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Mychael Brown 

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Resume Headline: Mychael Brown - Network Architect

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Mychael A. Brown [Clearance: TS/SCI]

4806 Mary Beth BLVD, Clinton, MD  20735, 202-642-2911, mab21@hotmail.com

Network Architect | Project manager | Sr. Network Engineer | Ethical Hacker | Cyber Network Defense

Serving as a Chief Architect, I shape client’s vision and strategy developing highly advance or leading edge technology solutions and concepts. My key responsibilities are to own the technology strategy sessions with the client and delivers executive presentations on IT strategies for multiple service technologies. Represent the senior level of client interface responsible for creating the complex designs and solutions. As an innovator, I develop the information technology architecture and implementation of total system solutions to the enterprise-wide systems. These complex solutions involve major business processes used to manage the overall enterprise.

 

Qualification Highlights:

    Participate with the customer in the strategic design process and translates business needs into technical system solutions.

    Assist customers in the development of fully integrated systems including processors, peripherals, communications, operating systems, along with new and emerging application software. Technical emphasis is on hardware capabilities, software requirements, virtualization, and systems integration.

    Provide expertise on the availability and viability of facility (MDF/IDF cooling, electrical, etc.,), third party components and services. Ensures third party components comply with established architecture and security policy.

    Develop design specifications for products and technologies based business requirements, security guidelines (i.e., STIGs), cost, and goals.

    Design quality control and test procedures to ensure the deliverables meet established design and performance goals. Ensure design proposals meet the customers needs. Identifies, analyzes, and evaluates alternative design solutions. Approves integrated systems design proposals for technical content. Establish cost and time estimates for implementation.

    Monitor the implementation for technical correctness to ensure the customer needs are met. Created recommendations and implement new methods, techniques, and/or procedures.

Technology Expertise

Certifications:

A+, Security+, Network+, CCNA, MCSE 2003 +Internet, PMP (Expected: 10/14)

Operating systems:

Windows 3x/9x/NT/2000/XP/Win7 & 8/2003/Vista/Server2008/2012, Virtualization: Citrix, CheckPoint, Hyper-V, VirtualBox, VMware,  Unix Red-Hat (RHEL), IOS, JUNOS TMSH, BigIP, RMON, Fedora, Ubuntu, CentOS, and Linux

Software:

NetScout Preformance Manager, TACACS, SevOne PAS, TippingPoint IPS, What’sUpGold, Spectrum, Solarwinds NAC/NPM, Spirent, F5 ASM, SiteMinder, Nagios, ACAS/Nessus, BlueCoat, Network Protocol Exchange 5.5 & 2003, WebSense Triton Management, SNORT, Splunk, Lotus Notes, Citrix client and server, Oracle, PostgreSQL (EDB), Apache, Python, GitHub, Microsoft Office 97-2007/2010 Pro, Visio 2003-13, MS IIS Server, Apache, LDAP, Norton Anti Virus, McAfee Anti Virus, Ghost Suite, Partition Magic, DameWare, OCS 2007/2010, SameTime, OnTap NETAPP, VMware, Virtual Box, Hyper-V, NetBackup, Backup Exec, Altiris Deployment & Recovery Solution, SCCM 2005/2007/2012, Wise, Entrust, Oracle 5/8i/9i/10g, SQL 2000/2005/2008, SharePoint 2000/2007/2010, Cisco IOS, ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO), HBSS, IDS, Hercules, Retina, GoldDisk, CMRS, WSUS, SharePoint & Project 2003/2007/2010, Windows Workflow Foundation, Exchange 5.5/2003, Credent, BitLocker, MoblieArmor, Cisco AnyConnect VPN/ACS/ASDM, Nmap, SCCM 2005, MS Project 2003/2007

Network Protocols:

