Michael Gatt
Woodbridge,VA
Summary
Detail-oriented, organized, and meticulous employee. Works at afast pace to meet tight deadlines. Enthusiastic team player ready to contribute to company success.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
DevSecOps Engineer
Asmr
05.2023 - Current
- Regularly execute PostgreSQL STIG assessments, ensuring alignment with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Cloud as Code (CaC) changes. Proactively re-run STIG evaluations in response to anticipated IaC/CaC modifications or AWS RDS database updates, selectively retaining existing findings for unchanged checks when applicable
- Conduct routine PostgreSQL STIG assessments, aligning with IaC/CaC changes. Re-run evaluations for expected alterations in IaC, CaC, or AWS RDS updates, selectively preserving existing findings when applicable.
- Improved system performance by identifying and resolving technical issues in a timely manner
- Optimized server efficiency through virtualization techniques and capacity planning
- Implemented IT infrastructure upgrades, ensuring minimal downtime during the transition process
- Analyzed system requirements, developing tailored solutions that met or exceeded client expectations
- Maintained up-to-date knowledge of emerging technologies, incorporating innovative solutions into existing systems when appropriate
Senior Consultant – User interface Group
Guidehouse
04.2022 - Current
- Design, integrate, and manage complex medium-to-large solutions over a full life cycle to aid clients with their goals and objectives Provide cost and risk analysis in support of client projects via direct reporting and engagement with internal and external stakeholders Ensure client understands policies, practices, and procedures while monitoring and assessing implementation for increased productivity and efficiency Deliver counterintelligence subject matter expertise in support of the financial management process for the Intelligence Community (IC) Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) Analyze financial business processes and workflows with the objective of improving effectiveness, efficiency, and utility Define and develop technical requirements and qualifications for implementation of new and/or improved business processes and workflows
Intelligence Liaison Officer
United States Navy
01.2016 - 04.2022
- Sanitized and disseminated 20 classified intelligence reports by skillfully coordinating the release of high value usable Unclassified for Official Use Only tear lines to local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies to combat threats
- Conducted cyber and information operations to provide cryptologic and related capabilities to fleet, joint, and national commanders
- Noted as a key contributor to counter terrorism threat analysis fusing 200 intelligence meetings into 66 daily highlighted reports for dissemination to senior leadership
- Led a team of 7 multi-service and civilian personnel in establishing and maintaining a cross domain multi-agency chat procedure improving cross- functional communication and collaboration
- Influential in personnel training and development; generated 1.9K worksheets enabling 96% testing rate across 2 cycles with 47% advancement rate across 12 commands.
Ships signals exploitation supervisor
United States Navy
09.2013 - 12.2015
- Served as supervisor over all aspects pertaining to Signals of Interest, competently managing collection, analyses, and the release and distribution of time- sensitive and daily reports
- Operated as an Assistant Command Security Manager overseeing personnel records and monitoring the Joint Personnel Adjudication System
- Employed knowledge attained through the expert analysis of Signals of Interest data to identify, locate, provide adequate warning to personnel and national level consumers regarding worldwide threats, and enhance tactical official situational awareness
- Proficiently performed tactical and strategic intelligence gathering, technical guidance, and information warfare support to surface, subsurface, air, and other combat units to maintain data dominance.
Operations Intelligence Analyst
United States Navy
12.2012 - 09.2013
- Complied comprehensive all-source global intelligence for Commanding Officer and other high-ranking officers for daily briefs Created informational presentations to update high-ranking officers regarding threats within designated AOR Assembled and analyzed multi-source operational intelligence surface, sub-surface, and air weapons in support of intelligences briefings, reporting, and analytical programs
Voice Processing Center Mission Manager
United States Navy
04.2012 - 12.2012
- Completed more than 300 critical RFls to support tactical planning and decision making in the Middle East Area of Responsibility Released time critical messages to tactical decision makers that led to the removal of over 75 hostile combatants Researched and analyzed data to make recommendation to government personnel about potential threats and persons of interest Executed a successful training program for 6 new personnel that resulted in a 15% increase in reporting output
- Provided real-time support to US and Coalition Forces resulting in the capture or elimination of Deleted high valued targets
- Coordinated and provided intelligence support to Special Forces teams in direct combat operations against anti-coalition forces.
