PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Has over ** years of combined management and technical experience in the information technology field. An accomplished, results-oriented Program Manager qualified in all facets of the project management life cycle. Exemplary record of successfully mentoring team members that consistently produces in high stress environments.
SECURITY CLEARANCE: Top Secret Clearance
TECHNICAL DISCIPLINES: MCSE 2000\ NT4.0\ MCP, Security +
EDUCATION
New School for Social Research -NY, NY, May 1994
M.S. Urban Policy Analysis and Management
Bennett College- Greensboro, NC, May 1992
B.A. Political Science
Project Management Academy, Arlington, VA July 28, 2016
PMP Exam Preparation Course
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Professional Development September 2016 - Present
Studying for the PMP certification exam
Attended the PMI Business Analysis Conference 2016
Working on CE credits for CompTIA Security +
SNR Systems LLC, Program Manager /Site Lead, DISA, Annapolis, MD July 2015 – August 2016
Managed a support team of ten diverse skilled individuals that perform daily operations, application deployment and help desk duties which provided voice, video and data services across the network
Provided Leadership with the Integrated Master Deployment schedule for both software and hardware, provided resource management, milestones updates, and timely deliverables
Managed reported project risk in the project schedule and develop mitigation plans according to priority and risk exposure
Provided spend plans for contract management of hardware, software, and service contracts
Managed the network Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) implementation and ensures CAT I, II, and IIIs are resolved within the designated mitigated date
Provided artifacts and documentation for the policies related to Risk Management Framework (RMF) for the JSC enclave
Attended and participated in Continuity of Operations (COOP) implementation, Microsoft JELA, RMF meetings and deployment meetings with JSC-J6 Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Presented statuses on the Request for Change (RFC) to the Configuration Control Board (CCB) during a weekly Pre-CCB Meeting and update members during the bi-weekly CCB meeting
DMI, Deployment Manager, DISA, Annapolis, MD February 2014- June 2015
Managed a support team of six diverse skilled individuals that performed daily operations and application deployment
Developed, created and managed the software and hardware Integrated Master Schedule for deployments
Provided detail deployment analysis, project plan and status to internal and external stakeholders including Government Senior Staff
Managed resources, milestones, and deliverables to the JSC J6 Integrated Master Deployment schedule
Managed and reported project risk in the project schedule and develop mitigation plans according to priority and risk exposure to Government leadership
Responsible for the managing the testing and evaluation phase to the go-live phase for software deployments
Solved complex support issues expeditiously and reported them to the JSC-J6 Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Managed network (STIGs) implementation and ensures CAT I, II, and IIIs are resolved within the designated mitigated date
Managed the DSO (COOP) site setup and testing which included reaching out to internal and external stakeholders and senior leadership, team selection, ensuring updated disaster recovery Standard of Procedures (SOP), creating, and reporting the After Action Report (AAR) to senior leadership
Reviewed Software guide and test results from the deployment checklist provided by the vendor
Planned COOP activities to meet the yearly Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) requirements
Worked with the Cyber Security team and Deployment team to document both System Security Plan and Database SSP
Provided the Cyber Security team with artifacts and documentation (ACAS scans, Web and Database STIGs ) to submit for Certification and Accreditation for all applications
AceInfo Solutions, Lead Oracle DBA, Defense Security Service, Quantico, VA November 2012 – February 2014
Managed a team of four Data Base Administrators (DBA) which consisted of Oracle and SQL
Responsible for maintaining Oracle STIGS (Database Security Readiness Review (SRR)) and Oracle Critical Patch updates
Worked with the Oracle vendors to supply quotes for the Spend Plan
Wrote scripts to automate incremental backups, morning checks and apply patches
Worked with the Oracle Project Lead to forecast the budget needed for future Oracle upgrades, Grid Control and OEM
Worked with the application team to troubleshoot and resolve RedHat, UNIX, Windows STIG or IAVM related issues for application problems and to recover failed processes
Worked with the Cyber Security team regarding IAVM and STIG management for the Oracle database
Managed and provided DBA support, backup and restore, Oracle data pump (expdp, impdp), ASM and Flash Recovery Management, Data guard management, performance monitoring and tuning using OEM and TOAD, Perform Data Guard Switchovers
Worked with the development team and O/S to fix the scripts for software installs and to analyze the problems related software modification
ICF International, Lead Oracle DBA, Defense Security Service, Linthicum, MD November 2009 – November 2012
Managed a team of four which consisted of the Oracle DBAs and Application team
Developed custom project plan for the database upgrade to include upgrade path, timeline, identify associated risks and mitigation plan and briefed customer, management and peers. Prepared and presented account/status briefs to management and Government Leadership regarding, weekly progress and manage associated tasks and resources in Microsoft Project.