NIPRNET, SIPRNET, LAN/WAN, TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, TELNET, Intranet, HTTP, Proxy ARP, NWLINK, NETBEUI, WINS, DNS, DHCP, POP3, RSA, SMTP, SNMP, FTP, TELNET, VPN, ICMP, RIP, VLAN, OTV, NAT, IGRP, RIP, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, MPLS, IS-IS, TFTP, LDAP, BIND v8.x, IPX/SPX/NetBIOS, AppleTalk, HTTP, FTP, RMON, OSI, IOS11.3 - latest, IOS (Hybrid), CatOS, DOS, Frame Relay, T-1, T-3, DS3's, Ethernet, L2/L3 Switching, ICMP, TCP, UDP, TACACS+, RADIUS, NAT/PAT, ACL, DMZ, VTP Spanning Tree, 802.1q, ARP, IP, PPP, ARP, RPC, SMTP, SNMP& Token Ring Protocols

Hardware:

SevOne, SourceFire IPS, ExtaHop, nGenius InfiniStream NetScout Appliances and Probes, Riverbed Steelhead F5/ASX/CSM 6400, 4000, 1600 - APM/GTM/LTM/VIPS/load balance, IBM compatible PCs, EMC VPLEX, NETAPP Storage, Quantum Tape Library, Symantec 5230, handheld devices: Droid, Blackberry, iPhone and Windows, Dell/HP BladeSysytems and IBM eServers, Sun, Bluesocket, Juniper NSM,  Netscreen EX42XX, EX82XX,SRXXX, Cisco Unified Comm (UCS) routers/switch ASR1004,  25XX, 4XXX, 5XXX, AS5300, 72XX, 37XX, 35XX, Cisco Nexus 6001, 7010, 5000 Catalyst switch 65XX series w/MSFC, Cisco Managed Switches 3750 G/X, 3550, 3650, 3925 Cisco ASA, ACS, Palo Alto 500/3020, CNS Network Registrar 6.x,  Cisco Content Service Switches, Cisco CSM, 11xxx series, Gigabit Ethernet, 3-Com, ATM, LAN, WAN, Broadband, Bridges, Concentrators, DSL,  Fluke LAN Meter, Voice/Data VLANs, AVVID, VoIP, IP Phone 7XXX/6XXX, Cisco Call Manager CUCM, Unity, QoS, Aironet wireless, AAA, Wiring/Cabling Standards, Motherboards, Memory Chips, IDE/EIDE/SCSI/SATA Hard Drives, SCSI Controller, LTO3/4 Tape, iScalar 500, BizHubs/Scanner, Printers, Fax, and Modems

 

 

Professional Experience

Cyber Network Defense Architect Assured Information Security (AIS), Licuthcum, MD

             Responsible for architecture and reliability, installation or testing of applications, systems, routers, firewalls, and switches for client, writing proposal and project reviews.

             Cybersecurity Engineer – Responsible RMF transition from DIACAP framework; bridging gaps for compliance by establishing plans for corrective actions to mitigate risk.

             Daily operations include: analyze, configure client bandwidth, firewall policies, equipment, applications, and identify potential issues.

             Network Engineer – Plan design and implement network upgrades/maintenance (i.e., firmware, patch management, CM approvals, etc.), approving member within Change Management (CCB) and provide solutions to limit risk (i.e., IAVAs, Antivirus, Incidents, etc.) with proven best practices approaches.

           Chief Network Architect/Project Manager for the cyber defense network systems architecture design, and functional planning and onsite installation of continuous monitoring, incident handling, facilities cooling and power upgrades, and provide improvements to sustain 99% network availability project.

           Responsibilities included project management, weekly performance review and recap, AGILE development, recommendations on architecture and building architecture as well as hardware, software, NOC layouts break/fix and installs.

           Negotiated with vendors to obtain an upfront savings to the client of $1.6 Million.

           Mange a resource of 20 and vendors. Architected convergence of five internal networks with an external community, (1) voice networks into VoIP, (2) Fiber NIPRNET/SIPRNET and Private dual ISP (2) network: 7 U.S, 2 international. Private and sneaker nets that had previously been separate networks are now back-hauled to interconnect using attribute base access control (ABAC) solution levering PKI/PIV card reader authentication to a Web store that support queries and publish requests to a data store that is share with external partners.

           Performed data gathering, assessment of current network, analysis of traffic flow and bandwidth requirements to meet growth, future additions of sites, and data retention of metadata and/or different security domains.

           Mapped topology of the existing network, constructed network conceptual, high-level and low-level designs.

