SSgt Gerald "Gary" Boulware

SSgt Gerald "Gary" Boulware

Dates of Service: Feb 1998 - Sep 2013
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Over 19 years in the IT industry (15 years of Active Duty Military Service, 4 years as a Defense Contractor).

Military Experiences

Jun 2012 - Sep 2013
DIA
Network Technician
Provides network support for a wide, geographical range of customers from the Mississippi River to the West Coast. Tracks scheduled outages and monitors circuit uptime to ensure customers have 100% network availability at all times, and briefs leadership on forecasted issues that may arise from outages. Delivers assistance and support as a COMSEC responsible officer (CRO) by implementing proper control, accountability and destruction of hundreds of COMSEC material for account.
Aug 2007 - May 2012
DIA
Helpdesk Technician
Provide network and computer helpdesk support for customers over multiple mission backgrounds in Windows and UNIX operating systems. Securely processed, tracked, and oversaw delivery of classified and unclassified message traffic via M3 and Smart.neXt mail systems processing over 100 messages daily. Tracked scheduled outages and monitored circuit uptime to ensure customers have 100% network availability at all times.
Oct 2003 - Aug 2007
Compliance Tracking
Demonstrated effective leadership and followership in a rapidly changing environment while assisting with the stand-up of a new organization. Designed, implemented, and enforced the Air Force Network Tasking Order (NTO) program which directed AF units worldwide to install and update system patches and anti-virus software which uphold national, DoD, and AF security policy and directives. Coordinated with agencies around the world to attain compliance and take mitigating steps in the event that compliance was insufficient with NTO directives.
Aug 2000 - Aug 2003
SIDC
Information Assurance NCOIC
Ran unit Communications Center processing incoming message traffic, and disseminating messages to the appropriate organization within the unit; Single-handedly migrated unit from AMHS to DMS message traffic system and trained unit POCs in use of system; Ran Information Assurance shop approving security requests, and providing computer security training to the unit

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Additional Specialization(s)
Security Clearance
Top Secret/SCI or higher

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