SUMMARY:

• Over 20 years of experience in IT systems analysis, architecture, design, engineering, implementation and Project Management. Current focus with Identity and Access Management projects.
• Proven technical leadership skills include the ability to manage teams, earn the respect of its members, and lead by example.
• Persuasive verbal and written communication skills compliment a proven ability to multi - task, maintain an organized approach, and ensure success, even when faced with high-pressure or high-risk situations.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Identity & Access Management Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• IDM Engineer on Enterprise IDM Projects for PPL and Western Union to design, implement and deploy Novell Identity Manager 3.x and 4.x.
• Manage project deliverables, milestones and communicate to client via weekly status meetings and reports.
• Utilize Agile method of Project Management with daily SCRUM meetings to track progress, thus allowing team members to identify and effectively address risks to the project as they occur.
• Implement IDM environment from functional and Business Requirement in Solution Design Documents agreed upon with client. Drivers involved are PeopleSoft, User Application, Active Directory, JDBC, JDBC Fanout (custom), RBE Service Driver, Loopback Driver and Entitlement Service Driver, Data Collection Service, Managed System Gateway Service, SOAP Drivers, User Application, Roles and Resource, MSG and DCS, etc.
• Participate in initial Design Requirements, modifications/enhancements; recommend efficient design ideas to satisfy client requirements.
• Implement and test code via Novell Designer 3.x/4.x. Run automated tests via IDM Unit.
• Conform to SDLC by Deploy/Migrate IDM Policy Code in DEV, TEST and PROD environments.
• Document Project Plans, Design Docs, As Built Docs, Use Cases, Unit Tests and Client Install Docs.
• User Application, RBPM, Identify Reporting, Postgresql DB and Novell Audit integration.
• Work closely with client and provide Knowledge transfer on how to support and maintain the environment.
• Create Custom iManager 2.7.x Roles/Tasks and Custom Views.
• Deployed, tested and modified complex Dirxml Script and XSLT policies, Use of Entitlements for provisioning and de-provisioning users. Use of email templates to send SMTP alerts to Audit team for successful and failed provision/de-provision events.
• Integration of IDM and Novell Sentinel to feed Custom and Standard Event Audit info to Sentinel Database to providing Security Alerts and Historical Audit data.
• Install Novell eDirectory 8.8.x, IDM 3.6.x, IDM 4.02, Role Based Reporting Module, User App, PostgreSQL, JBoss, EAS, Identity Reporting and iManager on Suse/Red Hat Linux.
• Extensive experience with LDAP search queries and LDAP implementation and administration in eDirectory and Active Directory. Custom Schema Design/Deployment with eDirectory 8.8.
• Significant experience with use of DBVisualizer to access to Oracle and SQL Databases to construct SQL statements to INSERT/Create Users and rows in Tables for provisioning, UPDATE/Delete Users and Tables for de-provisioning.
• Novell Access Manager, participated in sales presentation for integration with MS Sharepoint.

Server Team Technical Manager/Lead IAM Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Consultant onsite at the Port Authority of NY and NJ Manage staff of 20 Server Administrators, DBA’s, and Software Packagers. Team is responsible for the management of a 5000 user environment consisting of Windows 2k, 2k03, Netware and UNIX (Solaris) servers (approx 400 servers). Also responsible for all aspects of management of Active Directory and eDirectory, including Citrix environment.
• Provide Weekly and Monthly Status Reports to client.
• Verify SLA’s are met by providing detailed Uptime and MS Security patch reports. Responsible for the testing and deployment of MS Security patch
• Analyze processes for improvement and suggest how to perform more effectively.
• Solely Responsible for all Novell IDM install, support and upgrades. This IDM system synchronized Active Directory 3 eDirectory Trees and Exchange. All password in system synchronized using Novell’s Universal Password.
• Solely Responsible for all Novell Access Management (iChain), installed, created and administered multiple Web Accelerators to access internal web applications with multi factor authentication.
• Subject Matter Expert for Novell products: Netware, Identity Management, Access Management (iChain), and eDirectory.
• Subject Matter Expert for IBM SAN/Switch environment.
• Project Management, for various recent projects such as Data Migrations, Large scale Server Builds, Active Directory Domain Upgrades to 2003 Native Mode, New System Design, Identity Management Policy modifications, ESX Virtualization (ongoing), etc..

