Principal Engineer with 27 years experience designing, developing, deploying, and managing highly available, large-scale mission critical systems — including unclassified, classified, MLS systems, and Cross Domain Solutions (CDS). Results-focused and effectual leader with proven ability to find creative, cost-effective technical solutions. Specialties: * Cross-Domain Solutions (CDS) * Multilevel Security (MLS) Linux systems and applications * SELinux Policy Writing * TSABI/SABI systems * Systems engineering and software development in MLS environments. * Excellent writer and speaker -- have worked closely with marketing teams. * Systems deployment to include software build, packaging, and test systems. * C, C++, Java, and Python * Linux and Solaris administration in virtualized environments * Natural Language Processing

Principal Software Engineer @ Primarily focused on Multilevel Security (MLS) Cross-Domain Solutions (CDS) which provide the ability to manually or automatically access or transfer information between two or more differing security domains. Perform requirements engineering (per ISO 29148) as well as design, write, and test software. This includes SELinux policy writing. Requirements influenced by NIST 800-53 and UCDMO CDS-Overlay. Key Activities: • Development of Net-SNMP CDS-MIB modules and subagents. • Natural language processing (NLP) with a focus on Named entity recognition (NER), Part-of-speech tagging, Parsing, Sentence breaking & Word segmentation, and Word sense disambiguation. • Using NLP to help improve product documentation to include Simplified Technical English (STE) compliance. • Exploring NLP and language detection for use in Cross-Domain technology to help prevent disclosure. • Integral part of development and testing of a Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Solaris, openSUSE, Novell SUSE, and Fedora security-hardening product for Intel, SPARC, and System z platforms. • Developed software modules to properly configure a system in accordance with Center for Internet Security (CIS), DISA STIG, DCID 6/3, JAFAN 6/3, FERC/NERC CIP, NISPOM, PCI DSS, NSA Secure Configuration Guidelines, and SANS recommendations and guidelines. • Conducted research & development into integrating security-hardening product to use NVD’s CVE & CCE feeds via SCAP. From July 2007 to Present (8 years 6 months) Senior Systems Engineer @ • Developed an application to collect and monitor VoIP call usage patterns from (Netrake) SIP session border controllers. Reports include call patterns, error rates, call tracing, and quality of service attributes such as jitter and packet loss. • Developed a GIS-based application to monitor and report on the QoS of our VoIP network. The application dynamically displays the ASR/NER, jitter, and packet loss of LATA(s), rate centers, and can drill down to the NPANXX within the rate center using MySQL spatial extensions and Google Map API 2.0. It can also report on International calling with customizable ASR/NER thresholds for each destination. • Developed an incident management system in PHP and MySQL that supports ITIL workflow. • Developed custom Netcool/Omnibus trap rules for Sylantro VoIP switches, F5 BigIP, and Netrakes. • Developed MTBF/MTTR tracking system for reliability analysis. From August 2006 to July 2007 (1 year) Senior Systems Engineer @ • Hands-on manager responsible for the day-to-day operations of three data centers, about four hundred servers, two EMC SRDF-linked SANs-- with the help of a talented staff of thirty people. Servers included Sun E25Ks, clustered Sun Fire 4800s, Sun Fire 880/890, Sun Fire V480, Sun Fire V120, Sun Fire 240, Dells, two EMC SRDF-linked SANs, and one Sun SAN. • Responsible for the deployment and integration of HP OpenView, Sun Management Center, Oracle Enterprise Manager, & Linux Net-SNMP agents. • Developed custom MIBs • Wrote the Trusted Facility Manual for Solaris which documented how to securely configure, operate, and install the Solaris-based systems. • Proficient with statistical techniques in a CMMI-based project to help decision makers as well as to document process improvements and weaknesses. • Defined effective process for collecting and reporting on MTBF & MTTR data for use in CMMI-based quantitatively management metrics plan. From September 2001 to August 2006 (5 years) Data Modeling Engineer @ • Capture/identify design requirements for a TMN-based model which included Netcool and Nortel's Preside Suite (MDM, PTN). • Designed & Built reporting tools which obtained its raw data from Nortel's Passport/MDP and the DMS500 Supernode Data Manager. The tools comprised of UNIX C programs, Perl, and RRDtool implementation. From August 2001 to September 2001 (2 months) Lead Enterprise Management Engineer @ • Responsible for designing and implementing highly scalable, redundant multi-tier systems architecture based on business requirements. • Responsible for the performance and capacity management effort. This includes the collection of data, setting thresholds, tuning Solaris kernels, network device drivers, and the configuration of storage devices all in support of SLA Management. • Defined and implemented performance and fault management alarms using BMC Patrol and seToolkit for both NT and