Diligent Engineer takes responsibility for ongoing projects and new endeavor planning. Provides deep technical knowledge and common-sense business acumen for initiatives. Committed to reaching business goals through technical management and impactful analyses.
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Solution Architecture/Engineer III
TistaTech
San Antonio, TX
09.2023 - Current
Providing AWS Cloud Dev Ops and Solution Architecture support for the Joint Operational Medical Information System (JOMIS).
Experience using Terraform to manage infrastructure as code for AWS environments. Utilized Terraform to automate the provisioning of EC2 instances, Elastic Load Balancers, and RDS databases, among other resources.
Experience with GitLab CI/CD pipelines for automating the deployment of infrastructure changes, enabling continuous delivery and deployment in a safe and repeatable fashion.
Perform engineering duties by supporting the configuration management, application installation on multiple platforms, and testing of software solutions in support of the medical readiness mission.
GS-2210-13 LEAD
Defense Health Agency (DHA)
San Antonio, TX
01.2020 - 09.2023
Served as an Solution Architect (SA) for the Engineering and Solution Architecture Branch
Performed duties as a senior SA supporting the Branch implementing applications and databases using cloud native services, and the monitoring of data storage and cloud management
Provided VISIO renderings of cloud architecture, network architecture, security architecture, and software & application in adherence to DoD & DHA enterprise and cyber policies
Technically support our customers from multiple information technology (IT) disciplines, allowing me to help in the planning, operations, maintenance, sustainment, and execution of projects in both testing and production environments
Responsible for resolving escalating issues for customers by working with the staff and Industry Partners to ensure support and customer satisfaction are the core values towards success.
GS-2210-13 LEAD
Defense Health Agency (DHA)
San Antonio, TX
11.2017 - 01.2020
Served as the Lead for Architecture Innovations Branch under Enterprise Architecture Division (EAD) leading groups of information technology specialists, composed of both federal employees and contract employees
Responsible for the planning, developing, and implementation of enterprise architecture policies and standard, analyzing and problem resolver, and issuer of recommendation
Responsible for reviewing and validating business and IT proposals submitted to the DHA Health IT for feasibility/compliance that would include developing Independent Government Cost Estimates (IGCE)
Represented the DHA EAD on various workgroups ensuring medical-unique capability requirements are captured and integrated into the overall Military Health System (MHS) and DoD plans.
GS-2210-13 Supervisor
Defense Health Agency
San Antonio, TX
10.2013 - 11.2017
Served as an Office Chief of Identity and Access Management under Engineering Design Branch supervising groups of information technology specialists, composed of both federal employees and contract employees
Responsible for researching of current and new emerging technologies, methodologies, defining engineering workflow processes, documenting engineering guides, workflow processes, comprehensive lifecycle management while interpreting technical requirements of integrated and stand-alone medical information systems and technologies employed throughout the DoD Medical Community
Those technologies include Microsoft Windows 2008/2012 R2 Domain Controllers, Active Directory roles, System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2012, DoD PKI/PKE and Less Than Medium Assurance (LTMA) capability, VMware, Citrix and Desktop as a Service (DaaS)
Responsible for architecture and enhancement of the identity and access management framework, that includes identity lifecycle management, access management and directory services
Accountable for the build out of the DHA PKI LTMA architecture, that will support the auto-issuance of DHA sub certificate authority (CA)
Experienced in handling and leading multiple projects and tasks, communicating with senior leadership and stakeholders, allocating resources, prioritizing, and scheduling.
GS-2210-13 Supervisor
US Army Medical Information Technology Center
San Antonio, TX
02.2010 - 10.2013
Served as the Branch Chief of Application Engineering under Core Technology Division overseeing the configuration and engineering efforts for Microsoft 2003 and 2008 Server Technologies such as Active Directory roles, GPOs, File Services, and Web Server
Responsible for ensuring the delivery of the Army Medical standard desktop image, both physical and virtual
Instrumental in the early adoption of virtual desktop solution with the use of Citrix technologies
Managed engineering teams that provided enterprise application such as System Configuration Operation Manager (SCOM), SCCM, PKI, Data at Rest (DAR) solutions, and security risk analysis
Responsible for maintaining a 5-million-dollar budget and payroll, conducting budget submissions, overseeing the performance of cost benefit analysis, as well as track the progress of programs day-to-day operation, and conduct periodic follow-ups to identify ways to improve performance with enhancements to future capabilities.
