SUMMARY:

To secure a position that maximizes over 20 years of IT experience in information and network security, telecommunications and system administration.

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES:

Hardware: ArcSight NSM/ESM, Damballa, FireEye, Palo Alto, Niksun, Netscreen Security Manager (NSM), Juniper Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS) 600f, 8200, Cisco PIX firewalls, Nokia IP290/390, Cisco 2500, 3640, Cisco ASA Ethernet, Sun Sparc 5/20, Dell & Hewlett - Packard laptop/desktop PC

Operating Systems and Protocols: Unix Sun Solaris 9, Red Hat Linux, TCP/IP, UDP, Cisco IOS, Junos, Windows 95, 98, XP, Windows 7, Routing Information Protocol (RIP), Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), PPP, SMTP, Nagios monitoring, Solarwinds/ORION, VPN, ISDN, RADIUS/AAA, TI, T3, OC3, OC12

Software: Junos OS, Checkpoint NG/NGX, Nessus/Tenable, Remedy, McAfee EPO, Microsoft Office Suite

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Reston, VA

SOC Security Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Monitor FDIC Network for malware, viruses, and other related malicious activity
• Recognize vulnerabilities and publicly known attack patterns and signatures
• Responsible for collection, analysis, proactive monitoring and eradication of identified threats
• Write and maintain Standard Operating Procedures for the Security Operation Center
• Conduct research on emerging security threats and vulnerabilities
• Develop threat trend analysis reports and metrics, including correlation and trending of FDIC's cyber incident activity
• Maintains situational awareness reports for advanced threats such as Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) and Focused Operations (FO) incidents

Confidential, Rockville, MD

Security Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Security Lead for the Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS) project
• Monitor Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems for alerts and omitting false positives and escalation of attacks
• Perform weekly monitoring and status checks of the Juniper IDPS to include by- weekly signature updates and tuning
• Develop selected Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and policies for IDPS systems
• Ensure that IDPS systems are in compliance with National Institute of Standards Technology (NIST) Publications 800-94 and 800-61 series guidelines
• Analyze information security systems and applications and recommend and develop security measures to protect information against unauthorized modification or loss
• Prepare IT security documentation for continuity of operations plans for the IDPS platform, including procedures for risk assessment, incident response, disaster recovery and oversee the continuous monitoring process
• Responsible for tracking POA&M's and ensuring completion with artifacts for documentation

Confidential, Arlington, VA

Internet Security Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Create and manage over 800 accounts for customer firewalls
• Configure Checkpoint hardware and software to ensure customers' proper configuration
• Monitor ArcSight for network intrusion attempts, including denial of service attacks, port scans and buffer overflows
• Monitor security websites, such as SANS Storm Center and Spamhaus to keep abreast of security threats and trends
• Review firewall logs for anomalies
• Monitor Netcool for network alarms and outages and work proactively to resolve any network issues
• Ensure all SLA's and procedures for customer outages are met in a timely manner

Confidential, Fairfax, VA

Server Operations/Internet Operations Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Remote monitoring and troubleshooting of over 900 production servers deployed world-wide including mail, news, DNS, ftp and radius servers
• Installed system upgrades and security patches for Sun and Microsoft systems
• Performed Unix and Microsoft operating system installs on all internal workstations
• Setup and maintained servers, LAN/WAN hub equipment racks
• Implemented Internet proxy/firewall policies and solutions for intrusion detection
• Installed and maintained current Anti-virus software on personal computers

Confidential, Lexington Park, MD

LAN Administrator/Lead Operator

Responsibilities:

• Served as primary network support, maintained PC equipment and peripherals
• Installed Ethernet backbone cabling, setup PC/LANs, software installs
• Diagnosed hardware and software problems, repair and replacement of defective hardware
• Supervised technicians in the daily operations of network center
• Maintained security of classified Department of Defense network, both physical and operational
• Responsible for primary disaster recovery and tape backup and restore of essential mission critical information and classified documentation and equipment

Confidential, La Plata, MD

Satellite Operations Technician

Responsibilities:

• Monitored satellite data telemetry on secure classified network
• Commanded spacecraft and performed data analysis of secure data
• Coordinated pre and post ground equipment analysis to ensure information accuracy
• Maintained security of archived mission critical classified data
• Performed weekly mainframe critical system tape backups
• Served as project management lead on numerous Total Quality Improvement groups