Walter Barrios
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English Full professional proficiency
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Spanish Full professional proficiency
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Credentials
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Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist_Windows 7 Configuration
MicrosoftFeb, 2013- Oct, 2024 -
Microsoft Technology Associate_Server Administration Fundamentals
MicrosoftFeb, 2013- Oct, 2024 -
Microsoft Technology Associate_Networking Fundamentals
MicrosoftOct, 2012- Oct, 2024 -
Microsoft Technology Associate_Security Fundamentals
MicrosoftOct, 2012- Oct, 2024 -
CompTIA A+
CompTIASep, 2012- Oct, 2024 -
CompTIA Security +
CompTIAJul, 2014- Oct, 2024 -
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft
Experience
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Leidos
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Software Development
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400 - 500 Employee
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Business Program Manager
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Aug 2021 - Present
Management of the network operations EAC/ETC to track and support a positive return on capital (ROC)of 14%. Participated in financial planning and reporting efforts. Identified and reported on risks and opportunities. Avoided denial for Assumption of Full Operational Responsibility (AFOR) by taking on the role of NMCI ISSM. Identified gaps in 8570 compliance and implemented policies and procedures. Implemented automated tools to reduce the approval process from six weeks to 5 days. Achieved 100% compliance of Norfolk site in preparation of CCRI Inspection. Show less
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Regional Transition Coordinator
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Mar 2020 - Aug 2021
Awarded the Leidos “People’s Choice” Award for displaying Leidos’ Leadership traits and values by mentoring Middle school students to become the next generation of Cyber Security Engineers. Nominated for the nationally recognized Hispanic Engineer National Achievements Award Corporation (HENAAC). Recruited by HR Director and SMIT Program Division Manager as the Southwest Regional Transition Coordinator to aid with the $7.7 Billion SMIT Contract transition. Conducted data analysis of over 93 sites to ensure assets and logistics were coordinated accordingly. Served as the liaison between NMCI operations, Engineering, and Government for transition. Conducted customer meetings to effectively communicate program status and request clarification on issues as needed. Assessed PWS staffing requirements and worked with cross-functional teams to support efficient hiring. Conducted SMIA events that identified multiple risks and coordinated resolutions to meet DoD mandate requirements. Managed Multi-Functional Transition Team Coordinators and provided leadership and guidance on sites assigned per region Show less
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Program Manager
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Mar 2019 - Sep 2020
Awarded the “Collaboration Award” for supporting rapid and aggressive delivery of 16 task order proposals for the final year of GCSS-Air Force II IDIQ with a total value exceeding $110M and an additional $60M in funding sole source work. Negotiated and completed the capture and submission of the TICMS Phase 2C/3A Task Order proposal, resulting in a $3.4M contract award. Built solid and effective customer relationships to reduce high tensions between customers and the subK developer team. Conducted Operational Readiness Reviews of TICMS application to migrate over to Cloud One AWS environment. Coordinated with Subcontracts and the SLICS team to generate charge numbers and supplied funding to SubKs. Accountable for successful project completion, on time, and on budget. Reviewed subK invoices and travel expenses, identified anomalies, and executed corrective actions to ensure accuracy. Show less
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Program Manager
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Feb 2017 - Mar 2019
•Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control, and completion of specific projects, ensuring consistency with clients’ comprehensive management plan. •Overseeing and managing the onsite day-to-day activities of the DCMA-IT contract to ensure contract deliverables are being met per Performance Work Statement and Contract Deliverables. •Management of personnel, tasks, financial and budget oversight, technical performance, and customer satisfaction. •Overseeing large and complex programs that include facility and logistics for a large team of 26 contractors.•Met regularly with senior-level government and corporate personnel to ensure issues were promptly resolved and to enhance communications, performance, and reporting. •Managed expenditures and prepared budget projections and scenarios as requested. •Approved and ensure timecards were accurate and submitted punctually. •Conducted interviews of all candidates to ensure candidates can perform job functions. •Reviewed project plans to ensure milestones and deadlines were met. •Supported weekly program meetings and other forums/reviews to focus on issues requiring leadership attention and coordination, such as project risk versus planned, priority adjustment requests and analysis, and unique critical project or program issues.•Senior level SME providing guidance and support within the Enterprise Active Directory Team. •Provided in-depth training to all staff on the processes and understanding of STIGs and how they are implemented into an environment using SCAP Scanning tools, STIG Viewer, and creating STIG Checklists per contract requirements. •Educated all staff on correctly reading ACAS Scan report output to determine and resolve vulnerabilities. •Responsible for maintaining the three primary data centers, including servers, storage, and applications. Show less
