BRANDON FIELDS
Dumfries
Summary
Professional systems engineer with comprehensive experience in designing, implementing, and optimizing complex IT infrastructures. Skilled in network architecture, cybersecurity, and cloud computing, with strong focus on team collaboration and achieving results. Known for adaptability, problem-solving abilities, and effective communication, ensuring reliable and innovative solutions in dynamic environments.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Systems Engineer
SAIC
Chantilly, VA
11.2022 - Current
- Developed and implemented high-capacity connectivity infrastructure to support long-haul bandwidth requirements across multiple government entities.
- Led design and implementation of complex systems architectures to enhance operational efficiency.
- Mentored junior engineers, fostering skill development and knowledge sharing across teams.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to align system capabilities with organizational objectives.
- Analyzed system performance metrics to identify areas for improvement and optimize processes.
- Managed end-to-end delivery operations to facilitate smooth deployment and maintain uninterrupted service continuity.
RADIO OPERATOR/MAINTAINER
Army National Guard
Gate City, VA
02.2011 - Current
- Managed interactions among various technology-based systems and roles to optimize workflow and communication.
- Facilitated training for infantry teams on Harris AN/PRC-150 radio system to enhance communication between ground soldiers and command team.
- Acted as subject matter expert on antenna theory, delivering clear insights on optimal frequency efficiency.
- Oversaw radio programming and communication security key management. Led initiatives to maintain radio systems with a total value exceeding $500k.
- Oversaw software installations and hardware modifications to enhance system performance. Led efforts to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues, improving user satisfaction. Managed hardware repairs to ensure operational efficiency.
- Implements and administers advanced Microsoft technologies. Maintains 100% accountability of all assigned equipment worth more than $4 million. Documents, processes and monitors classified materials.
- Managed technical expertise on various radio systems, ensuring effective communication through Harris AN/PRC-150s, AN/PRC-148 MBITRs, and RT-1523s.
- Utilized global positioning system software to enable soldiers to track, share, and update battlefield snapshots, including friendly and enemy positions.
- Mastered basic level leadership skills to include interpersonal relations, discipline, training and giving briefings.
Team Lead and Infrastructure Operations Analyst
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Arlington, VA
07.2018 - 10.2022
- Manages and leads contractor staff on a 24x7x365 Operations Center at Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) physical infrastructure section.
- Assists in the CISA mission protecting the nation's critical infrastructure from both the physical and cyber/virtual front.
- Directs contractor staff in real-time situational awareness of the nation's 16 critical infrastructure sectors.
- Ensures federal client's operational needs are coordinated between stakeholders and in both the public and private sectors for both physical and cyber events.
- Leads team in performing initial tactical-level analysis of emerging incidents applicable to nation's Critical Infrastructure assets.
- Ensures timely coordination between federal, state, local, tribal, territorial (SLTT), and private sector partners.
- Leads daily coordination and analysis information-sharing coordination with: CISA Regions, CISA Divisions, DHS federal partners, SLTT, and Private Sector entities.
- Provides frequent advice and recommendations to federal Client as part of the continual improvement process.
- Several recommendations accepted by client and put into work procedures.
- Responsible for ensuring shift's team adjusts focus dependent upon emerging incidents and/or senior leadership tasking.
- Directs staff to provide enhanced coordination with federal/state/local agencies in support of CISA's response to the 2019 COVID pandemic.
- Provides on-the-spot situational briefings, senior decision makers for awareness purposes for natural disaster, geopolitical and cybersecurity events.
- Ensures staff are able to use multiple source information to preform correlation to provide an efficient integrated national approach to homeland security protection.
- Leads team in an all-hazard approach and methodologies to maintain situational awareness of current relevant events and responsive tasks pertinent to the customer and stakeholders to assist in program assessment against mission goals through performance metrics.
- Promotes teamwork between contractor staff and federal client by assisting newly assigned personnel in their training program.
