SUMMARY:

• As an Information Technology Network Security Professional, I have effectively utilized my technical, communication and leadership skills to provide information security guidance and direction within large scale organizations.
• My interpersonal, communication and collaboration skills have contributed to my successes by allowing me to provide expertise and technical leadership in specific target areas of information security, security operations, and network security & defense.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Layer 2: Act as a Senior System Administrator (SSA) in the Information Assurance Division and keep the network infrastructure functioning properly.
• The network consists of Cisco routers and switches and Aruba wireless infrastructure. Coordinating all administration and repair activities with management who has overall responsibility for the network.
• Network troubleshooting and problem resolution conducted in accordance with Army regulations. Tasks include analyzing network statistics and troubleshooting complex network issues from the router to the user workstation, switch and router troubleshooting and configuration, VPN local troubleshooting and ticket handling, Completing network infrastructure move/add/change operations, and configuring newly - expanded parts of the network necessary for production operations.

Confidential

Network Security Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Support firewall policy implementation for data center migration project migrating from datacenter to a Cisco ACI SDN environment. Responsible for
• Cisco Firepower 4100 and 9000 firewall policies managed by a Firepower Management Console platform. Migration and administration of firewall rule sets defending production as well as non-production applications.

Confidential

Network Security Engineer, Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Support Confidential ’s engineering efforts to support all products and services sold by the company, including, areas of solution development, consultation, installation, design, planning, implementation and troubleshooting.
• Wrote Consulting Services plans for two services deliverables. Completed s as required. Provided social engineering engagements, firewall config & policy assessment engagements and direct firewall consulting.

Confidential

Security Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Assess the existing firewall implementation, provided recommendations and ensure implementations are done via best practices, configure high availability, assess and improve IPSec tunnels and routing, help to plan and migrate to a new data center. Plan firewall change control. Troubleshoot to resolve networking issues.

Confidential

Firewall Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Oversee, direct and perform daily information security operations for more than 400 firewall countermeasures on behalf of our client. With direct daily interaction with our client, I planned, set direction and oversaw the execution of technical projects required to maintain a positive network security posture for our client. I oversaw the tactical day to day duties of a team of five engineers. I functioned as technology partner, technical lead and liaison representing the firewall team to our client.
• I assigned change control tasks to engineers based on customer need and engineer skill set while ensuring forward motion of assignments and projects through to their successful completion.
• I advised and provided guidance to team members on any matter of a technical nature to ensure individual success. I conducted bi-weekly team meetings to ensure harmonious operations across multiple on-going projects. I devised and implemented weekly cross to eliminate dependency on any one individual contributor.

Confidential

Franchise Owner, Managing Director

Responsibilities:

• Oversaw, directed and performed daily business operations of an executive talent search, recruiting and placement firm. Advised clients regarding applicant technical qualifications by assessing technical skill sets and work history of candidates prior to presentation as potential candidates for highly technical positions.

Confidential

Manager Tier 3 Firewall Operations Support & Cyber Attack Response

Responsibilities:

• Member of the Firewall Council Review Team performing reviews and approvals of proposed firewall modification plans. Provided guidance and leadership to technical peers and junior firewall engineers.
• Analyzed network security & performance to include incident response. Provided on-going operational support of firewalls including configuration policy design and deployment. Operational responsibility for firewall performance tuning and rule retirement. Vulnerability remediation of firewall platforms. Firewall platform upgrades & updates.

Platform Network Security Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for providing technical support of enterprise network firewall deployments. Successfully supported “Diamond” accounts providing the highest level of service/support that Check Point offers its customers. Resolved customer service requests as required. Mentored technical subordinates on on-going issues. Led team of firewall support engineers to gain control of high call volume of a distressed account.