Network Security Engineer Resume Houston, TX - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

Information security architect with experience building, protecting and automating resilient, distributed systems.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Houston, TX

Network Security Engineer

Responsibilities:

Built out and supported private and public cloud web - application and email delivery systems based on F5 LTM GTM load balancing proxies.
Final level of support for F5 load balancers and proxies as well as F5's APM network access control suite.
Built out monitoring and reporting using Splunk and other o -the shelf systems, e.g. SiteScope. Built a web app to report on F5 LTM con guration and status using F5's iControl API.
Worked with internal threat researchers to contain discovered exploits via custom rule-sets in McAfee Intrushield IPS.
Managed Checkpoint, Palo Alto rewalls and Aruba ClearPass NAC.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Data Security Architect

Responsibilities:

Responsible for developing applications, systems & network security solutions from concept to imple - mentation.
Enacted security standards, advised leadership and technical sta on security risks and best practices.
Served on the \Architectural Review Committee" to approve the design of proposed IT systems, create technical standards and advise policy.
Built an application delivery system around F5's BIG-IP technologies using Global and Local Tra c Managers.
Set up a centralized multi-factor authentication system for websites with a mix of F5's Access Policy Manager (APM) and RSA's Adaptive Authentication.
Installed and con gured F5's SAML-capable proxy to allow SSO with third-party applications. Protected web applications with F5's Applications Security Manager and SourceFire IPS.
Built a DDOS mitigation scheme by peering with ISPs and incorporating Arbor's Pravail APS.
Developed baseline security con gurations for MS Windows 7, Linux & AIX systems along with popu-lar applications like MS O ce, Internet Explorer & Firefox applications on NIST and CIS Benchmarks.
Set up Symantec's Control & Compliance Suite to audit system compliance to con guration standards.
Set up a meaningful risk assessment and reporting practice through the integration of Symantec's CCS with Symantec's Data Leak Protection, Endpoint Protection, and Rapid 7's Nexpose vulnerability scan results.
Ran popular security tools including Checkpoint and Cisco rewalls, BlueCoat forward proxies, Rapid 7's and and RADIUS AAA servers.
Set up phishing campaigns using Rapid 7's Metasploit.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Enterprise Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

Worked on improving Microsoft Active Directory Services, PKI, and Microsoft Exchange systems.
Integrated Wi authentication with Active Directory through RADIUS & 802.1x capable APs.
Automated common administrative tasks through VBscript and PowerShell.

Confidential, New York, NY

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

Lead for MS Active Directory and MS Exchange.
Created detailed continuity and disaster recovery plans for messaging, DNS and web services.
Minimized disaster recovery times by integrating VMWare's Site Recovery Manager with EMC Clari - ion snapshot and mirroring services.
Managed encryption tools: PGP, Bitlocker, EFS, and Safend.

Confidential, New York, NY

Systems & Networking Lead

Responsibilities:

Designed a highly available, multi - o ce WAN through dedicated inter-o ce frame relay links, backed by IPSec VPNs over the Internet.
Led all Network, MS Active Directory and MS Exchange-related work.
Designed a multi-homed data center by way of BGP-peering with two ISPs.
Built a multi-site WLAN around Cisco APs and Active Directory-based authentication.
Automated desktop deployment using Microsoft's Remote Installation Server and distributed lesys-tem storage.
Secured systems, rewalls, and networking equipment using NSA, NIST, and vendor guidelines. Managed SonicWall/NetStructure, and Cisco rewalls.
Migrated from 3M /Motorola/Intel network to Cisco switches and routers. Set up detailed network monitoring.

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