Configuration Manager/Certified Software Tester

Objective: I am seeking a long-term CM position in an environment where attention to details, planning, leading, analysis, organizing and critical thinking skills are required to ensure the timely delivery of quality products and excellent customer service.

Security Clearance:

4/23/17 CI Polygraph (DIA) Adjudication

4/8/15 DoD Top Secret

7/22/14 Top Secret/SCI SSBI PR

11/13/12 Full Scope (NSA) Polygraph

Certifications/Certificates:

Date Type Issuer Candidate #

7/14/17 Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) PearsonVue 00363991

4/4/17 Certified SCRUM Master Agile Trailblazer 000305043

1/26/15 Certified SCRUM Product Owner Lithespeed 000305043

8/17/13 Network Administrator Certificate NVCC N/A

4/3/12 Project Management Professional (PMP) Prometric 1496365

5/9/11 Federal Contract Management Certificate NVCC N/A

8/27/09 ITIL v3 Foundation Hewlett Packard 100145662

Education:

National Louis University, Mclean, VA

3/31/05 Master of Business Administration (MBA)

12/6/97 Bachelor of Science in Business Management (BSM)

Employment:

3/7/16 – present Northrop Grumman, Herndon, VA

Certified Software Tester

Responsible for providing software testing support to include PASE events

Develop, test, and execute detailed test procedures and scenarios for functional, system integration, regression testing and acceptance testing

Consult with the development team to receive demo of resolved user stories and defects prior to moving to In-Testing status in Redmine tool

Test applications for compliance with upgrades

Ensure new applications and software modifications meet requirements and operate satisfactorily in the system environment

Ensure that specific software interfaces correctly with both new and existing system components, per requirements

Document the successes and failures of all executed test procedures

Create defects when found during testing activities

Create and maintain Requirements Traceability Matrix

12/3/12 – 3/4/16 Northrop Grumman, Herndon, VA

Configuration Manager

Manage a team of CM analysts, Tech Editors, and Quality Assurance personnel

Develop a Configuration Management Plan(CMP) and stood-up CM Program

Manage product documentation, including communicating and monitoring task assignments

Setup, administer, and maintain the project SharePoint site. (Post documents, create and manage lists for tasks)

Conduct CM team meetings on a weekly basis (including creation and distribution of Agendas and Minutes)

Create and maintain product deliverable item schedule

Assign project resources to create contract deliverable items

Support change request and problem management activities

Install and administer local Git repository for code management

Utilize Redmine tool to retrieve user stories for inclusion in Change

Description Document (CDD) and Version Description Document (VDD)

Facilitate SPRINT planning and SPRINT demo meetings

Attend daily SCRUM meeting

Provide meeting support for Technical Exchange Meetings (TEMs)

3/9/09 – 11/30/12 Advanced Management Strategies Group (AMSG) Dumfries, VA; Performance Technology Group (PTG), Baltimore, MD; Jacobs Technology, Dumfries, VA

Configuration Manager

Provide Configuration Management Planning, Configuration Identification, Configuration Status Accounting, and Configuration Audits

9/13/04 – 3/6/09 L3 Communications, Chantilly, VA

Configuration/Data Manager

Serve as the Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) Configuration Manager

and DCGS-Navy CM liaison

Managed CM specialist supporting DCGS-Marines, DCGS-Air force, and

DCGS-Army

Stood-up a DCGS CM program and developed a DCGS Configuration Management

Plan (CMP)

Assist the DCGS-Navy enterprise level Configuration Manager in the areas

of configuration identification; configuration control; configuration status

accounting and configuration audits

Responsible for developing written common configuration management

processes and procedures to ensure all Department of Defense Distributed

Common Ground Systems (DCGS) remain interoperable with Military Services

utilizing the Distributed Common Ground Systems (DCGS) Integration Back-bone

(DIB) software

Perform proper procedural tasks and responsibilities in the procurement of

services; acquisition planning; solicitation and selection of sources; and

award of contracts

Receive, accept, catalogue, disseminate, and manage all Contract Data

Requirements Lists (CDRLs) in accordance to the Contract

Responsible for the review, evaluation, and input on Statement of

Objective (SOO), Statement of Work (SOW), Solicitations and Proposals

Identify and select CDRLs and DIDs in support of Request for Proposals

(RFP)

Set-up and facilitate CDRL review meetings; prepare meeting agendas,

minutes, and manage CDRL baseline documents

Work closely with the Acquisition team to identify and determine which

CDRLs require configuration management

Maintain strong knowledge of various contracting related sources: Federal

Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation (DFAR),

assistdoc.com database, DoD 5010.12-L - Acquisition Management System and

Data Requirements Control List (AMSDL), Military Standard 963 - Data Item

Descriptions, Defense Acquisition Guidebook (DoD 5000.1 and 5000.2) and

ANSI/GEIA - 859-2004 Data Management

9/16/02 – 9/10/04 ITT Industries, Alexandria, VA; General Dynamics, Crystal City, VA

Configuration Manager

Execute build procedures and deliver software builds to I&T and Production environment

Provide CM guidance in the areas of CI identification and baseline establishment, change management, and configuration status accounting

9/14/98 – 9/13/02 Science Applications International Corporation, McLean, VA

Configuration Management Specialist

Co-team member responsible for creating a new government forum,

Consolidated Systems Engineering Review Board (CSERB) in support of National

Geospatial Agency (NGA) to handle discrepancy reporting

Work closely with system integrators, system engineers, software

developers, integration & test facility, and transition personnel to collect

and coordinate technical information, track discrepancy reports, and

schedule delivery of software builds

Perform Status Accounting Group team leadership duties and

responsibilities for the NIMA Newington Configuration Management Office

Answer questions, provide guidance, perform research and modify RFCs

Prepare and disseminate agendas, recommendation messages, read-ahead packages

and meeting minutes to Government, Contractors, and Military customers

Serve as the Secretariat and contractor chair for CM Boards

Develop CM processes to track change requests, manage discrepancy reports, and action items in support of Engineering Review Board activities

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