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Senior Systems Administrator
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Apr 2015 - Feb 2017
•Part of on-call leadership team to support essential business clients and emergency situations that required escalated support.•Managed a group of 8 employees in the implementation of PKI CAC Authentication along with Certificate Revocation List (CRL AutoCache) for enterprise infrastructure per new TaskOrder 15-0102 for Unclassified DoD servers.•Lead team in the improvement of over 20 group policies and corrected errors with multiple policies that were being applied on multiple organizational groups.•Reduced scheduled downtime by 50% by configuring Windows Systems Update Server (WSUS) along with required GPO's to automate the patching of all servers in enterprise infrastructure including required GPO's for manual installation.•Team leader in the planning and implementation of the tech refresh including VMware upgrade from VCenter Server 5.0 to 5.5.•Mentored team of subordinates with the risks and assessments required to be reviewed before successfully Migrating 2 Domain Controllers from Windows Server 2003 32 bit to Server 2008 R2 64 bit before end of service deadline.•Advanced knowledge and hands on experience working with VMWare in a large enterprise environment that included 103 Data Centers, 45 Clusters, 174 ESXi hosts, 470 VM’s and 222 Data Stores. Corrected problems with Hosts and VM’s being reported as having a problem.•Troubleshot connectivity issues between Vcenter and the ESXi hosts. •Assisted with the ATO Audit and mitigated findings located on DOD Servers that required STIG implementation.•Managed software tools such as SCAP scan tools to create and maintain benchmarks and determine new vulnerabilities for STIG requirements. •Created security design documents that disclosed STIG vulnerabilities requesting exceptions on findings. Show less
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NAVWAR
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United States
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Defense and Space Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Systems Administrator
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Nov 2014 - Apr 2015
•Promoted to take on Lead Engineer Role for Computer Desktop Notification System project. •Managed the VMware/Windows Server assessments, engineering reviews, design, and re-architecting of legacy applications in support of system transition. •Team leader responsible for ensuring that program managers met aggressive delivery timelines, to meet customer needs. •Evaluated, recommended, integrated, and implemented new system architecture for SPAWAR Data Center consolidation on NMCI project. •Created as-built system engineering drawings using Microsoft Visio reflecting the current and proposed installation design. •Utilized Remedy ticketing software to create and track tickets related to different projects. •Understanding of configuration of physical and virtual servers to optimize shared services, as well as implementation of Active Directory services. •Analyzed legacy environments in support of system transition and documented all facets of integration. •Proficient in Microsoft office products to include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and SharePoint. •Configured different Windows Server operating systems to include IIS web server, and SQL Servers. •Utilized SCAP tools to create benchmarks for servers and conducted performance testing with HBSS installed. Show less
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AT&T
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United States
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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Systems Administrator
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Jun 2014 - Nov 2014
•Created several ad-hoc PowerShell 2.0 scripts in an effort to resolve over 50K vulnerabilities identified through Internal Audits using Retina Scan for a CCRI Inspection of the entire West Coast region. •Working knowledge of Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security Technical Information Guides (STIGS) and guidelines for Windows/Unix servers and workstations. •Researched, tested, and deployed security patches to over 300K clients on an Enterprise level environment using IBM (Big Fix) Endpoint Server Manager that are required by DISA on diverse platforms. •Utilized Remedy web based ticketing system to assign and resolve tickets. •Responsible for the support and maintenance of all Marine Corps IT systems with other local and remote team members. •Utilized Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS) to identify track and manage top vulnerabilities that can threaten the security of DOD computer systems. •Assisted with the troubleshooting of WSUS Server 2008 R2 and Server 2012 to use as alternative for Windows security patches during the implementation of IBM Endpoint Manager. •Configured several new Group Policies (GPOs) to resolve security technical issues with local user administrator accounts. Show less
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Motorola Solutions
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United States
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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Managed Services Support Specialist
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Dec 2013 - Jun 2014
