IT Security:

• Implemented CheckPoint VPN-1/FireWall-1 on both hardened windows servers and on Nokia appliances Managed all devices centrally from CheckPoint Management console
• Implemented Dragon Intrusion Detection Sensor IDS at corporate office
• Planned and implemented a comprehensive, integrated auto-updating Anti-Virus solution using McAfee on desktops and file servers, Trend's ScanMail on the Exchange servers and Sophos on the SMTP gateway
• Led the cross functional team that designed the SAP Security groups, Transaction Codes, Profile Generator and the standard and non-standard authorization processes
• Created a checklist of Daily, Weekly and Monthly security tasks that needed to be completed and documented by various teams including Basis, Network, and LAN services
• Performed regular security audits on both the internal and external company network to ensure security These audits included port scans, known vulnerability scans, operating system scans, Portals, Exchange and SQL Server logs and settings
• Adopted enterprise wide best practices policies and implemented procedures to incorporate and standardize OS security settings and audit logs
• Implemented automated log tracking scripts to alert to high interest incidents

Portals, E-Commerce Web implementation:

• Designed E-Commerce infrastructure utilizing Microsoft MSIB including MS Content Manager Server, Commerce Server, Application Center, SQL Server 2000, on two Global Load-Balanced web server: Confidential and for the Mortgage Company's online E-Commerce Web Application at: Confidential
• Designed and implemented the company's first Internet connection This design included a Checkpoint Firewall w/ DMZ, Intrusion Detection Sensor, MailSweeper SMTP gateway, Web Server w/ SSL, FTP Server, Sophos Antivirus, and Trend Content Filter Antivirus Confidential
• Implemented a Citrix Secure Gateway Application Portal to allow access to the corporate network across the Internet over secure SSL connections to a load balanced server farm This increased associate productivity by allowing associates fast terminal server access to company applications from any Internet connected PC Confidential
• Worked on Microsoft MSIB and Project Jupiter beta release
• Troubleshot SAP ERP implementation issues by testing the SAP VC module on two different OS and Database platform combinations to determine the cause of a performance problem Determined that the SAP application code was the culprit
• Installed Red Hat Linux w/ Apache as web servers to cut web server licensing costs Configured TomCat ServLet application servers to run web enabled ERP application
• Utilized MS BizTalk Server as part of an Enterprise Application Integration EAI project to transform data from disparate applications, databases and web sites into XML

Application Development:

• Designed standards for the company's SAP ERP roll-out to remote sites, including Portal access for company vendors and partners Designed data flow requirements for integration
• Managed Application Development team working on SAP ABAP applications security
• Wrote many company Policies and Procedures for IT, including the Internet Use Policy
• Implemented Mercury WinRuner and LoadRunner for application QA testing
• Managed development team that developed Internet, intranet and eCommerce site development using NET, J2EE and Servlets
• Maintained Financial Trading Desk for Mortgage Company with Reuters
• Built the company's first QA Test Lab Incorporated Red Hat Linux Servers, Windows Servers, SQL Server, Cisco Routers, Checkpoint FW, Citrix MetaFrame XP, SAP, Mercury WinRunner and LoadRunner Tested all new applications prior to deployment

Back Office implementations:

• Designed and implemented MS SMS Server with MS SQL Server 2000 to deploy applications remotely, remote control PC's and perform PC SW/HW inventories Utilized MS MOM to monitor SMS and SQL Server
• Implemented Windows 2000 Advanced Server with SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition to configure a failover cluster for SAP 46c database and Integra Mortgage database
• Installed and administered ADP HRizon payroll server and Integra mortgage underwriting system both running on MS SQL Server
• Upgraded Oracle Financial Modeling System FMS Upgraded this Financial Planning system to Oracle 9i and then rolled-out across the country to all company controllers
• Created Active Directory tree structure and project plan to implement AD
• Integrated three separate financial databases into one multidimensional data warehouse
• Implemented a fiber backplane for SAN/NAS access and Tape Library backups This helped to cut the backup window on critical financial modeling systems database
• Designed Mail and Messaging infrastructure including Internet Gateway, Spam filters, Anti-virus technology and application connectors, IM and RIM Blackberry
• Migrated the entire company from Blackberry to Good's GoodLink Server
• Implemented HP StorageWorks SAN for ERP and Exchange

