OBJECTIVE

Acquire a position in a stable organization where my skills, knowledge, and contributions are the basis for opportunities of advancement.

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Active DoD top secret clearance. Enterprise Architect/Systems Engineer with many years of experience in supervisory, full system life cycle, designing and developing PC simulation software, applications, and web sites using several scripting and programming languages. I completed my master’s degree in Software Engineering Management with a GPA of 3.917. My skills include systems engineering, software engineering, business process reengineering, process improvement, project management, writing/maintaining technical documentation and user manuals, coding, and requirements management.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

• System documentation (Engineering artifacts, contract artifacts, requirements traceability, manuals).
• Contribute to the development of sections of systems engineering documentation such as System Engineering Plans, Information Support Plans, Configuration Management Plans, Initial Capabilities Documents, Requirements specifications, and Interface Control Documents; Participate in interface definition, design, and changes to the configuration between affected groups and individuals throughout the life cycle
• Manage system requirements and derived requirements to ensure the delivery of production systems that are compatible with the defined system architecture(s) - DoDAF, SOA, etc.
• Develop, modify, and assess architectural products, ensuring traceability for required viewpoints in accordance with applicable JCIDS and acquisition requirements
• Participate in an Integrated Product Team (IPT) to design new capabilities based upon evaluation of all necessary development and operational consideration
• Derive from the system requirements an understanding of stakeholder needs, functions that may be logically inferred and implied as essential to increase system effectiveness
• Support the Government product office to derive lower-level requirements from higher-level allocated requirements that describe in detail the functions that a system component must fulfill, and ensure these requirements are complete, correct, unique, unambiguous, realizable, and verifiable
• Provide architectural direction for the development, engineering, interfacing, integration, and testing of specific components of complex hardware/software systems to include requirements elicitation, analysis, and functional allocation, conducting systems requirements reviews, developing concepts of operation and interface standards, developing system architectures, and performing technical/non-technical assessment and management as well as end-to-end flow analysis
• Develop and implement comprehensive SOA solutions, operational view, technical standards view, and system and services view for architectures using applicable DoDAF standards and software
• Establish a process to formally and pro-actively control and manage changes to requirements, consider impacts prior to commitment to change, gain stakeholder buy-in, eliminate ambiguity, ensure traceability to source requirements, and track and settle open actions
• Support the development and review of Joint Capability Integration Development System (JCIDS) documents (e.g., Initial Capability Document, Capabilities Description Document, IA Strategy)
• Maintain knowledge of current and evolving agency, national, and international standards applicable to the system development of interest
• Maintain proficiency with architectural tools currently used by the acquisition community which includes but is not limited to: DOORS, MagicDraw, Visio, and PowerPoint

• Lead team of 14 (including Software Engineers, System Engineers, and Cyber personnel)
• Participated in Scrum Team activities/ceremonies (backup Scrum Master) and weekly IPR Contractor meetings
• Used Microsoft Visio and ER Studio Data Architect to reverse engineer the DCGS-A software architecture utilizing the DoDAF framework.
• Provided functional and empirical analysis related to the design, development, and implementation of software systems; System documentation (Engineering artifacts, contract artifacts, requirements traceability, manuals).
• Assisted in the definition and programming of moderately complex software; Provided software maintenance lifecycle support; Worked effectively on several phases of systems/software programming/analysis with little direction.
• Identified new processes and technical alternatives to resolve problems and/or general improvements.

• Analyzed business system processes and user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate processing or to improve existing computer systems.
• Created, delivered, and maintained the Scope Assessment Model to evaluate the customer needs in order to translate those needs into services to be performed as selected from a catalog of services.
• Supported the development of contract documents to include statements of work, requests for proposal, contract modifications, contract funding documents, etc. to support IDIQ contract management.
• Specialized in modeling current and future state processes using Business Process Modeling and Notation (BPMN)
• Understood and documented impacts to Army End-to-End (E2E) business processes
• Analyzed how operational activities fit within the Army Business Enterprise Architecture (ABEA)
• Developed architectural artifacts for the Enterprise Knowledge Repository (EKR)

• Developed, maintained, and validated DoDAF architectures for JPEO-CBD initiatives, programs, and the Enterprise.
• Utilized architecture products to identify system dependencies and potential capability gaps
• Developed DoDAF architecture models in coordination with the program office and user sponsors such as Joint Requirements Office (JRO) and/or individual service and non-DoD sponsors
• Worked with JPEO-CBD program engineers in order to develop system-level architectures
• Ensured the DoDAF architecture models were consistent with other JPEO-CBD architecture models as well as J6 Warfighter Mission Area architecture development guidance
• Developed architecture products to support acquisition documents (CDDs, CPDs, and Information Support Plans (ISP))
• Provided comments and input to support program and contract documentation (i.e., SEPs, TEMPs, RFIs, and RFPs)
• Participated in JPEO-CBD IPTs at the program and Enterprise level

