Anton Soukup

Experience

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  Verizon

  May 2009 - May 2013

  Served as Project Manager overseeing network upgrades (equipment upgrades, circuit upgrades) for multiple Federal customers. Designed and implemented tracking systems for data metrics relating to circuit implementation and upgrades, resulting in a 25% reduction in daily order tracking time. Worked with Federal agencies (DOI, DOJ, CMS, BIA) to implement network deployments, layer 1 to 3. Created automation to resolve internal process gaps, eventually automated the Verizon circuit activation request system.

  • Senior Analyst - Implementation

    Jun 2012 - May 2013

  • Implementation Coordinator

    May 2009 - Jun 2012
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  Verizon Enterprise Solutions

  May 2013 - Aug 2022

  System Owner/ISSE - FISMA Moderate Boundary-Designed and lead build out of a FISMA moderate boundary in support of large federal contract-Created and implemented unified change control process-Developed all associated documentation for FISMA boundaryDigital Transformation Solutions Architect-Named as representative to the Digital Transformation Team to carry out VP initiative to increase automation across the organization-Created portal to track employee submissions from idea to implementation-Reviewed each submission to determine feasibility of idea and which technology would be best to implement (Tableau, RPA, SharePoint, other system development)-Worked with PM and IT teams to create requirements and implement solution to best utilize the given technology and ensure solution could be used across the organization-Built prototypes as needed to help refine requirements and drive solutionsDeveloped a vulnerability dashboard-Displays current vulnerabilities in the environment to allow for systematic tracking-Allows user input to state when vulnerabilities will be closed-Dashboard is populated via data from Nessus scans utilizing python and javascript-Reduced status calls from 10 hours a week to 1.5Developed a pipeline manager dashboard-Tracks pipeline of ~$10 million circuit orders currently in flight-Generates predictive reports to determine future completion dates to allow management by exception ensuring time is spent where it is most needed-Reduced status calls time from 15 hours a week to 1 hourSharePoint Administrator-51 sites with global reach-Provide monthly updates and executive reporting-New content created using C# and jQueryDevOps-Overseeing rewrite to newer version of Java to remediate discovered vulnerabilities for application supporting USPS-Provide support and patches for Java based application support $100 million/year contract-Lead disaster recovery exercises-Create SQL queries to generate reports and resolve issues Show less As a Project Manager, I supported any heavily technical projects across the Verizon Federal space including leading an organization transition from Waterfall to Agile project management styles. I also automated weekly reports, systematically pulling data from diverse systems, reducing weekly time spent generating executive reporting by 90%, created a web based application to provide scheduling functionality for circuit activation (reduced circuit activation processing request time by 75%, reduced overbookings by 99%, increased number of circuit activations processed by a single individual by 34%), created a web based application to generate reporting from metadata gathered from contract documentation, and created a web based application to support TPV compliance, eliminating the manual email driven workflow.Served as Application DevOps Engineer for the system supporting USPS circuit activation and management. Discovered and resolved date calculation issue that prevented disconnect orders from closing out before end of month reducing credits to customer by 10%. Show less

  • Principal Security Engineer

    Apr 2019 - Aug 2022

  • Service Delivery Architect

    Apr 2017 - Apr 2019

  • Project Manager – Technical Projects/Developer

    May 2013 - Apr 2017
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  Verizon Enterprise Services

  Aug 2022 - now

  • Distinguished Engineer - Security Architecture

    Aug 2023 - now

  • Senior Principal - Security Architecture

    Aug 2022 - Aug 2023