EXPERIENCE

Chief Enterprise Architect Storage, Virtualization, Cloud, Network

Contractor

• Confidential Networks, LLC responsibilities included installing, configuring, designing and maintaining datacenter products for ranging from but not limited to EMC CX Arrays, HP EVA 8X00 to HP 3Par Disk Arrays, FreedNAS 8.X NAS tool and Solaris 11 NFS exports. Certain aspects of virtualization involved implementing and deploying VMware 4.1 5.1 ESXi servers and Virtual Center 4 - 5 upgraded VSphere VC 4.1 to VSphere 5.1 on AMD x86 64 and Intel x86/x86 64 processors running Windows 2008 Server . Setup Virtual Distributed Switches, Orchestrator, Operations Manager, vCloud Director, vApp ThinApp, vDiscovery, SCCM, Solarwinds Virtual Manager and Storage Management for the virtual environment. Implemented OpenNMS using PostgreSQL, iptables, Selinux, Apparmor where the system monitors systems using IPv6/IPv4 networks from a remote location. Testing Microsoft Hyper-V 2012 Hyper-V v3 run on standalone machine, Hyper-V does not seem to work when we it is running on VMware, extensive testing to ensure deployment does not affect other Virtualized environments . Architected and implemented network management devices using a number of tools from OpenNMS, Operations Manager 9.4, designed and implemented vFoglight Virtual and Physical network/server environment, designed test environments using Hadoop and Chef clustering capability on virtual machines to implement proof of concept used HP C7000 Blade Servers with HP 3Par storage using SSDs, Brocade VDX devices and NAND PCIe Flash on storage devices, implemented Hitachi IT Operations Manager or Director, Symantec Operations Manager and others. Implemented 5x IPv6 networks for various locations in the DC, VA, NC and MD areas using tools from sixxs.net, tunnelbroker Hurricane Electric 2001:470:1f10:ea0::/64 and gogo6.com as a tunneling solution to IPv4 networks prefix ranges 2001:1c0:b:0::/64, 2001:5c0:1117:2c00::/56. In addition, setup radvd DHCPv6 for Linux, DHCPv6 to integrate with Active Directory and Citrix Xendesktop/VMware Horizon Virtual Desktop Solutions Citrix IPv6 - / where the network was based on IPv4 and IPv6 address space added module for IPv6 . Configured and deployed Cisco MDS 9216 fw: 3.3.4 and Brocade Fibre Channel Switches all models . Designed better storage solutions for Citrix and VMware using open-source tools from various service providers. Configured and deployed Cisco Call Manager and UCS for VMware 4.1 5.1 servers required to use versions 8.1 and higher . Configured Cisco 9216 to be clustered in a virtualized SDV/CFS environment to provide High Availability HA at the fabric level. Zone configuration involves using virtual device alias conf term device -alias database device-alias name ESX5 pwwn 21:00:00:00:e0:8b:2e:80:93 do copy run start. Installed and configured Linux/Unix servers running various flavors of Linux Redhat 5.X-6.X, Ubuntu 12.10, OpenSuse 11.X, Solaris 11 and ClearOs running kernel version 2. .8.1 v5 . Currently there is a portal setup to give the user the ability to select an approved list of applications using Acronis 2013 Enterprise edition to deploy custom server images across the cloud to the VMware environment. In addition, configured a virtual storage environment using FreeNAS 8.X RC1 Beta Version which integrated with EMC, 3Par and JBOD storage array environment. Developed relationships with Actifio virtualized storage solution that uses IBM SVC to provide deduplication, compression, replication, backup among other things . Finalized VMware Operations Manager, vFoglight, VMTurbo, Xengati and Veeam to provide statistical support on how the environment fairs and what changes we need to take to optimize the environment infrastructure optimization . Made recommended tunable system changes to various systems to improve performance at the kernel level to allow for peak/optimal performance. VMware best practices were followed by patching the VMware ESX 4.1-5.X using VMware Update Manager plugin, in addition, security scripts were created from this process to improve our patched and security environment. Security compliance was paramount among known security agencies where we followed various NIST security standards NIST Dept. of Treasury, TSA, Constellation Energy, State of Rhode Island, Census Bureau and AO US Court are to name a few. Moreover, configured Wireless devices