UNIX platforms. • Designed and implemented an NT/UNIX environment that delivers any application to the same desktop and file sharing and authentication between both operating systems is seamless to the end-user. • Wrote requirement, design, configuration, procedural documentation, and training/user guides. • Integral part of implementing the Network/Systems Management architecture that included HP OpenView, BMC Patrol, Netcool, and NerveCenter. From April 2000 to June 2001 (1 year 3 months) Systems Engineering Manager @ • Responsible for the management of all servers and software used to manage the Qwest North American network. • Integral part of redesigning the support systems to provide an analogous NT/UNIX environment to facilitate better interoperability between the IT infrastructure and operations; including a single desktop/login concept. • Implemented a top-down approach to information sharing and mapping. • Designed automated reporting platforms to provide summary reports to management and detailed ones to engineering staff. • Functioned as the liaison to the Planning group to assist in the integration of systems into production by providing them an insight into the production environment's current capacity and performance. From October 1999 to April 2000 (7 months) Systems Mgr/Enterprise Architect @ • Integral part of a major migration to a data warehouse environment especially in the realm of Intranet technologies. • Played a key role in providing guidance in industry standard documentation including a security plan, this was the basis for a newly formed security council and a template for the State System of Higher Education. • Developed an automated, cross platform (NT/UNIX) account creation system that integrated into the University's registration system in Visual C++, Visual Basic, and UNIX C-based tools. This enhancement greatly improved the University’s ability to serve the great number of new students and alumni. • Headed the project to move the University's Netscape Mail/LDAP system to a redundant Microsoft Exchange architecture. • Responsible for all UNIX systems at the University • Designed and implemented a Linux laboratory for the Computer Science department From January 1999 to October 1999 (10 months) Professional Services Consultant @ • Specialized in data center readiness and enterprise management using open systems management strategies for large-scale, mission critical systems with multi-terabyte RDBMS instances and high-performance WANs. • Provide systems management planning that focuses on security. • Implement and document supporting processes such as configuration management, contingency planning, and incident response capability, standard operating procedures, and OMB A-130 compliant security plans. • Provide customers guidance throughout a system's life cycle from establishing fault management strategies to tackling capacity and performance planning issues. • Provide "close-to-the-box" support and management strategies for technologies such as DSS, expert systems, data warehouses, corporate digital libraries, and real-time tactical analysis systems used in conjunction with OLTP. From February 1998 to January 1999 (1 year) Systems Engineer @ • Responsible for performance reporting of the DoD's North American broadband (ATM) backbone to engineering and the ATM Director. • Responsible for the administration of Solaris-based and Irix-based network management servers and workstations. • Assisted in the integration of DARPA's theatre-wide broadband (ATM)/VSAT satellite network and systems into existing C4I assets. • As the Sr. Systems Administrator, responsible for providing theatre-wide systems and database administration assistance to other sites including but not limited to backup strategies for large database servers. • Developed an in-theatre Web-based Intranet for disseminating site status and satellite power-balancing information to management and engineering staff. From August 1996 to February 1998 (1 year 7 months) Cryptologist @ I did stuff... ;-) • Coordinated the efforts of junior administrators in support of numerous mainframes, mini-computers, Novell-based system, XENIX and Microsoft Windows Clients. • Developed and conducted training for system administrators and users. • Conducted the configuration management effort. • Developed and managed an extensive magnetic media inventory system. • Responsible for the uploading of post mission information into databases. • Developed numerous UNIX-based tools in C including a message handling system, which take electronically transmitted reports, sanitize them if necessary, and insert them into the database. • Responsible for the systems administration of XENIX workstations and AT&T and Cray mainframes. • Responsible for ensuring and troubleshooting the automated transfers of vital intelligence data. From May 1988 to August 1996 (8 years 4 months)

H.S. Diploma @ Gainesville H.S. From 1980 to 1990 none, Biomedical Technology/Technician @ Southern Illinois University, Carbondale From 1988 to 1989 Jamie Adams is skilled in: Linux, C, C++, Security, SELinux Policy Writing, Python, Java, Req. Eng. (ISO 29148), SNMP Development, OpenSSL Development, XML, XSLT, Software Development, Software Build/Packaging, Unix