SUMMARY:

• An Enterprise Architect with over 20 years of professional experience in information technology and business management analysis seeking part - time consulting work in the Tidewater Virginia area.
• A highly capable business analyst able to assess business functional and efficiency needs and translating them into IT architecture capable of producing business performance consistent with needs at least cost and risk.
• An Architect experienced in IT design, planning and implementation with hands-on experience covering a wide variety of technologies and processes.
• Extensive experience in project estimation, organizational planning, and staffing.
• Experienced in total cost of ownership, hardware\software procurement and deployment, systems engineering CMMI and frameworks like SABSA, ToGAF and DoDAF, project/system life cycle management, and technical support for UNIX and Windows platforms.
• Ability to combine business and technical insights into problem solutions
• Ability to direct and control large scale information technology projects
• Ability to easily interface with all levels of management and workforce
• Excellent leadership abilities
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience in Windows, Unix and iOS on mobile devices; network design, wired and wireless WAN/LAN design, software and system configuration, refresh programs, large-scale migration, mobile device security
• Experience supporting enterprise-wide ERP implementation SAP/Enovia PM/Aspect Explore
• Experience in process re-engineering
• Experience in manufacturing, sales and service organizations
• Significant experience in U.S. Government business and Information Technology operations
• Significant experience in IT security assessment
• Understanding of Defense in Depth principals, IPS/IDS, Firewall technologies, NAC and DLP
• Experience with vulnerability program development, InfoSec Program Development
• Experience with application and usage of Gartner and IANS research support

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Enterprise Security Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provide IT Information Security design, review and architectural guidance to enterprise-level IT systems for Newport News Shipbuilding.
• Report to the Chief Information Security Officer via Cyber-Defence Department for the company.
• Provide guidance and review/approval of all non-standard software usage, IT security architectures and general software/systems design across the company.
• Assess potential external IT providers of IaaS, SaaS, and other cloud technologies for Information security applicability in a highly secure environment.
• Support cybersecurity program initiatives across a network of over 19,000 users including SCADA, informational and engineering applications.

Systems Engineer /Control Account Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provide sub-contract supervision, cost and technical management to a team of engineering professionals developing shipboard monitoring and control information systems for the next generation aircraft carrier across a multi-year contract. System functionalities include data logging, trending, voice, video, training, plant manuals and related information analysis and logging. Systems include Multi-Level Security MLS across networks including ship-to-shore communications and data synchronization.
• Perform technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems.
• Perform analyses and maintain Systems Engineering process at all levels of total system product to include: concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal.
• Ensure the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
• Perform functional analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.
• Work on complex technical problems and provide solutions which are highly innovative. Work under consultative direction toward pre-determined long-range goals and objectives.
• Most assignments are self-initiated. Determine and pursue courses of action necessary to obtain desired results. Develop advanced technological ideas and guide their development into a final product. Serve as organization interface/liaison on advanced projects and/or programs.
• Act as advisor to executive management and customers on advanced technical research studies and applications.

Senior Infrastructure Architect

Confidential, Newport News, VA

Responsibilities:

• Provide infrastructure design and planning services to Confidential Internal Information Systems as it integrates its Information Systems with Newport News Shipbuilding and other NG Sectors and provides managed information services to external entities.
• Efforts include design; planning and implementation within a 12,000 user, heterogeneous WAN that spans the globe.
• Recent projects include design and planning of Windows 2000 Active Directory structures and corporate border DMZ architecture; development of alternative domain structures for integration into Confidential ; design and implementation of the Managed Collaborative Environment MCE ; participate in selection of a corporate Learning Management System including integration into SAP; management of the Confidential IS laboratory approximately 30 Intel and UNIX servers providing test and research space in an environment matching that of Confidential production ; development of Confidential IS policy and architectural notes and drawings; development of RFP to refresh or replace the entire Shared Data Environment approximately 60 UNIX servers supporting SAP, Aspect Explore, Enovia Product Manager and other mission critical enterprise applications .

Project Manager

Confidential, Newport News, VA

Responsibilities:

• Provided complete on-site systems management and administrative functions for a team of 15 help desk, UNIX and Windows NT 4.0 administrators, Oracle database administrators and application support professionals.
• I led the team in support of over 800 call center users across multiple applications.
• As Project Manager I provided all management functions for Confidential at this location.

Product Manager/Aspect Administration Team Lead

Confidential, Newport News, VA

Responsibilities:

• Provided leadership in support of the IBM/Enovia application ProductManager and Aspect Explore.
• The ProductManager application maintained all information related to and supporting the development, manufacturing and maintenance of Confidential products across a 4,000 user base. As team leader for administration of these applications I provided liaison between users, developers, database administrators and OS administrators.
• I ensured application integrity, performance, and modification on an ongoing basis.
• I ensured configuration control across multiple versions and revisions of the software and maintained software across servers ranging from Sun E3500’s to IBM H70, AIX web servers, to a Sun E10000 with 1.7 tera-bytes of storage.
• I performed various administrative tasks on both Solaris/AIX servers and Window NT clients.
• I performed numerous UNIX administrative functions including development and maintenance of shell scripts, performance tuning, configuration control and disk space allocation.
• I was part of the team that implemented the Confidential /Navy Shared Data Environment SAP R/3, ProductManager, Cognos, Aspect Explore, etc across the entire shipyard.

Information System Specialist

Confidential, Newport News, VA

Responsibilities:

• Provided information systems coordination, consulting, and analysis efforts for the Confidential Shipbuilding.
• As part of this effort I acted as liaison between shipyard systems users, managers, corporate information system professionals, and Confidential Corporation information system professionals.
• I assisted with implementation functional requirements and technical planning of new systems such as IBM CATIA, CADAM, ELCADD, and developed requirements for virtual private networks existing outside the Confidential and Confidential firewalls Aventail and trusted domains through Gauntlet .
• I served on the Classified CADAM Migration Team migration of secure mainframe data to secure client/server networks, the CATIA Oversight Group implementation of 3D-CAD modeling tools, and worked closely with IBM Product Manager/Shared Data Environment SAP R/3 teams in design, implementation and management of numerous systems on both Windows NT WAN/LAN environments and hybrid Sun Solaris servers with Windows NT 4.0 clients.

Program Manager/Director/Vice President

Confidential, Chesapeake, VA

Responsibilities:

• Provided program management support for two five-year, $10M system support and housing maintenance/logistics, omnibus contracts.
• Provided program management support to all cai housing/real property operations, TRADOC and FORSCOM childcare facility inspections, environmental assessments, and systems development/maintenance activities throughout the company and the United States.
• In addition, I provided much of the technical proposal development for similar work for other solicitations.
• As part of these efforts I managed a network operations and maintenance delivery order with the Confidential ’s European Command encompassing support for a WAN using UNIX and Windows NT architectures.

Executive Program Analyst

Confidential, Chesapeake, VA

Responsibilities:

• Provided various strategic planning and support functions to the Navy's In-Service Engineering Command ( Confidential ) as it reorganized under Base Realignment and Closure ( Confidential ) recommendations.
• Primarily involved in market analysis, management analysis, and organizational restructuring.
• Specific areas of concern included product and market development, staffing, productivity analysis, communication analysis, cost identification and control, job definition and identification, automated system testing (over 2,000-user system), organizational element redesign, and system management policy and procedure development.
• Part of my analysis included developing recommendations for network development and modification, application selection, email system development and conversion to Defense Messaging System standards, and strategic information technology guidance for the Command.