SUMMARY PROFILE

 

Specialties: Security, Virtualization, System and Network Administration

 

•(CCNP/CCDA) Certified networking professional trained with Cisco Certified courses while having worked on Army intranet switches and routers in VLAN environments

•Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert(MCSE) with over 3 years hands on experience with Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2008/2012 and SharePoint Server 2007,2010

•(CEH)Certified Expert with working knowledge of DoD8570 and Federal Information Security Management Act(FISMA),IAM Level III,IAT Level II,Level III certified (CISSP)

•Worked with US Army DIACAP course work in using Gold Disk to ensure DOD systems are hardened by applying STIGs and fixing vulnerabilities in IT systems (SEC+)(GSLC)

• (NCDA)NetApp certified storage professional

•Background based on formal civilian and military education with over 15 years military experience demonstrating proven leadership initiative, technical expertise, and information systems management utilizing a wide range of disaster avoidance/response systems and restoration software training and expertise in Virtualization Technologies such as (VCP5) VMware; ESXi, Vsphere, (CCAA)Citrix XenApp and HyperV

•KMPro Certified Knowledge Manager (CKM) possessing the U S Army Operations Knowledge Manager Qualification Course (AOKMQC); experience in direct contact with clients, vendors, civic/business/military leaders, organizational management in using Information Technologies to improve efficiency and effectiveness in Corporate Processes and People

• Experienced military leader and PMI (PMP) certified project manager:led a section of 5 personnel, an Office of 30 Personnel,a Group of over 100 personnel,oversaw an element of over 500 Personnel (MS: Business Management)
 

LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS & FORMAL QUALIFICATIONS

Top Secret Clearance (DEC 2011 to Present)

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)

CCNA: Security

CCNA: Voice

CCNA: Wireless

Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA)

EC COUNCIL Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)

VMware Certified Professional 5 - Data Center Virtualization (VCP5-DCV)

Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) SharePoint Administrator 2013

Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE):Server 2012, Private Cloud 2012

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Oracle Certified Professional: Oracle Sun Solaris 10 System Administrator (OCP)

Project + Comptia

ITILv3

Citrix Certified Advanced Administrator for XenApp 6.5 (CCAA)

Citrix Certified Administrator: XenApp (CCA)

Linux Professional Institute Certified Level 1 (LPIC-1)

Novell Certified Linux Administrator (CLA 11)

Comptia Linux+

GIAC Security Leadership Certified (GSLC)

U S Army Operations Knowledge Manager Qualification Course(AOKMQC)

KMPro Certified Knowledge Manager(CKM)

NetApp Certified Data Management Administrator (NCDA)

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP),

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist   (MCTS) Windows 7

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

Cisco Certified Entry Level Network Technician (CCENT)

Comptia Security+ Certified

U.S. Army Multifunctional Logistician (MOS 90A)

U.S. Army Contracting Officer's Representative

PADI Advanced Open Water Scuba Diver

 

 

EDUCATION & TRAINING

 

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY – Syracuse, New York

Master of Science in Information Management 

Coursework Concentration:  Information Management

 

Syracuse Master Certificate of Advanced Studies

Course Concentration: Information System Security

 

LA VERNE UNIVERSITY - La Verne, California 

Master of Science in Business Management 

Coursework Concentration:  Business Management

 

WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY- Plainview, Texas

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

Course Concentration: Business Finance

 

CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE- Killeen, Texas

Associates of Arts in General Studies

Course Concentration: General Studies

 

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

VMware Training by VMware Education Services, VMware vSphere: Fast Track [V5.1], Datacenter Virtualization (VCP5-DV),

Internet Institute USA (IIUSA)Project Management Professional (80 hour Course), PMI Authorized Course,

Oracle University, System Administration For Oracle Sun Solaris 10 OS, Part 1 and Part 2,

RedHat Training, Red Hat Linux Administrator Course Part 1 (MAR2016)  Part 2 (APR2016)

Unitek IT Education, Fremont, CA Microsoft Windows Server Infrastructure  2012 & Private Cloud

