David E. Nolan, PMP, CISSP, ITILv3, PSM I

, 21743 Ladbroke Grove Court ▪ Sterling, VA 20166

) (703) 201-5276   * denolan@gmail.com

 

§    A multi-certified technical professional with twenty years of experience in IT technology, UNIX/Linux, and Windows Systems Administration supporting both operational and development environments

§    A PMP certified project manager experienced in SCRUM Agile Development, successfully managing projects comprised of multiple teams, multisite coordination, and procurements in excess of two million dollars

§    An experienced, hands on, manager skilled in employee supervision, conflict resolution, project tasking, strategic planning, budgeting, as well as interfacing with all levels of both company and client stakeholders and senior leaders

§    An aggressive and proficient systems engineer with expertise diagnosing and resolving complex operating system, networking, database, and application issues

§    Significant experience at providing IT subject matter expertise in support of preparing new business development proposals

§    Government Top Secret clearance and polygraphed IT professional supporting agency and DoD classified projects requiring elevated and privileged user access

 

 

 

 

§    UNIX/Linux Systems Administration managing SGI IRIX, SOLAIS, IBM, and HP-UX platforms	§    Configuring and managing PKI, Certificate Authorities (CA), and key management systems
§    Linux Systems Administration using SuSe, RedHat, Ubuntu, and Slax	§    Advanced scripting skills using UNIX shells, and Perl.  Strong understanding of  Tcl, Sed, AWK, Python, and Windows PowerShell.
§    Windows Systems Administration and networking using XP, 2007, and 2008 R2	§    Configuring and monitoring security tools including Tripwire, TCP Wrappers, sudo, PAM, and SSH
§    Database system administration using Oracle, Sybase, MySQL, and Solr Lucene	§    System and network analysis using Knoppix, Nessus, Ethereal, Aircrack, Backtrack (Kali), and Auditor
§    Configuring, administering, and troubleshooting Network Attached Storage and Storage Area Networks   §    RAID and storage Management using JBOD, EMC, Netapp, Veritas, Engenio SANtricity, Openfiler, FreeNAS and NetGear solutions	§    System security testing and hardening as part of the Certification and Accreditation process   §    System hardware troubleshooting and upgrades   §    Server virtualization utilizing ESXi/vSphere, Oracle VirtualBox, and Solaris LDoms

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§    BAE SYSTEMS, 2014 – Present

Sr. Principal Secure Systems Engineer

Operations Manager

Clearance: TS/SCI with CI Polygraph

Recently, I assumed the position of operations lead for the BAE 10 person team providing information technology support to the Defense Combating Terrorism Center (DCTC). DCTC is an element of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and is responsible for the collection and analysis of intelligence data.
As the Operations Manager, I lead a high performance team of IT professionals comprised of systems engineers, database administrators and systems analysts. My team provides the DCTC end user and tier 1+ application support, installation of new capabilities and in-depth operating system and database maintenance for their highly complex intelligence data collection and analysis operating system and applications.  I am responsible for the overall performance of the team and ensure that DCTC has the required capabilities to conduct their critical security mission.  To accomplish this, I oversee and personally engage in troubleshooting and resolution technical issues, monitor system performance, system and database maintenance, and provide in-depth end user assistance as needed.  Additionally, I am responsible for the planning, scheduling and execution of new application capabilities installations. I participate in the daily SCRUM meetings to ensure that I am fully aware of all new developments and installation requirements providing status reports of ongoing installations.  I also ensure that the necessary support is available during periods of down times and heightened operational requirements.  I am responsible for providing the DCTC operations required weekly and monthly status reports and directly interface with the DCTC contract lead to ensure their support needs are met.

 

§    BAE SYSTEMS, 2012 – 2014

Sr. Principal Secure Systems Engineer

Integration Team Manager

Clearance: TS/SCI with CI Polygraph

In recognition of my performance, I was promoted to Senior Principal Secure Systems Engineer. In this position, I continue to both supervise the systems integration team and maintain the lead technical role for the Multi Domain Dissemination System (MDDS) and Intelligence Community Data Layer (ICDL) projects.  Additionally, I assumed project management leadership of our Google Search Appliance deployment project.  I was responsible for the overall execution of the project including technical management, budgeting, development and deployment.