           Network architecture and installation for various technologies such as Narrowband, ATM, SONET, IP, xDSL, DWDM, FlexPod, VMWare, Solarwinds, Fortinet, SourceFire, F5, Splunk, GitHub, JUNIPER, Cisco NEXUS, and other emerging technologies.

           Created security and project support documents such as: a scope of work, work breakdown structure (WBS), RMF security controls (18 families – 135 documents) SOPs, System Security Design (SSD), System Security Plan (SSP), SAR, Security Compliance Traceability Matrix (SCTM) – 360+ security controls, and request for proposal (RFP). Performed vendor negotiations, bid analysis, bid evaluation, and contract award.

 

Mondo, NY  September 2013– April 2013

Sr Network Manager Engineer Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Alexandria, VA

             Responsible for maintaining PBS’s WAN (L3) hardware (routers, switches, firewalls, ACE, WAN optimizers, NAC, IPS, Video Teleconferencing, VPN and PBSs as well as network related services (DNS and DHCP) and network monitor tools.

           Plan, design and implement network upgrades and changes by following Change Management and best practices procedures

           Use experience with upgrading code on network devices, create design documents, network Visio diagrams, and peer review other designs as needed.

           Mentor other junior NOC/SOC engineers to the processes, procedures, and Technologies that are in use.

           Support of Service Level Agreements (SLAs): Configure and activate patched and unpatched ports, meeting all Service Level Agreements in place.

           Provide add, move or change VLANs with strong working knowledge in switching (L2) elements: VLAN's; trunking (802.1q and ISL); Aggregation (EtherChannel, FastEtherchannel) and VOIP/SIP.

           Update configuration and IOS software to network elements.

           Create, review and update service request (Remedy and HD Authority) tickets according to established Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

           Monitor the network via SEIM, ArcSight, and other tools to take appropriate action based on alerts and severity levels.

           Troubleshoot wireless network issues by conducting surveys & checking signal strengths, common windows, Linux/Unix platforms, network related issues and administers ASDM for ASA 5580/5540 firewalls, Cisco ACS/VPN firewall appliances, Cisco IPS systems and 6000/4000/3700 switches, ASR 1000 routers, F5 BigIP (ASM/LTM/GTM) load balancers or ADC’s, Cisco VTC and TACACS including Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, web, data filtering services.

           Escalate outages/issues to Supervisors/Managers/ISPs/other groups/vendors by following established SOPs or incident models.

           Support the NOC and/or help desk setting with knowledge of TCP/IP, routers, fiber optic cabling, understanding of the internet, Ethernet and have troubleshooting.          

           Configuring IP and HSRP protocols on routers, activating/deactivation/testing ports.       

           Experience with Opnet, Netflow, and database SQL statements for report generation.

Projects:

           Designed the initial proof of concept for F5 Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) for compression, web acceleration, SSL, and load balancing services. 

           Design and implementation of IPv6 peering devices to dual ISPs with ARIN provide prefix.

           Managed the network hardware refresh of Cisco Catalyst to HP ProCurve

           Worked with Verizon Busines, Zayo/AboveNet, and Datatility to ensure reliable Internet connectivity and performance.

 

Randstad Consultant July 2012 – September 2013

 

Senior Network Engineer American Chemical Society (ACS), Washington, DC

           Responsible for maintaining ACS’s network hardware (routers, switches, firewalls, WAN optimizers, NAC, IPS, Video Teleconferencing, VPN and ADC’s as well as network related services (DNS and DHCP) and network monitor tools (NetQos,  Extrahop, Websense Triton, SevOne and Orion).

           Performed ongoing network maintenance, diagnostics, administration and design for 1,000+ nodes for multiple environments.

           Supported F5 technologies writing iRules and managing SSL certificates for public web servers through VIPs.

           Troubleshooted network related issues and administers ASA firewalls, VPN firewall appliances, SourceFire IPS systems Nexus 7010/6000 switches, ASR 1000 routers, Riverbed WAN optimization, F5 BigIP (ASM/LTM/GTM) load balancers or ADC’s, Cisco VTC and TACACS including Infoblox DNS, DHCP, web, data  filtering services.

           Worked with ACS support staff to provide prompt resolution of staff network problems and requests administers.

           Collaborated with Windows, Storage, UNIX and application development teams to determine technical requirements.

           Worked with security teams to ensure that all network components are PCI compliant.

