SUMMARY:

My analysis is thorough & organized when it comes to project planning, and I can be relied upon to troubleshoot complex problems quickly & accurately; however, my principle drive at this stage in my career, is to communicate, collaborate & mentor a team. If you hire me, I will contribute to your success & the success of your organization at a high level by inspiring the team from within.

SUMMARY OF TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE:

NETWORK: Cisco R/S, Nexus DC, Wireless, Voice, Coat, F5, Riverbed & Packetshapers

NET - MANAGEMENT: Prime-LMS, Cattools, Entuity, Solarwinds & Wireshark

PERIMETER: Cisco ASA, Check Point, Cradlepoint, Fortinet, Juniper, Palo Alto & WatchGuard

ROUTING: BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, MPLS & DMVPN

SECURITY DEVICES: Cisco ACS/ISE, ForeScout & Rapid7

SECURITY COMPLIANCE: ISO 27000, NIST 800-53 & 800-171

WAF: Barracuda & F5

EXPERIENCE:

Network Security Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Upgraded a Check Point 23500 infrastructure with five domains & four gateways for a financial services company to R80.30.
• Performed an extensive evaluation of their firewall policies comprising five - pages & wrote a three-page procedure to properly create firewall changes & get them approved.
• Managed firewall changes.
• Performed web security tuning of an F5-ASM. Performed complex troubleshooting of Network & Firewall issues.

Network Security Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed WatchGuard Firebox firewalls & their associated wireless & Site-2-Site VPN Tunnels with over twenty remote sites.
• Upgraded Dell switch stacks & setup AD authentication for them via RADIUS & SSH.
• Administrated appropriate response to Rapid7 Insight IDR & VM alerts.

Network Security Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Fortinet firewalls, Cisco routers & switch stacks, Nexus, and wireless for the purpose of network security & NIST compliance. Analyzed logs using ArcSight, which I used to lockdown a secure government zone within a global company.

Network Security Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Performed complex changes & troubleshooting of firewall issues.
• Assisted with upgrades of Check Point & Palo Alto firewalls, as well as Confidential Coat proxies for a financial services company.

Senior Security Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Worked with vendors & internal clients to implement an Azure related project via an ASA firewall.
• Configured IPsec VPN tunnels & performed complex firewall changes. Investigated & identified the root cause of complex network/security issues & implemented solutions.

Network Consulting Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Cisco routing & switching, a Nexus 7k DC & a large network of remote Cisco Aironet WAPs managed centrally by a Cisco 5508 WLC.
• Documented & submitted plans for upgrades, projects & identified requirements for new sites.
• Configured equipment & scheduled installation at remote sites.
• Created & updated network diagrams, as well as clear & concise procedures.
• Performed troubleshooting of complex network & firewall related issues.

Network Consulting Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed Cisco routers & switches, ASA & Check Point firewalls.
• Performed engineering of network projects & implemented firewall changes.
• Upgraded Cisco ACS to v5.6 & incorporating LDAP authentication.
• Performed troubleshooting of Network & Security related issues.

Firewall Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Performed troubleshooting, firewall upgrades & changes for Cisco ASA, Check Point, Fortinet & Juniper firewalls.
• Assisted with a PIX to ASA upgrade for a very large government client.