• Applied engineering principles to investigate, analyze, plan, and design military weapons systems
• Reviewed engineering and technical analyses, reports, change proposals, and other technical documentation
• Researched architectural products and created architectural design segments for system functionality
• Developed architecture (DoDAF), requirements, and interface artifacts for complex software systems
• Performed systems engineering activities within an Agile/Waterfall program environment
• Applied engineering experience to perform functions such as systems requirements analysis, functional analysis, requirements allocation and interface definition

• Coordinated with stakeholders to translate key strategic business objectives into actionable and governable roadmaps and designs; Developed, enhanced, and maintained reference architectures for various capabilities
• Translated business requirements into systems qualities, such as adaptability, scalability, availability, and reusability
• Developed current and target systems architecture artifacts
• Participated in the development of high-level architectural solutions to meet business and mission requirements
• Utilized the DoDAF model to design the infrastructure, data, and interfaces for the SEC SE2 Transformation Project and the SEC Business Systems Architecture
• Performed analysis of existing software, systems data and various documentation
• Documented all findings in modeling tools such as Enterprise Architect and Microsoft Visio
• Used analysis to identify redundancies, optimizations, and improvements in the organization's systems and support determination of the organization's final systems architecture
• Used data analysis to support design of a global data repository for the organizations business intelligence reporting and document findings using the DMTF Common Information Model (CIM)
• Interacted with program teams to fully vet and document current system architectures and data structures

• Represented assigned projects at external CCB meetings and participated in Phase gate Reviews
• Identified configuration items (e.g., deliverables, tools); tracked change and modification requests; established CM records
• Developed the Configuration Management Plans (CMP) and developed and maintained the project CM Activity Report
• Worked on code management, audits, baseline identification, and preparation and control of documentation
• Supported the Change Management Strategy and MR process for project work products
• Performed CM Audits (e.g., BTRA, BDRA); Set up and executed formal builds
• Responsible for overall data integrity of tool set data within source code management, defect tracking, and software inventory systems

• Validated requirements to ensure that the requirements were testable and the resulting product performed as intended
• Conducted peer reviews of selected product components and unit test product components
• Selected the work products to be verified and the verification methods that were used to ensure that the work products met their specified requirements
• Selected the product or product component and the methods that were used to demonstrate that the product fulfilled its intended use in its intended operating environment
• Identified the configuration items, components, and related work products that were placed under configuration management, including testing artifacts

• Team Lead for cross-functional agile development production and support teams
• Used Unreal Engine 4 to modify game content; Modified simulation model as needed
• Conducted sprint planning meetings, daily scrum and review meetings, and participated in retrospective meetings
• Provided status reports to management and other stakeholders using JIRA
• Product Owner of internal encoding tool; Testing and training encoders on encoding tool
• Maintained documents, procedures, and processes; Adhered to baseline management of documents
• Maintained JIRA dashboards, issue tracking, and multiple charting tools for reference
• Hand-coded XML files and audited XML files coded by others
• Analyzed subtasks needed for delivery of lessons, including researching government comments, internal bug reports, and support issues generated by other teams
• Modified content of HTML knowledge-based training materials; Developed/modified processes, checklists, and training materials used by encoding team; Developed process for production team and trained team members on encoding process; Maintained Confluence Wiki with training materials, including frequently asked questions (FAQ)

• Acted as internal SME on projects; Analyzed systems and prepared design documents, UML diagrams, and needs assessments; Reading schematics and diagrams
• Wrote system and software requirements and acceptance test plans (ATP) for level 4 IMI (aircraft simulations)
• Prepared for project reviews including the System Requirements Review (SRR), Preliminary Design Review (PDR), Critical Design Review (CDR), and others
• Maintained documents, procedures, and processes to ISO 9001 Standards; Maintained code versioning using Subversion Tortoise SVN; Audited and reviewed code in Crucible to ensure standards were maintained
• Performed root cause analysis and tracked corrective and preventive actions with Excel spreadsheets
• XML programming
• Prepared project documentation such as the Instructional Media Design Package (IMDP), Software Design Description (SDD), Software Test Description (STD), Training System Support Document (TSSD), and others
• Manipulated graphics and photos; wrote storyboards; designed training for technology-delivered instruction
• Used established methodologies in all stages of the instructional design process, including needs assessment, analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Strayer University, Washington, DC
Degree: Masters Degree
Completion Date: 09/21/2009
Major: Information Systems, Software Engineering Management
Cumulative GPA: 3.917
Summa Cum Laude

