Ndubuisi Okafor
Summary
Industrious Senior Consultant with excellent critical thinking and team-building talents. Familiar with the policies and procedures of product development and operations. Enthusiastic and highly motivated Front-End Software Engineer with proven leadership capabilities. Eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail, and excellent organizational skills. Motivated to learn, grow, and excel in the Information Technology field.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
SENIOR CONSULTANT–DEVOPS ENGINEER
Booz Allen Hamilton
07.2022 - Current
- Conducting training programs to onboard new team members, imparting essential DevOps practices, tools, and methodologies
- Produced detailed and visually appealing weekly reports that summarized the ticket resolution performance of the DevOps engineers
- Implementing and maintaining continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to facilitate automated and efficient software delivery with tools like Jenkins and GitLab
- Troubleshooted and resolved issues related to CI/CD pipeline failures and daily use of DevOps tools
- (i.e
- AWS, Jenkins, GitLab, SonarQube, Artifactory, and Keycloak)
- Administers and develops software team solutions on Atlassian tools (i.e
- Jira and Confluence)
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to foster effective communication and coordination
- Created and maintained technical documentation, including system architecture diagrams and deployment procedures
- Work within an Agile and Kanban version-controlled environment and associated policies and best practices.
- Prioritized projects and project tasks depending upon key milestones and deadline dates.
OPERATIONS MANAGER
PFTSports
02.2012 - 10.2023
- Implemented policies and standard operating procedures for continuous improvement
- Directed day-to-day operations focused on attainment of key business metrics, continuous improvement initiatives of the facility.
PERSONNEL SECURITY SPECIALIST
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing
10.2021 - 07.2022
- Serve primarily as part of a team of Personnel Security Specialists conducting background investigations for federal public trust and national security positions on federal applicants and federal contractors who perform work on behalf of the federal government
- Conducting special investigations pertaining to employee and contractor misconduct investigations; periodic reinvestigation of federal employees and contractors
- Conducting security and suitability adjudications of all reports of investigation for an employee or contractor access to or continued access to the BEP.
INDEPENDENT BACKGROUND INVESTIGATOR
Omin Consulting Agency
04.2021 - 10.2021
- Conduct thorough background investigations on individuals to determine their suitability for obtaining or maintaining a security clearance
- This involves interviewing subjects, references, and associates, as well as reviewing various records and documents
- Prepare comprehensive investigative reports summarizing the findings of the background investigation
- These reports are used by the DCSA to make determinations about an individual's eligibility for a security clearance.
PERSONNEL SECURITY SPECIALIST
Projex Plus Solutions
10.2020 - 03.2021
- Assisting Human Resource Management Division with Badging, Urinalysis and Fingerprint process of BOP employees and BOP contractual employees
- Inputting and verifying of personnel security information into agency security databases like eQip and JPAS
- Managing Bureau of Prison's contractor list and filing system.
PERSONNEL SECURITY ASSISTANT
Anasec Inc. - Contracted To CBP
10.2019 - 10.2020
- Working knowledge of JPAS verifying individual's secret clearance status, Case Adjudication Tracking Systems CATS, Electronic Questionnaire for Investigation Processing, ISMS, and (PIPS) personnel security applications/ systems
- Initiates, reviews, and releases e-QIP in the approval or rejection of cases based on the requirements set by OPM and CBP guidelines.
Background Investigator
General Dynamics Information Technology
04.2018 - 09.2019
- Conduct background investigations on U.S
- Citizens for the purpose of determining their suitability to access sensitive or classified U.S Government information
- Handling and safeguarding classified information in and out of the field of work on the OPM/NBIB Contract
- Serves as a Field Trainer and provides one-on-one individualized assistance to investigators
- Provides advice and guidance to investigators regarding investigative and formatting requirements in addition to reviewing reports of investigation for accuracy.
Background Investigator
KeyPoint Government Solutions Inc.
02.2017 - 03.2018
- Conduct background investigations on U.S
- Citizens for the purpose of determining their suitability to access sensitive or classified U.S Government information
- Performs record searches at police agencies, courthouses, educational/financial institutions and medical/mental health facilities.
Transportation Security Officer
Transportation Security Administration
03.2016 - 02.2017
- Engaging in continuous development of critical thinking skills, necessary to mitigate actual and potential security threats, by identifying, evaluating, and applying appropriate situational options and approaches
- Retaining and implementing knowledge of all applicable Standard Operating Procedures, demonstrating responsible and dependable behavior, and is open to change and adapts to new information or unexpected obstacles.
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT REPRESENTATIVE
Department Of Youth Rehabilitation Services
01.2013 - 06.2014
- Provides supervision and security of emotionally disturbed, at-risk, detained and committed youth
- Conducts daily psycho-educational groups addressing social skills, independent living skills, mental health, conflict resolution, coping skills, and problem solving.
Education
Bachelors of arts - Political Science And Government
Cheyney University Of Pennsylvania
Cheyney, PA05.2008
Skills
- System Diagnostics
- Performance Benchmarking
- Software Management
- Business Analysis
- Front-End Development
- Web Technologies (HTML)
- Responsive Design
- UI/UX Design Principles
- Version Control (Git)
- Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)
- Agile and Kanban Methodologies
- Technical Documentation
Certification
- 08/2023, Comptia - Security +
- 08/2023, AWS – Solutions Architect
Clearance
Active TS/SCI CI Poly Clearance
References
Amy Baynard, 5712942928, Former Supervisor GDIT
Tennille Smith, 9194237371, Former Supervisor BOP
Dominique Lassiter, 2406912261, Former Co-worker
Antoine Piper, 2024860996
Willie Blakney, 2022888359
Timeline
SENIOR CONSULTANT–DEVOPS ENGINEER
Booz Allen Hamilton
07.2022 - Current
PERSONNEL SECURITY SPECIALIST
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing
10.2021 - 07.2022
INDEPENDENT BACKGROUND INVESTIGATOR
Omin Consulting Agency
04.2021 - 10.2021
PERSONNEL SECURITY SPECIALIST
Projex Plus Solutions
10.2020 - 03.2021
PERSONNEL SECURITY ASSISTANT
Anasec Inc. - Contracted To CBP
10.2019 - 10.2020
Background Investigator
General Dynamics Information Technology
04.2018 - 09.2019
Background Investigator
KeyPoint Government Solutions Inc.
02.2017 - 03.2018
Transportation Security Officer
Transportation Security Administration
03.2016 - 02.2017
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT REPRESENTATIVE
Department Of Youth Rehabilitation Services
01.2013 - 06.2014
OPERATIONS MANAGER
PFTSports
02.2012 - 10.2023
Bachelors of arts - Political Science And Government
Cheyney University Of Pennsylvania
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