Summary Certified Information Security Engineer with extensive experience partnering with customers internal external to understand requirements and deliver solutions to achieve business objectives. Core competencies include: analysis, technical support, design, research, and troubleshooting the network security infrastructure.

• Professional Certified Information Systems Security Professional
• Certifications Licensed Penetration Tester Certified Ethical Hacker
• Microsoft MCITP MCTS
• Cisco Certified Network Professional Cisco Certified Security Professional

Skills/Systems Cisco 2600, 2800, 3560, 3750, 9124, 6500, PIX ASA, VPN 3000 Installation maintenance of HP Proliant server, ITIL, sub-netting, TCP/IP, routing, switching, security appliance, RIP, EIGRP, BGP, MPLS, VOIP, LAN/WAN, Active Directory, Rapid7 Metasploit Pro, Information Security, Citrix, Exchange, SQL, vmWare.

Professional Experience

Confidential

Network Security Engineer

• Established a new Information Security Professional Services.
• Completed an enterprise infrastructure and security assessment that resulted in improving public facing security and overall infrastructure creditability.
• Created configured multiple zones to allow efficient communication between Data Domain DD660, Symantec NetBackup, and Sun STK L500 through a Cisco 9124 Multi Layered Switch.

Confidential

Network Security Consultant

Regan Technologies Corp, Smart Source, Monolith Data Systems, and Hallmark Totaltech

Confidential

Virtualization Engineer

• Designed, developed, tested and implemented business continuity plan that resulted in minimizing business risk to the organization.
• Secured the enterprise utilizing Active Directory, Citrix, VMware, Altiris, and Microsoft Terminal Services to provide critical business application delivery to several divisions while reducing the carbon footprint for the company.
• Project manager for Windows Server 2000 to 2003 migration and NetBackup upgrades resulting in reduction of legacy systems by 80 .

Confidential

Network Engineer

• Managed data center operations including servers, switches, routers, firewalls, network attached storage and storage area network, 24/7 exceeding service level agreements.
• Rebuilt the existing Citrix farm from Metaframe 1.8 to the Presentation Server 4.0 version on x64 bit hardware platform to support the plant personnel.
• Migrated Exchange Server from the Condor Pacific Industry domain to the Bluelnk domain as well as the Active Directory objects using NetIQ migration tool.
• Installed and configured Cisco router, switch, Cyclade on the existing wide area network to upgrade onto Multiprotocol Label switching network.
• Installed and configured Brocade Silkworm switch with a separate virtual local area network which expedited backups by 60 utilizing fiber optic connectivity.
• Administered and monitored the network storage on the Network Appliance filer.
• Maintained anti-virus updates using McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator with Groupshield.
• Implemented a disaster recovery plan to include Veritas Netbackup, tape rotation strategy, testing the integrity of backups and offsite storage at Iron Mountain.

Confidential

Network Engineer

• Managed data center operations including software and hardware components, 24/7.
• Setup and maintained Checkpoint firewall, Citrix Metaframe Presentation, Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange on HP Proliant DL servers.
• Worked with AT T to create Internet feed on Cisco 3750 routers with BGP to achieve failover with redistribution of EIGRP.
• Configured HP desktops, laptops, printers for end-users at multiple sites.
• Implemented Fiber optic cabling for the Nortel switches.
• Provided recommendations to management regarding design, development, implementation and maintenance of hardware infrastructure and enhancements.
• Installed and configured WYSE thin client devices to 500 end-users.

Confidential

Systems Engineer Consultant

• Provided onsite network support to corporate clients.
• Installed and configured Cisco PIX firewall, Cisco routers, Sonic Wall, MS Exchange.

Confidential

Technical Support Analyst

• Provided technical support to 5000 insurance agencies resulting in increased productivity for agents and improved usage of the applications.
• Resolved critical Microsoft SQL database problems for The Roberts Agency and ensured the system was up and running within 1 hour.
• Troubleshot daily issues such as desktop support, network printing, daily backups and client/server connectivity which resulted in decreased downtime for clients.

Confidential

Network Administrator Consultant

• Performed a cost benefit analysis to implement a Compaq Proliant 4500 server that replaced a legacy Lantastic network resulting in more efficient communications between the field offices.
• Provided engineering services to 16 field offices resulting in increased business continuity while decreasing downtime.
• Created and maintained several Novell Netware networks in Jacksonville and Manchester.
• Merged the Jacksonville network into the NDS tree as well as connecting to the Internet thru 256kb frame relay circuit.