Lead Design Engineer/Systems Analyst/Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Consultant onsite at the Port Authority of NY and NJ. Lead design engineer and technical project manager, enterprise environment consists of 7 main sites with over 5000 users
• Meet with clients to discuss various business needs, collect and document requirements, develop project plans, define project scope, architect design and submit to client. Mange projects from design to deployment for the following:
• Client requested method of integrating PeopleSoft data into the current environment, collected requirements, suggest to create a POC in development environment, documented project plan for POC, defined requirements and scope. Received CSV file dump from PeopleSoft database, designed integration via Novell IDM delimited text driver. Utilized Novell’s Designer for IDM to develop design and validate functionality, imported design into dev environment and presented solution to client.
• Client requested special case for provisioning of users that do not require Exchange mailboxes. Implemented custom Policy development to provide solutions to business needs, such as filtering of specific users from synchronizing to Exchange, this included creation of custom auxiliary attributes in eDirectory to process policies. Utilize IDM Designer to test/implement modifications to drivers.
• Completed Architecture Design and Project Management of a new File and Print environment for the client (approximately 75% completed), including collecting initial client requirements, write up of SOW and Project Plan with timelines/milestones/resources. Chief architect for all aspects of new environment design including consolidation of 7 File and Print Clusters to Three Clusters in a more streamlined eDirectory tree. Developed custom IDM connector to integrate the new environment into the current User Provisioning infrastructure. Migration method via development of a new eDirectory to eDirectory IDM connector utilizing a custom Global Configuration Value to locate new dn from source dn in custom attribute and place in the proper location in the new eDirectory design.
• Designed and Implemented, Zenworks upgrade from Zen 3.x to Zen6.5 sp2 across the agency.
• Support and Upgraded Novell’s Identity Manager (DirXML) 2.0 to 2.02.x, then upgraded 2.02.x to 3.01 . IDM Environment consists of three eDirectory Trees, Active Directory and Exchange. Troubleshoot and monitor current environment.
• Implemented and Administered Novell's Access management product iChain v2.3.5 appliance within a fault tolerant/load balanced infrastructure via a Layer 4 switch and two iChain servers. Specifically configured, administered and supported multiple Web Accelerators for access to secured and restricted data. Configured iChain accelerators to utilize multiple form factor authentication via Radius and RSA tokens. Single Sign via OLAC and XML Form fill.
• Managed project, developed design and implementation plan for seven (3) node Netware 6 Clusters to be upgraded to Netware 6.5 .
• Onsite Subject Matter Expert for Novell’s Identity Management (DirXML), iChain, Netware, eDirectory, Novell Clustering, Zen Desktop Management, and Zen Server management.

Confidential, Jersey City, NJ

Sr. Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• A member of the American Server Management and Administration team for eDirectory. Supporting over 500 Netware Servers and approximately 10 NDS trees with Netware 6, DirXML and ZFD/ZFS.

Confidential, New York, NY

Senior Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Providing expert level Novell Services working with the Design and implementation of the following products: eDirectory, Netware 4.x\5.x\6.x, Border Manger, DirXML 1.x, Identity Manager 2.x (Active Directory, eDirectory and JDBC connectors), iChain, Portal Services(Extend Director), GroupWise 5.x, 6.x, Zenworks for Desktops (imaging, application distribution, policies, remote control and inventory), Zenworks for Servers, Novell Cluster Services, Novell Secure Login, iPrint, iFolder, Virtual Office, NFAP (CIFS/NFS) LDAP import/export for system migrations.
• Provide support and implementation services for the following: Trend Interscan Viruswall (SMTP Gateway), Various Firewalls, Symantec/McAfee/Trend Ant-Virus for Netware/Microsoft Servers, Win2k/Win2k03 Server, some Active Directory administration, Backup Software; Arcserve/BrightStor, Veritas Backup Exec/ Netbackup on Netware and Windows Servers.