DAP-2553 3 point antennas, upgraded fw: 1.12 using multiple SSIDs to overlap creating an extended wireless network using WPA/WPA2 Personal and Enterprise Radius Authentication/Accounting . Configured SIEM Systems for various organizations SNMP Security and Eastern Avenue, SIEM Security Information and Event Management which involved HP Arcsight, Enterasys SIEM, Solarwinds SIEM and others. Provided leadership by orchestrating schedules with key-personnel from the building management personnel to office tenants. The work involved overseeing cabling and power contractors who were hired to wire various sections of the building. Oversaw all network connections in the building, connections converged back to the various wiring closets floor 1-6 . Tested various wireless networks using LanRover, Xirrus Wireless Scanner and other COTS products along with configured Wireless Camera systems from Foscam and Blue Iris Software. Answered a number of questions and tickets using Mantis web-ticketing system while providing updates to customers within the building. Maintained budgets and while keeping schedules in line with the project. Configured various network monitoring tools Base Intrusion Detection System, OpenVas/Nessus, Iptables, Selinux, Nmap, Logwatch, using ClearOS Ubuntu Linux Variant to help with analyzing and identifying network and security anomalies. Monitored two 25 Mb Comcast circuits that terminated into two demarc points designed if disaster occurs so to not take out the network from ingress and egress points . Implemented an e-ticketing system for Confidential Sendmail, MySQL 5.1, Apache 2.x, Iptables, PHP 4.X and RHEL 5.3-5.4 . Provided VMware products, quotes or support vCenter, vCloud Director, Endpoint to various customers some of which include the State of Rhode Island, SNMP Security, Noraye LLC and APS Security LLC. Implemented three storage environments Confidential Networks LLC, one of which involved backup, 2 nd involved Network Monitoring and management using IPv6 protocols for state-to-state management, final cloud environment was used for testing of CloudStack and Openstack. Implemented testing procedures for Openflow v1.3 protocols using HP Procurve 5500, IBM and Cisco switches that support the openflow protocols SDN Software Defined Network . The environment currently consists of Fedora v20 servers running Open vSwitch, the project is based on sending multiple packets across disparate networks using Openflow vSwitches to route data IPv4/IPv6 packets touted that IPv6 is supported using Openflow v1.3 across the backbone to improve performance and reliability at the server and storage virtualization layers project: Openflow .
• Department of Treasury responsibilities include providing leadership on various projects involving storage/backup, network and virtualization initiatives. Provided the customer Dept. of Treasury/IRS with an Architectural roadmap and implementation strategy in developing cloud computing process/procedures, virtualization models/strategy while implementing, Enterprise Storage Resource Management tools and directing D2D/VTL solutions for the Enterprise. Provided BigData solutions to Treasury by suggesting and implementing Greenplumb database solutions using Hadoop and Splunk, the solution would perform data -mining solutions for disparate storage systems ranging from IBM DS8X00, EMC DMX and HP 3par/EVA inventory of existing system included 10PB of raw data in their West Virginia Datacenter facility . In addition, the customer is currently using a myriad of storage systems ranging from but not limited to IBM, Hitachi and EMC disk arrays. Storage, Backup, Process and File services are provided to internal business units using applications from a tiered method of data classification. Provided solutions to the enterprise ranging from but not limited to and Enterprise Storage Resource and Management tools, 'Storage as a Service', 'Backup as a Service', Clouding computing models using chargeback methods using Radius as the accounting system, Hierarchical Storage Management HSM, server security methods and 'Infrastructure as a Service' methodologies. The primary work involved architecting and designing environments to improve the existing IRS virtualization, storage and backup environments. Guidelines were implemented and followed from NIST, IRS, FEDRAMP and FISMA to ensure security and operational awareness.