•Resolving an average of 40 cases per day using Salesforce case management tools •Monitoring of deployed remote installations for system alerts coming from 911 Dispatch centers using proprietary software. •Working closely with cross departmental Tech Support groups and field technicians to resolve site issues. •Familiarization with VMWare to control Virtual Network environment •Providing Technical Support to site and service providers on deployed proprietary software and hardware installations. •Patch Management of 25 assigned sites using Lumension software to deploy and identify vulnerabilities. •Remotely connecting to sites using Windows RDP sessions and/or VPN using VNC Viewer software to access sites to resolve first level tech support issues related to system alerts. Show less
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Rancho Physical Therapy
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United States
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Medical Practices
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1 - 100 Employee
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Systems Administrator
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Mar 2012 - Jun 2013
•Promoted to take on additional role as HIPAA Compliance Officer and created over 100 new policies and procedures that required auditing and training of 25 Southern California clinics. •Lead Systems Administrator responsible for the support of 42 clinics nationwide consisting of approximately 400 users, averaging 300 help desk tickets per day. •Team Lead in the reorganization of the Active Directory for organizational units (OU’s) in an effort to establish Delegation of Control that eliminated 15% call volume for password resets. •Managed 80% of all PC/Desktop Support specialists for all 42 clinics including software and hardware related troubleshooting through Anyplace Control and DameWare remote desktop software. •Improved the in house web based help desk ticketing system (Hesk) that resulted in streamlining the resolution time by 25% faster by adding additional required fields to the ticketing system. •Supported and administered networks using Windows (XP/Windows 7/ Windows 8), Active Directory, Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2008 R2 and 2012. •Planned, tested, and implemented hardware and software upgrades. •Configured and implemented group policies (GPO’s) to enforce security guidelines and standardize computer configuration settings set by HIPAA regulations. •Provided support for LAN/WAN related issues, data cabling, troubleshooting and repairs, and utilizing command prompts. •Managed operating systems configuration using command line and GUI interface management tools. •Assisted with performing and testing the weekly backup’s process to ensure data integrity and availability using Symantec Backup Exec. •Installed and troubleshooted thin clients using Altiris software to update and re-image operating systems. •Mobile device management of all corporate wireless devices. •Configured startup applications and services to ensure efficient startup of Windows OS through group policies (GPO’s) to speed up start up processing of all computers. Show less
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Marine Corps Recruiting
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Armed Forces
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700 & Above Employee
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Systems Chief
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Jan 1998 - Jan 2002
•Supervised and trained 18 Marines on essential Active Directory troubleshooting of permissions of user accounts across multiple forests and domains. •Supervised and counseled Marines on an annual basis assisting them with their performance evaluations, established their goals for the year, and setting a growth path for their career. •Lead the team with advanced systems installation, operation, integration and troubleshooting in order to maintain optimum data communication systems operations. •Planned and supervised the installation, configuration and maintenance of all data communications systems and network services, including the Defense Message System (DMS), in both a garrison and deployed environment. •Planned and designed local area and wide area networks and linked heterogeneous networks. Managed the application of data and telecommunications hardware and software. Developed and executed plans for tactical data communications systems and database integration. •Planned, tested, and implemented hardware and software upgrades. •Created user accounts for all new users using Active Directory •Responsible for the management and support maintenance of all Marine Corps IT systems with other local and remote team members. •Assisted with the setup of network infrastructure during several operational exercises out in the field. •Created, implemented, and improved procedures, policies, and formats for purchase orders to improve proficiency of subordinates •Approved and arranged delivery of goods and services daily •Negotiated with commercial vendors, and other commodities, saving 15 percent sales totals •Prepared purchase orders or bid proposals and reviewed requisitions for goods and services •Accomplished 575 mission critical procurements through long hours for efficient operation of organization in preparation of Operation Iraqi Freedom Show less
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Education
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2009 - 2012
Mt. San Jacinto College
Associates, Computer Information Systems -
2012 - 2013
Computer Training Academy
Information Technology Systems Engineer, Information Technology -
2000 - 2001
Copernicus Computer Services
Microsoft Office Applications Certification -
2000 - 2001
Palomar College
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration -
1994 - 1996
Belmont High School
High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates -
2021 - 2023
The University of Arizona Global Campus
Bachelor of Science - BS, Information Technology
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