- Leads, mentors, and trains team members in the use of of SPECIAL EVENTS AND DOMESTIC INCIDENT TRACKER (SEDIT) during incidents impacting critical infrastructure.
- Ensures team provides timely and qualitative reports, such as Senior Leadership Notes, Awareness Messages, and Situation Reports.
COMMUNICATIONS/OPERATIONS SERGEANT
DEPLOYMENT
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
06.2020 - 04.2021
- Managed over 50 users of phones, radios, and computers in order to maintain constant communication abilities across 3 different networks and 4 different locations.
- Served as liaison between service members and contractors completing the trouble tickets when necessary.
- Used interpersonal skills to effectively communicate between multiple partners allowing for a seamless flow to completing the mission.
- Conducted weekly tests of all equipment to establish and/or maintain multi-tier communication capabilities.
- Identified mistaken billing that took place over six previous rotations and corrected the mistakes saving the unit and military over $2.5 million.
- Maintained accountability and reliability of equipment totaling more than $1 million to include non-tactical vehicles, cellular phones, computers, weapons, and encryption devices.
- Coordinated intra-theater travel for multiple entities increasing the effectiveness of the mission.
- Organized over 100 cultural immersion tours at no cost to US service members and contractors inviting a better understanding to our foreign colleagues' culture and values.
- Served as the single communications liaison between higher echelons and the ground forces in the Kingdom.
- Vital to modernization of Team KSA's cellular phone network, wherein the force transitioned from a poor cellular service company to up-to-date smart phones & more reliable service assisting more than 300 US members across all of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- Provided multi-layer communications in support of a Joint Task Force
Telecommunications Landline Manager
DEPLOYMENT
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
09.2016 - 06.2017
- Provided multi-layer communications in support of a Joint Task Force.
- Supported all forms of communication equipment, to include landline, cellular, tactical radios, and satellite phones.
- Conducted weekly tests of all equipment to establish and/or maintain multi-tier communication capabilities.
- Managed oversight of various limited access areas, to include communications closets and secure environments.
- Managed all trouble tickets for the phones and radios in order to maintain constant communication abilities.
- Served as liaison between service members and contractors completing the trouble tickets.
- Used interpersonal skills to effectively communicate between the two parties allows for a seamless flow to completing the mission.
- Managed communication security key monthly changeover safeguarding the information and data that is collected in the field.
- Maintained AN/PRC 117 & 152 radio systems in emergency operations center during crisis or significant events, such as hurricanes and other high-impact missions.
- Operated Motorola radio systems for the command team during specific operations.
- Vital to modernization of Joint Task Force Guantanamo Bay cellular phone network, wherein the force transitioned from “legacy” style phones to up-to-date smart phones collectively valued in excess of $100K.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Criminal Justice
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN05-2016
Satellite Communications Operator/Maintainer - undefined
United States Army
Sacramento, CAAdvanced Individual Training-Radio Operator/Maintainer - undefined
United States Army
Fort Gordon, GA09-2012
Skills
- Root-cause analysis
- Cloud services
- Process documentation
- Project management
- Proficient in Microsoft Products and ServiceNow
- Troubleshooting
- Infrastructure management
- Capacity planning
- Complex project delivery
Timeline
Senior Systems Engineer
SAIC
11.2022 - Current
COMMUNICATIONS/OPERATIONS SERGEANT
DEPLOYMENT
06.2020 - 04.2021
Team Lead and Infrastructure Operations Analyst
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
07.2018 - 10.2022
Telecommunications Landline Manager
DEPLOYMENT
09.2016 - 06.2017
RADIO OPERATOR/MAINTAINER
Army National Guard
02.2011 - Current
Satellite Communications Operator/Maintainer - undefined
United States Army
Advanced Individual Training-Radio Operator/Maintainer - undefined
United States Army
Bachelor of Arts - Criminal Justice
Indiana University
Clearance
Active Top Secret-SCI security clearance with CI Poly