Application Security Engineer
Booz Allen Hamilton
San Antonio, TX
01.2006 - 01.2010
Security Engineer and project lead for the Air Force Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) System Program Office (SPO) with the use of PKI technology, provided customer service and Tier 3 support for information assurance and Public Key Engineering (PKE) related technical problems
Supported the integration of information assurance solutions and the architectural design of PKE, which sustained the networks with particular attention to detail, protocols, interfaces and system design
Analyzed and defined security requirements for local and wide area networks and computer systems
Designed, developed, engineered, and implemented solution that met network security requirements for the Air Force enterprise wide.
Network Engineer
Signal Solution Incorporated
Fort Huachuca, AZ
03.2004 - 01.2006
Implemented enterprise system support functions as an integral member of the 9th Army Operational Network Engineering group
Performed network analysis, system development cycles and concepts, information processing standards and methods to identify operational problems while evaluating alternative approaches and plan to provide a resolution to identified problems
Provided reviews and implementation of technical products and evaluated vendors’ capabilities in support of the Army’s Top Level Architecture (TLA) stack
Configured firewalls, switches, and routers; monitored network performance; analyzed network traffic patterns and performance metrics; and installed and tested network software fixes and upgrades for all the Army CONUS bases.
System Programmer
Wal-Mart Information System Division
Bentonville, AR
09.2001 - 09.2003
Maintained existing programs while designing efficient and effective new programs for Wal-Mart Accounts Payable system
Coded, tested, and debugged programs of moderate complexity
Proficient in coding in languages such as Easytrieve, C++, COBOL, MVS, DB2, SQL, IMS, and JCL
Supervisor
U.S. Navy
Norfolk, VA
07.1993 - 07.1999
Achieving the rank of Second-Class Petty Officer, responsible for the carrier intelligence photography lab onboard the USS George Washington (CVN73)
As a photographer I learned to work and lead in all elements, whether at sea or on land
Made sound decisions as a project manager, providing quality products used by Naval Intelligence Officers to assist in the identification of foreign objects
Tasked with enforcing the security protocols on the proper handling of classified materials and training of personnel.
Education
Master of Science - Information Security
Capella University
01.2008
Bachelor of Science - Computer Information Systems
Cameron University
01.2001
Skills
System Design
Design development
Root Cause Analysis
System Troubleshooting
Quality Control
Project Planning
Project Management
Programming Languages
Certification
AWS Practitioner, 01/2023, 1NLLE67K6MF4109N
ITIL Foundation Certification, 04/2013
Defense Acquisition University (DAU) Level III, 03/2013
SANS GIAC Security Leadership Certification (GSLC), 2011
CompTIA Security +, 2009, COMP001020051320
Clearance
Secret, Present, 06/2028
Top Secret, 1995, 2010
Training
HuachucaTistaTechBooz
Microsoft Server 2012 System Administrator Course, 2016
VMware vSphere Install/Configuration of 4.1, 2012
CISSP Training, 2010
Cisco Networking Academy for Network Associates and Fundamentals of UNIX and LINUX, 2004
United States Army School of Technology (74B20), 2000
Timeline
Solution Architecture/Engineer III
TistaTech
09.2023 - Current
GS-2210-13 LEAD
Defense Health Agency (DHA)
01.2020 - 09.2023
GS-2210-13 LEAD
Defense Health Agency (DHA)
11.2017 - 01.2020
GS-2210-13 Supervisor
Defense Health Agency
10.2013 - 11.2017
GS-2210-13 Supervisor
US Army Medical Information Technology Center
02.2010 - 10.2013
Application Security Engineer
Booz Allen Hamilton
01.2006 - 01.2010
Network Engineer
Signal Solution Incorporated
03.2004 - 01.2006
System Programmer
Wal-Mart Information System Division
09.2001 - 09.2003
Supervisor
U.S. Navy
07.1993 - 07.1999
Master of Science - Information Security
Capella University
Bachelor of Science - Computer Information Systems