MTM Technologies, Dallas, Texas Citrix Advanced XenApp 6.5 Administration Course

CBT Nuggets Course: Oracle Certified Database Administrator 11G Z052

SANS SEC504:Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling

CBT Nuggets Course 640-864,CCDA

CBT Nuggets Course Citrix XenApp

CBT Nuggets Course Linux

CBT Nuggets Course CCNP

Combined Information Data Network Exchange course(CIDNE)

Web Enabled Temporal Analysis System  (WebTAS®)

CBT Nuggets Course CCNA: Security

CBT Nuggets Course CCNA: Voice

CBT Nuggets Course ITILv3

CBT Nuggets Course CCNA: Wireless

EC COUNCIL Certified Ethical Hacker course (CEH)

SANS MGT512 Security Leadership Essentials for managers Course (GSLC)

IASE DISA Domain Name System (DNS) Basic Concepts Overview

IASE DISA Domain Name System (DNS) Advanced Concepts CBT

IASE DISA DAA CBT

IASE DISA VMS Training

U.S. Army Contracting Officer Representative Course 

KMPro Certified Knowledge Manager Course (CKM)

U.S. Army Operations Knowledge Management Qualification Course

U.S. Army FA53 Automation Officer Course

FEMA (COOP) Continuity of Operations Planning  Certification Course

U.S. Army CAB Contract Certification System, 

U.S. Army Contracting Officer Representative Course: Contract management, supervision, and enforcement, 

 

HIGHLIGHTS OF EXPERIENCE

Norfolk Naval Shipyard-Portsmouth, Virginia

Information Security-Unix/Solaris/Linux Systems Administrator (01/16-Present)

 

• Managed over 100 Virtual Servers

  • Maintained hardware and software installed on the various networks: network servers, Network Attached Storage       (NAS), Storage Area Networks (SANS), etc

• Configured and installed new equipment for use in the various systems in operation on the networks

• Created and provided access to various shared information on the network and adhering to strict directory structures

• Maintained and monitored the security posture of installed equipment on the various networks by conducting system security evaluations, audits, and reviews.

• Ensured the rigorous application of security/information assurance policies, principles, and practices in the delivery of server and storage services.

• Installed Redhat software on servers

 

Mandex, Inc.- US Marines- Dam Neck, Virginia Beach, Virginia

TS\SCI System Matter Expert: Microsoft Server 2003\2008\2012, Sharepoint Server 2010(10/14-01/2016)

 

• Managed NIPR, SIPR, Microsoft Server 2003\2008\2012, Exchange 2010, SharePoint Server 2010 in an environment supporting over 1000 personnel

• Applied IT Systems in intelligence Schools and Training Environment in facilitating professor student interaction

• Led the creation of JWICS and SIPR SharePoint infrastructures. Facilitated training of personnel in the use of SharePoint Sites

• Recognized expert with demonstrated industry and public service leadership in classified and unclassified technical environments

• Used Assurance Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS) Capability Compliance Assessment Tools

• Assessed compliance with DoD Information Assurance Vulnerability Messages (IAVMs) and Communications Tasking Orders (CTOs)

• Assessed compliance with best practice standards, to include DoD Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) on http://iase.disa.mil/stigs/

• Ran vulnerability scans using Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language (OVAL)

• Performed vulnerability scans using non-OVAL assessments and reports using CVE identifiers

• Performed vulnerability and weakness discovery of network architectures and Defense in Depth configurations

• Performed Network Mapping and Discovery: Collected Internet Protocol (IP) and Media Access Control (MAC) addresses of discovered devices

• Performed inventories of installed operating systems and applications which can be reported in Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) format

• Assessed running network services on devices and reported unauthorized or anomalous services

• Provided logical paths (e.g. traceroute) from a central network point to assessed devices to include unauthorized/unexpected routes

• Used AFPIMS (American Forces Public Information Management System) to manage Websites.

