Nicole Beverly
Winchester
Summary
Transportation Security Specialist with the Department of Homeland Security, skilled in incident analysis and risk assessment. Detail-oriented communicator adept at synthesizing complex data to inform decision-making and enhance operational readiness. Proven ability to leverage open-source intelligence for threat characterization, ensuring compliance with security policies.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Transportation Security Specialist - Flight Operations Division
Department of Homeland Security - Transportation Security Administration
Herndon
01.2023 - Current
- I ensure I stay familiar with TSA airport operations and applicable TSA security policies and procedures, watch floor operational policy, procedures, directives, SOPs, quick reference checklists, and event specific checklists to ensure compliance with applicable agency authorities and mission goals and objectives.
- Collected data on transportation security incidents, integrating operational information from stakeholders with real-time open-source intelligence to inform risk/threat assessments.
- Communicated with management to provide characterization inputs on potential/emerging threats, enabling TSOC leadership to conduct timely and accurate threat assessments.
- I ask well informed questions related to reported multi-modal security incidents, analyze potential outcomes, and acquire data and information relevant to senior decision makers.
- I maintain accurate and cogent accumulation of information related to reported security events.
- Analyzes the characterizations of the training events to make recommendations for internal resource deployment and overall understanding of pertinent guidance material and nature of events.
Real-Time Analytic Platform for Incident Deterrence (RAPID) Data Analyst - Transportation Security Specialist
Department of Homeland Security - Transportation Security Administration
Herndon
06.2025 - 10.2025
- Analyzed incoming notifications on RAPID Dashboard from TSA data sources to identify geographic trends, related subjects, and potential correlated incidents from PARIS, WebEOC, TISS, KST Log, and TSS-E Log.
- Briefed identified incident correlations to Command Duty Officers for assessment on real-time information sharing with TSA components.
- Performed analytics of indices checks in WebEOC and PARIS for real-time incident reporting to TSOC Watch Floor.
- I monitored the RAPID inbox for data requests that require RAPID system analytics involvement. The data requests were from: FOIA, Congressional Inquiries, TSA Front Office requests, Airport Snapshots for ADM travel, Internal TSA offices, TSOC Leadership.
- This is a Detail
Transportation Security Specialist - Aviation Program Branch Watch Officer
Department of Homeland Security - Transportation Security Administration
Herndon
02.2022 - 01.2023
- As a Transportation Security Specialist, I served on the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Freedom Center watch floor in support of the Federal Flight Deck Officer (FFDO) program under the Aviation Programs Branch (APB) Law Enforcement/Federal Air Marshal Service (LE/FAMS) to ensure mission readiness for exigent or emergency operations.
- Duties include, but are not limited to the following: Ensuring decision makers are timely apprised of relevant security and current/emerging threat related information using a variety of communication tools.
- Demonstrating strong knowledge of APB and Watch floor operational policies and procedures, standard operating procedures, and quick reference checklists to ensure compliance with agency authorities and mission goals and objectives to include risk-based security initiatives and practices.
- Planning, coordinating and executing research techniques to gather open-source information in multi-modal security incidents to include social media monitoring and mining, Internet research, and database queries demonstrating written communication skills to document and produce technical documentation and analysis of complex threat assessment.
- This is a federal job
- Supervisor: Section Chief William Strittmatter (571-439-5096)
- Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes
Education
High school diploma or equivalent -
Weequahic High School
Newark, NJ, United States06-2000
Some college - Surgical Technology
City College
Fort Lauderdale, FL, United StatesSome college - Nursing
Keiser University
West Palm Beach, FL, United StatesSome college - Computer Engineering
Essex County College
Newark, NJ, United StatesSkills
- Incident analysis
- Risk assessment
- Threat characterization
- Security policy compliance
- Open-source intelligence
- Data interpretation
- Completed Aviation Assessment
- Completed Communication Assessment
- Completed Surface Assessment
- Detail orientation
Additional Information
On The Spot Award, 2005, TSA, For finding dangerous/illegal items, Extra Mile Award, 2010, TSA, For going above and beyond daily duties, Employee of the Year, 2015, TSA, Selected for dedication and commitment to the mission at Palm Beach International Airport., Be My Eyes, 2019-Present, St. Lucie Medical - Surgery Center, 2016-2018
Languages
English, Advanced, Advanced, Advanced
References
- Damian Small, Citrix Systems Inc., Software Engineering Manager, 954-465-1625, ramon.small@gmail.com
- Darrell Brooks, Transportation Security Administration, Transportation Security Manager, 561-420-9185, Darrell.Brooks@tsa.dhs.gov
- Tiarah Flores, Customs and Borders Protection, Management and Program Analyst, tiarah.flores@cbp.dhs.gov
Availability
Permanent, Detail, Telework, Full-time
Job Related Training
- Extremely proficient in all facets of Microsoft Windows and Office, as well as most popular software titles.
- Working knowledge of Adobe Premier Elements 10 and 12, as well as Photoshop.
- Received training in Micro Expression Training Tool (METT) and Subtle Expression Training Tool (SETT).
- Type at 60 wpm.
- Cybersecurity Foundations for Executive Leaders Training.
Timeline
Real-Time Analytic Platform for Incident Deterrence (RAPID) Data Analyst - Transportation Security Specialist
Department of Homeland Security - Transportation Security Administration
06.2025 - 10.2025
Transportation Security Specialist - Flight Operations Division
Department of Homeland Security - Transportation Security Administration
01.2023 - Current
Transportation Security Specialist - Aviation Program Branch Watch Officer
Department of Homeland Security - Transportation Security Administration
02.2022 - 01.2023
High school diploma or equivalent -
Weequahic High School
Some college - Surgical Technology
City College
Some college - Nursing
Keiser University
Some college - Computer Engineering
Essex County College