Isaac Ramos

Background

About Isaac Ramos

Over 15 years’ experience in managerial and other key roles in the IT industry, most recently as the Infrastructure Solutions Architect & Product Owner overseeing all IT operations for a special project for the client, U.S. Air Force, directing and supervising 2 Engineers and an intern, ensuring quality and timely completion of all deliverables per the requirements of the DoD contract, maintaining adherence to Agile/Scrum methodologies, experienced throughout the career working on individual projects up to $1.3B, and completing projects on time and under budget ⏵ Proficient with all aspects of staffing and professional development, from interviewing, hiring, mentoring, to setting project initiatives with corresponding targeted objectives, monitoring work activities for progress towards the attainment of goals, driving quality and productivity, conducting performance assessments with written reviews, implementing disciplinary measures, etc. ⏵ Advanced steadily into positions of greater authority and associated responsibilities throughout the career, with high proficiencies in Cloud Architecture, IT Systems Design, and Automation ⏵ Approaches operations and project management with an entrepreneurial and collaborative policy mindset, persuasively eliciting equal commitment from all members, fostering an atmosphere in which all stakeholders embrace their respective apportioned tasks, often selecting individuals based upon their innate strengths, mutually vested by an overwhelming desire for the project’s success ⏵ Expertly leads an Agile team of developers and testers creating digital product enhancements, serving as the primary point-of-contact for a major project, collaborating closely with internal and external business stakeholders and all levels of complexity ⏵ Initiates, reviews, revamps, and streamlines systems for greater efficiency, including implementing transformational process improvements, credited for assertively negotiating with vendors for quality, service, infrastructure/software availability, and pricing reductions ⏵ Utilized as a knowledgeable and respected resource, highly regarded and relied upon by all levels of management, peers, staff, vendors, and clients, the “go-to” professional and subject matter expert, to provide sound judgment, well-informed decision-making, and solutions to complex systems administration and integrity, cyber-security measures, project logistics, and client relations issues, through the formulation and implementation of effective strategic planning, as well as program/platform expertise, when others cannot