SUMMARY:

• Network Security / Firewall Engineer with Active Top Secret Clearance, Bachelor of Science in MIS and over 10 years of professional Information Technology experience in government involving network security and infrastructure engineering, equipment and personnel management.
• Network Security using Stonegate Firewalls, Bluecoat, Fortimail, Fortigate, Juniper SSL VPN, Coyote Point and F5 BIG IP load balancers, PaloAlto, Sidewinder, Confidential ASA and juniper Firewalls.
• Standard troubleshooting of firewall, content scanning, e - mail, and networking problems and outages.
• Work daily with enterprise management systems such as secure computing command center and Bluecoat director
• Work daily on multi-platform environments, and Confidential s to include c Confidential lyst 3550, 4500, 2000, 3000 series and routers with experience with some of their features which includes WCCP and Access control lists
• Identifying and resolve daily customer problems to include connection to the internet and intranet, email.
• Work with the IDS team to investigate any and all occurrences that sensors detect that are deemed hostile to the state department network.
• Excellent management and leadership skills and the capability to work well with others.
• Self-starter with a positive outlook and believes in dedication to quality services.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Firewall Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Standard troubleshooting of firewall, content scanning, e-mail, DNS, and networking problems and outages.
• Modification of firewall and content scanning configurations and rule bases
• Provide tier-3 support and troubleshooting for Network Control Center regarding Firewall issues.
• Create and maintain related project plans
• Part of the engineering team that developed solutions for our clients, ensuring that engineered solutions integrate into the network without adversely affecting any other network components.
• Work daily with proxy servers, Stonegate firewalls, Confidential, and Confidential Ironport email security appliance

Confidential

Firewall Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Part of the Network Security team that provides network security support, troubleshooting and configuration of security devices in accordance to DISA standards.
• Configured, installed and work daily with Juniper, Confidential ASA and Sidewinder Firewalls
• Modification of Bluecoat devices for authentication, white list and outbound proxy access
• Configured, installed and work daily with Juniper SSL VPN devices for user remote access
• Configured, installed and work daily with Coyote Point and F5 BIG IP load balancers for load balancing various system applications to include exchange servers, forward proxies, reverse proxies and DNS servers
• Developing and implementing solutions for DHS access to other government agencies
• Provide tier-3 support and troubleshooting for Network Operations Center regarding network security issues .

Confidential

Firewall Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Standard troubleshooting of firewall, content scanning, e-mail, DNS, and networking problems and outages.
• Designed, built and implemented a security architecture that included front end and back end firewalls, SSL VPN device, web scanning device, mail antivirus device and proxy servers.
• Modification of firewall and content scanning configurations and rule bases
• Provide tier-3 support and troubleshooting for Network Control Center regarding Firewall issues.
• Create and maintain related project plans
• Part of the engineering team that developed solutions for our clients, ensuring that engineered solutions integrate into the network without adversely affecting any other network components.
• Work daily with Bluecoat proxy and content filtering device and Juniper SSL VPN device
• Configured, installed and maintain Fortimail device for email virus scanning
• Configured, installed and maintain Fortigate device for web virus scanning

Confidential

Firewall Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Working as part of the network security group assigned to the Department of State to ensure network connectivity and security to the state department, local annexes, embassies, and consulates.
• Responsible for monitoring, maintenance and deployment of Security Systems (Stone gate, True Gate and SidewinderG2 firewalls systems) on internal/ external networks.
• Identifying and resolve daily customer problems to include connection to the internet and intranet, email, DNS requests, adding and blocking IP’S to the firewalls, monitoring incoming and outgoing traffic, firewall disc space, load balancing, and mail queue to make sure all systems are running efficiently.
• Monitor Trend Micro Inter scan logs to keep track of viruses and other malicious codes
• Monitor Surf control web filters for web content
• Monitor all firewall cluster servers daily
• Adding and modifying firewall rule base
• Use Bluecoat proxy appliance platform to protect internal users and networks from spy ware, phishing attacks, inappropriate web usage, and potential legal liability - while actually improving web performance
• Work with the IDS team to investigate any and all occurrences that sensors detect that are deemed hostile to the state department network
• Perform basic UNIX/ Linux administration