QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY;

• Results - oriented communications security professional with 20+ years of experience in increasingly complex communications security environments.
• A seasoned professional, adept at resolving high tension and high stress situations and solving complex client issues using available resources.
• Extensive experience with digital satellite, high-speed communications, and updating network systems and software applications.
• Demonstrated expertise with specialized equipment, and in all positions, maintained overall responsibility for communications security.

CIVILIAN WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Reston, VA

Telecommunications Specialist/Network Engineer

• Supported, configured, and maintained customers’ Local Area Network (LAN) and Wide-Area Network (WAN), primarily composed Gigabit-Ethernet and ATM technologies, including configured ATM switches.
• Analyzed ATM switches, routers, KG encryption, communications, and loaded and reloaded COMSEC equipment for continuity.
• Troubleshot large scale networks with Cisco/Juniper/Marconi routers and switches, KG encryption devices, and various firewalls.
• Loaded, tested, and updated software for a variety of routing protocols.
• Tested new switches, routers, and encryption devices from various vendors.
• Troubleshot complex communication issues arising from outages. Troubleshot, replaced, or repaired equipment, communication
• circuits, and systems, and notified distant ends of solution. Installed and upgraded new equipment as it became available.
• Adapted analytical techniques and evaluation criteria to measure and improve organizational productivity.

Confidential, Reston, VA

Watch Communications Officer

• Operated, maintained, and configured secure satellite system terminals, high-speed data links, multiplexers, cryptographic equipment, worldwide ultra high frequency (UHF) Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA) satellite stations, high frequency (HF) automatic link establishment (ALE) receivers, and commercial off- the-shelf (COS) telecommunications in providing secure voice, data, and video at various locations worldwide, in-transit by air, sea, or land.
• Utilized a hybrid network configuration with a summation of Iridium phones, Inmarsat terminals, worldwide UHF DAMA links, ENET terminals, and HF terminals via a constellation of UFO to provide top-secret voice, data, and video connectivity.
• Processed analytical intelligence signal and product information to configure threat matrixes and dissemination sequence from multiple DoD, Joint, and federal agency intelligence and communication agencies.
• Managed 24/7 communications to provide specific telecommunications services as dictated by National Command authorities. Configured video and networks systems across various SCI enclaves and network gateways to provide seamless communications.
• Recommended technical solutions, reviews and relevant technologies to provide recommendations to senior leaders and Branch leadership.
• Conducted COMSEC operations on account, with over 500 segments and editions, completing destructions, transports, annotates, trains, and loads, and maintained all COMSEC physical security forms and containers. Performed COMSEC updates and maintained COMSEC accountability and tactical radio frequency (RF) gear.
• Monitored multiple channels of classified and open-source media for US-related threats on a worldwide basis to include SIGINT, HUMINT, OSINT, and GEOINT to maintain a constant global situational awareness.
• Assisted partner agencies in establishing a tactical communications interoperability agreement.
• Assisted the Executive Communication Assistance Team (ECAT) in troubleshooting and repairing a senior government official’s secure, home-communication system.
• Deployed to a remote location to represent the Intelligence Community Component Watch for National Level Exercise 2010.

Confidential, Reston, VA

Quality Assurance and Control

• Responsible for network operations, monitoring the status of high-speed and low-speed multiplexers and high-speed fiber networks and tactical communications.
• Maintained Communication Systems Acquisition and Operations (COMM), provided Quality Assurance Control, and evaluated operational policies, processes, and procedures needed to sustain COMM’s infrastructure.
• Evaluated new projects or I-plans introduced to the operational baseline to ensure they were time-sensitive, met customer requirements, and were compliant with engineering, security, and existing standards.
• Maintained approval authority over policies and procedures prior to funding, and reviewed project specifications, edited, and verified funding.
• Determined when projects and programs would introduce new technologies, quipment, or processes that required the creation of new updates to existing standards and instructions.
• Wrote instructions and disseminated to organizations across COMM teams.
• Identified when training modules were needed, and reviewed modules to ensure consistency with current standards and instructions.
• Developed checklists to support deployment, and prepared projects for review board approval.
• Participated on review board to determine approval/disapproval of COMM equipment and gear.

Confidential, Herndon, VA

Data Center Technician

• Oversaw the operational status of key computing infrastructure elements, including distribution networks and tactical equipment within the NGA Data Center, and ensured that imagery data feeds remained uninterrupted for NGA analysts.
• Ran fiber wire for Dell equipment (routers, switches, and COMSEC gear), and managed data storage. Supervised four technicians.

Confidential, Quantico, VA

Technical Writer

• Reviewed and edited technical manuals and publications.
• Revised sections and chapters and made system changes.
• Built a GCI grid for the FBI network.
• Familiar with security, systems planning and accreditation policies related to the FBI network.