Chris Wilkinson
Enterprise Architect Lead Engineer
- Role
- Enterprise System Architect at Gray Wolf Solutions, Llc
- Location
- Falls Church, VA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Chris Wilkinson
Subject matter expert level executive consultant offering more than 25 years of technical leadership in high-profile environments for development and execution of mission critical enterprise architecture strategy. Broad and deep technical knowledge with a track record of saving endangered program of record architectures from being turned off to becoming cutting edge high performance environments. Senior information technology engineer with extensive client experience including the US Government Intelligence Community, the Department of National Intelligence, the US Department of Defense, Executive Office of the President and US Department of Justice.Enterprise Systems Architect with an extensive history of working on extremely large scale system integration projects, including the Distributed Common Ground System - Army (DCGS-A), the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Defense Travel System (DTS), the Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS-A), the US Airforce Data Center and email consolidation, and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency worldwide Citrix deployment.Consulting clients include US Government, US Army, US Airforce, US Navy, USDA, DEA, FBI, CBP, TSA, CIA, NGA, NRO, NSA, DIA, MCIA, NCTC, NMEC, Discover Card Services, UBS Financial, Lehman Brothers, Chase Manhattan, and Goldman Sachs (NY). Honors include numerous client letters of appreciation & commendation and several corporate excellence awards from Executive Office of the President, White House Communications Agency, EMC Corporation, Sun Microsystems Research & Development, and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.Specialties: 25 years of Enterprise Architecture and system design experience. 15 years building Storage Area networks (SAN), Network Attached Storage (NAS), and Hierarchical Storage Management (HSM) architectures. TOP SECRET SCI (Life-Style Polygraph) security clearance 5-year periodic update granted April 2013, consecutively held TS SCI since 1990. Intelligence Community Badge with access to all IC sites and facilities. Microsoft, Cisco, Oracle, and Symantec architectures.
Experience
Enterprise System Architect
Apr 2024 — Present · Reston, VA, US
Senior Netork engineer, expert level supporting the US intelligence community. Responsible for the design, implementation, integration, operation, optimization, and maintenance of heterogeneous, global-scale, unclassified and classified networks. Demonstrating an extremely broad technical background and hands-on experience in all aspects of networking engineering, including network security. Works as part of a fast-paced, collaborative, multi-discipline team in support of mission critical organizations providing technical subject matter expertise in the field of network engineering and communications. Provides expert level knowledge of network infrastructure, including routing, switching, gateways, VPNs, and MPLS networks including various cryptographic equipment. Creates a full range of complex network designs encompassing multiple technologies and technology layers (LAN, WAN, OS, IOS, etc.) within multiple, enterprise networks.
Education
University of La Verne
Business Administration
1994 — 1995
US Army Command & General Staff College
MS, Strategic Military Planning
1991 — 1992
Salve Regina University
Management of Information Technology
1997 — 1999
Niagara University
BS, Computer Science
1982 — 1986
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