James O. Chavis

6705 Green Moss Dr

Upper Marlboro, MD 20772

240-447-4384(c)

james.chavis@gmail.com

 

Professional Profile

Senior IT professional with significant client-impacting experience in Project Management roles such as:

Systems Engineer, Technical Consultant, and Team Leading skills.  Certified Systems Administrator

Managed HOA 30 million dollar budget and planning in Prince George’s County development. Expertise in the following:

·   Microsoft NT Server 2003, 2000, 4.0, NT Workstation 2000 Professional products, Creates and manages privileged accounts, Resolves trouble tickets, & Conducts vulnerability scans

server configuration, and Administration. Domino.Doc, Notes/Domino R5.x to R7.x, Sametime  Lotus Notes development basics

·   Computer Security Awareness trainer, Trains network staff, Secure messaging and HIPPA compliant support

·   TCP/IP, Network & Data security, SMTP, clustering, Anti-Virus control, and other automated software, Informatica Monitor, Tivoli Monitoring, Candle IntelliWatch

·   Microsoft Office suite 97- 2007, Common Store/ Content Manager, SMS installation and deployment update solutions. LAN Technology, e-mail engineering, Exchange 2000 migration, skills.

·   Cisco Router and CCNA basics, Repeaters, Network switching & hubs and IBM 3270 systems. Cisco routing & Cisco Security , Junos routers support

·   Manager, Symantec EndPoint Protection, Nessus penetration tool.

·   Tivoli monitoring and infrastructure Tivoli Managed, Tivoli Enterprise Console (TEC)

·   ArcSight, Niksun, Damballa and FireEye, Snort, WireShark, Cisco CS – MARS, Putty, Nessus, ePolicy Orchestrator 4.5.5, BlueCoat Reporter 9.2,NetWitness 9.7.5, EnCase, F.R .E. D (Forensic Recovery Evidence Device)

 

Security Clearance

Customs & Border Protection Department of Homeland Security Top Secret cleared through General Dynamics IT (2008)  Technica Corp - Top Secret cleared for DISA (IA43) task (inactive)

Department of Energy - Top Secret clearance (Q) Level (inactive)

 

July 2014 - Present:  Working with PBSI (Alexandria, VA) Security and Technical consultant for the WOSB that request support for technical proposal requirements and contract staging. Provides hand on in-house technical training and guidance to demystify IT and security related concerns. Helping the staff to see FISMA and NIST guidelines and to direct how to respond to RFP request that are key to small business concerns.  Utilizing Instructional technology skills and degree requirement as well as research of technical concepts and gray and black hat concepts.

 

May 2012- July 2014 - Nuclear Regulatory Commission:(Rockville) - Dell Service Federal Group/ RSI

Job Title: Information Assurance & Spill Coordinator.  Task assigned was to work with the NRC client and analyze the data spill process and coordinate ad process improvement and process flow for efficiency  of data incident handling.   Other tasks were assigned as liaison for Dell (DSFG) to meeting with the client on task assignment and DSFG matching of services. Also work on task with the Information Assurance Team for security policy and security requirements metrics.  Constructed ECR and SIA reports to make sure all implementation tasks, installation of new ideas and product met the required security measures.

Provided teams with guideline for FISMA requirement, FIPS compliance, DISA Stigs standards, and all other security related guidelines before deployment. Guiding the federal clients requirements gathering process and assuring that the FISMA and DISA required goals are met in accordance with the government standards.   Also trained by NRC at a Contractor ISSO to make sure the agency has full compliancy coverage and skills available to meet security needs for facility and data storage.

 

November 2011- May 2012 IA Intrusion Detection Analyst – Blue Canopy, LLC

Supported the Division of Information Technology (DIT) Risk Mitigation program.

·               Current efforts towards Risk Mitigation control. Supporting DIT in analyzing and assessing the Always Persistent Threat (APT) attempts from foreign exploits to infiltrate the agency’s financial systems security.  As Tier II team member we perform investigative work on engaging threats.

·               Reviews service hours on our contract while on site. Provided verification checklist against NIST guideline controls. Prepares and delivers briefings on computer network status.

·               Supports Certification and Accreditation testing

·               We engage in deep dive analysis of threats attempt and track the source and destinations traffic and compare then against likely patterns and events from open sources tracking and investigative tools. Maintains test and production sites for sensors.

·               Participates in security assistance visits to subordinate elements.

·               Supports on-call tasks after duty hours

·               Monitor events against COTS products like ArcSight, ArcSight logger, Dambala, and FireEye applications monitoring network enterprise traffic from the clients’ site.

·               Assisted in providing the team with educational information and updates via PowerPoint slides, industry news and update announcements from I-Sight reports, C-SIRT briefs, and US CERT announced updates.