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• Department of Treasury/IRS/CI Criminal Investigation include providing installation, configuration and leadership using VMware 4.1, NetApp Disk Arrays, HP Fibre Channel Switches, Cisco MDS 9000 Fibre Channel Switches, Cisco ASA Firewalls, Cisco ASC Tacacs/Radius/Active Directory/Syslog, etc. while using Dynamic Ops 4.0 to configure cloud computing paradigms for the Criminal Investigation division of the IRS. Setup and maintained Netapp 6X00 and 3X00 model storage arrays for the
• VMware DoT Virtualization Security project, this project allowed the Treasury agents to create virtualized environments to analyze Justice Department data from asset seizure cases. SnapMirror was used to replicate this data to other sites for DoJ analysis purposes while SnapVault was used to backup VMs allocated for specific purposes while DoJ data would be sent to other filers for analysis by other agents this client/server and agent configuration used qtrees as a way to sort through the data using different operating file systems . In addition, wrote Powershell scripts to manage the Virtual Hosts, Netapp storage arrays and Windows servers. Worked with CI and Booz Allen staff to put together PowerShell scripts for reporting purposes and automated installation/configuration of the VMware ESXi server 4.1.0, later design of VMware 5.1.0 was later implemented as part of phase 2 of the design.

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Completed proposals for various entities such as Los Angeles Department of Water and Power for their Security Information and Event Management i.e. SIEM solution SIEM is designed and setup to capture information from a myriad of different sources some of which but not limited to logs, real-time data feeds, CIM Computer Information Model, WMI Windows Management Information, SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol v1-3, Openssh, WEBES Web Based Enterprise Services, etc. The documents have been uploaded to / for review NIST SP, Guide to Computer Security Log Management . In addition, just completed a 25 page proposal for US Dept. of Justice/Federal Bureau of Prisons. The proposal encompasses Security Authorization known before as Certification and Accreditation process where the organization has to ensure that a number of controls have been implemented correctly, if not, then a POA M i.e. Plan of Action and Milestones has to be completed by the security auditor. The audit goes through a number of steps to address DoJ's security requirements which are entered into a CSAM i.e. Cyber Security Assessment and Management system for reporting purposes. The reports are sent to Congress for review and analysis i.e. OMB A-123 for financial systems to ensure controls are put in place. The Security Authorization process goes through 4 steps which include Pre-certification, Certification, Pre-Accreditation, and Post-Accreditation phases e.g. NIST SP to A . The documents can be found at. confidential

• Currently, forklifting Armed Forces Services Corporation AFSC existing network to run their existing 5 office locations on Junos SRX firewalls, the existing network runs on Cisco ASA 5510 firewalls, HP/Dell Switches, the existing design will be run on Juniper Firewalls SRX240H2, EX T/P switches and MAG SSL/IPSec/VPN device to be used as site to site and end-user tunnel over IPv4 protocols. Future plans are in place to address some of the connectivity issues using IPv6, this capability will give the users the ability to connect directly to the sites without involving an intermediary device IPv6 with Juniper gives us the ability to establish Site -to-Site VPN connections IPsec/SSL capability built into the protocol RFC 2402, 2406, 2407 along with AES256 ESP/AH IPSec VPN IPv6 cryptographic capability. The internal design is based on OSPF and static routes to allow connectivity from external locations using trust and untrusted zones. Natting convert private to public addressing and back will be configured to allow for internal traffic to traverse zones using Comcast and Covad network connections. The IP address range 10.10.0.0/16 has been identified as being problematic so 192.16 .0/24 will be carved out to allow for vlan design and implementation using VLAN 10,20,30,40,50 as the subnet range making the architectural design easier to manage improved root-cause analysis and troubleshooting -
• Installed, configured and maintained the following devices:
• Routers/Switches/Firewa D-link Switches, Netgear and Cisco Switches, Juniper lls Firewalls, Routers, Switches SRX240H2, EX T/P
• Cisco Call Manager/UCS Cisco Call Manager8.6 and higher/Unified Communications using HP DL380 G5-8 servers using 79XX series phones, provided support to customer from VA to DE.
• Servers HP, Dell, Sun and Alienware Servers
• SAN Storage Emulex HBAs, CX600 EMC Storage Array, MSSQL and
• MySQL application management, Sun NA devices, Actifio
• Fibre Channel Switches All Brands of HP Fibre Channel Switches Cisco and
• Brocade
• Tape Devices Sun StoragTek and HP Tape Devices
• UPS APC UPS
• Virtual Backup Devices D2D/VTL, Online Backup Environment using HP 9-12K devices i.e. D2D2T