           Worked with ISPs to ensure reliable Internet connectivity, and performance.

 

Army Research Laboratory, Maryland November 2011 – July 2012

 

Network Architect (STG)

           Responsible for understanding, configuring Cisco (ASAs/ routers) and Juniper NSM architecture, security and designing of computer networks, including local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), the Internet, intranets, voice systems and other data communications systems from a network perspective.

           Creates tests to evaluates and analyze network, Differentiated Services, routing protocols, network capacity management , VLAN configuration, and IPv4, IPv6, VoIP (SIP), SNMP,  RMON protocols.

           Develop technical network solutions through DNS, SMTP, HTTP, SCP, TFTP and SNMP framework to conduct scheduled maintenance, implement or manage wireless networks with site survey, access point configuration, or station authentication schemes for CAC and RSA tokens.

           Determine specific network hardware or software requirements to operate diverse platforms (Cisco, Juniper, Brocade, UNIX, Windows, etc.), interfaces or bandwidths (Ethernet, FE, GE, 10GE, etc.), or routine diagrams to outline schema (Data flow, service hierarchy, etc.), OOB servers and single sign-on (SSO) solutions.

           Learn how to execute services or solutions using the appropriate technology by attending conferences or sponsor vendor training sessions. Also study technical journals to keep up with changes in technology and to ensure Certification and Accreditation of site and enterprise packages are current or up to date. 

 

ICF, Adelphi, MD August 2010 – May 2011

Information System Security Manager (ICF International Inc)

           Managed the implementation and development of an organization's IT security;

           Ensured security policies, standards and procedures were established and enforced

           Coordinated information security inspections, tests and reviews- conducted Risk Management activities.

 

 

Senior Network Security Engineer (DRS)

           Development of architectural strategy, including technology standardization and modernization of enterprise, data center and disaster recovery network infrastructures.

           Designed and supported DNS, DHCP and IP address management; Infoblox, Blue Coat networks; network security technologies including firewalls, IPSec and SSL VPN, RADIUS/TACACS, network intrusion and detection, DDOS mitigation, network access control and web content proxy/filtering.

           Enrolled operational & engineering team members in strategy and business goals, by interfacing at a technical level.

           R&D advanced technologies to enhance & evolve core network infrastructure used across systems and services.

           Stayed current with developing technologies and predict impact of changing technologies for next generation data centers, cloud computing including technologies such as network virtualization, unified communications, IPv6, and hands-on knowledge with Cisco Nexus products.

           Wrote reference and/or solution architectures and strategic roadmaps for network and network security technologies, various infrastructure initiatives for operational segments, passing all industry tests and internal and external audits.

           Investigated and generated recommendations on key third-party components, such as network and security infrastructure technologies, necessary to implement solutions.

           Solution design of IP networks including technologies such as BGP and OSPF routing, L2/L3 switching, server load balancing, QOS, MPLS, network security and enterprise network monitoring.

           Evaluated network designs to determine whether customer requirements are met efficiently and effectively.

           Monitored and analyzed network performance (Cisco NAM, Solarwinds, Spectrum, Scutlizer, etc.) and data input/output reports to detect problems (, identify inefficient use of computer resources, or perform capacity planning.

           Participated in network technology upgrade or expansion projects, including installation of hardware (Palo Alto, WebSense, Spirent, etc.) and software and integration testing.

 

NW Systems                                                                              May 2010 – August 2010

 

Senior WAN Technology Engineer

           Designed, built, integrated and provided operational services to the first Marine Corps Enterprise IT Services (MCEITS) Datacenter in Quantico VA that supports the data processing requirements for the U.S. Marine Corps.

           Subject Matter Expert (SME) across WAN/LAN technologies, services, and designs utilizing best practice for switching/routing and topologies.

           Forensic examiner of physical, application and file system level data hiding techniques- EnCase and NetScout.

           Maintained OSPF/BGP routing protocols, IP advertising/filtering/redistribution, Quality of Service, IP multicast software/hardware device upgrades, LAN equipment configurations.

           Assigned IP addressing, variable length subnet masking for over 200 subnets.