 

General Dynamics- US Marines- Dam Neck, Virginia Beach, Virginia

TS/SCI Cleared System Administrator (04/14-10\14)

• Provided technical support, system administration, help desk system backups, system restorations, information assurance, administration, optimizing system performance and resources, user and group setups, configuration of devices, printing services, installation and configuration of system application software, configuration of e-mail and browser applications

•  Applied OS/application security patches as necessary, according to DOD/USMC standards and policies, and e-mail administration services

•  Administered network configuration management for Layer 3 backbone, establishing and maintaining a tracking system that enables the SME to determine what equipment is in a maintenance cycle, its status, and anticipated return to service

•  Identified equipment and components that are reaching end of expected lifecycle for replacement and refresh

• Composed Level of Repair Analysis reports and Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis upon request

•  Analyzed Retina reports and made changes; updated the security posture of SIPR workstations

•  Created intranets with Cisco switches with Shared folders for individual classrooms to work in a team work environment

 

US Army- Killeen/Temple, Texas

Cleared IT Automations Systems Manager (12/12-09/13)

• Led Systems Automations Officer supporting over 4000 Users
• Used Multiple IT systems, applications, and servers to support a tactical/mobile platform to deploy to a contingency anywhere in the world in a short time frame
• Used NetApp Storage infrastructure along with VMware ESXi Servers through Vsphere to support a Microsoft Server 2008 R2 Environment combined with Microsoft SQL Server Databases to setup, create and manage Share Point Server 2010 Services and Collaboration functions under Classified and Unclassified conditions

• Administered and performed troubleshooting on VMware ESXi Servers while administering SharePoint Server 2010 sites and pages

• Analyzed VMware View as an alternative to Citrix XenDesktop for future use. Worked with and Analyzed VMware View as a potential future capability.

 

 US Army – Kabul, Afghanistan

Knowledge Manager/SharePoint Content Manager/ at the NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (DCOM) level  (12/11 – 11/12)

• Principle KM  Officer Overseeing the KM program for 6 Regions and 2200 personnel located all over Afghanistan; oversaw and managed processes, people, technology, and Organizational IT functions

• Managed 23 SharePoint Sites on CENTRIXS, 7 sites on SIPR, and 22 sites on NIPR SharePoint Collections to ensure a collaborative environment for a Logistic Command leading and advising operations from the provincial level to the national level of Afghanistan

• Key Knowledge Management Advisor to a 1 star General; Established a new Command KM Program and SharePoint Portal system for CENTIXS and NIPR improving process and information  management affecting the largest Logistic Mission in Afghanistan

• CIDNE administrator for over 150 users spearheading operations in Afghanistan. 

• WEBTAS administrator for over 200 users in the Kabul, Afghanistan area

• INDURE administrator for over 100 users using the application to extract Logistics Information.

• Developed, implemented, sustained and improved a mission focused, process driven,

networked knowledge and information acquisition, management, sharing, and assurance.

 

US Army – Ft. Hood, Texas

SharePoint Administrator/ (02/11 – 12/11)

• Efficient use of SharePoint Portals to manage a Logistic command leading over 2000 soldiers spread across

the Western part of the United States

• Set-up and managed 10 sites on 4 Share Portals NIPR, SIPR, AKO, AKO-S that supported 7 distinct  Logistic

Brigades located in 7 regions  of the United States

• Responsible for providing permissions For  SIPR, NIPR, AKO-S, AKO Portals to end users

• Administered Sharepoint Portals under classified and unclassified conditions

 

US Army - Ft. Gordon, Georgia

Automation Officer Functional Area 53 Course  (01/10 – 01/11)

Coursework Concentration: (Hands on) Network Information System Applications, and Security

Subcourses Completed : CISSP, PMP, Cisco Academy(Hands on); Cisco Routing and Switching, Cisco: Security, Cisco: VOIP, MS Server 2003, MS Exchange 2003,Sharepoint 2007, SharePoint Designer2007, Windows Security, Windows Server Planning 2008,

Visual Basic, Comptia SEC +, SANS 508:Forensics, Solarwinds, NetApp; Certified Data Management

Administrator, DIACAP, SQL Server 2005, Microsoft Web Expression 3, Microsoft Virtual PC,

Administered VMWare Vsphere 4, VMWare Workstation 7, Data Center and ESXi Servers in a complete virtualized environment running Server 2008. 

