ALICIA BRADBURY
Arlington,VA
Summary
Resourceful Senior Non-Commisioned Officer with a knack for completing tasks efficiently and productively. Specialize in strategic planning, conflict resolution, and risk management, ensuring smooth operations and safety protocols are always followed. Excel in leadership, communication, and problem-solving, bringing value to teams by fostering collaboration and driving positive outcomes.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Continuity Communications Non-Commissioned Officer
National Guard Bureau
Arlington, VA
07.2019 - 08.2024
- Supported a wide range of communication systems for the Office of the Chief during national emergenciesDelivering continuous communications in a fast-paced, high-level, multi-agency, dynamic environment. Thriving in high-stress situations while maintaining optimal productivity
- Executed development of the Continuity Communications Plan for the National Guard's Emergency Relocation Group, resulting in the ability for continuous communications during Natural or Man-made Disasters, requiring swift relocation, and unforeseen degradation of network communications.
- Developed and implemented a comprehensive continuity communication plan for all 54 States and territories, ensuring seamless coordination nationwide across over 100 units and personnel.
Communications Chief
213th Regional Support Group
Fort Indiantown Gap, PA
05.2017 - 07.2019
- Served as Communications Chief for the 228th Transportation Battalion, overseeing communication systems and strategies for five companies and over 700 personnel. Ensured battalion-wide efficiency through comprehensive planning, training, and implementation.
- Responsibilities included coordinating, planning, and directing mission-related networks and information systems as well as managing the operation of the tactical network to ensure information system availability. Coordinating and managing spectrum management operations and COMSEC within the Regional Support Group. Recommending training locations, based on operational requirements and the current information environment. Delivering operational and technical assistance to over 700 communications customers through provision of support to assigned and attached units.
- Enabled knowledge management by providing network architecture and the tools necessary to support knowledge managment for the 213th RSG.
Communications Chief
2-104th Cavalry Squadron
Reading, PA, PA
11.2015 - 05.2017
- Served as the Squadron Communications Chief for a Stryker Cavalry Squadron coordinating communications support to of five Troops, over 800 Soldiers and 65 eight wheeled armored fighting vehicles (Stryker)
- Project lead for life cycle replacement of Squadron Joint Battle Command-Platform (JBC-P)/ Joint Capabilities Release (JCR). Responsible for coordinating purchase, installation, and ensuring functionality of systems. As well training all troop level users on new equipment
- Coordinated Squadron voice and data communications via the WIN-T network (Routers, Switches, Modems, COMSEC, PBX, Cisco Call Manager) in support of several training exercises, including one Exportable Combat Training Capability Rotation XCTC, and two War fighter Operations
- Coordinated COMSEC distribution and management, Spectrum Management including frequency allocation across several states, and troubleshooting of the FM (SINCGARS, ASIP radios), High Frequencies (HF) radios, and IP Based LAN Networks.
System Administrator II
CACI
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
04.2015 - 11.2015
- Department of Defense contractor, responsible for support, delivery and operation of business solutions in an Enterprise environment
- Implemented, integrated, and supported customer infrastructure with technical applications and related vendor software/hardware
- Deployed, supported application development cycle
- Maintaining routers, firewalls, switches and VLANs
- Virtualization/consolidation of an information technology environment
- Managing Storage Area Networks (SAN), developing and administer disaster recovery solutions
- Responsible for monitoring and sustaining web servers
- As well as observing and preserving database servers and administration of Windows OS.
Senior Information Systems Integrator
173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team
Vicenza, Italy
08.2013 - 08.2015
- Served as the Information System Integrator for the most forward deployed Airborne brigade in the Army
- Responsible for total combat readiness of non-tactical and tactical automation systems for all local brigade networks, tactical forests and associated automation equipment
- Ensured network, system and data availability and integrity through preventative maintenance and upgrades
- Implemented company policies, technical procedures and standards for preserving the integrity and security of data, reports and access
- Served as part of a Army Contingency Reaction Force (ACRF), ensuring that all Mission Command Systems (MCS) remained in constant state of ready, for forward deployment to various locations throughout the European theater
- Created and maintained standard operating procedures for Mission Command and Control Systems, which defined the configuration and execution of the tactical server suite
- Managed a Tier II brigade level help desk
- Trained, coached and mentored seven Soldiers on help desk policies and procedures, increasing the overall productivity.
