Justin Vining
Melbourne,FL
Summary
Experienced problem solver and solution architect with designing and implementing solutions for federal and Department of Defense Coordinates with other technical experts and industry partners to take best practices and adapt and apply to develop complete data environments. Additional experience with developing edge solutions for deploying containerized solutions to Kubernetes clusters in intermittent and disconnected environments. Ready to bring several years in the field and pursue a new professional challenge.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Group Lead Solutions Architect and Lead Data Strategist
United States Air Force
08.2021 - 06.2024
- Leads Data Strategy for 900-member organization, developing tools, processes, and rules for fusing millions of data points into an object-based production environment
- Developed requirements and secured funding for tool development and cloud-based solutions
- Manages Agile development requirements for purpose-built ISR tool
- Writes requirements for cloud and edge architecture proposals
- Innovates by fusing new and existing solutions into a comprehensive cloud-based data ecosystem
- Created a comprehensive data environment that allowed millions of updates to be applied to thousands of objects that were streamed to over 10000 customers
- Represented Group at over 20 conferences and working group to strategically communicate needs and requirements, resulting in the successful fusion of DOD and Air Force requirements across over 15 ISR tools
- Integrated AI/ML solutions into intelligence workflows.
Air Force Education with Industry Fellow - Mission Acceleration Team AWS
Amazon
08.2020 - 07.2021
- Industry partner program for the Air Force
- Studied cloud solutions architecture to identify and develop solutions for federal use cases
- Liaised with AWS Professional Services to create exquisite solutions to solve data problems
- Evaluated partner AI/ML solutions to modify to new use cases and accelerate federal adoption.
Assistant Flight Chief/Air Force Technical Operations Center Mission Manager
United States Air Force
10.2018 - 07.2020
- Managed 24/7 operations floor to ensure prompt reporting of any nuclear events to national command authorities while maintaining after-hours security for secure building and associated Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities.
Satellite Data Analyst
United States Air Force
10.2017 - 10.2018
- Performed nuclear treaty monitoring mission by monitoring and analyzing data from GPS and DSP satellites.
Scientific Applications Specialist Student
United States Air Force
04.2017 - 10.2017
Senior Weapons and Tactics Analyst
United States Air Force
04.2015 - 04.2017
- Subject Matter Expert and program manager in USAF Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance operations and weapons systems
- Integrated AI/ML solutions into ISR workflows.
Education
BAS - Information Warfare
University of Arizona
05-2024
AAS - Scientific Analysis Technology
Community College of The Air Force
07-2019
AAS - Intelligence Applications Studies
Community College of The Air Force
06-2019
Chinese Mandarin
Defense Language Institute
12-2012
Skills
- Cloud Computing
- Top Secret/SCI Eligible
- Solution Architecture
- Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
- Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)
- Federal Proposal Development
- Project Management Skills
- Problem Solving
- Object Based Production
- Effective Communication
- Systems Architecture
- Data Analytics Expertise
- Data Analysis Proficiency
- Standards Compliance
- Analytical Abilities
- Leadership and Management
- Signals Intelligence (SIGINT)
- Strategic Operational Planning
- Military Defense Experience
- Kibana
- Computer Networking
- Agile Project Management
- Governance of Data
- Data Collection Methods
- Proficiency in MS Office Suite
- Kubernetes
Certification
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Training
- 2022, Non-Commissioned Officer Academy Distinguished Graduate
- 2021, AFIT Education with Industry Graduate
- 2015, Air Force Distributed Common Ground System (AF DCGS) Instructor
Awards
- Lead for Air Combat Command Analytic Team of the Year 2023
- Meritorious Service Medal 2024
- Air Force Commendation Medal, 2017,2020
- Air Force Achievement Medal 2021
- Other Military Awards and recognition
References
- Louis Halbert - Principal Technical Business Development Lead, National Security at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Others available upon request. NSA Pre-Publication Review ID: 2019-07868
Timeline
Group Lead Solutions Architect and Lead Data Strategist
United States Air Force
08.2021 - 06.2024
Air Force Education with Industry Fellow - Mission Acceleration Team AWS
Amazon
08.2020 - 07.2021
Assistant Flight Chief/Air Force Technical Operations Center Mission Manager
United States Air Force
10.2018 - 07.2020
Satellite Data Analyst
United States Air Force
10.2017 - 10.2018
Scientific Applications Specialist Student
United States Air Force
04.2017 - 10.2017
Senior Weapons and Tactics Analyst
United States Air Force
04.2015 - 04.2017
BAS - Information Warfare
University of Arizona
AAS - Scientific Analysis Technology
Community College of The Air Force
AAS - Intelligence Applications Studies
Community College of The Air Force
Chinese Mandarin
Defense Language Institute
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
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