INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & COMMUNICATIONS EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Information Systems Security Officer, Suitland, MD

Responsibilities:

• Creating, managing and closing Plan of Action, Milestones and POAM’s working in conjunction with ISSM and TL to bring systems to Authority to Operate (ATO).
• Advises Confidential, SO, SISO on all IA matters using CSAM, Pre/Post assessment activities, monitors system authorization boundaries, develops IA and security documentation.
• Requesting and reviewing scans of major and minor systems to identify security discrepancies in order to harden systems, mitigate and eliminate risks in a dynamic environment with constantly adjusting priorities and deadlines.

Confidential

Information Systems Security Officer, San Antonio, TX/Ft Sam Houston, TX

Responsibilities:

• Information System Security Officer ( Confidential ) ensuring the Corporate Dental System ( Confidential ) meet policy requirements IAW DoDI 8510.01, Confidential, Confidential 's Risk Management Framework (RMF) process and Confidential 's Certification and Accreditation (C&A) Program to complete C&A using the tool (Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Service) eMASS which manages RMF requirements.
• Ensures the Dental Confidential systems and associated applications such as Corporate Dental Application ( Confidential ), Corporate Dental Imaging (CDI) and Digital Enterprise Viewing Acquisition Application ( Confidential ) are certified and accredited using the Confidential /RMF methodology utilizing eMASS.
• Confidential ensures compliance of all Privacy Act and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements. Incident response to CIRT .

Confidential

Information Assurance Officer, Dallas, TX

Responsibilities:

• Review, edit and migrate certification and accreditation documentation for multiple unclassified systems for the Confidential from Confidential to the new Risk Management Framework (RMF) standards.
• Provide project management duties that include administration, managerial oversight, and technical implementation of the RMF IA security standards providing guidance to contractors and service providers in a large hospital construction environment.
• Develop and document requirements to include functional and performance requirements as identified in DoDI 8510.01.
• Participate in meetings, in - progress reviews, and integrated concept and product teams, working groups and provide briefings in the capacity of IA IT Security Officer.

Confidential

Information Systems Security Officer, Dallas, TX

Responsibilities:

• Verify security clearances and access to compartmented TS/SCI/SAP areas and computer systems.
• Confidential Acquisition Program Office Information Assurance (IA) Officer located in Dallas TX. Responsible for supporting the IA and Accreditation tasks for all classified program networks and participate in the IA activities for compliance with RMF requirements Protect and sustain the information assurance requirements for system and information availability, access control, integrity, confidentiality and non-repudiation for these environments.
• Verify the national security classification of information being processed in order to ensure the correct type and sensitivity of the data processed by the system.
• Critical incident response to scans, CIRT Alerts, Intrusions and vulnerabilities.
• Perform analysis on any special compartments including verification of any special handling requirements, identifying systems processing sensitive but unclassified information requiring additional security controls, and by identifying the type of information processed (Privacy Act, financial, critical operational, proprietary, and administrative).

Confidential

Information Management Officer

Responsibilities:

• Configure registry and lockdown security on routers, switches, servers, workstations, printers, scanners, anti-virus, software, update and vulnerability patching from enterprise level to work stations, continuously monitor and Critical Incident Respond to security alerts and Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT)’s, Scans and Intrusion Detection.
• Domain Admin for classified and unclass networks managing Cisco routers and switches on a Microsoft Enterprise network using off-the-shelf workstations, servers and SANs/NAS storage systems.
• The class network uses thin clients in a Citrix and Microsoft virtual environment and users log into a virtual desktop using the thin client terminals.
• Manage all local data circuits, VPN and satellite alt routes. Create and manage users, email accounts in MS Exchange and provided training and customer support for users managing MS Office products. Managed both classified and unclassified data centers, keeping data secure, performing backups and restorals using FilesX, as well as off-site archival. Our archival process was dual redundancy, on and off line archival and off site storage at multiple locations.
• Special Compartmented Information Facility(SCIF) management and physical security, diplomatic courier and classified pouch, diplomatic post office, manage/maintain NorTel 11C, 51C, 61C, Meridian BCM switches, Bell Dimension IV, MiTel SX-50, SX-200, SX-2000 telephone switches.
• 5 years Unix/Linux experience in telephone systems PBX trained on and managed NorTel, MiTel and Asterisk, which are built on a Unix/Linux OS environments.
• Conduct computer forensic investigations protecting chain of evidence and eDiscovery using FTK and EnCase on multiple federal law enforcement cases with the Confidential, ICE and DSS (Diplomatic Security Service).
• Used eDiscovery offline to analyze hard drives, floppies, memory sticks, cameras and phones.
• Radio system sight surveys, programing, installation, maintenance of Motorola, Kenwood and ICOM P25 encrypted handhelds, mobiles, bases and repeaters in a federal law enforcement environment. Managed distribution of RSA Tokens and Blackberry cells and linking the accounts. Configuration and installation of Cisco routers and switches, setting up IP, ports and passwords.
• Normally supervise up to 25 people in a multilingual, multicultural environment overseas for last 15 years. I am a native Spanish speaker as well as intermediate Portuguese
• Routinely stood duty as Embassy Duty Officer for one week 24/7 requiring immediate emergency response.
• Program Management and Contracting Officer- Reviewing, approve contracts up to $12 million, and served as Contracting Officer Technical Representative.
• Traveled worldwide on short notice to install, maintain and upgrade communications and computer systems.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Project Management, communications engineering, research and development, and systems integration on military, Confidential and foreign government projects, including intelligence and electronic warfare.
• Secure communications, antenna control, targeting and location GPS systems and mobile satellite communications systems.

Confidential

Cryptologist

Responsibilities:

• Collection Watch Officer to operate and maintain computer controlled communications receivers, antennas, satellite systems and computer equipment for communications monitoring.
• Analysis and technical reporting of data derived from complex communications systems for research and development.
• Additional duties required Communications Engineering and Com Center operations skills.
• I used Unix/Zenix on our Confidential mainframe systems for scripts and queries; we slowly migrated to Open Windows and customized GUI applications, built for our tools and filters for speech and RF processing.
• Provided training for operators on highly specialized communications and computer equipment.