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.
