OBJECTIVE:

Seeking a position in the Information Assurance field that will provide me the opportunity to work in a dynamic learning environment where I can contribute and develop my current skill set and qualities and grow through new opportunities.

SUMMARY:

• Highly motivated, passionate, adaptable, and self - managing professional with 10+ years experience in Department of Defense, Veterans Affairs (VA) and Marine Corps projects.
• Well versed in the Information Technology field, specifically, certification and accreditation ( Confidential ), vulnerability assessments/management and information security / information assurance (IA).
• Skilled in briefing senior management, leadership and stakeholders on the operational and information security status of projects assigned and organization.
• Mastered various programs, tools and applications utilized for the continuous monitoring of systems and environments, to include, Retina, Nessus, Splunk and SCAP Compliance Checker.
• Coordination of mitigation strategies in an effort to minimize risk associated with vulnerabilities affecting an organization's information systems.
• Creation and maintenance of organizational system security plans, policies and procedures.
• Experienced in the hardening of various systems and applications utilizing guidelines, directives and frameworks, such as, Confidential Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs), National Institute of Standards and Technologies ( Confidential ) controls and Federal Information Security Management Act ( Confidential ) compliance.
• Providing technical and specialized guidance of information security to organizations.

RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Information Assurance Engineer

Confidential, North Charleston, SC

Responsibilities:

• Provide IA support to multiple projects, including, the Marine Corps Electronic Security System (MCESS) and the Veterans Relationship Management (VRM) Customer Relationship Management/Unified Desktop (CRM/UD) project. Serving as the IA team lead for the latter.
• Conducted Security Control Assessments (SCA) on VA-owned Production environments as part of Certification and Accreditation (C&A) support.
• Developed Test Plans as part of SCA against VA programs.
• Support and maintain the customer’s Authority to Operate (ATO) by evaluating and modifying the assessment and authorization packages within the VA Security Management and Reporting Tool (SMART) and determining the impact of any changes made within the network.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of security within systems utilizing Security Assessment Reports, security configuration checklists and Plan of Action and Milestones procedures.
• Perform security and compliance reviews by conducting daily audit checks of event, system and application logs using the log aggregation tool, Splunk.
• Perform vulnerability assessments and provide deliverable reports utilizing automated tools, such as, eEye Retina and Tenable Nessus.
• Utilize the IBM Rational Tool Concert (RTC) to track all work items, including vulnerability finding tickets, change requests, incident reporting, and project tasks.
• Represent IA on the Change Control Board and evaluate all change requests potentially affecting the environment to determine the security and operational impact, specifically requests involving Personally Identifiable Information (PII).
• Conduct an administrative review of system C&A documentation, policies, guidelines and procedures against security and business strategy alignment standards.
• Author program documentation including the System Security Plan, Concept of Operations (CONOPS) and standardized policies and procedures.
• Collaborate with program offices, Information Security Officers, network administrators and various team leads in order to ensure security requirements are satisfied.

IT Specialist

Confidential, AFB, IL

Responsibilities:

• Communicated and enforced security standards for all systems and personnel under the guidance of the Information Assurance Manager and Commanding Officer.
• Responsible for the development and maintenance of new and existing security documentation, to include all organizational policies and procedures.
• Initiated and maintained organizational certification and accreditation packages ( Confidential ) within the Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Service (eMASS) tool.
• Engaged with the local Computer Network Defense Service Provider ( Confidential ) to monitor, alert and address all security incidents within organization.
• Perform vulnerability testing and reporting on Windows and UNIX platforms using various IA tools, such as, Vulnerability Management System (VMS), HBSS and eEye Retina.
• Lead organizational preparations for Command Cyber Readiness Inspection ( Confidential ) audit, security hardening, network and system compliancy scanning and information assurance control implementation
• Provide information security training to organization in order to reinforce awareness and emphasize an environment where security is part of the culture.
• Direct the exchange of project-related information between Systems Administration and Network Security divisions.
• Coordinate with other Confidential sites, DoD components, agencies and commercial vendors to ensure compliance with task orders, operational directives, etc.
• Manage firewalls and authentication servers for the unclassified network.

IT Specialist

Confidential, Scott AFB, IL

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for provisioning, installation, configuration, operation, and maintenance of Mission Critical servers, systems, hardware, software and related infrastructure.
• Established and maintained over 800 user and administrator accounts for classified and unclassified systems.
• Assisted project teams with technical issues in the Initiation and Planning phases of Mission related tasks.
• Facilitated and delivered situational awareness of IT network support services to all stakeholders.
• Communicated with users regarding technical issues and informed management of the status of problem resolution.
• Ensured inventory of information systems assets were properly maintained, recorded and controlled.
• Assisted in network infrastructure expansion by installing, terminating, and testing category 5 and fiber optic wiring.
• Project lead during the migration and upgrade of Windows OS for over 800 users.

Information Systems Technician

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Served as Information Systems Technician Third Class Petty Officer ( Confidential ) aboard the Confidential Nicholson.
• Installed, operated and maintained local area network (LAN).
• Performed diagnostic, corrective and recovery techniques to all areas of the information systems.
• Operated and maintained various cryptographic equipment to ensure secure communications between ship-ship and ship-shore stations.
• Maintained all required logs, files and publications.