Information Technology Project Manager

• Nov 2021 - Present

Overseeing Agile methodology amongst projects. Leads the efforts over change requests and defect requests among applications particularly in production. Assists with IT security concerns. Oversees DecSecOps duties. Serves as a contracting officer representative (COR II) Overseeing Agile methodology amongst projects. Leads the efforts over change requests and defect requests among applications particularly in production. Assists with IT security concerns. Oversees DecSecOps duties. Serves as a contracting officer representative (COR II)

VP, Information Technology Lead Analyst

• Dec 2020 - Nov 2021

Works within a Security Operations Center (SOC) for cyber fraud. Work entails incident response, cyber detection, awareness and reporting, and proficient tracking and updates. Tools used: Splunk, Arcsight, Confluence, Microsoft Office, SHAPE, Silvertail, Eclipse, Archer, Service Now, Akamai, SQL, and SAS. Works within a Security Operations Center (SOC) for cyber fraud. Work entails incident response, cyber detection, awareness and reporting, and proficient tracking and updates. Tools used: Splunk, Arcsight, Confluence, Microsoft Office, SHAPE, Silvertail, Eclipse, Archer, Service Now, Akamai, SQL, and SAS.

Information Technology Specialist

• Apr 2019 - Dec 2020

Information Technology Specialist with the Service Operations Division serving as government technical monitor (GTM) of duties that include:- Data At Rest/Encryption-Virtualization infrastructure -Vulnerability Assessments and Management-POA&M tracking and remediation -Computer Forensics -Infrastructure management-Data Center Services and Support -Contract Officer Representative I for budget and procurement-Backup and Recovery-Redundancy Planning-Change Management tasks-Public Speaking to leadership-Risk Management-POA&M remediation -Previous ISSO experience Software I am proficient in: Vormetric DSM, VMware (vRA, vROPs, vCenter, and NSX), Microsoft Office, Adobe (pro and photoshoot), social media (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Canvas, groupme), DellEMC DataDomain, IBM AppScan, Hp webinspect, ServiceNow, SplunkAwards received: Superior Honor Award for assisting with reducing risks in the environment and resolving urgent security fixes Show less

Information Systems Security Officer

• Feb 2017 - Apr 2019

Duties consist of risk management framework, project management, continuous monitoring, FISMA Reporting, NIST documentation, FIPS standards, Assessment and Authorization (A&A), Oracle Database management and monitoring, access control, incident response, use of various SIEM tools, policy and procedure development and review, defense in depth oversight, contracting officer, IT budget and procurement, security compliance and guidance, Sharepoint development, social media marketing, and expertise in reporting and presenting to senior level management. Show less

IT Security Operations Specialist

• Mar 2013 - Feb 2017

• IT Security Operationso Serves as deputy IT Security Operations specialisto Leads the implementation of an IT Computer Forensics Labo Assists with the creation of various management reports to reflect the progress of agency projects such as LincPass Utilization efforts o Assists with the progress of privacy impact assessments and privacy threshold analysis on NRCS applicationso Assists with information gathering for litigation holds and computer investigations o Serves on the NRCS Computer Incident Response Team handling the daily progress of opening, initating, and closing security incidentso Leads the IT Security Budget, which manages the IT Security yearly operating budgeto Leads the IT Security Procurement purchases and hardware acquisitions• Grants and Agreements o Serves as Lead and subject matter expert with over five years of experience in IT Agreements and gathers and consolidates agreements for funding within NRCS by ensuring projected amounts of money for the current fiscal year is adequate for processing and proper processing is being done to complete the grant process.o Coordinates with the grants and agreements office, budget office, and outside vendors in processing and obligating funds for the agency’s services and products.o Assists with the implementation of the Business Operating Tool (BOT), a tool which will improve the processing of Agreements from a manual method to a more automated methodo Processes an average of 80 IT agreements each fiscal year managing over a $300 Million dollars budgeto Assist with Budget matters amongst four different areas of money: Working Capitol Funds (WCF), IRB Funds, IT Operating Funds, IT Initiative Fundso Serves as Liaison between various agencies and departments on obtaining authorizing signatures to fully execute an agreement. Ensure proper agreement forms are completely populated accurately and submitted to the appropriate arties. o Oversees financial activity in the FMMI financial system. Show less

Information Technology Specialist

• Sep 2011 - Mar 2013

-Serves as Lead for IT Grants and Agreements. Prepares and reviews interagency agreements for processing for the distribution of agency funds. -Oversees the NRCS IT Security Risk Management Profile. Developing the agency Security Risk Management profile. -Assists with agency-wide migration efforts for the Windows 7 operating system. Assist with deploying Windows 7 to users in state and field offices.-Coordinates the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) equipment ordering, deployment, and refresh purchases of IT Equipment. Ensures that employees are up to date with their current computer equipment and prepares for equipment purchases for the following fiscal year.-Grants access to new and current employees amongst NRCS who needs access to various parts of the computer network, equipment needs, and other elevated privileges to assist with work productivity. Terminated user account privileges after an employee has left the agency.-Assists with Information Technology Security Auditing to ensure that the access rights and permissions of users abide to the documentations provided from the agency. -Assists with coordinating activities of the Intern programs within NRCS as well as serving as a mentor. -Prepares monthly agency reports of user account activity, whether accounts have been used within 30 or 60 days.-Serves as lead for ISSPOC/DCCAC Management Show less

Information Technology Intern

• Jun 2010 - Aug 2011