexico

Information Systems Technician                                                          November 2008 – November 2011

¨  Provided essential guidance and support to perform life-cycle hardware replacement, LAN/WAN expansion, upgrades and equipment maintenance on all DTRA/ONL networks that supports over 300 employees.

¨  Maintained all critical paperwork was completed to enable the DTRA network office to pinpoint the exact location of 14 different network drops, ensuring minimum down time for all customers.

¨  Ensured Information Assurance was verified and network encryption was maintained on 4 networks worth over 100 million. Managed JNWPS and NIMACS-DEV, ensured that all patches were applied and maintained.

 

Naval information operations command — Bahrain

Secure Communication Operator, Aircrew Member                                 October 2004 – November 2008

¨  Spearheaded command efforts in a 5.5 million dollar base relocation project. Submitted configuration drawings to SPAWAR for three LANs Supporting 99 computers and 85 users.

¨  Led the Mission Support Department overseeing all Administrative, AIS and Budgeting, which led to 100 percent availability of mission critical networks.

¨  Handled over 250 real-time actionable reports supporting both combat operations in Iraq and movement of U.S. Naval Forces in the 5^th FLT.  

¨  Expertly managed a flight schedule for 50 TDY and PCS Naval aircrew personnel, leading to the successful accomplishments of 78 air reconnaissance missions and nearly 5000 flight-hours in support of Operations ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI Freedom.  

¨  Coordinated two crew swaps of 40 Sailors to Al Udeid AFB, Qatar, increasing forward deployed capabilities in support of the Global War on Terrorism. 

®      Project Management Fundamentals; Introduction into Microsoft Project (est.); Work Breakdown Structures (est.); System Center Configure Manager (est.)

®      University of Maryland, University College, Europe

®      12 Credits, General Studies

®      Proficient in Microsoft Office Tools

®      Information Systems Technician Chief

®      Information Systems Administrator; NETWARE, UNIX, Windows

®      Network Security Vulnerability Technician

®      EP-3E Cryptologic Technician Operator/Analyst

®      Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape Qualified

®      Cold Weather Environment Survival Training

®      Individual Augmentee Warrior Skills