Front End/SharePoint Developer

• Oct 2020 - Present

Senior SharePoint SME

• Jun 2019 - Oct 2020

Directorate level SharePoint representative for the Office of Security Technology (ST). Conducts SharePoint Governance Board meetings with committee members to ensure proper guidance and implementation of processes approved by Management. Provide monthly staff training on SharePoint capabilities and new functionality. Manages OpenNet SharePoint Online (DS Net, Collaboration sites) and ClassNet SharePoint 2010 (migrating to SharePoint 2016 On-Prem). Implemented solutions and captured functional and non-functional requirements from multiple groups and managers to design the ST SharePoint Online collaboration portal. Provide assistance to staff members for site development, workflow automation, and custom forms. Building a Personal Service Contract (PSC) list utilizing InfoPath to track new PSC Staff. This request form captures contract specific information and implementing validation rules to ensure all needed information was collected before starting the approval process. Providing upgrades to the budget tool site to track spending for all funding types, funding codes and money for specific areas of the world. The InfoPath form utilized four funding/activity code lists as data connection to provide data integrity for the choices throughout the form. The form contains rules, calculations, and validation on the fields while also having calculated fields outside the form for real time updates from script values of other lists containing rollup values from invoices. Show less

Sr. SharePoint Architect

• Feb 2019 - Jun 2019

Gather user requirements and determine if third-party solutions are appropriate in a DOD environment. Develop Governance plan, policy, and supporting documentation Interface with user community’s Site Collection Administrators to address questions and concerns Interface with solution providers (Microsoft, Farm Administrators) to serve as customer advocate Support/troubleshoot issues with SharePoint platform, upgrades, and migrations. Plan the migration from SharePoint 2013 to SharePoint Online and research migration tools and DLP tools. Manage a five person team. Show less

SharePoint Developer

• Jun 2015 - Feb 2019

Directorate level SharePoint representative for all of the Office of Security Technology (ST). Conducts SharePoint Governance Board meetings with committee members to ensure proper guidance and implementation of processes approved by Management. Serving as the Advocate for O365, Windows 10, and SharePoint Off-Premises. Manages OpenNet (DS Net, Collaboration sites SP 2010/O365) and ClassNet SP2010 environments. Implemented solutions and captured functional and non-functional requirements from multiple groups and managers to design the ST SharePoint 2010/SharePoint Online collaboration portal. Provide assistance to staff members for site development, workflow automation, and custom forms. Developed a custom dashboard for senior management to displayed current project statuses and technologies deployed to high threat posts overseas. This development included a custom InfoPath form for multiple ways to display content based on the type of technology. Extracted reports form CMMS to update the project content. Development a budget tool site to track spending for all funding types, funding codes and money for specific areas of the world. The InfoPath form utilized both contractor lists and four funding/activity code lists as data connection to provide data integrity for the choices throughout the form. Reviewed storage metrics for the collection site, audit reports, setup Term sets, search keywords, and search scopes. Manage collection permission groups and policies for document retention. Leaded the self-migration from SharePoint 2010 to O365/SharePoint Online for the ST site collections and to provide feedback to the Department of State. Provided SharePoint best practices, guidance, and portal corrections to prevent most issues during the migration. Reversed engineered twenty plus legacy InfoPath forms and modernized them for the SharePoint Online. Rebuilt site pages using CSS, JavaScript, HTML, and custom web parts while retaining responsive pages. Show less