Information Technology Team Chief
Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade Combat Team
Schofield Barracks, HI
02.2010 - 08.2014
- Forward deployed to Afghanistan, responsible for supervising, managing and installing voice and data communications in support of the brigade staff and six subordinate battalions, each consisting of a battalion staff and 600 personnel
- Ensuring constant availability and integrity of communications from Brigade level leadership to troop Commanders located throughout the Brigade area of Operations
- Played a key role in configuring and managing Battle Command Common Services servers in support of multiple tactical training exercises, facilitating over 1000 users
- Coordinated the installation of secret network services in six battalion headquarters, granting the brigade a critical coordination platform for deployment
- Provided continued maintenance and development of bug fixes and IAVA patch sets and Retina scans for existing web applications.
Senior Information Systems Specialist
114th Signal Battalion
Fort Detrick, Maryland
11.2007 - 02.2010
- Supervised deployment, installation, operation and direct unit-level maintenance of multiple information processing systems for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Raven Rock Mountain Complex
- Implemented company policies, technical procedures and standards for preserving the integrity and security of data, reports and access
- Consistently met deadlines and requirements for all production work orders
- Recommended network security standards to management
- Trained junior members of IT team regarding network security and troubleshooting of data circuits
- Managed firewall, network monitoring and server monitoring both on- and off-site
- Ensured network, system and data availability and integrity through preventative maintenance and upgrades.
Education
Bachelors of Science - National Security Studies
Liberty University
06.2024
Disaster Recover International (CBCP)
08.2021
Regional Training Center
05.2018
Signal Center of Excellence
08.2017
Living Works
07.2015
CompTIA
04.2015
US ARMY Combined Arms Center
02.2014
Signal Center Of Excellence
12.2012
Ft. Huachuca
05.2011
Army Signal School
12.2008
Skills
- Emergency Response Coordination
- Disaster Recovery
- Contingency Planning
- Business continuity planning
- Disaster Recovery Planning
- Cisco wireless routers and switches
- Server and System Administration
- Network Administration
- System Administration
- Service Desk Team Management
- Microsoft Office expertise
- Direct server support
- Microsoft SQL Server 2016
- Technical solution development
- Technical Support
- Incident Management
- Active Directory
- Vendor coordination
Awardsanddecorations
- Joint Service Commendation Medal
- Army Commendation Medal 5th Award
- Army Achievement Medal with 10th Award
- NATO Medal
- Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Ribbon
- Army Parachutist Badge
- Army Air Assault Badge
- Afghanistan Campaign Medal with 2 campaign stars
- Iraq Campaign Medal with campaign star
- Korea Defense Service Medal
- Italian Army Foreign Parachutist Badge
Timeline
Continuity Communications Non-Commissioned Officer
National Guard Bureau
07.2019 - 08.2024
Communications Chief
213th Regional Support Group
05.2017 - 07.2019
Communications Chief
2-104th Cavalry Squadron
11.2015 - 05.2017
System Administrator II
CACI
04.2015 - 11.2015
Senior Information Systems Integrator
173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team
08.2013 - 08.2015
Information Technology Team Chief
Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade Combat Team
02.2010 - 08.2014
Senior Information Systems Specialist
114th Signal Battalion
11.2007 - 02.2010
Bachelors of Science - National Security Studies
Liberty University
Disaster Recover International (CBCP)
Regional Training Center
Signal Center of Excellence
Living Works
CompTIA
US ARMY Combined Arms Center
Signal Center Of Excellence
Ft. Huachuca
Army Signal School
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