Confidential

Network Engineer

• Lead Architect on the Corporate Engineering team
• Lead Architect for a Microsoft SMS Server solution to distribute software upgrades and perform remote troubleshooting to 40 remote oil terminals This system was used to upgrade SQL Server, apply service packs, upgrade a Terminal Management application, and to Remote Control remote servers This system allowed Server upgrades to be performed remotely, thereby reducing the implementation time and travel costs
• Lead Architect for the IT systems at the companies 600 retail locations, including the establishment of standards for the LAN, standard configurations for the POS machines, and for the back office functions
• Created a new master hard drive PC image Utilized the SMS server to push out new applications and patches through the enterprise desktops
• Maintained Commodities Trading floor environment with Reuters and NYMEX
• Project Manager for the Novell to NT conversion
• SQL Server DBA for 15 Gb Retail database, SMS DB and Secondary DBA for 60 SQL Server databases in a Bi-Directional Merge Replication model
• Deployed Email and Web data services to the company's retail locations
• Supported Novell, Windows, SQL Server, Oracle, Borland InterBase, AIX Mainframe
• Worked on first Amerada Hess DR plan and testing at Comdisco

Confidential

Senior Analyst

• Lead Architect for new Accounting Systems Designed and implemented the new system in parallel with the existing system, and then the replacement of the original Accounting System run on an IBM System 36 and AS400 with a Windows NT- SQL Server version
• Systems administrator for IBM System 36, AS400 and Windows NT servers
• Project Manager for the conversion from the IBM System 36 and AS400 servers to the Windows NT Client-Server Accounting Solution using Platinum SQL NT front end and MS SQL Server back end Supervised 18 employees consultants on this project
• Integrated Microsoft SQL Server and Windows NT Server into existing VAX Network
• Supported Windows NT, IBM System36, AS400, and DEC Vax systems

SKILL SET:

Creating Innovation Environments, Performance Testing Tuning, Capacity Studies and Benchmarking, Business Partnership/relationship management, Influence/Negotiation, Planning/Priority Setting, Teamwork and Collaboration, Vendor Management, Coaching, Counseling, Mentoring, Developing offshore teams, Windows Server Administration, Windows Desktop Management, MS SQL Server, MS Exchange, Citrix MetaFrame XP, SAP Basis, SAP GUI, Siebel, Oracle, Oracle Financial Modeling System FMS , JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, Reuters, Bloomberg, Electronic Data Interchange EDI , Apache, TomCat, .Net Framework, Servlet, WebSphere, Cold Fusion, ASP, HTML, DHTML, XML, Message Queuing MSMQ CheckPoint's FireWall-1 VPN-1, Secure Remote VPN client, Twiki/wiki, SharePoint, Visual Studio, Visual Basic, Visual Interdev, Visual SourceSafe, Foundry ServerIron, ADP HRizon, MailSweeper, MS Project, MS Visio, MS Publisher, Novell GroupWise, Cisco Switches Routers, Avaya Definity PBX and Intuity Audix

UTILITIES TOOLS:

Shunra Storm, Opnet AppResponse Xpert, Opnet AppInternals Xpert, Opnet AppTransaction Xpert, ArcSight, LoadRunner, PacketStorm, Partition Magic, Ghost, Norton Utilities, Norton AntiVirus, McAfee VirusScan Enterprise, Trend ScanMail, Sophos Antivirus, MS Network Monitor, NAI Sniffer, ISS, VMware, MS Baseline Analyzer, Veritas Backup Exec, TSM Tivoli Storage Manager , ADSM, ArcServ, CA BrightStor, Configuresoft

MONITORING TOOLS:

Nagios, Microsoft Operations Framework, Net IQ, MS MOM, Compaq Insight Manager, BMC Patrol, Heroix RoboMon, HP Openview, Cisco CSWI, Unisys Sentinel, Quest Spotlight

OPERATING SYSTEMS:

Expert knowledge in all Windows Operating System versions Red Hat RHEL-6, openSUSE Linux Mac OS X, Cisco IOS VMware ESX, Citrix XenDesktop, Citrix Netscaler OS400, VMS EMC Clariion Symmetrix SAN Unisys ES7000

PROTOCOLS/

TOPOLOGY:

TCP/IP, IPv4, IPv6, IEEE 802.3, MPLS Cloud, MPLS VPN, BGPv4, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, ATM, T1, T3, HDLC, PPP, QoS, CoS, STP, VTP, LDAP, DHCP, DNS, RADIUS, VPLS, IPsec, Fiber, Gigabit, WAP, WEP, EAP, LEAP, PEAP, WiFi, 80211a/b/g/n, Frame Relay, ISDN, H323, VOIP, SIP, POTS, RFC 2544, ARP, MAC