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Dumfries, VA EMAIL AVAILABLE PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLE
SUMMARY
Experienced Certified SAFe 6 Practice Consultant (SPC) and Agile Coach/Scrum Master with 10
years of experience in Agile and Engineering. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams to
successful outcomes. Specialist in Agile methodology and experienced in all aspects of Agile program
and project management, including planning, executing, and monitoring progress.
CERTIFICATIONS
Certified SAFe 6 Practice Consultant (SPC) - Scaled Agile, Inc. 2023
Certified Agile Coach ICP-ACC 2022
Certified SAFe Scrum Master - Scaled Agile, Inc. 2021
Certified SAFe 5 Practitioner - Scaled Agile, Inc. 2021
Certified Product Owner - Scrum Alliance 2013
Certified Scrum Master - Scrum Alliance 2013
AWS Associate Solutions Architect Amazon 2018
AWS Associate Solutions Developer Amazon 2019
Microsoft Azure Administrator Microsoft 2018
EXPERIENCE
Agile Coach/Sr. Scrum Master (Cloud Team) December 2023 - Current
Sev1Tech
Guide Agile teams in a fast-paced environment, facilitating sprint planning, backlog refinement, and daily stand-ups.
Work directly with teams to instill Agile practices, offering mentorship and support.
Implement Agile metrics and tracking mechanisms to monitor team performance, enabling data-driven decision making and
process improvements.
Provide Agile training and workshops for teams and stakeholders to build knowledge and understanding.
Create educational materials and resources to support Agile adoption.
Serve as the Agile Scrum delivery team s primary contact for information, work prioritization, and decision making.
Act as an advocate for Agile values and principles across the DHS CISA organization.
Work closely with product owners and stakeholders to ensure alignment on goals and expectations.
Coach product owners on effective prioritization techniques, resulting in increased customer satisfaction and improved
product delivery.
Coach and enable Agile teams throughout the organization and acts as a proponent of Agile Values.
Fill Agile roles such as Scrum Master as needed and trains others on how to perform those duties.
Actively identify areas of improvement and conceptualizes methods on how to be more effective.
Agile Program Manager
Big Bear AI August 2020 November 2023
Designed and implemented training and coaching programs to teach team members about Agile principles, practices, and
tools to include JIRA and Confluence.
Promoted the adoption of Agile methodologies across teams.
Lead the building of cross-functional Agile project teams to deliver strategic initiatives.
Facilitated all team discussions related to defining project scopes and deliverable dates.
Designed a detailed, step-by-step plan to transform the organization's current practices to Agile methodology.
Communicated the need for change, the benefits of Agile, and the details of the transformation process to all stakeholders.
Tracked progress of the transformation, including the adoption of Agile practices, the performance of Agile teams, and the delivery
of business value. Used these metrics to adjust the transformation plan as needed.
Gathered and analyzed program-level metrics such as velocity, throughput, and cycle time.
Provided regular reports to leadership and stakeholders on program status.
Coordinated with third-party vendors working with Engineering teams.
Monitored vendor compliance with contract terms and manage contract renewals.
Senior Technical Project Manager/Scrum Master October 2018 - August 2020
Axiologic Solutions, LLC
Worked with multiple teams and management to structure organization to benefit from adopting Agile development.
Lead six Scrum Teams in planning and prioritization of Backlog utilizing JIRA.
Managed project scope, requirements, dependencies and deliverables.
Facilitated scrum ceremonies, creating transparency between the development and product teams to ensure product launched on
schedule.
Coordinated with internal stakeholders and facilitated release planning meetings to ensure that the roadmap and backlog was properly
aligned with product goals.
Supported the team in following best Agile practices and managing sprints and retrospectives.
Facilitated the identification of issues, and suggest ways to mitigate/solve those issues for successful completion of sprints.
Encouraged open communication and collaboration with the agile team, stakeholders and other project teams.
Identified, tracked and monitored sprint goals/issues and deliverables.
Identified and escalated risks and issues in a timely manner.
Acted as a coach and mentor to foster an environment of enthusiasm and knowledge transfer.
Mentored and guided the team in the Agile principles, tools and activities.
Cloud Security Engineer
RaiTech LLC /Juniper (Evening Contractor) April 2019 - August 2019
Provided Information Assurance (IA) support for Certification and Accreditation (C&A) activities ensuring information systems have
the ability to operate.
Responsible for maintaining the documentation of the certification and accreditation activities and direct technical and coordination
activities to prepare the system Security Plans and update the Plan of Actions and Milestones (POA&M).
