James H. Simmons 

Colorado Springs, CO 80920 – 719.494.9867 – James.hayden.simmons@gmail.com                                     LinkedIn Profile

Summary

Services Manager

·   CISSP, PMP, GCIH, GSNA & CCNA Security certified. TS/SCI active clearance

·   Over 15 years’ experience in IT management roles including Supervisory (15 years) Project Management (10+ years) Information Assurance (13 years), User support for Windows OS (15 years), Active Directory (AD) (8 years), SharePoint design/administration (8 years), system analysis (6 years).

Experience

Service Manager- Penetration Testing & Evaluation (PT&E)

US Army, 2^nd Regional Cyber Center, Ft. Huachuca, AZ

JAN 2016 – Present

·   Manage planning, execution and reporting of vulnerability assessments

·   Manage & evaluate team of vulnerability analysts

·   Document customer facing web site assessments and brief senior executive staff weekly

·   Project leader for testing & evaluation capability expansion mechanisms

·   Intrusion Analyst using vulnerability scanning tools similar to NESSUS or ACAS to identify network vulnerabilities and mitigate risk

Information Systems Security Manager

US Army, 57^th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, Ft. Hood, TX

June 2013 – June 2015

·   Supervised Customer support team of 20 technicians supporting 500+ users with WIN 7 OS, Exchange 2010 and SharePoint 2010; 2,500+ remedy tickets completed

·   Information assurance management of organization’s IT systems configuration and audit

·   Configured, deployed and maintained Server services in tactical training environments

·   Trained 80+ technicians server services and account management

·   Senior technician for user management and incident handling procedures

·   Knowledge Manager, SharePoint Designer & data access manager (PoLP)

·   Regional IT Manager for AD supporting 2,000+ accounts across 3 different networks

Information Management Officer

US Army, 10^th Special Forces Group, Ft. Carson, CO

December 2009 – June 2013

·   Signal Detachment Commander, managing signal support to multiple forward deployed teams while responsible for teaching and training 30+ junior technicians

·   Senior technical manager for 10 technician team supporting a 500+ user sized element servicing 1,000+ computing devices; role included Incident Handling responsibilities

·   System administration on VISTA & WIN 7 OS; 4,000+ remedy tickets completed

·   Deployed Server services in austere environments supporting up to 100 users on two different missions; VM configuration\management role as needed to provide services

·   Project Manager for organization’s IT Life Cycle Management design and implementation

Information Systems Security Officer & Information Management Officer

US Army, 8^th Theater Sustainment Command, Ft. Shafter, HI

December 2006 – December 2009

·   Senior customer support and lead technical manager for 15 technicians providing user support for an 1800+ user sized element servicing 3,000+ information system devices

·   System administration and security manager for XP & VISTA OS; 6,000+ remedy tickets completed; ISSO role included lead on all IT incident handling policy and procedures

·   Technical team trainer for Active Directory management and system hardening techniques

·   JR PM for network expansion to support 300 additional users with full IT services

·   Planned and configured IT requirements for all on premise executive conference rooms

·   Organization’s technical lead planner for foreign missions composed of over 6,000 users

·   Procured, tracked and deployed 1,000+ new computer systems via Active Directory

·   Technical Project Lead for Operations center design, security and implementation

·   Created Life Cycle Management Plan for Organization’s IT hardware and software assets

Education

Master of Information Systems Management

Keller Graduate School of Management - December 2016

Bachelor of Science Technical Management

DeVry, Phoenix, AZ - June 2012 - Summa Cum Laude 3.93 GPA

Warrant Officer (Army) Advanced Course Information Protection Technician -MOS 255S

December 2015 – Incident Handling, Intrusion Analysis, Penetration Testing, Network Auditing and Information Security, 2015

Warrant Officer (Army) Advanced Course Information Services Technician – MOS 255A

October 2011 – Microsoft Server management, Project and Systems Management, Cisco CCNP Networking

Of Interest

Certifications include CISSP, PMP, GCIH, GPEN, GCWN, GSEC, GCIA, GSNA, CCNA, CCDA, CCNA-Security/Voice/Wireless, Security+ ce, Network+ ce, A+ ce. Proficient with MS Office (Excel, Word, Power Point), MS Visio, moderate MS Project. Also a snowboarding enthusiast.

Awards

Meritorious Service Medal(x3), Leadership Award- Basic Non-Commissioned Officer Course (BNCOC), Distinguished Honor Graduate BNCOC, Distinguished Honor Graduate Multichannel Transmissions Course, Honor Graduate Primary Leadership development course.