SUMMARY:

• To provide professional support through Information Security and Information Assurance to help ensure the proper security posture of government and private sector information technology systems.
• By verifying compliance and implementing security best - practices, information systems can be maintained and protected from attack or unauthorized access.

SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Tenable Security Center 
• Tenable Nessus 
• McAfee Enterprise Security Manager (SIEM)
• Microsoft Visio
• Notepad++ 
• SharePoint 2010
• Citrix 
• Xacta Assessment Engine
• Xacta Continuum 
• Cisco VPN 
• Active Directory BMC
• FootPrints 

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Washington, DC

Cybersecurity Analyst

Responsibilities:

• This position provides enterprise security support by assuring information systems are adhering to Department of Education ( Confidential ) guidelines while operating under the federal government.
• As an enterprise Cybersecurity Analyst supporting the Department of Education, tasks include performing an initial boundary analysis of Confidential information systems through the Cyber Security Assessment Management tool (CSAM).
• This also includes assisting in the analysis and development of an enterprise portfolio of shared services across the Department.
• This also includes registering and setting up the shared services properly.
• Through coordination with Information System Owners, Information System Security Officers, Program Managers, System Administrators, and System Engineers, the Cybersecurity Analyst responsibilities are to ensure that the appropriate security guidance is being implemented across the Department of Education systems, while assisting system stakeholders and support personnel with the development, identification, and evaluation of shared services and capabilities used by multiple systems throughout the enterprise.
• Part of the duties from an enterprise perspective are organizing and presenting workshops to educate system stakeholders, leading meetings to introduce system stakeholders to the enterprise shared services process, assisting system stakeholders with Confidential guidelines and expectations, and ensuring that considerations for supporting and protecting Confidential systems and data are included in current and future contracts for systems hosted in cloud service providers (CSPs).

Confidential, Washington, DC

Information System Security Officer

Responsibilities:

• Supporting the Confidential as an Information System Security Officer.
• This position provides support by assuring information systems are adhering to Confidential guidelines while operating under the federal government.
• Through coordination with Information System Owners, Program Managers, System Administrators, and System Engineers, the ISSO responsibilities are to ensure that the appropriate security guidance is being implemented and the documentation and operation of each information system from Confidential security perspective is adhering to the federal laws and guidelines established.
• Confidential main focus here is collaborating with system POCs to obtain and maintain Confidential for all active information systems.
• The ISSO role can also be known as Confidential Senior Security Analyst, Cybersecurity Specialist, or Cybersecurity Analyst in other environments.

Confidential, Washington D.C

Information System Security Officer / Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

• I supported the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as an Information System Security Officer by providing security oversight to specific disaster relief information systems.
• This position provides support by assuring information systems are adhering to Confidential guidelines while operating under the federal government.
• Heavy implementation of Confidential documentation and ISSO standards are used to ensure cooperative communication is happening between all levels of the information system and the individuals in its environment.
• The ISSO interfaces with and attends meetings with developers, information system owners, security managers, security assessors, certification authorities, system engineers, database administrators, and security analysts to assist in providing Confidential comprehensive overall picture of current security posture and compliance objectives.
• Once vulnerabilities are identified, the ISSO works with all of the positions above to develop an acceptable remediation plan for addressing the vulnerabilities, to make sure security is maintained over time as changes occur.

Confidential, Ashburn VA / Rockville, MD

Information Assurance Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities included tailoring and administrating this software for various clients in various environments.
• Additional responsibilities included writing and modifying specialized velocity code for use with the IA application specific to the customer.
• Also, producing workflow diagrams and flowcharts to aide in the Confidential & Confidential process.
• Assisting with POAM archiving and management through the IA application.
• As an administrator of the software, assisting with the backup/migration of the product installation for customer sites.
• Constructing templates in the IA application based on the Confidential RMF process and the Confidential 1253 process.
• Interfacing with customers on-site to help bring attention to any documented bugs or issues with the application in the customer environment.

Confidential, Arlington, VA / Washington, DC

Tier III Desktop & Network Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Working as elevated VIP support to SES offices all the way up to the Secretary of the Confidential . This position involves even more of Confidential daily use of Active Directory, Remote Assistance, and software troubleshooting, to go along with the normal hardware and software troubleshooting practiced and supported by Base Operations. This usually results in Confidential much more frequent workload on both the unclassified, and classified networks.
• The key focus with this position is to represent Confidential, as we interface and support our VIP end users under Confidential, while they attend to their important tasks and military/government functions.

Confidential

Support Representative/ Network Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Working with the military to address, and resolve local and network connectivity failures, and other various issues.
• Familiarity and experience with unclassified and classified networks/systems.
• Helping to preserve, retrieve and restore some of the most important data for the Confidential located on their computer systems and devices.
• Collaborating in Confidential team environment to resolve situations that can often present challenges in the defense network technology structure. Experience with Microsoft Outlook, and working to ensure that the customer can communicate functionally with their command structure.
• Refreshing, deploying, and maintaining the most up to date changes in the Enterprise Operating System.
• Finding ways to translate the military’s technological vision, into Confidential constantly changing environment.
• Professionally and securely handling all hardware, and making sure as Confidential representative we do everything we can to keep the customer up and running, while communicating the status of the situation. Constantly reviewing training material, and remaining Confidential certified, to remain up to date on current policies and procedures for various parts of the network structure.
• Also, training other representatives on common procedures and situations, to help build Confidential stronger and more experienced team environment.
• Handling some of the administrative duties that come with verbal/written communication with Confidential large number of military & civilian personnel.
• This includes VIP support for some of the most crucial people in the command structure.
• We do our best at our job in supporting the military communications network, so that they can continue to do their jobs in an age of advanced technology.
• Clearance and access to some of the most important offices and systems, responsibly helping our customers, the military and government.
• Fully respecting and following all security and clearance procedures and best practices.
• Growing with the position, constantly taking on new responsibilities and challenges, to better support the enterprise services structure.