Nicole Ryther

270 Faircloth Bridge Rd., Stedman, NC 28391

 

Highlights and qualifications

 

·   Government TS security clearance

·   Bachelor of Science in Information Technology

·   Experience with WIN-T Increment 1, Increment 2, and Regional Hub equipment and architecture

·   Over 13 years of experience in Information Technology, Network, and Radio Communications.

·   Software:  Cisco Unified Call Manager, Cisco IOS, Call Manager Express, JUNOS, Netflow, Cisco Security Manager, SNMPc Network Monitoring Tools, Solarwinds, SharePoint 2008/2010, Windows Server 2008R2, Windows XP/7

·   Hardware: Harris Highband Network Radio/Highband Network Waveform, 802.16 LAW, Inline Network Encryptors, Cisco Layer 2 and Layer 3 Switches, Juniper SRX Routers, Cisco Routers (2800, 3700, 3800, 7200 Series), Cisco ASA Firewalls, Cisco IPS Modules, McAfee Security Appliance, Avocent and Raritan KVMs, DMD-2050 FDMA Modems, Linkway TDMA Modems, Symmetricom GPS, NTP Servers.

 

 

Experience

 

 

GENERAL DYNAMICS C4 SYSTEMS2006-Present             

Engineering Support – Field Network Analyst IV

Duties and Tasks

 

·             Teach military units how to plan, manage, install, program, monitor, troubleshoot, repair and utilize communications equipment in the field

·             Conduct upgrade, reset and new equipment fielding for the U.S. Army at the Company, Battalion, Brigade, and Division level

·             Equipment and system support with knowledge of system tactical employment and optimization

·             Recommends changes to system, network, and satellite engineering to optimize systems employment

·             Mentors newly hired field engineers

·             Documents failures and corrective actions in accordance with proper procedures

·             Provides independent technical support

·             Provides assistance with creating and reviewing technical manual troubleshooting procedures

·             Participated in government witnessed validation exercises during various processes of the program bidding process to include EMI testing, Reliability testing, and Technical Manual validation.

·             Tasked as the primary individual responsible for managing Share Point 2010 site that nearly 300 members use to collaborate on issues and gather technical data in order to provide customer support and standardized equipment builds.

·             Provided technical guidance and support for various high demand deployments and training exercises to include:  1^st Armored Division/ 25^th Infantry Division (Camp Speicher, Iraq), 1^st BDE, 1^st Infantry Division (FOB Falcon, Iraq), 1^st Brigade, 10^th Mountain Division (Sharona, Afghanistan), Six JRTC rotations on the ground, and 5 JRTC/NTC rotations via regional support based out of the Fort Bragg Regional Hub Node.

 

UNITED STATES ARMY  2001-2006

Sergeant: (Honorable Discharge)

·               Held Secret Clearance

·               Positions: Base Band Node Team Chief (2005-2006), Network Switching Systems Operator-Maintainer (2002-2005).

·               Deployed to Kandahar Afghanistan to provide Mobile Subscriber Equipment support as a Forced Entry Switch Operator and Maintainer (2003)

·               Deployed to Baghdad and Al Asad, Iraq to provide the first of its kind Base Band Node support (2004-2005)

·               COMSEC custodian – provided and maintained necessary paperwork and COMSEC material for company level operations (2004-2006).

 

Specialized Training And Education

 

·               Network Switching Operator / Maintainers Course  (2001-2002) – 27 Weeks

·               U.S. Army Airborne Course (2002) – 3 Weeks

·               35^th Signal Brigade Basic Networking Course  (2002) – 80 Hours

·               Tactical High Speed Data Networking Course (2003) – 40 Hours

·               Primary Leadership and Development Course (2004) – 28 Days

·               Base Band Node Operator and Maintainer Course (2004) – 480 hours

·               Global Knowledge IPv6 Fundamentals, Design and Deployment  (2009) – 40 Hours

·               Associate of Arts in General Studies – University of Phoenix (2009)

·               Global Knowledge Configuring Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Domain Services (2011) – 40 Hours

·               In process of obtaining Bachelor of Science in Information Technology with Capella University – 170 credits completed with a 4.0 GPA.