 

US Army – Heidelberg, Germany

Europe Theater Level Signal/Information Technology Planning/Operations Officer (01/09 - 12/09)

•  Supervised automated information processing units, installations, and activities. Advises the commander and

staff on automation policy and technical matters to include command, immediate supervisory, advisory, and

technical responsibilities for automated information processing units, installations and activities; engineering,

acquisition, construction, installation, security, operation, and maintenance of computer systems.

•Translated mission needs into computer systems requirements. Planed, evaluated, coordinated, and

integrated automation activities at all command and organizational levels. Planned, designed, and implemented

 local area networks. Implemented data base management systems and performed as data base administrator.

Directed, planed, implemented, and managed security programs for automated systems.  

•Conducted analysis, research, design and development for future systems. Performed economic analysis

Plans, programs, and budgets for automation resource requirements. Managed automation resources, maintenance programs, and logistics support. Developed and provided systems documentation. Conducted and evaluated systems tests. Monitored and performed all tasks pertinent to automated systems, acquisition, life cycle development, and force modernization.

• FEMA Trained and Certified Continuity of Operations and Planning(COOP) professional who led Information Technology COOP policy and standard  creation and execution for G6 US Army Europe Level supporting over 5000 Personnel

 

US Army – Mannheim, Germany

Multi Functional Logistic Officer ,Signal Brigade (09/07 - 12/08)

• The Most Senior Logistic Officer for a tactical communications Element leading over 500 personnel

• Senior Rail Operations Officer leading Rail operations deploying 200 Signal personnel to Theaters in the Middle East and Europe

•Requisitioned, received, inspected, stored, issued, preserved and accounted for government property valued in excess of $5 million.

•Inspected and turned in excess and/or damaged equipment, supplies, weapons and other property to the Defense Reutilization and Management Organization (DRMO). 

•Trained, scheduled, motivated, supervised and formally evaluated the efforts of 20 subordinate Logistic office personnel. 

•Managed a Brigade budget in excess of $2 Million Dollars annually.

 

US Army – Doha, Qatar

2 Terminal Seaports SDDC (Surface Deployment Distribution Command) Seaport  Manager/ Contracting Officer Representative ($10 Million Dollar Contract) (15/05 - 2012/07)

 

 •  Planed, coordinated, and executed terminal operations for DoD sponsored cargo in support of 25 separate military units and government agencies in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.

 • Discharged over 200,000 tons of cargo and 20,000 pieces of equipment.

 • Led over 100 personnel in discharge and upload seaport operations in 24 hour continues operations.

• Established the best customs clearance procedures in the Gulf, thus expediting the customs clearance    process in one of the most difficult seaport environments in the world

• Improved the standard operating procedures for cargo documentation and cargo tracking for all inbound      and outbound cargo.

 • Managed over $3 million Stevedore and Related Terminal Services contracts.  • Verified and Certified weekly invoices worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

• Saved the US Government over $1 million dollars by eliminating double charges and over compensation billing by the contractor.

• Used CAB, a Government computer software package, to certify billing to ensure accurate payments. Were deposited into the contractor's bank accounts.

• Served as a major component in the contract negotiation process, negotiated a lower price per measurement ton moved, saving the US Government 50% in costs.

 

US Army – Kuwait City, Kuwait

Direct Support Maintenance (HAZMAT certified) Officer  (10/02 - 10/03)

• Managed 10 direct support logistics and maintenance shops comprising over 75 personnel in support of Air Defense Artillery units in Kuwait and Iraq with an operational readiness rate of 95%, thus ensuring a PATRIOT engagement rate of 100% with Iraqi ballistic missiles.

• Tracked and managed the accountability of over 600 Maintenance jobs at direct support and General support levels.

