JAMES CRUZ HOOVER
Oceanside,CA
Summary
Dynamic Data Systems Administrator with a proven track record at 1st Marine Division, excelling in Active Directory management and vulnerability assessments. Adept at enhancing operational efficiency and ensuring compliance, I bring strong incident response skills and a commitment to supporting personnel during deployments. Passionate about leveraging technology to empower teams and drive mission success.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Data Systems Administrator / Helpdesk Technician
1st Marine Division, Division Network Operation Center
Camp Pendleton, United States
01.2024 - Current
- Company Overview: At the division network operation center (DNOC) supports the entire base of Camp Pendleton that falls under 1st marine headquarters with more than 17,000 active-duty marines across all echelons
- Support subordinate echelons with connecting to servers from remote locations
- Provide internet, phone and chat services for more than 10,000 personnel
- Create and modify user and administrator accounts via Active Directory users & computers
- Add phones and Video teleconferencing devices via cisco call manager
- Provide network scans and check for vulnerabilities that may compromise the security of the 1st marine division domain
- Patch and follow security technical implementation guidelines to computers, servers, and switches to ensure defense information systems agency (DISA) compliance is met
- At the division network operation center (DNOC) supports the entire base of Camp Pendleton that falls under 1st marine headquarters with more than 17,000 active-duty marines across all echelons
Data Systems Administrator / Helpdesk Technician
1st Marine Division Headquarters battalion communications company
Camp Pendleton, United States
04.2021 - 01.2024
- Company Overview: In supporting the 1st Marine headquarters in overseas operations and on Camp Pendleton along with accounting for equipment such as (hard drives, servers, computer workstations, wide area network service modules, application service modules, TacLanemicro KG175 & KG250XS, cisco routers and switches, joint light tactical vehicles and communication Humvee's) with total gear amounting to over $50,000,000 that Communication Company (Comm-Co) Systems and Networking group owns
- In Support of Comm-CO reimaged over 350 Computer workstations
- Inventory and tracked over 500 secret hard drives and solid-state drives
- Documented and Transferred gear between other echelons
- In supporting the 1st Marine headquarters in overseas operations and on Camp Pendleton along with accounting for equipment such as (hard drives, servers, computer workstations, wide area network service modules, application service modules, TacLanemicro KG175 & KG250XS, cisco routers and switches, joint light tactical vehicles and communication Humvee's) with total gear amounting to over $50,000,000 that Communication Company (Comm-Co) Systems and Networking group owns
Education
Basic California high school education system -
Sweetwater unified high school
California06.2020
Some College (No Degree) - Information Technology
Marine Corps Communication Electronics School
Palm Springs, CASkills
- Active DOD secret clearance
- Active directory management
- Vulnerability assessment understanding
- Disaster recovery procedures
- Database administration
- Shell scripting in order to produce documentation and reports
- Perpetration for personnel preparing for OCNUS and CONUS deployments
- End-user support for OCONUS and CONUS
- Incident response procedures
- Server repair and maintenance
- Individual diagrams of sites and documentation of deployed equipment for operations
- ACAS operator and administrator (DISA)
- ACAS installation and supervisor (DISA)
Mobile Cell
(619) 451-2232
Communication Skills
Strong written and verbal communication abilities, including effective communication with both senior position staff and customers in person and via telephone. Furthermore, demonstrating the ability to simplify complex situations into easy-to-understand formats for said individuals or higher staff.
Certification
- ACAS Installation and Administration Course AA255001 – January 27-31, 2025
- ACAS Operator and Supervisor Course Session: AV24029 September 30 - October 3, 2024
Languages
English
Native/ Bilingual
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Data Systems Administrator / Helpdesk Technician
1st Marine Division, Division Network Operation Center
01.2024 - Current
Data Systems Administrator / Helpdesk Technician
1st Marine Division Headquarters battalion communications company
04.2021 - 01.2024
- ACAS Installation and Administration Course AA255001 – January 27-31, 2025
- ACAS Operator and Supervisor Course Session: AV24029 September 30 - October 3, 2024
Basic California high school education system -
Sweetwater unified high school
Some College (No Degree) - Information Technology
Marine Corps Communication Electronics School
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