SharePoint Admin/Developer

• Jan 2015 - Jun 2015

Relocated to Bagram and serving as a SharePoint Knowledge Manager/ Developer for the United States Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A) Command Group. Responsible for providing management of the USFOR-A SharePoint 2010 Portal and advising key staff members on technical solutions and implementation of site designs. Developed a Commander’s Emergency Response Program (CERP) routing form for the Senior Command Advisors that allowed the approvers the ability to approve and/or provide comments to the Project Manager and back to the originator via a SharePoint Workflow with real time notification. Once all of the signatures were provided, the form would the go to the Commanding General for his signature. Developed the USFOR-A/MISTF-A (Military Information Support Task Force Afghanistan) routing form for the Commander’s Action Group (CAG) that collected signatures and provided interactive comments with the originator. Built out and migrated the Joint Visitors Bureau (JVB) from their previous site to the current. This included correcting broken InfoPath forms, creating more custom alerts through Workflows, and creating a new look and feel to the site. Implemented css/html buttons for all of the Command Group sections to replace the old PowerPoint buttons. Customized the Chief of Staff (CoS) Task Tracker that gave the Secretary of the Joint Staff (SJS) the ability to forward key elements form the tracker to the Commanding General.Rebuilt the SJS site to allow better dissemination of information to the targeted audience and continually updated the USFOR-A Homepage on the Generals Enduring Priorities. Assisted coworkers and content managers with building custom solutions. Show less

SharePoint Admin/Developer

• May 2014 - Dec 2014

Serving as part of the International Joint Command (IJC) within the Information Knowledge Management (IKM) Fusion Team. Responsible for front-end management of the IJC SharePoint 2007 portal and 2010 test environment (future rollout). Advises the Information Management Officer (IMO) on technical tasks to comply with IM policies. Provide recommendations pertaining to SharePoint information and site architecture, solution implementation, site/page design and deployment. Assist the Knowledge Operations Officer and IMO with requirements gathering. Knowledgeable of Microsoft best practices in creating/designing SharePoint 2007/2010 permission policy, site template management, file taxonomy, and portal governance. Experience managing, manipulating and creating InfoPath 2007/2010 forms and SharePoint Designer 2007/2010 workflows to automate staff process, customize Data Views, and page layouts. Develop and implement custom SP solutions utilizing SP Designer, JavaScript and/or JQuery to extend and augmenting the SharePoint platform. Provide overall design and maintenance of site collections, sites, and pages; codify portal standards in SP governance documents. Assist in development and implement of the Content Manager’s Training program. Develop and implement security schema for portal permissions. Experience managing Microsoft Active Directory permissions and groups. Apply permissions as requested to meet staff information requirements and review applied permissions as operational requirements change. Interact with IJC SP 2007 System Administrators to ensure that the portal environment complies with established network security standards and test custom solutions prior to implementation in production environments. Show less

Senior SharePoint Developer/Business Analyst

• Mar 2013 - Mar 2014

Provides excellent analytical, organizational, problem solving and follow-up skills with the ability to meet time sensitive deadlines. Interprets business rules and customer requirements for the purpose of creating system and process documentation, program specifications, and project specifications. Review, analyzes, and gathers customer requirements and recommends innovative system solutions to appropriate management. Interpersonal skills necessary to manage business and technical relationships with internal and/or external clients. Responsible for conducting fifty plus backups/exports and imports of sites, lists, and libraries during the migration process of the business reorganization. Performing maintenance, upgrade, and management of the SharePoint 2010 platform through Central Admin and in Windows PowerShell, in addition to collaboration service and Governance. Reconnecting workflows or created new custom workflows in SharePoint Designer to meet the business needs. Responsible for migrating current fields in Lotus Notes White Pages to My Profile in SharePoint, which includes managing the Metadata Services for the Term Store. Managed the creation and implementation of the 723 Form (Employee Performance Appraisals) and the Mass Transit Benefits form in InfoPath. Provided one-on-one training, classroom training, and through Adobe Connect. Resolved end user issues in SharePoint through Service Now ticketing system Provided reports on the number of incidents and requests per week. Managing permissions for the SharePoint Farm. Show less