_{Key Achievements:}

·  Successfully led a team of engineers and developers to resolve complex ICDL message trafficking issues between OpenMQ and Java Message Service (JMS).  As a result, a major program objective to provide live data duplication for the

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purposes of maintaining business continuity and disaster recovery was accomplished.  Under my leadership, ICDL was successfully integrated and deployed on the designated intelligence network

·  Successfully managed the new Google Search Appliance deployment project valued in excess of $2 million dollars.  This project deployed Google Appliances to both CONUS and OCONUS locations which provided the capability to crawl and index theater deployed locations and make that data available to CONUS intelligence sources.  The project was completed on time and under budget

·  Negotiated and managed a follow-on contract to provide client operations and maintenance support for the deployed Google Appliances generating an additional $300,000 in revenue

·  Streamlined and modified installation procedures and configuration scripts reducing ICDL system deployment times from months to a couple weeks

·  As a member of the BAE internal jobs panel, I successfully advocated for several of my team members to find follow-on positions for them when their contracts came to a close

·  Recognized as part of the “Fast Data Dissemination 4 Rapid Analysis” team and presented with the BAE corporate bronze award for outstanding performance

 

§    BAE SYSTEMS, 2009 – 2012

Principal Systems Engineer

      Integration Team Manager

I was promoted to Principal Systems Engineer.  After the launch of the DoD Intelligence Information System (DoDIIS) Portal, I assumed the role of technical lead for the MDDS and ICDL projects.  MDDS provides a federated cross domain search solution incorporating several intelligence community data searches into a single source, while

ICDL is a centralized, searchable, repository for different types of messaging traffic. As the technical lead, I was responsible for ensuring SCRUM sprint tasks were completed

on-time, resolving project technical issues, reporting task progress, and  providing technical guidance and leadership to the team. In June of 2011, I assumed the supervisory responsibility for a ten person, highly skilled, systems integration team responsible for the integration and systems engineering support for several other IT projects.  As their supervisor, I was responsible for overall team success, performance evaluations, staff planning, conflict resolution, and resource scheduling. Additionally, I was frequently requested by senior leadership to provide technical assistance on other programs to resolve systems engineering issues.

 

Key Achievements:

·  Led a team of engineers to analyze and diagnose ICDL’s failed version upgrade. This effort involved identifying problems that led to the failure, then developed and implemented solutions to create a fully functional and deployable system that met client requirements

·  Successfully designed and implemented MDDS application upgrade processes which resulted in zero noticeable downtime for the enterprise users

 

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·  Designed and implemented a Certificate Authority and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) system within our internal development lab.  This new capability provided a central server for developers to simulate the production environment and test Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and encrypted links into their applications

·  Outside of my work duties, I developed classroom and study materials for both the CompTIA Security+ and the ISC2 Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) certifications

·  Using the materials that I developed, I Instructed three eleven week courses preparing co-workers to take the CISSP exam in order to achieve DoD 8570 compliance

·  Recognized individually at the corporate executive level for outstanding contributions for developing other employees receiving a BAE Intelligence Systems and Solutions Performance award

·  Recognized as part of the MDDS team receiving a Missions Solutions performance award

 

§    BAE SYSTEMS, April 2008 – 2009

Sr. Lead Systems Engineer

I was the technical lead for the development of the ongoing DoD Intelligence Information System (DoDIIS) portal program.  The portal enabled a wide range of intelligence community users to access numerous applications in a centralized location.  As the technical lead, I was responsible for solving technical issues, and ensuring engineers were effectively meeting project requirements and deadlines. Additionally, I frequently provided senior technical support for several smaller, short term projects as needed.  I also provided guidance and mentoring to junior systems engineers.

 

Key Achievements:

·  When I assumed this position, the portal was experiencing critical network authentication and database connectivity issues significantly impacting project completion and the customer.  I quickly diagnosed the problems, identified, and successfully implemented solutions

·  Successfully completed development and deployed the DoDIIS portal application across the intelligence community enterprise networks

·  Instrumental in developing the installation as well as Tier 1, 2 and 3 maintenance documentation for the DoDIIS Portal application.

 

§    Raytheon Company, July 2004 – April 2008

Sr. Computer Systems Technologist I, UNIX Systems Administrator

Clearance: TS/SCI with CI Polygraph

I was responsible for the operation, configuration, and maintenance of numerous UNIX and Linux data center servers and workstations attached to large Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) and Storage Area Networks (SAN) designed for high availability. 

