April Giles
0000 xxxxxx xxxx , xxxx , xxxxx 00000
xxx-xxx-xxxx
abc@xyz.com

Social Security Number:

Citizenship: United States of America

 

Vacancy Announcement:

 

 

CORE COMPETENCIES

 

Information Technology Administration, Information Security Management, Policy Development, Policy Implementation, Program Administration, Systems Testing, IT Issue Diagnosis, IT Issue Resolution, Proposal Development, Test Engineering, Quality Assurance, Corporate Information Security, Information Security Protection Strategies, System Security Plan Development, Risk Assessment, Remediation Processes, Administration, Operations, Information Management Systems, Database Administration, Data Generation, Project Administration, Cost Analysis/Control, Quality Management, Systems/Process Development, Policy/Procedure Development, Organizational Structuring, Regulatory/ Procedural Compliance, Personnel Management, Staffing, Training, Personnel Evaluations, Team Management, Communications, Public Relations, Presentations, Records Maintenance, and Government Agency Correspondence.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

11/2004-Present

FIPS 201 Evaluation Program Chief Architect and Program Manager

General Services Administration

Office of Government-Wide Policy

City/State

Salary: 123,000/Year

Hours per week: 40

Supervisor: Name Phone: xxx-xxx-xxxx  May Contact:  Yes or No

Actively manage multi-million dollar Federal Government Information Security programs. Spearhead the administration of electronic tests and evaluation of products/services for compliance with NIST Information Security requirements. Orchestrate the seamless integration of deliverables from multiple contractors and FTE s, enabling standup of multiple government laboratory testing facilities. Utilized in depth knowledge of information security in diagnosis and resolving complex and controversial problems. Drive the reduction of IT costs through the implementation of open source solutions for custom web-based applications. Collaborated in the creation of the content of a detailed IT acquisition OMB memoranda. Serving as Chief Architect of the FIPS201 Evaluation Program, develop proposals, modular laboratory concept and technical ideas. Responsible for writing Statements of Work to obtain program funding from SES stakeholders. Consistently provide active leadership to FTE's and to multiple contractors for technical, high profile programs. Successfully administer the nationally recognized Evaluation Program Technical Working Group, on behalf of manufacturers/suppliers, government employees and NIST scientists responsible for HSPD-12 creation and implementation in respective facilities. Skillfully created an internet-based website interface, facilitating virtual/in-person meetings in support of overall objectives.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, Continued

 

11/2004-Present, Continued

FIPS 201 Evaluation Program Chief Architect and Program Manager

General Services Administration

Office of Government-Wide Policy

City/State

Salary: 123,000/Year

Hours per week: 40

Supervisor: Name Phone: xxx-xxx-xxxx  May Contact:  Yes or No

Developed engaging PPT presentations explaining smartcard interoperability issues, communicating issues to SES stakeholders and guiding problem resolution. Selected, lead and managed team consisting to develop a Card/Reader Interoperability Specification. Strategically identified risks and recommended risk mitigation strategies to SES stakeholders. Actively guided Contractor and FTE employees in the evaluation of Info Security FIPS 201 products and services used by all government agencies. Organized and supervised a team of government I.S. Agency experts, responsible for assessing the effects of legislative changes on government-wide Information Technology Federal Enterprise Architectures. Successfully crafted a Federal Government system to perform Path Discovery and Validation for x509 certificates in real-time, from crafting of initial vision and identifying appropriate protocol for certificate validation requests to defining design requirements and selected hardware/software to meet requirement. Cost-efficiently defined budget/cost estimate, wrote the SOW and persuaded SES stakeholders to sponsor creation of a government-wide Central Certificate Validation system. Served as Visionary Implementer, responsible for instantiating the only free certificate validation service in existence for less than 100K, allowing all government agencies to verify validity of certificate credentials. Lead a team of government Information Security Agency Experts in the engineering of a comprehensive Knowledge Based Authentication system designed to meet NIST guidelines for remote transaction-based authentication, resulting in the increase of number of users capable of accessing E-Gov Services.

 

3/2001-11/2004

Information Security Manager

SecureNet Solutions, Inc.