Responsibilities included installing, configuring, designing and maintaining datacenter products for the Administrative Office AO US Courts Federal Division. Provided leadership on various projects involving Redhat Server configuration, HP Blade Server, Storage Systems and Backup design. Other aspects of the project included working with as a VMware ESX 4.1-5.1 and Virtual Center, EVA and Hitachi Storage, Network and Systems Integration etc. The various projects ranged from Judicial Enterprise Computing Division, Networking systems WAN Group Sprint Datacenter located in Reston, VA, Information Management Division IMD, Judicial Enterprise Network Information Exchange JENIE, Division, Replication and Email Messaging Lotus Notes Division and others. Implemented a e-ticket and tracking system for AO US Courts called Mantis Sendmail, MySQL 5.1, Apache 2.x, Iptables, PHP 4.X and RHEL 5.3-5.4 . Worked with various groups providing insight into network designs and layouts to ensure failover, reliability and thorough put from the different projects and courts. Worked with teams to configure multipathing regarding the storage environment to ensure storage connectivity remained intact. Configured, Implemented and trained engineers using network management tools HP SIM, Storage Essentials, HP Rapid Deployment Altiris, OpenManager 8 and OpenNMS . Setup and Implemented additional Opensource Network Management tools like Nagios and Zabbix Network Management and reporting tool . Implemented HP Storage Essentials DL380 G5, Oracle 10G with patches, Windows 2003 Server locked down on the third floor lab. Jenie Project included Redhat XEN and KVM along with JDC, PACTs and other projects in the AO. Finally, suggested global deployment of Mantis and Zentrack, implemented to keep track of events, outages and other identified anomalies pending AO world-wide implementation of Opensource products from Branch Chief .Sr. Redat Engineer/HP Systems/Network Engineer Contractor

Confidential HP Certified Engineer Employee

Responsibilities included installing, configuring, designing and maintaining datacenter products for federal, state, local and commercial organizations ranging from the following: Federal Reserve, US Treasury/IRS, Federal Trade Commission, USDA, Freddie Mac, Unisys Corporation, L3 Communications, US Courts, Computer Associates, Lafarge Systems, Applied Biosystems/Celera, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Solomon Smith Barney, Perot Systems, Canon, Cyber, Factset, US Army, US Navy and Air Force, Pentagon, etc.

Confidential Infrastructure Architect Contractor

Responsibilities included developing, designing policy and procedures for datacenter initiatives proposed by the Census Bureau FDCA Project and the Harris Corporation. Designed, installed and configured prototypes for various departments for Harris ranging from McAfee EPO Policy Servers Security, Altiris Deployment/Notification Servers 6.8-6.9 Operations, Bluecoat Proxy SG 810 and Proxy AV Security, VERITAS Netbackup Tape solutions Operations and Secure Fusion Security . Worked with VoIP team to configured Cisco Call Manager on 6506 Switches using Sup 720 III modules running 12.X IOS version, installed POE 48-port modules to support the various phone system Cisco 79XX phones . In addition, proposed transition documents to help facilitate the move from Largo, MD to the Sprint Datacenter located in Reston, VA. Key areas of business involved architectural design to network, operations, security and SAN Storage implementation and management. 1301 McCormick Blvd, Largo, MD, Sprint Datacenter in Reston, VA and Census Bureau Datacenter located in Bowie, MD were a few locations that hosted Datacenter Processing Center DPC environments.