SIGINT Geospatial Analyst
United States Navy
08.2010 - 04.2012
- Provided pivotal intelligence analyses and assistance to deployed unit Commanders and Special Operations teams and collaborated with other officers resulting in the rescue and release of multi-national personnel and a pirated vessel Conducted and supported Anti-piracy operations with forward deployed forces within 5th fleet ensuring safe passage of over 500 commercial vessels
- Provided SIGINT analytical support to special operations teams that lead to the rescue and release of over 500 multi-national personnel and the successful release of 50 captured vessels
- Provided 37 target packages to deployed unit commanders to ensure efficient cryptologic tasking in support of Anti-piracy operations within the Middle East and Persian Gulf
- Established a new training program for incoming analysts that led to the qualifications of 6 new analysts assisting with the creation of a new 24/7watchfloor.
Education
Master of Science - Cybersecurity Technology
University of Maryland University College
Adelphi, MD04.2025
Bachelor of Science in Computer Networks and Cybersecurity -
University of Maryland University College
Adelphi, MD12.2019
Skills
- Amazon Web Services AWS
- Cloud Development
- Infrastructure
- Linux OS
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Shell Scripting
- GitHub CI/CD
- S3
Featured Devops Projects
- Create Deployments Via Command Line with YAML Files, https://medium.com/@mikegatt76/kubernetes-creating-deployments-via-command-line-and-with-yaml-files-fc532b1bc073, Leveraged Kubernetes ConfigMaps and Secrets to store and manage application configuration data, sensitive credentials, or other metadata, using YAML files and kubectl commands, to achieve consistency and portability across environments.
- Deploying a Custom Nginx Image on Docker, https://medium.com/@mikegatt76/deploying-a-custom-nginx-image-on-docker-ca166d8c7a2c, Deployed the Docker container to a cluster of nodes using Docker Swarm or Kubernetes orchestration tools, ensuring high availability, scalability, and fault tolerance of the application.
- Create a Highly Available 3-Tier Architecture in AWS, https://medium.com/@mikegatt76/creating-a-highly-available-three-tier-architecture-in-aws-9888afbde509, Architected and deployed a highly available and fault-tolerant 3-Tier Architecture in AWS using native services such as Amazon EC2, Elastic Load Balancing, Amazon RDS, and Amazon VPC, ensuring minimal downtime and high performance for the static website.
- Deploy Kubernetes pods with a custom HTML on an NGINX web server, https://medium.com/@mikegatt76/deploy-kubernetes-pods-with-a-custom-html-on-an-nginx-web-server-4140588dd14c, Created a Kubernetes deployment manifest that defines a set of replica pods running an NGINX container with a custom HTML web page, configured as a Kubernetes service to expose the application to the internet or internal network.
- Custom Terraform Module for 3 Tier Architecture, Leveraged infrastructure as code to deploy a 3-tier cloud environment. Modules allowed for reusability of code across projects and teams in addition to making infrastructure configurations more manageable as code was broken down into smaller segments.
Professional Development Certifications
- Linux Professional Institute, 08/2022, LE-1: Linux Essentials, LPI000532341
- EC-Council, 07/2021-08/2024, Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), ECC8306127945
- SPLUNK, 08/2021-08/2024, Splunk Core Certified User
- COMPTIA, 06/2021-06/2024, Security+ CE
Certification
Security Plus
CEH
SPLUNK
Linux CE LPI
Timeline
DevSecOps Engineer
Asmr
05.2023 - Current
Senior Consultant – User interface Group
Guidehouse
04.2022 - Current
Intelligence Liaison Officer
United States Navy
01.2016 - 04.2022
Ships signals exploitation supervisor
United States Navy
09.2013 - 12.2015
Operations Intelligence Analyst
United States Navy
12.2012 - 09.2013
Voice Processing Center Mission Manager
United States Navy
04.2012 - 12.2012
SIGINT Geospatial Analyst
United States Navy
08.2010 - 04.2012
Master of Science - Cybersecurity Technology
University of Maryland University College
Bachelor of Science in Computer Networks and Cybersecurity -
University of Maryland University College
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