Performance & Data Analyst Application

MUSHAVA KODZWA, Ph.D.

*******@*****.*** 240-***-**** Fort Washington, MD

Clearance: Public Trust

PRINCIPAL SYSTEMS ENGINER PRINCIPAL SYSTEMS ARCHITECT ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS LEADER

Professional Summary

Dynamic technologist with over 15 years of experience leading high-performing teams to deliver innovative, scalable enterprise solutions across federal, defense, and commercial sectors. Recognized for driving modernization, optimizing complex systems, and aligning technology strategy with business objectives to achieve measurable growth and operational excellence.

Core Strengths

Systems Engineering Leadership

Production Software delivery System

Stakeholder & Partner Engagement

Enterprise Systems Integration

AI/ML Data-Driven Analytics

Systems Modernization & Process Optimization

Professional Experience

Systems Hawk LLC Fort Washington, MD

Principal Systems Engineers / Subject Matter Expert May 2023 – Present

Lead technical advisor for DHS Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM), providing system design and technical support.

oDefined enterprise systems architecture and guided cloud migration strategies improving scalability and compliance.

oSuccessfully completed the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (MIT IDSS) program for Data Science and Machine Learning: Making Data Driven Decisions

Engineered and refined backend Oracle packages, integrating them into frontend daily reporting tools to increase efficiency.

oFacilitated daily support for DHS OBIM requests, enhancing database entries and generating comprehensive reports for high-level management.

oConducted rigorous technical validations and testing of tools developed by DHS OBIM to ensure functionality and reliability.

Increased partnership engagement with in-house developers and third-party vendors ensuring successful production software delivery through a configuration management system.

oRecognized for a track record of aligning technology solutions with business objectives to maximize performance and efficiency.

Five9Group Fairfax, VA

Technical Manager / Principal Systems Engineer May 2015 – September 2023

Served as Principal Systems Engineer and Technical Manager for the Master Address File (MAF) project for the Census Bureau.

oWorked closely with senior customer management developing systems requirements.

oDocumented in-place software processes using BPMN techniques helping high level managers understand the current systems thus enabling them to develop good requirements specifications for future systems.

oTasked with defining and implementing architectural principles and making strategic technology recommendations while fostering new technology adoption with a goal of building trust with key business stakeholders.

oEliminated critical process inefficiencies by assessing and documenting process gaps between requirements documentation and developed systems and recommending targeted corrective actions.

oCollaborated with developers to enhance supportability by removing performance bottlenecks. Boosted systems performance and scalability.

Served as Technical Manager for four team leaders with 15 technical staff members.

oDefined technical directions for the teams and provided weekly team progress updates to the customer and upper management.

oOversaw project end-to-end lifecycle through unit design, development, testing & quality assurance, and production rollout following configuration management principles and rules.

oCreated and maintained technical documentation for system configurations, scripts, and standard operating procedures.

oMentored junior engineers focusing on fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation.

oApplied strong leadership talents and problem-solving skills to maintain team efficiency and organized workflows to meet production demands

The MITRE Corporation McLean, VA

Senior Systems Engineer 2007 – April 2015

Delivered award-winning innovations recognized by MITRE for Knowledge Management and Program Excellence for the National Airspace System (NAS) optimization and flight data analysis.

Education

Ph.D., Chemical & Biochemical Engineering – University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

M.S., Chemical & Biochemical Engineering – University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

B.Tech., Chemical Engineering – University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

Technical Expertise

Systems Architecture Artificial Intelligence Enterprise Integration Cloud (AWS, Azure) Data Center Operations Oracle SQL Python Java UNIX/Shell Scripting AI/ML BPMN Geospatial Analysis Identity Management Agile / SDLC

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