Andy W. Lester
CMR *** Box **** Cell +** (0-171-***-****
APO AE 09128 ********@*****.***
Objective Statement
Obtain an information technology management position in a company with the possibility
of career progression and technical growth.
Technical Skills
Unix (Solaris) Customer IT Security
Service Inspections
Windows OS
Incident Net Apps
OS X
Response Backups
8570
Vulnerability COMSEC
IA Scanning
Assessment
Summary of Qualifications
Top Secret SCI (DCID 1/14 Eligible) 10/2010
Twenty years experience in communications systems and security
Fifteen years managerial experience
Bachelors of Science in Cyber Security (12/2014)
Certified Instructor
Experience
Lead Network Assurance Watch Officer 5/2013 - Present
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Europe Stuttgart, Germany
Manage customer support desk team for Network Defense and Net Assurance
Provides quality control review for logs, incident reports and situational
awareness reports to Senior Executives
Research and correlate cyber events with intelligence reports
Conducts quality control reviews for $4.3 Billion dollar government contract
Shift Lead Systems Control Officer 6/2011 - 5/2013
Defense Information Systems Agency Europe Stuttgart, Germany
Responsible for managing, maintenance oversight and restoral actions for inter-
and intra-theater communications equipment, including routers and switches on
IP, ATM, SONET/SDH and OTN networks, supporting three geographic
Combatant Commands.
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Supervised Network Operations Center personnel to restore communications
outages in minimum time with limited mission impact to hundreds of
organizations on three continents.
Coordinates with global civilian and governmental agencies to restore and
maintain communications capabilities for military and non-military operations.
Provided daily situational awareness and status briefings to Senior Executives.
Assistant Wing Information Assurance Officer 11/2006 - 6/2011
22nd Communications Squadron Wichita, KS
Directly responsible for semi-annual security audits, Certification and
Accreditation, Emission Security, Communications Security, and network
compliance for 3,500+ personnel from 4 diverse units.
Directed, managed, controlled and inspected use of cryptology infrastructure for
110 offices.
Developed Information Assurance guidance and briefed senior leadership
regarding cryptography, and communications security issues, semi-annual
security audits results, and DoD program policy modifications.
Supervisor UNIX Systems Operations 11/2003 - 11/2006
Joint Analysis Center RAF Molesworth, UK
Team lead for 4 UNIX system administrators responsible for installs, upgrades,
preventive maintenance and outage mitigation of 750+ SUN workstations, 38
servers and 15 Network Appliance network servers and 1000+ users.
Created and maintained scripts improving performance of system backup’s
applications and network storage.
Developed procedures for cross security domain file transfer system.
Responsible for implementation, evaluation and testing of all new software
releases for 3 different networks.
Education
University of Maryland University College
Bachelors of Science in Cyber Security Expected Graduation Date: 12/2014
University of Maryland University College
Associates of Arts in Computer Studies 5/2006
Community College of the Air Force
Associates of Science in Information Systems Management 5/2003
Certifications
CompTIA Security + CE 10/2013
Motorcycle Safety Foundation Certified Instructor 4/2009