Don Hooper
Pyeongtaek-si,41
Summary
I am a highly adaptive Field Software Engineer (FSE), with 10 years' experience as an Intelligence Electronics Warfare technician experienced in networking, installation, integration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of electronic intelligence equipment and software for the U.S. Army and General Dynamics Information Technology in Wiesbaden, Germany, Tikrit and Ramadi, Iraq, and throughout the Eastern Region of the United States. I maintain an active Top Secret/SCI security clearance, allowing for active involvement and maintenance of systems that transmit and receive electronic intelligence to include multiple Distributed Common Ground Station Army (DCGS-A) platforms. I possess a Counter Intelligence (CI) Polygraph completed as a requirement for Prophet System privileged user access. I am decisive, astute, and focused in a fast paced, increasingly changing environment.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
SECURITY CLEARANCE
CI Current
01.2018
- NATO S, SI/TK/G/H.
Field Software Engineer
09.2014 - Current
- Distributed Common Ground Station-Army (DCGS-A Mobile) Geospatial Workstation (GWS) Geospatial Intelligence Fusion Server (GEOIFS) Trojan Spirit V3 Tactical Ground Station (TGS) Prophet Spiral/Trojan Lite Digital Topographic Support Shelter Light (DTSS-L) Windows 7 Enterprise Windows 8/8.1 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2008 R2 Linux Red Hat 5.1 VMWare 5.0 I perform software configuration for the DCGS-A Mobile Family of Systems platforms in support of the Worldwide Intel 01 contract.
- I provide support locally at Fort Bragg, N.C. as well as throughout the 406th AFSB Eastern Region area of responsibility.
- Duties include site survey, Cisco network switch configuration, Virtual Machine Software configuration, system integrations, creating and maintaining user accounts, integrating systems into both unclassified and classified networks, system administration, and printer setup.
- As an FSE I have become very familiar with Geospatial Intelligence systems and have built a reputation across the region as an individual to contact for software support regarding these systems.
- I provide telephonic support to units of all components of the U.S. Army as well as other FSEs for systems supported by the Worldwide Intel 01 Contract.
Military Intelligence Systems Maintainer/Integrator
U.S. Army
03.2006 - 10.2014
- Conducts intelligence systems integration and maintenance.
- Provides IT support to computer network operations (CNO), MI networks and systems interoperability.
- Responsible for computer hardware and software installation and reconfiguration.
- Accesses and extracts data from fixed, portable, and wireless storage, and communication devices.
- Performs and supervises employment, configuration, maintenance, and electronics monitoring on Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) systems, complex computer-controlled MI and national cryptologic systems and missions to include all intelligence disciplines for collection, processing, analysis and dissemination at all echelons.
Fire Support Specialist
U.S. Army
10.2000 - 02.2006
- Establishes, maintains and operates radio and wire communications and speech security equipment.
- Prepares and maintains daily staff journal, fire support situation map, status charts, capability overlay, and other fire support and target processing records.
- Assists in preparation and dissemination of fire support plans, coordinating documents, and target lists and provides liaison support.
- Assists in initiating requests for field artillery, mortar, naval gunfire, and aerial delivered munitions.
- Emplaces, maintains, and assists in the operation of laser range finders, target designation, and night observation devices.
- Trains subordinates in fire support procedures, techniques, and tactics, and supervision of section operations, maintenance, and training.
- Leads and trains the forward observer team and Combat Observation Lasing Tech in combat operations.
- Prepares observer target lists and assists in formulating offensive and defensive fire support plans.
- Initiates requests and adjusts field artillery, mortar, and naval gunfire using all methods of adjustment including continuous and coordinated illumination.
- Initiates suppressive and screening fire to support scheme of maneuver and performs crater analysis.
- Selects and occupies observation post.
- Orients map and prepares terrain sketch and visibility diagram.
Education
Diploma -
Deep Creek High School
Skills
- Decisive
- Reliable
- Adaptive
- System Administration
- Software Installation
- Troubleshooting
Accomplishments
- US Army Specialized Training: 33 Whiskey/35 Tango Military Intelligence Systems Maintainer/Integrator course.
- New Horizons of Raleigh/Durham: System Administrator Program.
- Security+ce (continuing education) - issued after 1/1/2011, Aug 2014 - Aug 2017.
- A+ce (continuing education) - A+ issued after 1/1/11, Jul 2014 - Jul 2017.
Skills
Computer hardware, electronics, Cisco networking, Linux Red Hat 5.1, Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 8 & 8.1, Windows Server 2008 R2 & 2012 R2, printers, software installation, system administration, systems integration, software support,
Additional Information
- RECOGNITION AND AWARDS 2 Army Commendation Medals, 3 Army Achievement Medals, Afghanistan Service Medal w/ Campaign Star, Iraq Service Medal x2 w/ Campaign Stars, Humanitarian Service Medal x2 (Hurricane Katrina, Haiti) Army Superior Unit Award, Good Conduct Medal x4, GWOT Service Medal, Armed Forces Service Medal
Timeline
SECURITY CLEARANCE
CI Current
01.2018
Field Software Engineer
09.2014 - Current
Military Intelligence Systems Maintainer/Integrator
U.S. Army
03.2006 - 10.2014
Fire Support Specialist
U.S. Army
10.2000 - 02.2006
Diploma -
Deep Creek High School
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