SUMMARY:

• Accomplished Infosec and Networking specialist whose qualifications include Secret Security clearance with the DOD; A+, MCSE, Information Assurance Technician (IAT) level II, Information Assurance Manager (IAM) level II and Security+ designations; and detailed knowledge of security tools, IP networking, and system administration technologies and best practices. 35 years of high - energy fast paced experience working for diverse companies and organizations.
• I received multiple awards Confidential for solving critical production issues on the trading floor.

OBJECTIVE:

To obtain a challenging position as a Senior System Administrator and/or Cyber security Systems Officer (CSSO) in a growing technologically driven organization that will challenge my skills and utilize my strong leadership, analytical and problem solving abilities.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

• Windows System Administration
• Active Directory/ DNS / DHCP
• System Support and Operations
• Virtualization (VMware vSphere )
• Networking (Switches/Routers/Firewalls)
• Security Vulnerability Detection and Remediation
• System hardening

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems/Platforms: Vmware vSphere ESX; Windows Server (2000, 2003, 2008, 2012r2); RS/6000; AS/400; IBM (34, 36, 38), UNIX, LINUX, Windows 95 thru Windows 10

Technologies/Protocols: Active Directory, DNS, WINS, DHCP, TCP/IP, SNMP, Group Policy, VPN, MS Windows 2003/2008/2012 r2 Networking, Virtualization, LAN/ WAN connectivity, switches, routers, and firewalls, RAID storage.

Programming/Scripting: PowerShell, MS-DOS Batch scripting, VI script in UNIX

Applications: IBM Tivoli, Webroot Anti-Virus, Sitescope, Qpasa, Netcool, Patrol, Insite Manager, SAM, Peregrine Service Center, Autosys

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Charlotte, North Carolina

Advanced Lifecycle Services Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Initialize and inspect new process control systems using DeltaV hardware and software.
• Existing DeltaV system troubleshooting and repair, reconfiguring, installing new software. applying hotfixes or Microsoft security patches for system health. conducting performance audits (PA) reveling the health, safety and security of the process control system.
• Staging workstations, servers, smart firewalls and creating the process control system in the warehouse for Factory Acceptance testing (FAT) before shipping to site.
• Many hours of school to stay current with changes and upgrades in DeltaV.
• System administration on the DeltaV system.
• Cybersecurity engineer for securing systems either air gapped or connected to outwardly facing Firewalls

Confidential, Charlotte, North Carolina

DNS Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Designed and implemented DNS/DHCP/NTP/ACS/TACACS/IP management solutions for large enterprises.
• Created Method of Procedures (MOPs) to load balance, re-route cellular services and improve overall performance of enterprise.
• Worked with Database Administrators, Design Engineers and Planners to enhance cellular communications.
• Performed all aspects of network and server operation including security & performance.
• Applied knowledge of DNS BIND operation and DNS zone file syntax and editing.
• Demonstrated clear, consistent, and detailed written and verbal communications skills.

Confidential, North Charleston, South Carolina

Senior IA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Managed IAVM compliance on approximately 200 UNIX, LINUX and Windows servers.
• Managed 8500.2 testing, remediation and mitigation compliance process.
• Change Control Board (CCB) member
• Wrote the systems acceptance policy to validate system changes as 8500 compliant.
• Performed Vulnerability scanning using DOD accepted tools such as Gold disk, Retina and SCAP
• Key accomplishments automated Gold Disk from a manual process to a script that would check all the registry entries in less than 20 seconds as opposed to 8 hours of manual labor.
• Developed Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M’s) for program office final DOD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) package.

