Security Specialist Resume Columbus, Ohio - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

25+ years as an experienced professional with an extensive documented history in Information Technology.
Career of continued education as well as an emphasis on practical solutions for an ever changing landscape.
Maintain a technology lab environment to design, test and experiment with current and emerging technologies.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential - Columbus, Ohio

Security Specialist

Responsibilities:

Engineering lead assigned to the CISO. Primary roles include security incident identification, research and resolution or mitigation actions.
Responsible for Web filtering services and SMTP relaying services via Cisco Ironport S and C series appliances. Implemented updates, patching and security vulnerability fixes on all appliances.
Technologies employed include IBM QRadar and Qualys SIEMs, McAfee ePO, Splunk and internal State of Ohio centralized logging.
Performed security reviews and audits as an ongoing activity.
Collaborated with internal Infrastructure, Networking and Architecture teams to resolve and complete complex Information Technology issues and initiatives.

Senior Systems Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Nagios lead architect, engineer and administrator to monitor Corporate and Franchise devices.
Digital Menu Board image lead architect and engineer.
FOG (Free Open source Ghost) architect for all Restaurant Solution images.
Specialty proof of concept and theoretical engineering lead for development projects.
Mentored junior team members with complex IT issues.

ADTT Testing Engineer

Confidential - Columbus, Ohio

Responsibilities:

Performance data collection and analysis of ATM systems in preparation for a national 10,000+ ATM XP to Windows 7 refresh project.
Created universal baseline and idleline performance templates, automation collection scripts and procedural documents for all affected ATMs.
Designed and implemented diverse negative testing procedures to validate the conversion process and discover defects.

Implementation Engineer

Confidential - Columbus, Ohio

Responsibilities:

Build, implementation and application deployment for a high-profile mortgage banking project with a scope of over a 1,000 servers.
Technologies implemented include Windows clustering, VMware, Symantec Endpoint Protection 10 & 12, Symantec ESM, IBM Tivoli, SCCM 2007, SQL and Oracle Database clustering, NAS (HP & EMC) integration and network teaming.
Extensive scripting using a combination of Batch, VBScript & Powershell.
Provide on call 24/7 support as needed for client initiatives including diagnostics, RCA’s and application deployments.