SharePoint SME/Field Support Manager

• Nov 2012 - Feb 2013

Serving as part of a Knowledge Management (KM) Team NATO Training Mission Afghanistan / Combined Security Transition Command Afghanistan (NTM-A/CSTC-A) and supporting the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA) as it generates and sustains the ANSF (Afghan National Security Force). Builds the framework and features of the SharePoint portal, provides customization and personalization, and provides custom solutions that fulfill the organizational opportunities as identified by the KMO or customer. Supporting the design and transition of applications and services to automate and improve processes. Created Change Management request form through InfoPath to track process. Modified the MoveCon request form in InfoPath to have select fields to change colors based on user choices and comparing two fields for the highest threat level. Built the CJ36 Vulnerability workflow with 30, 60, 90 day notifications and colored indicators. Made custom buttons through Photoshop for the homepage and views. Created a training site with custom lists for tracking attendees and a calendar for scheduling of classes. Assisted co-workers in developing their solutions. As an emergency task, rebuilt the default EditForm in SharePoint Designer by relinking the webpart IDs and properties. Interact with the client daily to customize and build out their SharePoint sites, processes and solutions. Customized and personalized solutions for directorate, divisional, and section/branch sites. Supported existing solutions for customizing the SharePoint implementation. Provide training on building SharePoint 2010 environment with Hyper-V (Server 2008 R2 / promoting server to domain controller, Active Directory with service accounts, SQL Server 2008 R2 / deploying Analysis and Reporting services, SharePoint 2010 / Office Apps and Project Server, and Creating SnapShots) Show less

SharePoint Developer / Administrator

• Aug 2011 - Nov 2012

Migrated Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 portal to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2010. Planned, implemented and configured an intranet portal website and sub-sites, including layout structure, site definitions and templates, branding, content types, custom web parts, page layouts, list creation, search utilities, and content management responsibilities. Created and maintained advanced business workflows, managed and created content databases. Interact with the client daily to customize and build out their SharePoint sites. Ensured properly documented and controlled systems change. Developed surveys with user specific custom views not OOTB. Created Lists with Meta Data and reusable content types. Color coded calendars with user preferred colors and utilized overlays. Created Target Audience views through Web Parts based on permissions or groups. Developed lists with InfoPath forms and created admin / requestor views. Modified SharePoint Designer forms to display specific DispForm, EditForm, and Newform. Build a SharePoint Help desk to track SP tickets. Show less

SharePoint Developer / Administrator

• Jul 2010 - Oct 2012

Adding and configuring Meta Data to documents in order to categorize data for different Views (eliminating folders) and enabling broader search capabilities. Create reusable Content Type and Columns at the Collection level to manage throughout different Project libraries. Established check-in and check-out features with versioning for managing documents. Import and export custom lists and excel spreadsheets. Creating and deploying Templates throughout the sites. Data migration from WSS 3.0 to SharePoint Foundation 2010. Utilized SharePoint Designer 2010 to build custom workflows. Created a Helpdesk to manage/track/assign tickets for the program. Performed demos to over 300 plus users, provided leadership and work guidance to less experienced personnel. Recommended best-practices that enhance end-user experience and promote both system efficiency and maintainability. Addressed technical questions/needs of management, technical staff and SharePoint end-user community in a timely and professional manner. Provide the customer base with first level support. Utilized Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 for building custom web parts and deploying custom solutions. Also served as part of the Asset Management team responsible for ordering hardware through the COTR and in Remedy. Submitted DHS account requests in Remedy. Logging all transactions in custom built lists with custom views with integrated workflows. Created detailed lists for controlling and approving software sign in and out. Manage all DHS Assets through SharePoint 2010 in custom build dashboards for viewing and tracking. Created workflows to move data between lists and notifying members of the team as criteria was being met. Working part time after 8/8/2011 Show less