Confidential Infrastructure Architect Contractor

Responsibilities included developing and designing policy and procedures for datacenter initiatives proposed by the architect team. Installed, configured and designed VMware models using ESX 3.5 server and Virtual Center 2.5. Configured storage requirements for the site using Netapp filers models. Redesigned Blade servers and RDP Rapid Deployment, Systems Insight Manager, along with IDS tools from Snort SourceFire and Base to identify anomalies in the test environment. TACACS/Radius authentication tools, Webmin Management tools, AD implementation and testing were used to simulate their production environment. Worked with Risk Management, security and Corporate executive team to resolve DMZ project issues using customized scripts to resolve security issues with Windows servers. In addition, customized Sun shell scripts to resolve security issues on Solaris and Linux machines. Provided reports on current infrastructure design, proposed cost analysis involving disaster recovery DR projects, attended numerous meetings with various vendors ranging from HP, Netapps, Sun Microsystems, Microsoft, Opsware, Datadomain, Texas Systems, EMC, etc.

Confidential Lead Network Engineer IV Contractor

• Worked during the same time during my employment at Hewlett Packard as a Unisys contractor. Responsibilities included configuring, designing and maintaining datacenters for the Transportation Security Administration TSA and Census Bureau hosting sites. Worked as a consultant where my primary responsibilities entailed configuring/maintaining all device types from Cisco Systems, Microsoft, Redhat, Solaris, Arcsight and Dell's product lines. Worked with Call management team to install configure call systems using the Windows version of Cisco Call Manager 7X. Trained staff members in all facets of computing ranging from power requirements, server management/consolidation, proper implementation of DHS/TSA security measures and SAN design/configuration of various products which include the following
• Installed, configured and maintained the following devices:
• Routers/Switches/Firewalls Cisco Product Lines
• Cisco Call Manager/UCS Cisco Call Manager 7.0/UCS with Phones 7600 series phones using Cisco 6509 switches Sup III-IV switches using POE modules
• Servers All Dell Server Product Lines

Chief Network Architect Owner

• Responsibilities included designing and reconfiguring datacenters for numerous organizations of which included the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Ashburn, VA, the International Broadcasting Bureau/Voice of America Washington, DC, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Baltimore, MD, the United States Army Reserve Atlanta/Peachtree City and United States Army Fort Rucker, AL, Unisys Corporation and the DoD PIMS Partnership for Peace Information Management System, the Dept. of Navy Washington DC, Centrepetal Solution Strategies Bowie, MD/Baltimore, MD/Atlanta, GA, Trinidad Energy Department - Petrotrin Energy Company Trinidad and Tobago, EzeClinic Medical Practice Jackson, TN and DC Government Unified Communications Center UCC .
• Wrote proposals for numerous federal, state and local institutions such as Georgia Technology Authority Dell Management Project, Orange County Transit Authority, North Carolina State University Security Project, Fulton County Information Technology Department Atlanta, GA, Department of Interior and numerous agencies. Configured routers and switches with security in mind to include the following: used DITSCAP DoD Information Technology Security Certification and Accreditation Process models, configured v-LANs with ipsec tunnels, used NSA router/switch configuration models, DITSCAP firewalls configuration PIX, Checkpoint, and Linux-iptables-firewalls, etc., IDS sensors snort, Cisco, Linux, NetBSD, AIX, etc., Load balancers Big IP - F5 Networks, Radware, Nortel etc, Network Management Snmpc, HP Openview, Ismart, Cisco works and What's up Gold, redesigned ATM/OSPF network for the US Army reserve with OSPF/ATM/Sprint/MPLS redesign in mind. Made recommendations in areas of policy change that could affect areas of performance and security by laying out Visio diagrams and citing sections of US Army security compliance.
• Redesigned US Army Reserve network operations at Peachtree city project as it pertains to MPLS redesign. Created project reports and analysis on Microsoft Project 200X while projects ranged in value from 1 million to 200 million. Performed network assessment and redesign of Unix/Cisco systems for Unisys Corporation in Chantilly, VA. Installed, configured and maintained office Cisco Call Management system for the office 6X-7.X versions of Call Manager and UCS using CiscoWorks to manage the environment. Installed and configured Microsoft Project Server at various sites to help identify issues with the State and Local government projects. Trained individuals using Microsoft Project and the collaboration features similar to Lotus Notes. Configured SAN and Network Appliances such as Tigi-SAN or HP/Compaq Beowulf Storage Devices using Qlogic switches and Qlogic HBA cards. Designed and Installed multi-million dollar datacenter equipment for various military installations with best practices in mind. Provided storage solutions for various vendors ranging from Tigi Corp, Qlogic, and HP/Compaq San Solutions. Worked with Unisys representatives on the configuration of ES7000 Servers with multiple partition configurations in mind used VMWARE to allow for multiple operating systems to work in accord with business requirements . Worked with EMC, Computer Associates, Anteon, Blue-Parrot, and others in joint ventures on project contracts. Performed SDR Systems Design Review involving network architecture review and design. Provided network diagrams and methodologies for planning primary and COOP Continuance Operations for various clients. Performed threat analysis at the various sites using an assortment of tools such as NetRat, Languard, ISS, Web-Trends, ACID, PhP, Proprietary Web-Tools, Nessus with approval from staff, some tools were not allowed by some government installations, Nmap Windows, Linux NetBSD, and Snort-2.X. Used Ethereal for analysis of snort files which helped to identify possible scanning threats at the packet level. Wrote scripts to modify and secure Windows and Unix machines from a login script called lifeworm.scr. This script used a Kix32 engine to scan the various commands for vulnerabilities and malicious code. In turn, the script would identify signatures based on Cert and IANA, Tech-Target and Network/Systems Management and remove from user's desktop without detection. Advised and configured filtering software Trend, Norton and McAfee . Configured Radius/Tacacs to work with AS Cisco Routers for authentication using Windows authorized users. Finally, designed wireless environments using 802.1x Radius authentication, MAC address filter, and AES encryption, NAT, and VPN elements for Jones Associates located in Washington, DC.

