Contract Firewall Consultant Resume
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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