SUMMARY:

• Highly dedicated, leadership - oriented professional with thorough experience leading a wide range of Identity and Access Management, Systems Administration, Software Development, and Technology Implementation projects; developing and maintaining organizational capacity to manage security and operational concerns; and identifying and implementing key initiatives aimed at improving effectiveness. Proven expertise with a wide range of technical environments.
• Since 2002, significant focus has been within Security Management, including Identity and Access Management (IAM), Unix and Active Directory migrations and integrations, Single Sign-On (SSO), Privileged Account Management (PAM), Active Directory & Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), analysis and implementations, and more.
• Security Management
• Technical Project Management
• Technology Strategy
• Systems Administration
• Process Improvement
• Client Service & Communication
• Unix Systems
• Directory Repositories
• Software Development

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: SunOS, Solaris, Linux (Red Hat, SuSE, CentOS, Slackware, Debian, Mandrake, etc.), Linux Z/OS, HP-UX, AIX, Tru64, Unix, *BSD derivatives (BSDI, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD), MS Windows, Windows 95/98, Windows 7/2013/2008/2003/2000/ XP/NT, LynxOS, MS-DOS, C-DOS (Concurrent DOS), OS/2

Applications: Communications, Networks, Database, Hardware Design, Software Design, WWW server & backend analysis and design (Apache, Jakarta Tomcat, iPlanet, IBM Websphere, Java Enterprise Server, JBoss), Sun ONE Enterprise Suite, Brio, Hedge

Computer Languages & Scripting: Perl, CGI, shell scripting, awk, Active Server Pages (ASP), PHP, Java Server Pages (JSP), SQL, HTML, C, C++, Java, JavaScript, BASIC, MS Visual Basic, WebBUILDER, Remedy

Hardware: Sun, x86-based, Confidential Servers, Axiom s Sterling data servers and interface modules

Networking: Novell, Lantastic, ISDN, Cisco, Ascend, Racal, Livingston, FDDI, DS1-DS3, Cable Modems (BBN), DSL, Lantronix, PC-NFS, Unix services (TCP/IP, NFS, DNS, DHCP, FTP, SSH, SNMP, YP/NIS/NIS+, UUCP, POP3/IMAP, SMTP (sendmail, qmail, etc.), etc.), Storage Arrays (Sun StorEDGE, EMC Symmetrix, EMC NetApp, etc.), Veritas suite of products, various firewall packages (CheckPoint FireWall-1, Gauntlet, ipchains, etc.), VPN technologies, SAN & NAS, Active Directory

Security: Unix security, LAN/WAN, VPN, Firewalls (CheckPoint FireWall-1, Gauntlet, Linux ipchains, Cisco IOS & hardware-based, encryption (PGP/GnuPG, SSL, SSH, etc.), authentication systems (Radius, TACACS+, LDAP, Kerberos, S/KEY, RSA ACE, etc.), Two and Multi-factor authentication, Smart Cards/Identification Cards, Privileged Account Management (PAM), tcpwrappers, Tripwire

Database Software: Oracle, Sybase, Informix, Solid SQL, MySQL, mSQL, postgreSQL, MS SQL Server, Paradox, MS SQL Server, MS Access, DB2, FileMaker

Internet: WWW, Web authoring tools (Dreamweaver, NetObjects Fusion, ColdFusion, WebBUILDER, etc.), CGI

Other Relevant Exposure: Confidential Unix applications, GNU packages, HP OpenView Suite, Adobe products, CRM, Quest Software (now a part of Dell) suite of products

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Director & Senior IT Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Led integration activities for Linux, Solaris, and Windows-based servers and workstations.
• Spearhead implementation of vendor products within environment to enhance Identity and Access Management (IAM), Single Sign-On (SSO), Two and Multi-factor authentication, Privileged Account Management (PAM), Unix (Linux, Solaris, etc.) and Active Directory / LDAP integration, and more.
• Manage a wide range of customer-driven and internally focused projects, employing operational best practices to meet client expectations and enhance organizational capacity.
• Improve user authentication and storage of configuration information by developing LDAP directories.
• Design local network for trade use, install database servers, and maintain Unix and Windows systems.
• Develop innovations to improve security effectiveness and monitoring, including designing Active Directory forests and LDAP repositories for storage, areas to hold organizational information, trust policies, and user provisioning.
• Developed various parsing and analysis software for financial data.
• Installed and configured data mining software and development of code to aid in data analysis.
• Successfully employed technical environments including: Unix (Solaris, Linux, AIX, HP-UX, etc.), Active Directory, LDAP, Dell/Quest Software products, Windows & Windows Server, SPSS Clementine, EDGAR data, DataStream, Reuters, Equis MetaStock, Apache, Jakarta Tomcat, Samba & CIFS, Unix C, PHP, JSP, Perl, Shell scripting, MySQL, Nagios, Big Brother, and Tripwire.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Senior Consultant, Professional Services