 

 

 

May 2010-November 2011  Sr. IA-Engineer/Identity Management - Technica Corporation

Contractor support for Technica Corporation on a joint DISA, NSA, & DHS Partnership PvM North. In this capacity I provide technical service to a DoD sponsored task order along with nine other member to design and organize Identity Management, Two factor authentication, and engineering services. Supported Information Assurance task order  on Attribute Base Access Control (ABAC) ,Policy Base Access Control (PBAC) access control requirements. Worked with security teams around the Authorization, Authentication, and Access control provisions for open source applications GOSAC-N. Provide technical assistance to the Privilege Management Pilot, Joint Exercise & Community Driven Pilot and Deployed Solutions Training Support for PvM North. Built presentation training slides for web deployment to the DISA Intelligence Community. Provided programs of records with a platform for ABAC demonstration, testing. Working support for Government Open Source Access Control—Next Generation (GOSAC-N) for Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC) with a deployable, ABAC reference implementation. Understand and knowledge of DIACAP, NIST 800-53 requirements. Providing daily reports and meeting agenda report with the government client and subcontract members. Strong relationship building skills with clients. Risk audit and compliance requirement for DISA security controls.  Build presentation slide explaining audit and compliance requirements. Adhere to FISAM and NIST standards for security controls. Knowledge of SIPRNet, NIPRNet, JWICS

 

March 2008- May 2010 Sr. Systems Security - General Dynamics IT

Started as contractor support for EDS to perform services as Watch Stander and Team Lead for the DHS contract DC2 backup facility.  Manage an expanding staff of ten Watch Standers, growing of fifteen for the SOC and the future SCIF support. As SOC hands on Manager, Provided intrusion detection, IDS support Cisco troubleshooting, CS- MARS analysis, PKI.  All people must hold interim Entrance on Duty (EOD) approval, Top Secret (T/S) and T/S+ SCI clearance. Operation is a 24/7 task with flexible scheduling, some travel, and monthly DHS reporting requirements.  All other details are classified to need to know basis. Follows cyber-related incident response, Experience as a security monitor of multi-site networks.

Experience in a Network Security Operation Center

We worked with client on site handled IDS security request, staff meetings, training provisions for team, provide coverage to the SOC on rotating 24/7 schedule, address all required Monthly SLA client required reports on security, We deal with weekend firewall change request if assigned by firewall configuration lead.  Provide client base with laptop security check and validations. Nessus, e-Retina, internet security scans for preventive intrusion methods. We monitor Symantec security of servers and routers. Update the OPS Planner Disaster recover documentation library. IDS Support for DHS/ TSA/FEMA/ NPPD/CBP

·   IDS Support for DHS using Nessus (Install/configures)

·   Cisco MARS Threat Mitigation   (monitored/manage) 

·   Cisco FWSM Firewall (support/edited changes) Cisco 7600 series routers (support)

·   Cisco Security Manager (install/configure/manage) BlueCoat IDS (managed)

·   Forensic Recovery Evidence Device (FRED) (install/configure/manage)

·   SolarWinds Network traffic support (installed/configured/monitor)

Made sure staff time recording, weekly reports and internal General Dynamic HR request were satisfied by employer and client.

Feb 2007- January 2008   Network and Technical Consultant – Renaissance Systems Inc, Washington, DC

Contracted to businesses to perform services and support for building inner office networks and IT solutions. Created QuickPlace links, allowed the users to select URL and Links in QuickPlace and authenticate themselves on the server.

Oct 2005 – Feb 2007              Advisory IT Specialist – IBM-BCS Division, Bethesda, MD

Employed as a technical consultant providing project management, integration services, and

e-business solutions to public sector clients.

·               Supported an IBM Systems Analysis and upgrade for American Modern Insurance Company (AMIG).   Dramatically improved the hardware and software performance of the clients’ claim system running on Notes/Domino. 

·               Created strategic plans and recommendations for future enhancements.

 

 

Feb 2002 - Sept 2005  Sr. Engineer – ITS Services: (Customs & Border Protection) Springfield, VA

Supported LAN Engineering Team (LET), conducted Integration lab testing and followed the SDLC process for Customs Border Protection Agency for DHS. As Project Manager. 

·               Managed Microsoft server implementation and installation in CBP’s test lab environment and performed software and product testing before moving the approved product to development stage. Conducted baseline evaluation testing and compiled results for client which included reporting findings to government leadership team. Provided technical support, engineering and recommendations to support the client’s immediate and future needs for field and local user community. Assisted in the design, infrastructure testing, production deployment and management of Exchange 2000 servers for DHS.  Built the CBP Email Archiving solution for CBP and Internal Affairs Division.  Stub records, moved to DB2 database and rolled up to cassette tape for historical records. Served as primary POC for a state of the art archiving solution (Commonstore/ Content Manager) for joint agency affiliates.

 

March 1999 - May 2001              Asst. Project Manager – OAO (Orbital Astrological Observatory) Greenbelt, Maryland

I Served as Project Manager and technical liaison for the EPA FAIR II Contract for the Office of Research and Development. I also managed a staff of seventeen technical staff members.  I conducted weekly client and support team meetings.

·               Redesigned and redeployed the email network infrastructure and its distribution process thus minimizing system failures.

CERTIFICATIONS:

                                          Lotus Notes System Admin - Certified Lotus Specialist (CLS)

                                          Novell Certified Engineer/ CNE, ECNE

              Lotus Notes Administrator R4.6, & R5.06a, R6.01

              Cisco training - USDA Education Center, Washington, DC

              Certified Risk & Information Systems Control (CRISC)

                                          Certified Ethical Hacking study course

 

Education

 

Master of Science, Instructional Technology

University of District of Columbia

 

St. Augustine’s College

B.A. Education

 

Employment Status:

1099 or Corp- to-Corp