Christian Davies

Senior Security Consultant – Information Security

Washington D.C., DC, United States

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Education: Master of Science (MSc)

Information Systems and Telecommunications

The Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School

2005 : 2007

Graduate Certificate,

Information Security & Risk Management

The Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School

2005 : 2007

Experience: Enterprise Portal Services Project (EPS) :

04/01/2021 - Present Senior Information Security Specialist Columbia, MD

Department of Health & Human Services - CMS – (C-HIT, LLC)

Supports the Enterprise Portal Services (EPS) Team on all Security related issues while working closely with the Chief Security Architect, System Architect and Project Manager to plan and design security into the technical solution for Enterprise Portal Services. Supports CMS Security and ISSO and responsible for assuring all CMS security and privacy considerations and requirements are addressed, to ensure the system is designed and ready for the annual Adaptive Capabilities Testing (ACT) and maintains the system Authority to Operate (ATO). (50hrs/Wk.)

 Works independently and collaboratively to resolve challenges facing the security team quickly and completely.

 Performs Security Audits such as CMS Adaptive Capabilities Testing (ACT).

 Performs Web Application Penetration and Continuous Diagnostic Monitoring (CDM) testing.

 Provides mitigation and/or addressing the security specific vulnerabilities and document via Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M).

 Supports ad hoc security requests from the customer and program management.

 Proactively lead multiple priorities and efficient in proposing solutions to complex, time-critical problems.

 Experience working within DevSecOps teams performing application code reviews and providing enterprise security expertise to application/system development teams.

 Manages changes to scope and schedule and resolves conflicts, and tracks and documents reasons for the changes.

2019 : Present

C-HIT

Senior Information Security Analyst

2018 : 2022

Applied Insight LLC

Information Systems Security Analyat

Company: C-HIT

Years of Experience: 6

About I am actively seeking new employment opportunities. I hold a Public Trust Clearance and have immediate availability.

8+ years of experience in highly regulated environments in various sectors, especially in the US Federal Agencies.

Experience with Project Management, Information Assurance/Security Assessment, & Authorization (NIST Based), FISMA Compliance/ISO 2700/COBIT, FEDRAMP Cloud Security Compliance), Process Improvement Methodology; System Development Life Cycle (SDLC); IT Security & Compliance Management, etc.