Salary: 125,000/Year

Hours per week: 70

Supervisor: Name Phone: xxx-xxx-xxxx  May Contact:  Yes or No

Facilitated productive communication with Senior Management to determine business objectives and outline complementary corporate information security standards. Guided the development and implementation of information security protection strategies for commercial clients, including Public Key Infrastructure-PKI (X509 based, Ariba, Baltimore Technologies, Entrust, GemPlus), System Security Plan development, Biometric System Feasibility/ROI, Risk Assessment. Consistently reviewed results of risk assessments, orchestrated and managed remediation processes, recommended & verified implementation of vulnerabilities remediation infrastructure in multi-platform environments. Efficiently drafted security policies for numerous organizations. Effectively analyzed, designed and recommended integrated security system solutions for various government agencies, ensuring the protection of proprietary and confidential information in accordance with FISMA regulations and NIST 800 series guidelines. Tasked with leading 2-5 Mid Level managers in developing performance standards based risk assessments across healthcare, financial and government organizations. Successfully designed internal access control systems consistent with business objectives, and legal requirements. Developed innovative strategies for government clients across broad sweeping policy issues, from Public Key Infrastructure-PKI, C&A and system security plan development to risk assessment. Oversaw the development of agency wide procedures for the creation and maintenance of Plan of Action Milestones; organized the systematic methodologies for weakness generation and resolution that facilitated security metric generation that enabled weakness trend identification.

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2/1998-3/2001

Test Engineering Manager

Corvis Corporation

Columbia, MD

Hours per Week: 60
Salary: 92,000/Year
Supervisor: Name Phone: xxx-xxx-xxxx  May Contact:  Yes or No

Serving as Test Engineering Manager, effectively provided life-cycle system test engineering support to hardware design, manufacturing, program management, and customers. Successfully reduced system cycle time 70% by automating manual test stations utilizing GPIB and Labview 5.1/6.0. Drove the increased of 1^st pass yield 30% through the design and implementation of study examining the manufacturing processes. Identified ineffective processes and designed efficient methods for product creation. Actively ensured the logical and systematic conversion of customer/ product requirements into total system solutions within pre-determined cost and schedule constraints. Strategically completed detailed trade studies for acquisition of software/hardware in automated test systems. Drove the development of an innovative customer feedback system that expedited the incorporation of customer needs into product design. Facilitated productive communication with program management, manufacturing support, quality assurance, design engineering, subcontractors, and customers, enhancing all operations. Responsible for developing Test Requirement documents for OADM, 2.5 Ghz & 10Ghz Transponders, Network Communication, Fan Tray, PDU and System Modules. Designed and implemented comprehensive Project Plans for OADM systems utilizing Microsoft Project. Proficiently trained, supervised and mentored associate engineers and engineering technicians. Managed all contract manufacturing operations, ensuring compliance with contract milestones/ requirements.

 

12/1991-2/1998

Unisys

Information Security Manager

City/State

Hours per Week: 60
Salary: 88,000/Year
Supervisor: Name Phone: xxx-xxx-xxxx  May Contact:  Yes or No

Drove the development of an enterprise-wide security operation in a multi-platform environment.  Strategically managed all possible risks information data assets and information service vulnerabilities. Successfully implemented an innovative and proactive risk management program, including risk/ vulnerability identification and vulnerability tracking/ resolution. Consistently identified and selected appropriate management, operational and technical controls required for risk mitigation; followed up by determining the extent of control effectiveness. Proactively researched emerging security technologies, innovative security exploitation techniques and cost-effective procedures for network virus prevention. Directly supervised 12 Network Security Engineers and 2 Administrative Personnel and actively collaborated in Human Resource operation functions such as recommending salary increases/bonuses, evaluating performance and providing guidance/mentoring. Proficiently lead cross-functional teams, of 20-35 members, in performance of standards based Risk Assessments across Healthcare, Financial and Government organizations. Actively utilized strong leadership, communication and management skills in handling all personnel operations, resulting in a <10% turnover rate of security team over 2 years. Efficiently administered relationships with software/hardware security vendors, developed software escrow agreements and implemented redundancy as needed. Drafted detailed Security Policies for numerous organizations.

 

 

 

 

 

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2/1987-12/1991

QA/Test/Repair Manager

QA/Test/Repair Supervisor

Senior Associate Engineer

Fairchild Space Company

Germantown, MD

Salary: 54,000/Year

Hours per week: 50

Supervisor: Art Jacques  Phone xxx-xxx-xxxx   May Contact:  Yes

Drove a broad range of operations to produce the profitable Reverse Vending Machine, including integrate design engineering, project management, software, quality assurance, and system test groups.