Confidential, New York, NY

Team Lead / Senior Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Initial Responsibilities included provide onsite engineering support for Netware File/Print/Zenworks environment for North America across 6 offices, act as supervisor to two jr engineers . Then extended all Novell Services including Netware and Zenworks across another 6 offices in Europe. Hired staff members in EU and in NA to complete support teams. Acted as Project Manager/Supervisory Role to the 5 engineers supporting the Production File and Print Environments in North America and Europe. Responsibilities graduated to Research and Design of New Technology, Providing Secure, efficient, scalable, high performing, easily accessible engineering solutions to Business Process Needs. Develop custom integration solutions based on business rules for achieving uniform data integrity and automating tasks to eliminate the manual and repetitive tasks of creating and modifying user identities in all of the many heterogeneous SMBC enterprise systems.
• Migrated all Netware servers in North America from 4.x to 5.x and provided all Y2k patches/fixes needed. Removed IPX from all servers and configured a Pure IP environment for Netware.
• Initially utilized Zenworks 3.x to distribute all business software utilized by the entire user community, all applications were pushed out via Zen Application Explorer. Customized applications to set distribution conditions based on group, OS, disk space, registry settings, file versions, etc. Also, utilized custom variables to distribute/configure individualized parameters based on specific applications requirements. Implemented multi-layer security policies via Zen User and Workstation Policies.
• Implemented complex location based login scripts with conditions on Network Address, Group, username, last name and other identifier variables.
• Designed and implemented Novell Cluster Services across North America and Europe to provide Fault Tolerant solutions to File/Print Services connecting to EMC and Compaq SANs. Architected and coordinated the upgrade of Netware Servers and Novell Clustering v5.x to v6.x across North America and Europe.
• Implemented, designed and administered an eDirectory Tree across 6 North American offices and 6 European offices.
• Upgraded Zenworks 3.x to 4.x across all sites.
• Researched, designed and documented a strategy which entailed consolidation of server hardware and provides access to business applications via Thin Client technology. Utilized Novell’s OnDemand/Deframe thin client technology and delivered via Novell Portal Services, Citrix Metaframe XP Server Farm and Novell Dirxml. Consolidated all remote servers in North America to our Global Data Center in conjunction with Novell Cluster Services and EMC SAN. Provided a dual-Tree login utilizing custom eDirectory attributes as login script variables. This implementation allowed for a centralized Disaster Recovery plan for all offices dramatically decreasing the remote office’s Disaster Recovery Budget.
• Designed and implemented a customized Novell Portal Services environment to provide Single Sign on access to Web Services, Thin client applications and custom content. Including Load balance/Fault Tolerant solution via multiple Portal heads. Customized Portal Content delivery based on user identity, eDirectory attributes, dynamic and static Groups.
• In an effort to reduce administrative overhead, researched and developed Novell’s Dirxml integration product. First utilized the eDirectory to eDirectory DirXML Driver to integrate with the SMBC Thin Client Portal utilizing a Flat Tree design for authentication for all international users internal and remote.
• Installed and configured Novell’s iChain v2.x to provide identity based web security and accelerate the portal for external and internal access. Upgraded and patched appliances, created ISO and ACL objects in eDirectory.
• Designed and implemented the Active Directory - eDirectory Dirxml Driver with Password Synchronization. This implementation provided custom XML/XSL code to manipulate desired eDir and AD attributes. Thus significantly reducing administration tasks, now users created/modified in eDirectory will also be created/modified in Active Directory and vice versa. Provided User/Password synchronization for two eDirectory Trees and Active Directory (NA and EU Domains).
• Implemented the eDirectory - JDBC(SQL) DirXML Driver, utilized this driver to populate custom sql database for security reporting such as last login, account disabled, account expiration, intruder lockouts, etc…