Confidential, Aiken, SC

Senior Systems Administrator & Cyber Security Systems Officer

Responsibilities:

• Provided support of Confidential servers in the Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) environment supporting users and chemists in the Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF).
• Upgraded to windows 2012r2 on all servers I supported when Microsoft announced End of Life for support on server 2003. Migrated data and coordinated with Subject matter experts (SME’s) to roll out upgraded servers in a seamless fashion to the end users.
• Maintained user and resources access in Windows 2003 server enterprise environment using Active Directory, Group Policy Objects (GPO) and scripts.
• Appointed Cyber Security Systems Officer (CSSO) for LIMs systems and tasked with mitigating vulnerabilities detected by IVIS scans, patching operating systems and updated virus definitions in all LIMS private domains.
• Creating a plan of action in finding and correcting B1 level vulnerabilities in the system.
• Responsible for the quarterly assessments to keep our ATO with the DOE
• Research of new products and determine the best way to stop intrusion and data loss. Testing new product in development and design a non-intrusive method for deployment into production.
• While mitigating vulnerabilities, a segment scan was performed to detect rouge machines on the network.
• Kept users rights to a level of need to know. Prevented user from gaining any right to change the settings on their desktops including admin rights.
• Attended Cyber security training seminars along with CSSO meetings to discuss direction of our company’s cyber security as it relates to regulatory requirements set forth by the DOE to keep our ATO.
• Appointed to the Change Control Board and oversaw the promotion of changes into the production environment.
• Designed and maintained backup solutions for all servers and workstations using Acronis Server and workstation Enterprise, As well as local and remote storage practices.
• Built virtual machines with VMware in development domain for testing changes before releasing to production.
• Created several production environment machines in development for testing and several surrogate production machines for scanning purposes.
• Key accomplishments include the recovery of a mission critical server containing all mechanical and electrical drawings for Savannah River Remediation.
• Accelerating Authority to Operate (ATO) permit from DOE via proactive domain assessment and identification and remediation of GPO and out of specification servers and workstations.

Confidential, Charlotte, North Carolina

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Performed proactive system problem diagnosis and problem resolution to support fast paced, high impact global support for trading and investment banking.
• Monitored live critical systems including servers, money transfers and trading activities using tools including Sitescope, Qpasa, Netcool, Patrol, CIM (Insite manager), and SAM.
• Administered Windows 2003 server enterprise environment using Active Directory.
• Performed access administration including creation, maintenance, and deletion of accounts, groups and shared resources.
• Built out servers to specification, installed motherboards, processors, memory, nics and other components and installed windows server 2003 operating systems and other supporting applications as needed.
• Decommissioned servers from network through removing the services and hardware access from users on old servers and transferring access to newly built and installed servers.

Confidential, Charlotte, North Carolina

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Supported systems running multi-billion dollar trading environment with over 1,000 users.
• Detected and resolved severity 1 & 2 incidents that impacted trading on a real time basis.
• Provided project support for any adds, move or changes in the Windows and UNIX environments, including emergency redundancy testing.
• Coordinated time-critical processes and server upgrades with several lines of business.
• Assisted in audit compliance projects.
• Monitored processes such as ATM core, all routers, Windows servers and Unix servers used to support trading processes.
• Performed daily maintenance activities including client administration, resetting of client login ids, installing Windows patches, adding workstations and servers to the domains and assisting with the maintenance of LAN and WAN topologies.
• Key accomplishments include assuming Autosys Subject Matter Expert (SME) designation and proactively addressing Autosys job scheduling to avoid material fines that could be levied by IRS.

Quality Assurance Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Tested Tivoli, Wise, and SMS Packages for errors before rolling out into production.
• Maintained QA Servers by establishing base line metrics for performance and usage of servers and monitoring and measuring resource utilization.
• Devised and implemented a backup solution for QA environment using Tivoli.
• Created an SMS lab for packaging applications for deployment to the production environment.
• Wrote test scripts using Mercury.

Confidential

IT Contractor

Responsibilities:

• Supported hardware and software Confidential Confidential Corporation for 400+ users in three locations.
• Installed vertical applications, configured hardware and rebuilt machines.
• Wrote scripts and batch files to automate software installations.
• Created a 5 PC load station for loading software and pushing personal user information to new workstations from old Workstations during rebuild.
• Supported a variety of systems including IBM 34,36, 38, AS/400 and RS/6000