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Lead Network Engineer Contractor

• Consulted with Northrop Grumman and the Dept of Navy Bureau of Medicine and
• Surgery to provide expertise in the areas of computing where we were directly involved with the Conus network migration and implementation project. Provided support to EDS as the lead engineer for the NMCI multi-billion dollar government contract award. The contract vehicle required us to maintain and monitor Windows NT 4.0, Linux 7.x-9.x, and HP-UX v10-11x, Solaris 2.x version of servers. In addition, reconfigured Cisco Routers and Cisco Switches . Configured Dell servers, Compaq Proliant 3000-DL330 Servers, HP, Intergraph and Micron Servers. Replaced microprocessors on various machines to decrease cpu utilization, added additional fiber arrays to increase disk resources, and configured HBAs for improved throughput to Brocade and Q-logic switches. Performed C2 and M2 certification on the servers in the computer rooms and throughout the organization. Wrote and made modifications to computing and network policies involving military personnel and the effects it may have on their existing environment.
• Resolved security issues with SQL and Oracle databases running on NT systems. Monitored and maintained Microsoft SQL 6.5-7.0 versions. Removed malicious code viruses by completing scheduled batch files and login scripts to resolve problems on the network. Completed VPN software project for the new Vice Admiral Executive Assistant to the Defense Secretary . Designed and performed security analysis using Retina, Stat, Languard, ISS, Web-Trends, and others software analysis of security issues on Windows 2000 NT systems . Updated all the security patches for the servers, wrote network authentication scripts for the users who logged into the system. Removed active-x and java applets using Kix32 and Perl scripts from remote connected computers for example: OCX, removed open files. Worked with Pentagon staff to ensure connectivity using Cisco's 6509 Apex switch and 7507 Router. Configured Microsoft Exchange servers to run with new PKI certificates on the various boxes and configured the new exchange server project: E-med with the X.400 protocol. Configured and installed Microsoft Project Server, version 2000, at the site for project file sharing across the disparate LAN's for the military. Configured Microsoft Project to interact with SQL server and Microsoft Exchange collaboration and replication features. Installed Radius and AS5X00 solution for remote access using dialup as method of connection VPN concentrators were not allowed due to security risks associated with Pentagon staff . Revamped the Enterprise Exchange Email solution for Bumed while working in conjunction with Microsoft on future goals of the organization. Configured Sendmail application on different variants of Unix servers which were used exclusively as MTA's. Configured the Sendmail server to filter traffic, validate resolvable domains, verify valid domains, retrieve mail and access statistics, while reporting to higher ups as it pertains to system status. Monitored numerous elements of server activity using Net-IQ, Whatsup, Syslog, Languard, ISS Security Scanners, NetRat, Cisco 2000 Works, HP Openview, and Snmp3 applications and Windows Performance Monitors. Revamped the clustering solution from a file and print server standpoint. The solution provided the client with dynamic mapping and sharing of file shares through a clustered graphical interface. Supervised the installation and configuration of Norton, McAfee, and Trend Micro on production servers and desktops. Consulted with the Director of IT and BUMED Department Head on Compaq SAN solutions. Configured LDAP solutions for the hill and users throughout the organization. Created Linux servers for testing purposes to for secure ftp computing. Provided consulting services for the communications staff on implementing security standards for their encrypted communication projects. Configured Xerox Scanware software to work with the exchange server in Department of Navy's document flow project.