SharePoint Developer

• Jan 2010 - May 2010

Redesigned the DTRA portal on WSS 3.0 and developed the DCATS portal on MOSS 2007. Primary duties and responsibilities were to create new Master pages, modify the Quick Launch, and created images from Photoshop. Perform backups and restores from the stsadmn.exe. Created site collections, configured alternate mapping, and entered users into Active Directory. Created a form from Visual Studio that provided users in ShrePoint the ability to run a query on the SQL Server. Ensured that the portal was compatible with Firefox and Internet Explorer. Daily administration of the SharePoint environment, perform Installations and ongoing configurations, test routine SharePoint backups and restores. Perform upgrades and patches to the SharePoint environment. Develop, document, and maintain policies, procedures and how-to documents. Hands-on software and hardware trouble shooting experience. Implement high quality, scalable and expendable SharePoint solutions using company approved tools such as SharePoint Designer and Visual Studio. Develop tools and components using SharePoint 2007 and .NET technologies including, but not limited to, configuring workflows, defining lists, and connecting applications / data. Aware of migration and implementation plans to address both tactical and strategic needs. Design and implement development workflow, up-loadable forms and interact with various groups. Create sites, pages, and customizing web parts through source code for team projects. These team projects required creation of Libraries, Communications, Tracking, Custom Lists, and Web Pages using Web Parts with .Net and JavaScripts. Made SharePoint accessible through Active Directory and Army Knowledge Online (AKO) accounts. Managed Content type and Structure throughout the portal. Developed How-To documents for the Help Center and experienced in creating Newsletters with the Content Editor Web Part in the Source Editor. Provide operational support for user requests and problems Show less

Emergency Operation Center (EOC) Specialist/Officer (DoD Civilian)

• Jun 2009 - Dec 2009

Served as Emergency Operations Center Specialist/Officer in the installation EOC. Responsible for planning, readiness and execution of assigned EOC functions during emergency operations. Knowledgeable of MSCA, Military Assistance in Civil Disasters (MACDIS) and CJCS Emergency Action Procedures (EAP). ). Appointed as Information Assurance Security Officer IASO, Information Management Officer IMO, Telecommunication Officer for the EOC on SIPR and NIPR nods, and SharePoint designer. Responsible for completely rebuilding the MOSS 2007 site to better serve the emergency operation center which included migrating files, documents, and slides. Created templates, added and removed users, applied permissions to the user/group accounts, integrated MS Outlook to accounts, created pages, team sites, and Wiki sites. Implemented versioning and workflows for document libraries which enabled tracking, restoring, and approval processes. Created alerts for specific actions. Also responsible for the specification of SharePoint layout organization, navigations, graphing design, content development testing and maintains. Provided support for users and work groups. Prepares OPORDs and Taskers that are sent to subordinate units. Supports and executes plans pertaining to installation response during military emergencies. Maintains files for specific emergency plans, emergency information, reports, call in rosters and other information pertinent to the operation of the EOC. Prepares for execution of assigned duties during emergencies. Serves as CBRNE team member for the installation during exercises or emergencies. Maintain audiovisual service Matrix for the EOC. Performed operational checks on the automation and communication equipments. Administers the Improved Emergency Message Automatic Transmission System (IEMATS). Show less

IT Specialist/Operation

• Nov 2000 - Jul 2004

Appointed as Information Management Officer and regional expert for computer network defense installation, troubleshooting and management. Initiated Department of Defense Information Technology Security Certification and Accreditation Process during the Joint Task Force Liberia mission. Evaluated security, software, and procedures, and made recommendations regarding repaired reconfigured and upgraded hardware and software components; evaluated diagnostics, trouble tickets and provided corrective advice as requested. Served as a technical adviser on issues related to networks, computers, data communication equipment, software, hardware, routers and hubs; installed and configured firewalls, Intrusion Detection systems, vulnerability scans, and correction/removal of viruses, worms and Trojan horses. Assessed security needs compared against existing end user and network processes, and established security policies and standard operating procedures in accordance with network infrastructure protocols, military guidelines and security regulations. Developed/authored the office Standard of Procedure (SOP) manual to ensure optimal performance regarding administrative, clerical and procedural work for reduction of infrastructure demands and costs; implemented life cycle four phased upgrade and maintenance processes to ensure ability to meet mission objectives. Supported theater Information Assurance certification, accreditation and security implementation; troubleshot and resolved equipment malfunction issues; printers, plotters, scanners, software and hardware, server gateways, terminal servers, encryption devices and other INFOSEC products on both NIPRNet and SIPRNet in accordance with RCERT-E and USAREUR regulations. Provided help desk support and trained end users to access, retrieve, analyze and update user account information. Worked also as he JTF building Facility Manager. Tested and implemented Video Telecommunications for the JTF. Show less