KEY SKILLS:

• Network & System Security
• Risk Management
• Vulnerability Assessments
• Information Assurance
• System Monitoring
• Authentication & Access Control
• Active Directory
• Intrusion Detection
• Proxy Servers
• McAfee & Symantec
• Incident Response
• Security Information Event Management

EDUCATION:

B.S., Business Administration and Information Systems A.A., Education

CERTIFICATIONS:
Security +
EIQ SecureVue (Unified Situational Awareness) Platform
McAfee HBSS 4.5 (Host Based Security System)

SECURITY CLEARANCE: Active Top Secret (TS)

SKILLS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Career Information Security Specialist with many years of various combined IT experience; as a contractor for the Department of Defense on long term projects from 1998 to the present. Demonstrate attention to detail, excellent customer relations skills, oral communication, and problem solving in a professional manor.

EXPERIENCE:
Confidential, 06/2011 - Present: Project Manager for Confidential, North Carolina division. Headquarters United States Army Forces Command (HQ FORSCOM), Fort Bragg, NC.

Manage a 14 member staff of technical and logistical personnel; ensure members are trained to Department of Defense (DoD) 8570.01.m compliance and other contractual requirement. Under my direction we achieved 100% DoD 8570.01.m compliant. Perform other PM functions as required to sustain our contractual requirement.

Confidential, 03/2010 - Present: Deputy Security Manager /Network Security Analyst. Headquarters Army Forces Command (HQ FORSCOM), Fort McPherson (Atlanta), GA and Fort Bragg (Fayetteville), NC.

Lead the Information Assurance (IA) security team;

• Responsible for conducting risk and vulnerability assessments, remediation of security vulnerabilities detected on host systems and the enterprise network.
• Utilizing network security tools; such as Retina, QTip, Symantec Anti-virus and McAfee, Host Base Security System (HBSS).
• Responsible for Proxy Servers, Firewalls, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) and Intrusion Protection Systems (IPS) installation, configuration, management and monitoring.
• Responsible for ensuring the hardening of Operating Systems for Servers and Desktop running Vista and Windows7, Server 2008, 2008-R2 and 2003, also analyze the security configuration for VMware, Citrix, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), Active Directory (AD), PKI Implementation and CAC authentication.
• Manage and monitor security appliances such as Blue Coat, Tipping Point and McAfee Intrushield. Support the Information Assurance Manager (IAM) by recommending enhancements to information security programs and assisting with DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) requirements.
• Member of the company's Incident Response Team responsible for Incident Handling, Documentation, and Reporting. Escalate incident if warranted and assesses probable damages; identify damage control and remediation, and assist in developing courses of action.
• Review Group Policies and Administered Information Assurance policies. Conduct audit scans in accordance with applicable DoD policies and procedures and ensure all applicable IAVA are installed and in compliance.
• Create and provide monthly reports outlining tasks completed; Intel gathered and summarizes project status in an effort to improve security effectiveness to management.

Confidential, 07/2007 - 02/2010 -Information System Specialist
Confidential, Fort McPherson (Atlanta), GA.

Served as Lead Fielding Engineer, Performed technical, managerial and administrative task; Responsible for scheduling hardware and software deployment to meet DISA mandated timelines.

• Subject Matter Expert (SME) on system configuration, information technology advancements and customer support for the Global Command and Control System Army (GCCS-A).
• Conducted site surveys and site assistance visits (SAVs) to execute and implement requirements in support of the Global Command and Control System Army and Joint.
• Performed physical security inspections, reviewed operational procedures and evaluated unique user requirements to identify IA and security requirements before recommending user are granted access to the enterprise domain.
• Prepared annual budget estimates for travel requirement and equipment life cycle replacements to support system fielding mission used in FORSCOM budget development for submission of the Fiscal year requirements and POM cycles.
  

Headquarters Army Forces Command (HQ FORSCOM), Fort McPherson (Atlanta), GA.

• Trained site users on security and required system administration duties, while visiting their remote location.
• Technical expert with the authority and responsibility for giving technical advice and identifying configuration and integration issues to the Information Management staff.
• Provided technical assistance in the Global Command and Control System Army System Acceptance Test (SAT) during the version testing.
• Supervised the implementation of many specialized software and their merger into the operating system ensuring system integrity and functionality is maintained.
• Attended meetings, conferences and presented briefings and relay any proposed system changes to FORSCOM staff as required.

MILITARY: United States Military Veteran
Honorable-Retired

COMPUTER SKILLS:
MS Office Suite '07 /'10, MS Visio, SharePoint, Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, 2008 and 2008-R2, Active Directory, HBSS 4.5, McAfee, Symantec, Retina, QTip 5, Blue Coat Proxy, SecureVue (SIEMs)