Responsibilities:

• Participated in client engagements ranging from several months to longer than a year in duration, with a wide range of clients, and requiring extensive travel and communication.
• Evaluated clients’ needs, verified environments, installed software, and provided user .
• Provided experience on a wide range of products including Identity Management, Application Management, and Database Management systems.
• Provided Technical Project Management while on client engagements.
• Successfully managed technical environments including: Unix (Solaris, Linux, AIX, HP-UX, Tru64, etc.), Dell/Quest Software products, Windows & Windows Server, VMware, J2EE, Samba & CIFS, Unix C, Perl, Shell scripting, MySQL, Active Directory, LDAP, PowerBroker, Computer Associates (CA) products, and SAS.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Senior Systems Administrator & Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Interfaced with other teams to support for new installations, server consolidation, and disaster recovery.
• Implemented servers into the topology, assisted in disaster recovery, and verified Veritas configurations.
• Centralized user account management to interface to Windows Active Directory utilizing Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) authentication on Unix and ensured security requirements were met.
• Successfully employed technical environments including: Sun, Solaris v2.6 through Solaris 10, Linux (Red Hat, SuSE), Linux Z/OS, Windows 2000/XP, Active Directory, Cisco, Java, Perl, Shell scripting, SNMP, Oracle Directory Server Enterprise, RSA, Tivoli, LDAP, MySQL, DB2, DHCP, DNS, PHP, NetBackup, and Veritas.

Confidential, Coudersport, PA

Senior System/Security Administrator, Analyst, & Architect

Responsibilities:

• Led all Confidential system administration processes, including operating system upgrades, hardware replacement, help desk ticketing, and monitoring system needs.
• Supported attainment of critical organizational needs by brining servers into compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) security requiring all publicly traded firms.
• Managed maintenance of applications and databases including Oracle, Cold Fusion, Remedy, CVS, Veritas Volume Manager, Veritas Clustering technologies, Symantec BrightMail Anti-Spam v6.0, DHCP, and DNS.
• Communicated with internal departments, high-profile clients, and external vendors to ensure successes.
• Reviewed servers, identifying areas for improvement, consolidation, and integration with other software.
• Utilized product expertise to provide recommendations for server upgrades that resulted in cost savings.
• Developed utilities to ease the transition of local user accounts to corporate-wide LDAP directory.
• Employed knowledge of web-based technologies, including HTML and JavaScript to complete projects.
• Successfully employed technical environments including: Sun, SunOS, Solaris v2.5 through Solaris 10, Linux (Red Hat), Windows 2000/2003/XP, Cisco, C, C++, Java, Java Server Pages, Perl, Shell scripting, SNMP, NIS/NIS+, Oracle Directory Server Enterprise, LDAP, and MySQL.

Confidential, New York, NY

System Architect

Responsibilities:

• Developed utilities to analyze data, enhanced processes to minimize errors, and configured hardware.
• Improved system maintenance by implementing a database centered message status trapping system used to diagnose trouble spots, indicate impending failures, and facilitate problem resolution.
• Designed and implemented error detecting routines to detect, avoid, and resolve various errors.
• Engaged communication skills to provide customer support and interface with development teams.
• Successfully employed technical environments including: Solaris, Linux (Red Hat), HP-UX, Windows 2000/XP, Cisco, C, C++, Perl, Shell scripting, MySQL, Oracle, TCP/IP, sockets, POSIX threads, and TIBCO.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Senior System/Security Analyst & Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Spearheaded the upgrade of network-wide operating systems, patch installation, and daily maintenance.
• Innovated new processes to streamline reporting procedures and simplify security monitoring.
• Enhanced security by developing utilities that streamline security critical processes, such as deleting accounts of former employees and adding new accounts to servers.
• Developed and employed utilities, consisting of shell scripts, Perl, and C code, to maintain user accounts.
• Designed software to enhance SQL database efficiency by importing data from employee directory.
• Automated reporting processes and delivery by integrating Microsoft Access with other database tools.
• Led communication with managers during security audit, verifying various employees’ access needs.
• Successfully employed technical environments including: Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, Linux (Red Hat, SuSE), Windows 2000/2003, Apache, Unix C, PHP, Perl, Shell scripting, LDAP, Tivoli, MS SQL Server, MS Access, HP OpenView, HP MC/ServiceGuard, HP Network Node Manager, Big Brother, SMTP, and Visual Basic.