Simone Young

• Perform end-to-end functional testing for Oracle Utilities C2m, validating customer workflows, billing usage calculations, meter data, and field activities.
• Create, execute, and maintain test cases and scripts in qTest based on C2m functional requirements, configuration updates, and business rules.
• Conduct SIT and UAT testing, and document expected vs. actual results, and collaboration with functional teams and leads, to clarify requirements and system behaviors.
• Use JIRA to log, track, prioritize, and retest defects.
• Document test scenarios, requirements clarifications, and functional notes in Confluence, maintaining clear QA traceability for ongoing releases.
• Collaborate with business SMEs, developers, and functional consultants to identify gaps, clarify system rules, and ensure C2m delivers expected functional outcomes.

• Lead multiple cybersecurity and technology projects from initiation through deployment, ensuring alignment with business objectives, security standards, and compliance requirements. Coordinate cross-functional teams, including technical and functional stakeholders, to design, build, and implement endpoint and network access controls.
• Oversee remediation activities, track project progress, and ensure effective communication of project impacts to leadership and stakeholders.
• Develop and manage project plans, timelines, and deliverables, leveraging Agile and Waterfall methodologies as appropriate.
• Facilitate stakeholder meetings to gather requirements, resolve roadblocks, and track actions to completion.
• Ensure project documentation, risk tracking, and status reports are maintained to support governance and compliance standards.

Key Achievements:

• Orchestrating the successful deployment of enhanced process controls, improving security posture and compliance readiness.
• Implemented metric tracking to monitor endpoint security improvements and reduce remediation timelines.

• Conducted comprehensive security assessments to evaluate vulnerabilities, ensure adherence to the Risk Management Framework (RMF), and facilitate successful Authorization to Operate (ATO) for federal systems.
• Led the implementation of the Risk Management Framework (RMF) process, ensuring compliance with NIST SP 800-37, FISMA requirements, and federal security standards across multiple systems.
• Prepared and maintained essential security documentation, including System Security Plans (SSP) and Security Assessment Reports (SAR).
• Spearheaded continuous monitoring efforts, reducing system downtime by 80% through process optimization.
• Collaborated with federal and contract staff to establish governance practices for system categorizations and security control implementations.
• Assisted in conducting risk and vulnerability assessments of planned and installed information systems to identify vulnerability, risks and protection needs of activities.
• Tracked and addressed Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms) to address residual risks and improve overall security posture.
• Prepared audit deliverables, ensuring compliance with FISMA and federal security standards.

Key Achievements:

• Successfully secured ATO approval for two federal systems, ensuring operational readiness.
• Developed proposals for new security systems, enabling enhanced capabilities and compliance.

• Supported security compliance efforts by monitoring access controls, reviewing system vulnerabilities, and assisting with risk assessments to meet federal security standards.
• Evaluated technologies to assess confidentiality and privacy risks, providing actionable recommendations to mitigate vulnerabilities.
• Responded to privacy incidents and proposed preventive measures to enhance organizational security.
• Tracked and followed up on remediation activities, aligning with regulatory standards and program objectives.
• Supported governance efforts by contributing to program assessments, and creating reports on emerging risks.

• Directed enterprise-wide resource allocation for 4,000+ personnel, enabling seamless execution of 50+ high-impact projects, including IT upgrades and cybersecurity implementations.
• Developed real-time dashboards using Power Tool and Excel, offering insights into resource utilization, project progress, and operational performance.
• Reduced project turnaround times by 95% through workflow automation, process standardization, and enhanced efficiency initiatives.
• Defined governance practices by establishing standardized workflows and managing program-level oversight to ensure compliance and operational excellence.

Key Achievements:

• Achieved a 97% pass rate on internal/external audits by reconciling and uploading data entries accurately, which ensured operational compliance, enhanced client trust, and minimized audit-related disruptions to workflows.
• Spearheaded compliance efforts, improving sector compliance rates by 60%.
• Established monthly roles for 30 vendor resources using the sector's project and role management staffing tool.