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SUMMARY:

  • Firewall security policy analyst and engineer
  • Checkpoint Certified Security Administrator - R77 (CCSA)
  • Checkpoint firewall engineer (9years)
  • Checkpoint VSX engineer
  • Cisco ASA firewall engineer - Code 7 - to 8.6 - 11 years
  • Cisco pix (From Code 6.2 and above- 12 years
  • Cisco FWSM firewall engineer (8years)
  • F5 load balancer administrator
  • Unix system administrator (14 years)
  • Cisco certified network administrator (CCNA)
  • Windows 2003 terminal server administrator
  • Wyse / windows 2003 thin client administrator
  • Linux system administrator (redhat /ubuntu)
  • Sun microsystems certified Unix administrator
  • Confidential certified Unix system administrator
  • Cyber cafe administrator
  • Computer training center administrator

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Contract Firewall Consultant

Responsibilities:

  • Senior Firewall consultant managing 20 VSX (Virtual) Checkpoint firewalls located in 4 different data centers.
  • Charged with creating firewall policy and training 2 younger engineers.
  • Once in 4 week on-call rotation.
  • Used Checkpoint IPS to protect Internet facing servers
  • Used Wireshark to analyze pcap files saved during network troubleshooting
  • Used TCPDump for analysis of tcp connections passing through the firewall
  • Used fwmonitor for diagnosis of connection problems in checkpoint firewall
  • Used fw ctl zdebug drop to look Confidential packet drops in the checkpoint firewall
  • Managed Checkpoint endpoint security and anti-virus setup

Confidential

Responsibilities:

  • Senior Network/Firewall engineer. Currently working on a project to move 50000 rules from FWSM (Cisco ) rules to Gaia Checkpoint R.75.47
  • Used Tufin to analyze firewall rules for PCI audits
  • Working on migrating Checkpoint multi-Domain Servers (Provider 1) from R75.47 to R77.30
  • Level 3 on call for Managing 52 Checkpoint firewalls and 4 Cisco FWSM firewalls
  • Daily troubleshooting and log analysis of firewall issues using syslog, Smartview Tracker and Smartlog
  • Installed and maintained multiple Checkpoint firewalls R75 to R76 from scratch
  • Designed network rules to remove any-any rules for new implementation of Checkpoint firewalls version R-75-40
  • Installed many Checkpoint and ASA firewalls from scratch in this and previous jobs
  • Replaced many failed firewalls with new devices
  • Upgraded multiple Checkpoint firewalls from R7.20 to R75.47 or R76
  • Created and managed Checkpoint firewall rules
  • VPN configuration and troubleshooting on Checkpoint and Cisco ASA
  • Cisco Security Manager trained
  • Daily Creation of Cisco ASA firewall rules
  • Troubleshooting of firewall connection problems
  • Deep experience of Linux command line, fw monitor, tcpdump.
  • Deep experience of clustering, ClusterXL and failover
  • Management of Provider 1 multi-domain system
  • Configuration of VOIP passing through firewalls
  • Administered multiple F5 LTM load balancers. Setup multiple VIPs for different corporate applications. Added and removed member servers from F5 LTM and ASM server farms
  • Setup a separate Checkpoint Smartlog server for log analysis and monitoring
  • Setup up numerous Linux servers for syslog monitoring of Cisco ASA devices in this and previous positions.

Confidential, EL PASO, TX

Network admin

Responsibilities:

  • Remote Network support for 2 Offices
  • Setup Windows 2012 active directory domain for network
  • Setup remote access for physicians to access office documents from home
  • Setup single sing on for staff to log into any computer in the network
  • Setup and managed email system for all staff
  • Managed, configured or deleted user access to network resources as required
  • Managed Firewall Cisco ASA/ and site to site VPN between offices
  • Setup and managed wireless network for office staff
  • Upgraded Windows 2003 Active Directory to Windows 2012.
  • Installed and managed medical practice software
  • Remote Support for Medical practice applications

Confidential, LIVONIA, MICHIGAN

Level 3 support Firewall Engineer

Responsibilities:

  • Lead Firewall and Security Administrator
  • Designed and implemented Company Wide Security Policies
  • On-call support for 45 Cisco and 3 Checkpoint firewalls
  • Managed Smart Center Checkpoint management server (SmartView Tracker)
  • Managed Checkpoint Firewalls from the command line (cpconfig and Sysconfig)
  • Managed Cisco firewalls from both the Command line and ASDM
  • Managed Linux Syslog server
  • Migrated 7 VPN Tunnels from Checkpoint to Brand New Cisco ASA firewalls
  • Worked with an outside vendor to implement new Cisco ASA Remote Access VPN with 750 user licenses
  • Managed WAN Across 40 sites in 4 Continents
  • Implemented the migrated policies from Checkpoint R60 to Cisco ASA 8.6
  • Created and configured VLAN on LAN Switches
  • Set up hide NATs and Static NATs for new company Internet gateway on Cisco ASA
  • Created and Implemented 2 New DMZ subnets to abate security nuisance
  • On-Call support for F5 BIG-IP Load Balancers
  • Managed the F5 Big IP backup and VIP creation
  • On call support for Cisco routers ( Confidential & Confidential Managed) and company owned LAN switches.
  • Created new Subnets and configured new routes to reach them
  • Made network changes following company change management policy
  • Managed Ticket queue assigned to myself and my group

Confidential, CINCINNATI, OHIO

Contract Consultant

Responsibilities:

  • Level 3 support Firewall Administrator (Cisco ASA and Checkpoint)
  • On-call support for 30 Cisco and 2 Checkpoint firewalls
  • On call support for Cisco routers and level 3 switches.
  • Member of team of four managing and supporting ALL of Fifth Third Bank’s Internet and Intranet Infrastructure (Firewalls / Load Balancers/Dial In Partners )
  • Network Administrator for Internet gateway routers and core switches
  • Advised application teams on appropriate security policies for Bank on-line applications.
  • Approved or disapproved security policy changes or additions to comply with Financial industry requirements.
  • Approved/Disapproved requests for security deviations.
  • Regularly Summarized and sent performance reports to management on Word and Excel formats as requested for security planning

Confidential

Contract Consultant

Responsibilities:

  • Level 3 support Firewall Administrator (Cisco ASA and Checkpoint)
  • VPN and Data encryption expert.
  • Team member for support of over 2,000 Cisco and Checkpoint Firewalls
  • Drafting and installation of Checkpoint Firewall rules and policies
  • Worked on a project to migrate Checkpoint on Nokia firewalls to Checkpoint on Confidential hardware
  • Level 3 firewall Break-fix support - received and acted pages from Level 2 and corrected faults
  • Collaborated with multiple Confidential customers to design and manage best practice solutions for network security problems

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