Degree: Bachelors Degree
Major: Computer Information Systems, Programming
Cumulative GPA: 3.675
Cum Laude

Degree: Associates Degree
Major: Computer Information Systems, Programming
Cumulative GPA: 3.80
Magna Cum Laude

Degree: Diploma
Major: Computer Information Systems, Programming
Cumulative GPA: 4.0
Summa Cum Laude

Defense Acquisition University
Miscellaneous Courses:
ACQ 101 – Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition Management, June 2018
ISA 101 – Information System Acquisition, September 2018
ISA 220 – Risk Management Framework (RMF), September 2018
ENG 101 – Fundamentals of Systems Engineering, November 2018
CLE 074 – Cybersecurity throughout DoD Acquisition, November 2018
CLE 004 – Introduction to Lean Enterprise Concepts, November 2018
CLR 101 – Intro to the Joint Capabilities Integration & Development System, November 2018
RQM 110 – Core Concepts for Requirements Management, December 2018
HBS 434 – Process Improvement, May 2019

Alison (Free Online Learning), Diploma, Project Management, 2016
Swinburne University of Technology, Certificate, Concepts in Game Development, 2016
Massachussetts Institute of Technology, MIT OpenCourseware (OCW), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2014
Stanford University of Medicine, Certificate, Writing in the Sciences, 2012
Stanford University of Medicine, Certificate, Human Computer Interaction, 2012
Stanford University of Medicine, Certificate, Introduction to Logic, 2012
Paralegal Studies, PCDI, Norcross, Georgia, 2002-2003
SBT Programming Certification, Georgia, October 1997
Priorities & Time Management - Seminar, Crystal City, Virginia
Project Management - Seminar, Crystal City, Virginia

HONORS AND ACTIVITIES

Alpha Chi Honor Society, Lifetime member
Employee of the Month, Carley Corporation, 2014
Notary Public, State of Florida, 2009-2013
Florida Notary Association Member, 2009-2013
IEEE, Member, 2006-2013
Notary Public, Commonwealth of Virginia, 1990-1998 & 2003-2007
Girl Scouts of America - Heart of Florida Council, Previous Leader of Troop #388, Junior Girl Scouts, 2006-2007

Non-Traditional Student Role Model, Previous, Woodbridge Senior High School

• Spoke to and recruited students in middle schools for enrollment in programs non-traditional to their gender.
• Mentored students who enrolled in programs non-traditional to their gender.

VICA, Previous President, Woodbridge Senior High School

• Presided at all meetings of VICA local chapter in accordance with accepted parliamentary procedure.
• Was chairman of the Executive Council.
• Carried out such other duties vested in the presidency by the organization.
• Appointed committees and served as ex-officio member of them.
• Coordinated chapter activities and maintained contact with district officers.
• Represented the VICA local chapter officially in school-community relations.

VICA, Previous Treasurer, Virginia District V

• Cooperate with the State VICA Director in the collection of all State dues and assessment and will keep accurate records thereof.
• Was a member of the budget committee.
• Counter-signed with the State VICA Director all checks disbursed in the name of the Virginia VICA Association.
• Cooperated with the secretary by keeping an accurate membership roll.
• Prepared adequate financial statements and reports.

VICA, Previous Secretary, Woodbridge Senior High School, Automotive Section

• Kept records of all regular meetings.
• Had available for the president the agenda for all meetings.
• Wrote the communications authorized by the president.
• Counted and recorded the rising votes of the delegates or committee members.
• Cooperated with the treasurer by keeping an accurate membership roll.
• Read communications at meetings.
• Had available for each meeting the following: Record and minutes of previous meetings; List of all committees; A copy of the Virginia VICA, Inc. Constitution and By-Laws; A copy of the Official Guide for VICA.

VICA, 2nd Place, Mechanical Drafting, Regional Championships

VICA, 1st Place, Opening and Closing Ceremonies, District V Chapter

VICA, 1st Place, Mechanical Drafting, District V Chapter

(NOTE: VICA is now known as SkillsUSA)

REFERENCES

Available upon request

MSIS - Software Engineering Management Curriculum

Carol A. Harstad
Kissimmee, Florida 34759
(989) 278-8483

Strayer University Student Curriculum