DoD 8570 IAT Level II certified. Veteran. MBA Candidate. Information Technology Specialist with 10+ years of IT and network experience who holds a passion for aligning cloud architecture and processes with security standards and business goals. Extensive experience in supporting Department of Defense operations.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Lead High Performance Computing Engineer
Savannah River National Laboratory
Aiken
01.2023 - Current
Provisioned, maintained, patched and managed Linux and Windows servers.
Created security baselines for implementation of new software.
Led fellow engineers in installation and maintenance of various new technologies.
Implemented physical networking equipment to include cables, routers, switches, and power.
Worked with lab scientists to install software and optimize compute resources.
Led team of three engineers.
Worked with lab's cyber team to implement DISA STIGs into our system.
Senior Cloud Engineer
Booz | Allen | Hamilton
Chantilly
08.2022 - 01.2023
Lead team of 5 engineers.
Used metrics to monitor application and infrastructure performance.
Managed installation, upgrade and deployment projects.
Worked with teams of talented software engineers to define, build and maintain cloud infrastructure.
Managed use of various types of databases and configured, installed and upgraded new ones.
Utilized ticketing systems to solve customer requests and issues.
Built cloud infrastructures and associated resources in AWS.
Identified, analyzed and resolved infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues.
Systems Engineer
Cubic
Springfield
10.2021 - 07.2022
Experience in running and maintaining a 24x7 production environment.
Ensured customer satisfaction was paramount.
Worked to support procedures and methodologies for production computing environments.
Conducted administration roles on server and database back ends using Linux operating system.
Documented all system issues, tasks, and daily metrics.
Supported an application through web services in a service-oriented architecture.
Showed good judgement and instincts in decision making.
Was able to prioritize tasks in a complex and fast paced environment.
Worked closely with cyber security team to implement security standards and compliance.
Monitored network and application performance.
Administered and monitored an AWS environment with multiple EC2s instances and S3 buckets.
Full Motion Video Analyst
BAE Systems
Fort Gordon
04.2020 - 10.2021
Maintained standards on support procedures and methodologies for working in a production environment.
Worked in a 24x7 production environment.
Ensured customer satisfaction was paramount.
Documented daily missions and reports.
Showed excellent judgement in a complex and high paced environment.
Used analysis software to analyze intelligence.
Leveraged Machine Learning, artificial intelligence tools, and software to conduct analysis.
Correlated multiple sources of intelligence to produce mission reports.
Configured, managed, troubleshot, and evaluated multi-protocol network elements and VOIP for effective end-to-end communications.
Full Motion Video Analyst
U.S. Army
Fort Gordon
02.2017 - 04.2020
Worked in a 24x7 production environment.
Ensured customer satisfaction was paramount.
Trained and lead soldiers on support procedures and methodologies for working in a production environment.
Documented daily missions and reports.
Showed excellent judgement and instincts in decision making.
Was able to work in a high paced environment while prioritizing and performing complex tasks.
Used analysis software to analyze intelligence.
Leveraged Machine Learning, artificial intelligence tools, and software to conduct analysis.
Correlated multiple sources of intelligence to produce mission reports.
Configured, managed, troubleshot, and evaluated multi-protocol network elements and VOIP for effective end-to-end communications.
EMARSS Aerial Sensor Operator/Maintainer
U.S. Army
Fort Hood, TX, Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan
03.2018 - 09.2019
Provided and created, detailed technical documentation, including network diagrams, process flow charts and procedural guidelines.
Was able to perform complex tasks in a fast-paced environment.
Maintained, troubleshot, and configured routers, switches LAN and WAN networks.
Over 200 combat flight hours overactive areas of operation.
Service Desk duties.
Consulted with network engineering staff to evaluate hardware and software requirements for new system development.
Conducted security assessments and made recommendations for disaster recovery, remote access, network appliances, servers, and directory services security.
Monitored network capacity and performance.
Tactical Ground Station (TGS) Systems Operator
U.S Army
Fort Stewart, GA, Camp Humphreys, South Korea
05.2014 - 02.2017
Installed initial layer one physical configuration of classified networks
Ensured customer satisfaction was paramount.
Configured and maintained Cisco routers, switches, and Virtual Machines (consisting of Windows and Linux) used in the TGS and associated Military Intelligence systems.
Installed workstations on local area networks (LAN) and configured Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPV4) networking addressing ensuring system communication with the network.
Installed patch cabling consisting of Cat-5e with RJ-45 connectors and fiber cabling to provide network communication.
Conducted maintenance and troubleshooting procedures on networking devices and software for internal and external components of the TGS ensuring minimal system/network downtime.
Configured and maintained network software on MI systems consisting of DCGS-A, GBS, KG-250, TGS systems and AN/PYQ-10 Simple Key loader (SKL)
Education
MBA -
The Citadel
Charleston, SC
05.2024
Bachelor of Science - Information Technologies | Minor in Cyber Security
Southern New Hampshire University
2023
High School Diploma -
Mclean High School
Mclean, VA
06.2013
Skills
Holds Top Secret/SCI CI Poly security clearance
AWS/cloud computing
Excellent oral and written communication
Problem solving and troubleshooting
Complex and faced paced environments
System administration experience in Linux environment
TCP/IP and OSI Models
Experience in high performance computing (HPC)
Strong desire to learn
Highly motivated
Ability to learn from mistakes
Excellent judgement and decision making
Scrum Methodology
Certification
Linux+ (CompTIA)
CySA+ (CompTIA)
Security+ (CompTIA)
Network+ (CompTIA)
A+ (CompTIA)
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (AWS)
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate (AWS)
Professional Scrum Master I (Scrum.org)
Accomplishments
Eagle Scout
1x Air Medal with Combat device
4x Army Achievement Medals
2x Good Conduct Medals
References
BrandonBankhead (Principle Cyber Security Analyst at Cubic)
253-507-3207
Derek White (Team Lead at BAE Systems)
702-596-0530
D'Von Pringle (Flight Instructor for U.S. Army)
202-909-5783
Timeline
Lead High Performance Computing Engineer
Savannah River National Laboratory
01.2023 - Current
Senior Cloud Engineer
Booz | Allen | Hamilton
08.2022 - 01.2023
Systems Engineer
Cubic
10.2021 - 07.2022
Full Motion Video Analyst
BAE Systems
04.2020 - 10.2021
EMARSS Aerial Sensor Operator/Maintainer
U.S. Army
03.2018 - 09.2019
Full Motion Video Analyst
U.S. Army
02.2017 - 04.2020
Tactical Ground Station (TGS) Systems Operator
U.S Army
05.2014 - 02.2017
MBA -
The Citadel
Bachelor of Science - Information Technologies | Minor in Cyber Security
Southern New Hampshire University
High School Diploma -
Mclean High School
Linux+ (CompTIA)
CySA+ (CompTIA)
Security+ (CompTIA)
Network+ (CompTIA)
A+ (CompTIA)
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (AWS)
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate (AWS)
Professional Scrum Master I (Scrum.org)
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