Strategically designed test fixtures/in circuit tests for both in-house and vendor use, including the creation of assembly, system tests and PCB testing procedures. Consistently monitored and verified acceptable quality levels in the incoming, in-process, final assembly, and shipping stages are maintained by supervising the inspection of electro-mechanical Reverse Vending Machine assembly. Actively served as Senior Associate Engineer in the design of the Broad Band X-Ray Telescope. Effectively supervised 3 mid-level engineering technicians in the development of assembly and test procedures for prototype, pilot and production. Proficiently generated WBS and Gantt charts for systems.  Responsible for analyzing logic diagrams, selecting components, laying out PC boards, administering functional tests, and debugging prototype digital circuitry. Successfully created wiring diagrams, functional test diagrams, schematics, PCB layout via Anvil1000, EE2, Orcad, and Schema Software packages.

 

3/1982-12/1985

Aeropsace Photographic Systems Specialist

United States Air Force

Tampa, FL

Hours per week: 40

Salary:
Supervisor: Sgt. Hardison   Phone:  813-574-2345  May Contact:  Yes

Spearheaded the inspection, installation, troubleshooting, and repair of photographic systems. Effectively calibrated and modified electronic, radar recording, video tape recording, and optical aerospace photographic systems, as well as associated electronic analyzers and testing equipment.

 

 

EDUCATION

 

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Master's Degree

Major: Information Security

Graduated 5/2004

30 Credit Hours

GPA: 3.6/4.0

 

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, NY

Master's Degree

Major: Computer Systems

Minor: Networking

Graduated 12/2003

30 Credit Hours

GPA: 3.71/4.0

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UDC

Washington, DC

Bachelor's Degree

Major: Electrical Engineering

Graduated 5/1998

144 Credit Hours

GPA: 3.7/4.0

Honors: magna cum laude

 

High School
Degree: Diploma

Date Earned:

 

 

TRAINING and PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

 

Intro to Project Management Course, 2000

Certification & Accreditation, 2004

Project Management Training, 2001

Roles and Challenges of Leadership Training, 2002

Leadership and Team Development: Team Building Course, 2002

Network Security and Forensic Analysis Course, 2003

Digital Steganography: The Evolving Threat Training, 2003

Turning Security Information Overload into Management Intelligence Training, 2003

 

 

CERTIFICATIONS/CREDENTIALS

 

Top Secret SCI, with Full Scope Poly; adjudicated by NSA on 2/19/2010

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP certification)

Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA certification)

Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)

ITGuru Certification

Labview Certification (5 courses)

COTR Certification

 

 

AWARDS

 

Individual Cash Award 3200, 22-Nov-2009

Individual Cash Award 3200, 07-Dec-2008

Individual Cash Award 3000, 09-Dec-2007

Individual Cash Award 3200, 29-Apr-2007

Individual Cash Award, 05-Feb-2006

General Services Administration, 29-Apr-2007

General Services Administration, 09-Dec-2007

General Services Administration, 07-Dec-2008

General Services Administration, 22-Nov-2009

U.S. Air Force Employee of the Month, Below the Zone Promotion

SecureNet Solutions Employee of the Quarter

 

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AFFILIATIONS

 

ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)

ISC2 Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

ISC2 Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)

Member; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Member; FBI Infraguard Secure

Member; NSF Fellowship

Member; National Association for Female Executives (NAFE)

Member; Society of Women Engineers (SWE)

 

 

TECHNICAL SKILLS

 

General Software: Microsoft Office Suite and Microsoft Project.

Dreamweaver Networking Applications: Opnet ITGuru, Labview, TightVNC, Mimic Simulator, Telnet, and CuteFTP.

Network Security Tools: Nmap, Netcat, Tcpdump, Ethereal, Superscan, Pinger, LOphtcrack, Snort Vulnerability Scanners (Nessus,Vigilante,ISS Internet Security, SAINT), PHP, and MYSQL.

Fluent in Spanish and English

 

 

PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS

 

NIST FIPS 800-96

Handbook of Information Security -Wiley

The following documents can be found at:

http://fips201ep.cio.gov/

Card Printer Station

Cryptographic Module

Electromagnetically Opaque Sleeve

Electronic Personalization

Facial Image Capturing Camera

Facial Image Capturing (Middleware)

Fingerprint Capture Station

Single Fingerprint Capture Device

OCSP Responder

PIV Card Reader - Authentication Key

PIV Card Reader - Biometric Authentication

PIV Card Reader - CHUID Authentication (Contact and Contactless)

PIV Card Reader - CHUID (Contact and Contactless)

PIV Card Reader - Transparent

PIV Middleware

Template Generator

Lab Specification

Lab Qualification Requirements

Configuration Management Plan

Template Matcher Services

Electronic Personalization

Graphical Personalization

PIV Card Delivery

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