Senior Security Specialist Resume

SUMMARY

10+ years of knowledge and experience in data center technologies and SDI concepts (Virtualization, Wintel, Networking, Security, Replication & Backup, Cabling, Hardware, SAS70 for todays modern data centers)
Good understanding of implementation of security concepts, such as CIA triad, cryptography, PKI, digital certs, hashing, TLS/SSL, DDOS, AAA, VPNs, ACLs, OS hardening, Storage, Network and Cloud security best practices
Applied PMBOK, ITIL, and Agile best practices when project managing a disparate group of individuals and vendors (including Real estate Site Operations, suppliers, application developers, and System administrators) to execute flawless enablement in hosting integration projects and steady state.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Security Specialist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Improved L2/L3 support by producing high quality & prompt service documentation for Managed customer’s technical issues involving networking, virtualization, and application utilizing various vendor tools (Meraki Cisco, ESXi, Veeam, Barracuda spam, vRealize, Active Directory, and Exchange).
Improve Network/Security Operations service by developing separate On call process which enhanced SLAs for VIP customers
Produced $50K in professional services by assessing, implementing, and managing an organization - wide Exchange domain migration project for Medical Pharmacies
Assisted Roots Canada to implement agile methodologies for a million dollar Meraki wireless security national infrastructure. Performed security site survey and tomographic documentation.
Worked in Waterfall and Agile methodologies in customer projects to improve delivery timelines when applicable.

Project/Solution Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Independently supported more than 100 data center customers. Consistently awarded for being able to produce outstanding customer service and keeping DC secure and well managed
Datacenter floor planner lead for integrating CPPIB (Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board) security and network technology into managed floor space.
Full management of all data center aspects from power, cooling, cabling to 3rd party vendors, contractors.
Implemented a wide range of design and installation solutions involving physical security, hardware builds, network configuration, desktop and virtualization installs using VMware, Cisco, IBM offerings
Provided technical management to Confidential Bank of Bermuda’s hosting center in order to comply with SAS70 security audit.
Assisted project management team in migration plan of Philips Medical to implement massive “swing” hosting environment for Colocation offering at Q9 datacenter.
Assisted in streamlining process during LEAN enhancement initiatives by improving time to delivery and reducing head count needed by 10%.

Infrastructure Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Acted as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for consulting on planning and Quality Assuring (QA) on new solutions to be implemented regarding security, network, and datacenter standards
Implemented security design, for logical and physical installations and changes (Supra keys, DC access lists, Cisco switches, routers, load balancers, firewalls, VPNs, Checkpoint, server hardening)
Lead enablement project and security technical components for Atlas Cold Storage and National Express to implement Nuvo secure monitoring infrastructure and services in hosted environment.
Assisted senior management team in budget estimating and planning of the IBM eBusiness segment during several multi-million dollar project implementations.