Yousif Ali, Engineering Sr. Manager

Yousif Ali

Engineering Sr. Manager

DHS – Data Center

Location
United States - Virginia
Education
Master's degree, Cyber Security
Experience
24 years, 8 months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :24 years, 8 months

Engineering Sr. Manager at DHS – Data Center
  • United States
  • My current job since June 2019

DHS - DC1 is the provider of Hosting capabilities and XaaS to all DHS components

As the Engineering

at DHS – HQ WASHINGTON
  • United States
  • September 2017 to December 2018
Deputy Program Manager at DHS – HQ WASHINGTON
  • United States
  • December 2016 to September 2017

DHS - HQ NOC is the provider of WAN connectivity to all DHS components

•As the Deputy Program Manager, I had the responsibility to oversees and manage the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management. Review status of projects and budgets, manages schedules, and prepares status reports. Assessed project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives.
•Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, clients, and other stakeholders
•As the Deputy Project Manager, I assist with managing a medium-sized program providing Network Operations Center WAN support for our federal customer with successful performance consistent with contractual SLOs and SLAs
•As directed by the Program Manager, I assist with the program budget, schedule, and operating procedures, and manage program-level client interactions
•I also assist on program expansion through leadership of proposals for existing work and some new tasks/projects, and start-up and staffing of new program work
•I lead and mentor direct reports in the areas of WAN Tier 1 & Tier 2 support, Change Management, and Network Monitoring Tools support
•Continues mentoring of all the staff on business acumen, professional growth, business growth and corporate strategies
•Strive on acquiring follow-on business associated with assigned programs/projects and supports new business development by leading and or assisting with re-compete proposals.
•Work closely with customer(s) and team to ensure open and regular communication, both written and oral
•Identify corporate capabilities to present to customer(s) to expand the business and leverages existing customer relationships to identify new opportunities.

at DHS – HQ WASHINGTON
  • United States
  • August 2015 to December 2016
Treasury at FinCEN
  • United States
  • May 2010 to November 2010
Senior Technology Consultant at U.S Navy
  • United States
  • December 2009 to May 2010
Senior Technology Consultant at U.S Navy
  • United States
  • October 2008 to December 2009
Technology Consultant at Transportation Administration
  • United States
  • February 2008 to July 2008
Lead Senior Network Engineer at Verizon Internet Services
  • United States
  • September 2007 to February 2008
Network Engineer at Verizon Internet Services/MCI/UUNET/WorldCom
  • March 2000 to February 2008

Education

Master's degree, Cyber Security
  • at University of Maryland University College
  • June 2014

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Bachelor's degree, Computer Information System Science
  • at University of the District of Columbi
  • May 1997

Unique Qualifications Applicable to the Performance of this Requirement Similarities in Size, Scope, and Complexity

Specialties & Skills

Information Security Management
Telecommunications
Network Engineering
Project Management
Team Management
RESEARCH
LEADERSHIP
NETWORKING
CISCO ROUTERS
ESTIMATING
ETHERNET
Project Management
Program Management

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

CISM (Training)
Training Institute:
ISAKA
Date Attended:
June 2019
PMP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2018