Ensured that unauthorized personnel is not granted use of, or access to, and Information System.
Communicated and enforced security policies, procedures, and safeguards for all systems and staff.
Reviewed security controls and confirmed adherence to NIST 800-53 controls.
Delivered per month close to 37% decrease in security incidents caused by violations of policy and procedures.
Utilized tools for change control, system patching, and vulnerability management to maintain the system security and compliance
with policies.
Inspected and verified security systems and audit logs.
Conducted periodic security risk self-assessments to identify potential security loopholes.
Responded to security incidents in a timely manner.
Proactively monitored and identified threats and anomalous behavior.
Lead Cloud Engineer/Integrator
Northrop Grumman June 2017 - October 2018
Responsible for installing, configuring, automating and monitoring Cloud Services (SaaS).
Performed technical server evaluation and analysis for performance and cost reduction.
Lead Engineer for CloudCheckr implementation across Development, Test, and Production environments.
Monitored and supported RDS Database server backups.
Served as first point of contact for customers seeking technical assistance over the phone or email for application issues.
Ensured NIST compliance with information system.
Troubleshoot system performance in absence of System Analyst or Director ensuring technical and support control efficiency.
Assisted Network team with monitoring Windows Servers and patching.
Hands on experience with DevOps/Automation tools including AWS CloudFormation, Github, Chef Automate using some Python.
Applied firmware and security patching best practices on cloud resources for compliance (PCI, HIPPA etc). .
Monitored AWS CloudWatch events and alarms to detect and resolve issues before production impact.
Reduced Cloud Services downtime and customer complaints by 20% through ITIL processes.
Increased resource utilization and automated tests and CI/CD pipelines to deploy services seamlessly in the cloud.
Maintaining high levels (99.9%) of availability of Web Services.
Developed disaster recovery strategies and implemented solutions to ensure Cloud Service availability.
AWS Cloud Security Engineer
Blue Canopy, LLC April 2016 - April 2017
Corporate Proposal Writing/BD).
Architect, design, implement, support, and evaluate security-focused tools and services.
Installed ePolicy Orchestrator and deploy enterprise-wide Antivirus solution and Host Intrusion Protection system products to
Windows and Linux servers.
Maintained McAfee and Symantec antivirus applications including VSE 8 and 8.5.
Assisted in the implementation of Tripwire Enterprise on servers to comply with requirements.
Created architecture diagrams utilizing Lucid Chart and the BMPN process. .
Hands on experience with IAM to set up user roles with corresponding user and group policies using JSON.
Performed non-technical security tasks such as contributing technical information to sections of the System Security Plan (SSP).
FedRAMP / FISMA Moderate Impact Baseline systems and security controls for high performance AWS cloud infrastructure.
Documented requirements in Security Requirements Traceability Matrix (SRTM).
Experience working with AWS Simple calculator to estimate pricing for corporate proposals.
Experience working with Splunk (creating dashboards and writing queries).
Conducted Vulnerability scanning using SCAP, Nmap and Nessus security tools.
Installed Microsoft windows server 2012 as domain controller with three servers of Microsoft windows 2012 joined to the domain
controller with Terminal Services, IIS and SQL.
Conducted security assessments with the security team.
Tested host-based and network-based systems and devices against predefined security standards using Nessus and vulnerability scans.
Developed automated security control monitoring and reporting capabilities to reduce the manual analysis process.
Project Manager/CIO IT Training Manager
C2Solutions Group January 2015 December 2015
Lead CIO Directors in the analysis, selection and implementation of technology and services (SharePoint 2010, Microsoft Office
365) for entire agency.
Worked closely with internal IT specialists to ensure commitments are met with timely delivery of key deliverables.
Provided feedback on quality of the deliverables to the CIO.
Managed relationship with CIO throughout the training project and the main point of contact between client and vendors.
Ensured the training and software services were delivered by the vendor and conformed to what was contractually agreed between
client and vendor.
Monitored the delivery of said services against agreed schedule, quality, and scope.
Designed and developed learning programs, curriculum, and materials to support operations, departmental, and leadership training
initiatives.
Collaborated and communicated with project stakeholders and subject matter experts on the analysis, design, and content
development of learning programs for SharePoint 2010 Team sites.
Provided SharePoint Content Management training to entire agency.
Lead the ongoing evaluation of learning programs and provide recommendations for improvement.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science Criminal Justice
2008
Master of Science - Information Technology
2017
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