Summary





Senior Information Security Specialist possessing over 20 years of IT experience.
experienced in the design, implementation, administration and monitoring of Information Security environment and related products firewalls, routers, switches, load balancers, VPN, monitoring software, intrusion detection, intrusion prevention, etc
Designed, implemented and maintained secure network solutions using Cisco Routers and Switches, Nokia/IPSO CheckPoint Firewalls with a Sun Solaris management platform.
Assisted and advised in administration of DMZ Solaris, Linux and Windows hosts
Verified and assured secure hardened configuration of DMZ Servers Solaris, Linux, Windows NT/2000/XP
Extensive knowledge of TCP/IP on multiple hardware and software platforms.
Strong skills with UNIX, Windows, OS/390
Hands-on experience configuring Firewalls, routers, switches/hubs, VPN, remote monitoring, mainframe communications and Windows and UNIX management and application servers.
Extensive interaction with internal and external customers to provide technical network and security direction
Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills


Software : Firewall Cisco PIX/ASA, CheckPoint FW-I 4.1 and NG R1 through AI-6.5, VTAM/SNA PC, UNIX, AS/400 S/390 TCP/IP PC/MAC, UNIX/Linux, AS/400 S/390 wireless, telephony, video, Windows NT/2000/XP, Cisco Router OS 9.1 through 13.3 UNIX/SOLARIS 2.6 through 2.10 IPSO 3.3 - 7.0, AIX 3.1.2 4.3.3 various Linux flavors, NetScreen OS 4 - 5, RSA/SECURID ACE 3.0 - 5.0, BIND 4.0 - 9.3, DNSOne InfoBlox proprietary DNS version 1 - 3, IBM OS/390 Korn/Bourne Shell scripts
Hardware : IBM RS 6000, Sun E 10K, Ultra 60, E420R Nokia IP330 IP350 , IP1280, IP2260, IP2280, Alteon AD3/AD4/ASF, Cisco/ArrowPoint , Cisco 29XX/35XX/55XX/65XX/72XX/75XX/85XX Routers, Cisco ASA VPN devices, NetScreen 500 workstations, BlueCoat ProxySG 800/8000, InfoBlox-1000/1200




Employment

May, 2006 -  April, 2009
Network Security Analyst

Designed, implemented and maintained secure network solutions using Cisco Routers and Switches, Sun Solaris, Nokia/IPSO and Nortel/Alteon CheckPoint Firewalls and Sun Solaris management platform.
Implemented and supported multiple internal and external VPN installations utilizing Cisco Routers and Switches.
Designed, implemented and administered multiple intercompany Extranets.
Interacted with multiple internal and external customers to provide technical network and security direction
Verified and assured secure hardened configuration of DMZ Servers Solaris, Linux, Windows
Assisted and advised in administration of DMZ Solaris and Linux hosts ; assisted and advised in administration of DMZ Windows hosts.

August, 2000 -  December, 2005
Senior Network Security Engineer

Designed, implemented and maintained secure network solutions using Cisco Routers and Switches, NetScreen Firewalls, Nokia/IPSO CheckPoint Firewalls on a Sun Solaris platform.
Implemented and administered RSA/SecurID system for 10000 employees and vendors
Designed, implemented and administered multiple intercompany Extranets
Implemented and maintained Alteon and Arrowpoint load-balancing solutions
Interacted with multiple internal and external customers to provide technical network and security direction
Configured and administered corporate external DNS using BIND and DNSOne
Verified and assured secure hardened configuration of DMZ Servers Solaris, RedHat Linux, Windows NT/2000
Administered DMZ Solaris hosts ; assisted in administration of DMZ Windows hosts

December, 1989 -  August, 2000

December, 1995 -  August, 2000
I/T Architect

Provided technical network and security direction to internal and external customers
Designed and built secure TCP/IP networks using IBM and Cisco Router and Switch technologies
Built and maintained TCP/IP-based firewalls using IBM Firewall, CheckPoint FireWall-I and Cisco PIX
Setup, configured and maintained HA CheckPoint Firewall servers for large hosting site
Tuned and assisted in the development and testing of corporate networking software
Built and supported multiple TCP/IP and SNA networks on Sun/Solaris, OS/390 AS/400 Windows NT-95 - 98 - 2000 and UNIX, utilizing IBM and Cisco networking products
Administered the NIS and NFS Servers.
Setup and configured the company DNS Servers
Maintained Korn and Bourne Shell scripts for IP-based functions

December, 1989 -  December, 1995
Programmer/Operations Specialist

Maintained TCP/IP and SNA in a multi-system, multi-platform environment.
Tuned performance of transitional SNA-to-TCP/IP mainframe networks.
Supported multiple Novell NetWare Networks, multi-platform applications. CNA/CNE
Wrote several NetWare Loadable Modules and client interface routines in 'C', utilizing IPX/SPX as communications protocol.
Maintained, tested and assisted in tuning of several large LU 6.2 SNA client/server applications.
Coordinated daily batch operations, managed RACF access security and provided primary programming support for a restricted-access MVS system.
Consolidated and eliminated 4 MVS and 2 VM systems by migrating users and data to appropriate platforms.

April, 1989 -  December, 1989
Computer Operator

Maintained batch-processing system running ADABAS under MVS/XA and CICS.
Provided backup support for Telecommunications department to ensure 24 - hour coverage.
Analyzed failures of batch routines ; repaired JCL or contacted responsible programmer to maintain processing schedule.

March, 1988 -  April, 1989
Junior Computer Operator

Maintained batch-processing system running ADABAS under MVS/XA and CICS.
Printed and distributed multiple forms for large insurance company and subsidiaries.
Provided first-level support for System 38 and AS/400 problem determination for remote sites.

IBM CORP.

March, 1987 -  March, 1988
Computer Operator Trainee

Maintained batch-processing system running under MVS/XA.
Maintained VM/XA system.
Provided first-level user support and maintained local printers.

Education

Training

CISSP #35553 - Certified Information Systems Security Professional