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Q/A Systems Engineer Contractor

• Configured and Maintained Solaris Sun OS 4.x-Sparc Servers, Linux Servers, Windows
• NT-9.x servers and HP series servers. The project consisted of testing their Gauntlet firewall product using Socks 5 standards. This included constant review of CPU utilization, load averages, unsuccessful log attempts, compromise and consistent thorough put against their firewall Gauntlet on Sun Solaris and HP 9000 servers .
• Worked with configuring DNS servers for proper resolution with their firewall products and configured Transcenders 3com suite . Responsible for a suite of servers that included an array of software from QuickTime, Real-Player, VDO-Player, UDP loader, FTP products, NetMeeting, Aventail, Netscape 3.x-4.x, Mozilla 1, IE 4.x-5.x, NEC Socks5 client, and an array of other products for testing purposes. Added users for testing purposes to Sun and HP boxes for other suites on different networks to test connectivity and all of the services offered by their firewall product Socks 4-TCP and Socks 5-TCP and UDP . Used snoop, protocol, and tail -f /var/log/messages in Sun, tcpdump in Linux, and top and Glance to review packets and network error messages regarding Gauntlet and error messages. Worked with developers to review error messages and to make corrections.

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Wan Manager/Network Engineer Contractor

• Managed and maintained Compaq Proliant 6500, Solaris 2.x and Dell 2500 servers.
• Reviewed metrics from Compaq Insight Manager and HP Openview. Resolved problems regarding NT 4.0, Digital Unix, and Novell 4.0 servers.
• Implemented and sustained Cisco Catalyst and Synoptic switches, Cisco 1000, 2500, 3600, and 7509 routers. Configured the routers and switches for use in the various offices LA, NY, Chicago, and DC using NAT and Frame Relay. Installed, configured and troubleshot the Kentrox CSU/DSU from a remote location using NetMeeting. Worked with MCI/WorldCom and UUNET to find out information regarding the three Internet circuits that traversed a central MUX demark point: port 4 inserted into a fast Ethernet port on the Cisco 3640 Access Router.
• Performed Arcserve backups on Novell 4.1-4.11, Windows NT 4.0 SP 5. Responsible for updating the Cisco IOS for 2000 compliance. Worked with Compaq Insight Manager, HP Openview, Digital Unix, and SQL Server 6.5-7.0. Configured and implemented Netscape 3.x-4.x, IE 3.x-4.x. Developed SQL and Access databases for the office environment.
• Implemented checkpoint software on the Solaris 2.x server for authentication and protection of the internal network. Finally, administered the Exchange and primary NT Servers MS Clustering software version 1.x .
• Identified threats and vulnerabilities using an assortment of tools for trend and network analysis. Wrote scripts to identify and eradicate threats before they were able to execute arbitrary malicious code. Resolved Y2K issues with various servers using LANDesk and other tool to help with the software pushes to the desktops. Used Microsoft Project to keep track of various project needs and deadlines. Configured Microsoft Project from a central server to allow for collaboration of project data. Moreover, worked with upper-management and consulting staff to identify areas of concern and improvement when it pertained to network and internal security. Finally, worked with associates to configure checkpoint firewall running on SunOS.
• Supervised a group of 5-6 engineers working on site. Reviewed status reports on system health and customer approval. Trained new personnel on system maintenance, backup procedures and SQL database maintenance.