 

 

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Key Achievements:

·  Developed Perl and UNIX shell based monitoring scripts to provide real-time, graphically based, alerts and status updates for our large robotic tape backup system.  This new capability allowed the engineering team to quickly and easily see the status of the entire robotic system

·  Developed UNIX based training exercises to simulate Storage Area Network (SAN) and Silicon Graphics’ IRIX logical volume failures.  This gave junior and shift administrators a non-production environment to practice identifying and troubleshooting storage based problems without impacting operational equipment

·  Achieved Raytheon 6 Sigma specialist

 

§    America Online Inc., July 2000 – July 2004

      UNIX Systems Administrator

I was a Member of a small five-person UNIX system administration team who provided 24/7/365 monitoring and maintenance of AOL's second largest revenue-generating product, AOL Search.  In addition, I specifically served as the primary technical lead for following capabilities: Recommended Sites, Kid’s Search, Teen Search, Chat Search, AOL Search Test-Bed, Logging and Reporting Hosts, and Quality Assurance Testing Hosts.

Key Achievements:

·  Successfully diagnosed and resolved all operating system, hardware, software, and performance problems while maintaining 99.5% system availability

·  Instrumental in scaling systems to meet project growth and increased service demands

·  Developed automated maintenance tools using UNIX shell scripts to reduce daily administrative processes and to send alters addressing possible issues

 

§    American Management Systems, March 1997 - July 2000

UNIX Systems Administrator                                                                                     

I was the Lead UNIX administrator for AMS' Fairfax based Telecom Industry Group.  In this role, I was responsible for all systems administration aspects including desktop

support, problem diagnostics and resolutions, system performance, system security, network configuration and connectivity, backup and recovery, and storage management.

Key Achievements:

·  Successfully supported a large multiplatform UNIX based research and development network composed of over 100 users

·  Designed and implemented centralized user authentication services, this allowed for faster and more efficient UNIX account management across the R&D teams

·  Supervised and trained Junior UNIX administrators

 

§    Chugach Development Corporation, Nov. 1995 – March 1997

UNIX System Administrator

Clearance:  Secret

 

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I supported a multiplatform UNIX network composed of SGI, SUN, and Hewlett Packard (HP) servers and workstations.  My primary responsibilities included user support for project engineers, host backups, and resolving software and hardware problems.

 

§    MCSI Technologies Inc., June 1993 – November 1995

Computer Operator

Clearance:  Secret

Initially I supported the Tomahawk Missile Software Testing Laboratory where my responsibilities included installing system software in a computer laboratory environment. Later I moved to the UNIX team where I was trained as a systems administrator.

 

Key Achievements:

·  Designed and developed a dBase application used to manage and track laboratory assets

 

 

 

 

§    Master of Science in Computer Systems Management

      University of Maryland University College, May 2006

§    Graduate Certificate in Database Systems Technologies

      University of Maryland University College, December 2003

§    Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

      University of Mary Washington, May 1991

 

 

 

§    Microsoft MTA (Windows Server Administration Fundamentals), In Progress

§    CompTIA Cloud Essentials, 2014

§    Project Management Professional, PMP, 2013

§    Certified Information Systems Security Professional, CISSP, 2007 (renewed 2013)

§    Professional Scrum Master I, PSM I, 2013

§    CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner, CASP, 2011

§    ITIL v3 Foundations, 2011

§    CompTIA Certified Security+ (2008), Updated to CE 2011

§    CompTIA Certified Project+, 2010

§    Sun Certified Network Administrator, SCNA, Solaris 10, 2009

§    SUN Certified System Administrator, SCSA, Solaris 8, 2002

§    IBM Certified Specialist, AIX v4.3 System Support, 1999

 

 

 

 

 

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Professional Affiliations

 

§    2012 Bronze award for work on the Fast Data Dissemination 4 Rapid Analysis

§    2010 Missions Solutions Performance award for work on MDDS

§    2009 Intelligence Systems and Solutions Performance award for developing other employees

 

 

 

 

§    International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, Inc. (ISC²)

§    Project Management Institute (PMI)

§    Scrum.org