Network Security Consultant Resume

SUMMARY

As an experienced network architect, security engineer, project manager and line manager, I have been responsible for the design, installation, and operations and management of small, medium, and large LANs and WANs for over twenty years.
I have extensive experience in systems integration projects supporting the integration of multi - vendor equipment from concept to cutover.
During my career, I have accumulated over seven years of direct management experience.
I hold active certifications as a Certified Ethical Hacker v8 (CEH), a Check Point Systems Administrator (CPSA), CompTIA Security+ CE, Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), a certified Master of Network Security, and a certified Master of WAN Technologies, and am a candidate for Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), a.
My career goal is to move back into IT management in the network security field.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Network Security Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Connected seven sites for a construction company using Checkpoint appliances and creating VPN tunnels to HQ in Warren, Virginia
Performed Root Cause Analysis for a manufacturing company after a serious outage. Configured QualysGuard and performed vulnerability assessment
Replaced five closet switches with HP ProCurve switches and reconfigured VLANs and inter-VLAN routing for a car dealership in Northern Virginia

Network Security Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Served as the Network Security Consulting Engineer responsible for implementing a new core architecture at Howard University. IBM was the prime on this 7-year managed-services contract
Implemented Cisco Firepower and Nexus 9000 series equipment at the RCN data center in Lanham, Maryland in a fully redundant configuration with two 10 Gbps egress circuits dual-homed to two Howard University redundant POP locations
Migrated from TrendMicro Tipping Point to the Cisco Firepower appliances for IPS
Moved external partner VPN tunnels from the Cisco ASA 5585 to the Cisco Firepower appliances
Migrated Remote Access VPN from Juniper to the Cisco Firepower appliances
Responsible for BAU and support of the existing network
Responsible for developing, documenting, and presenting the HU Security Architecture to IBM

Network Security Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Implemented new 12400 Check Point NGTP cluster at production facility in Phoenix, including meshed VPN network
Implemented Check Point 1120 and 640 appliances for out-of-band management and remote office connectivity
Implemented Digi16 and Digi32 devices for remote serial connections
Maintain and troubleshoot all network security devices
Developed and performed Red Team exercises
Upgraded old Brocade (Foundry) 4G-SSL load balancing appliances to Brocade Virtual Traffic Manager using the Web Application Firewall (WAF) at two facilities
Responsible for all aspects of network engineering in addition to my security duties.

Brocade Security Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Performed core network assessment in preparation for remediation of ongoing network issues
Reconfigured vrrp-e instances on the ServerIron pair
Resolved VLAN inconsistencies
Gathered data with Wireshark to assess network connectivity
Reconfigured ACLs throughout the network
Assessed and reconfigured OSPF, and eBGP
Assisted with the implementation of a new network utilizing A10 network equipment with Avaya switches
Created both “as-is” and “to-be” network drawings