• After redeploying from Kuwait, led the RESET and reconstitution program for the Battalion by working with Raetheon to repair and refit Compete PATRIOT systems,(Radar, Launcher, Command Vehicle and Fueler) x 8; thus completing the process in record breaking time of 90 days.

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

 

AWARDS & HONORS

• NATO Service Medal

• U.S. Army Afghanistan Campaign Medal

• U.S. Army Meritorious Service Medal

• U.S. Army Commendation Medal

• U.S. Army Achievement Medal

• U.S. Army Good Conduct Medal

• National Defense Service Medal

• Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal

• U.S. Army Service Ribbon

• Overseas Service Ribbon

• U.S. Army Operation Iraqi Freedom Medal

• PADI Certified Advanced Open Water Scuba Diver

• World Tae Kwon Do Federation Association Member and Black Belt

 

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

 

•Speaks Three Languages: Polish, Spanish, English

•Visited over 100 Countries

•Experience working with foreign nationals: Has lived and worked in Germany, Qatar and Kuwait

• Maintains excellent health through consistent weight training and aerobic workouts.  Willing to travel and/or relocate.

•Active volunteer and participant in the local community and various professional associations.

 

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY LIST

HARDWARE:

 

•Personal Computers,  inkjet/laserjet printers, laptops, Blackberry devices.

• Port switches, NAT routers, Cisco 2500 Series Router & Cisco Catalyst 1900 Series Switch, CAT5 cabling, WIFI print servers, terminal servers, WIFI network interface cards, network servers (numerous including Dell PowerEdge   2950, 1900 Series, 1800 Series, 700 Series), network attached storage, uninterrupted power supplies (UPS), and RAID 0, 1, and 5.

• Apple Macintosh  PRO,Air, Ipad, Iphone

 

OPERATING SYSTEMS:

•Windows Server 2012/2008/2003 / Windows NT/2000/XP/VISTA/Windows 7/ MAC OS X/UNIX/ Linux

 

SOFTWARE:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

• Oracle Sun Solaris 10 OS

• Cisco IOS

• Microsoft Hyper V

• Microsoft System Center 2012

• Microsoft Windows: XP,7, 8

• Microsoft Server 2012

• Microsoft SharePoint 2007 & 2010

•  Microsoft Project

•  Microsoft Visio

• Network Appliance Systems, Software and Hardware

• VMWare Sphere V4, V5 Software

•  Citrix XenApp

• Disa Gold Disk

•Blackberry Enterprise Server / MS Exchange Server / IIS Server

• MS Office (Versions 2000, XP, 2003, 2007, 2010) / Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express (expert) / Internet Explorer (expert)

• OpenOffice (Open Source Office applications compatible with ms office for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X)

• Alcohol 120%  (Disk image creator and emulator)

• Trend Micro Client Server Messaging Security (Security suite for server, exchange server and client)

• Symantec Antivirus Corporate

• GetDataBack for NTFS  / GetDataBack for FAT / EasyRecovery Professional / SpinRite (Data recovery tools)

• Adobe Acrobat Professional (PDF printer, creator and editor)  /  Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Photo editing software)

• Acronis True Image Corporate (Used to create hard drive images for backup and restoration)

• PartitionMagic / Paragon Partition Manager 8.5 (Partitioning tools)

• Norton Ghost  (Hard drive imaging utility)  /  Diskeeper (Defragmenting utility)

• Spybot / Adaware / Xoftspy / Superantispyware, Malwarebytes Antimalware (Spyware removers)

•  Cain and Abel / Brutus / EntryPro / LC5 (Password recovery tools)

• Spacemonger / Windirstat / Angryipscan / Belarc Advisor / MS Baseline Security Analyzer (IT audit programs)

• NetDiag (Microsoft utility used to help isolate networking and connectivity problems)

• Winsockfix (Used to repair damaged winsock)

• FilemonNT (Systernals utility to view active processes good for viewing hidden processes)

• MailRecovery 2.0 (Used for converting exchange OST files to PST files.)

• Wireshark (Packet sniffer used for network analysis or troubleshooting)  /  Ethereal (Network Protocol analyzer)