Managed the project from the planning stages through the closing for all of the environments and provided timely deliverables
Resolved complex issues with Oracle backups, exports/imports, indexes, and applied Oracle CPU (IAVA security patch) management to all of the environments (Test, Pre-Production and Production) to mitigated CAT I findings
Created and executed a pre-implementation, implementation, and post-implementation plan to coordinate support and progress for multiple teams during the Enclave Upgrade
Worked with the multiple vendors to obtain license quotes and new software for the enclave upgrade
Responsible for maintaining Oracle STIGS (Database Security Readiness Review (SRR)) and assisted the SA team with mitigating the Retina findings to alleviate security risk
Analyzed the architecture to resolve the bottleneck problems with the databases by recommending upgrading the Oracle 9iR2 to 11gR2 from a Windows 2003 32-bit platform to a Windows 2008 64-bit platform, and adding multiple instances to one server to optimize the application processing through the network
Researched and implemented techniques to resolve Oracle issues related to tuning to meet the web server demands
Migrated Oracle 11gR2 file system Windows 2008 to Oracle 11gR2 RAC database on Oracle Sun Solaris M4000
Provide DBA support, backup and restore, Oracle data pump (expdp, impdp), ASM and Flash Recovery Management, Data guard management, performance monitoring and tuning using OEM and TOAD
Lockheed Martin, Consultant/ System Network Engineer, NIH, Bethesda MD August 2008 – October 2009
Managed a team of six persons for office move projects and scientific equipment installation
Managed the office moves from the early planning stage through implementation and provided lessons learned
Minimized the customer’s level of risk through installing and managing workstation and laptop security using anti-virus, patch management software, and encryption
Managed customer expectations within a specific OLA – Operating Level Agreement
Supported high level management network access for Directors from various centers within the institute
Ensured the computers and software had the appropriate STIGs prior to installing them on the Network
Provided support for network connectivity which included trouble shooting and patching LAN closets
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Fairfax, VA, System Administrator 3 March 2003 –August 2008
Ensured optimal customer heath by implementing security requirements, providing patch management, file scans, password changes and monitoring system resources and applications to meet DISA required standards for Windows 2000/2003 Enterprise Server platforms I
Implemented Admin patches, password changes, troubleshoot and monitor system and application resources for Solaris and Linux platforms and supported Apache Tomcat, Resin, Progress and Oracle services
Utilized Unix and SQL commands to execute, edit and load data into multi-platform web application and Oracle .databases
Created and executed test scripts for new functionality
TECHNICAL SKILLS Platforms: Windows Server 2008/2003, Windows 7/2003/XP, UNIX, LINUX, Solaris 8/10, MAC OS Databases: SQL Server 2005, MS Access 2007/2010, Oracle 9i/10gR2/11gR2 RAC, Sybase 12.5.3, FileMaker Pro 9.0, ACT! 4.0, Dbase IV Programming: SQL, VI Editor, Batch files, VBA Tools& Utilities: Microsoft Project 2013, Visio 2013, OEM, Grid Control, RMAN, Data Guard 11g, SQLPlus, TOAD, SQL Developer, SQL Anywhere, Putty, OpenText14, Active Directory,, Remedy, PVCS tracker, VMSs