           WAN technology provisioning and configuration (i.e. MPLS, ATM, ISDN, Private Line, Frame Relay) and WAN equipment configurations for bandwidth rates from DSL to 1gb, as well as Metro-E connectivity from 10mb to 1gb of over 300 pieces of equipment including Cisco, Juniper, McAfee and NetScout.

           Provided ITIL knowledge with the networking services for ACS, AAA, DHCP, BOOTP, DNS, ICMP and SNMP Design and Support for network security technologies and products (ASA, Checkpoint, Juniper SSL, Brocade networking equipment, Bluecoat, F5 Load-balancing and NetScaler) SSL-VPN, IPSec, B2B, private line and Dial-up

 

TWD, Washington, DC September 2009 – May 2010

 

Senior Enterprise Security Engineer

           Provided engineering expertise in the system design, analysis, integration, testing, and fielding of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) products in support of the defense of the Global Information Grid; used systems engineering and information security knowledge to support the engineering re-design and enhancement of DoD networks; technical input for continuing refinement of network defense capabilities and threat detection.

           Applied technology to simplify implementation of security. Designed hands-on large scale support, implementation of databases, data plans, directory solutions, identity management solutions, data integration, web services solutions, and net management solutions. 

           Managed and implemented the Web Services-based Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) systems.

           Evaluated and assessed government and commercial solutions to meet large scale needs including the DISA Certification & Accreditation (C&A) activities performing penetration testing, risk assessments, and assistance in the resolution of accreditation issues.  Responsible as an IAO for developing and maintaining documentation for the DIACAP process, including: the System Security Authorization Agreement (SSAA), Appendices, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and Concept of Operations (CONOPs), and preparing security evaluation responses to Information Assurance Vulnerability Alert (IAVA) Vulnerability Management System (VMS) inquiries.

           Participated in daily interactions that build relationships with various customers to assist in developing solutions to that meet the client’s requirements. Ability to organize learns, teach and lead formal and informal teams providing planning and guidance to other team members or partners.

 

FRC, Virginia July 2008 – September 2009

 

Lead Network Engineer

           Managed and analyzed WAN connectivity for offices, buildings, LAN connectivity (taclanes), switches and firewalls with utilities such as SNORT, CA NSM/Spectrum, Solarwinds, HBSS, Firewall (Cisco ASA, HIPS, MARS), HP OpenView (WAN), WhatsUpGold, and Content filters (WebSense), communications devices, proxies and monitors the hardware to ensure it is properly maintained and compliant.

           Provide onsite engineering and technical support to a Security Operations Center and Network Operations Center in response to connectivity problems, detection, response, mitigation, and reporting of cyber threats affecting the enterprise; Designs plans to backup over 20 terabytes of data;. Configure and ship out replacement switches; Analyzed bandwidth, show documents of traffic flow and troubleshoot Operating Systems (Windows and Linux), IBM, Dell, HP Servers, NICS, TCP, Applications, Printers, and internetwork devices (Cisco and Juniper).

           Last project included a Windows 2008 build with a Citrix farm that support network of 60 users configured for dedicated SQL DB, VMware SAN, Active directory, DNS, DHCP, WSUS, SNORT, Symantec AV, and a print server.

           Created a posture for the client to aggressively investigate cyber activities pursuing information and the infrastructure as it relates to network security.

 

STG, Virginia May 2006 – July 2008

 

LAN/WAN Engineer

           Senior Engineer in the Network Operation Center- extensive experience with devices and protocols such as Cisco, Juniper, and BGP.  Identified solutions for network anomaly detection, network configuration and change management, and network auditing management.

           Developed and supported installation plans, cutover plans, test plans, IP schema and training for the operation and maintenance of servers and network environments (data and voice).

           Troubleshot probable source of malfunctions, coordinates problem resolution with users and other support staff as necessary, follows up to ensure satisfaction.

           Managed and monitored support for all TCP/IP various areas of support included broadband and LAN connectivity, server and account provisioning, email and Windows installations, configuration, patching system (IAVA) vulnerabilities, upgrade software, report and document issues and Active Directory, and DHCP network configurations.

           Traffic study, monitoring, implement ARMY standards, IPS/IDS including Cisco firewall changes or ACLs, configuring VPN and VLAN (schema) and the troubleshooting and reporting of issues and resolutions to IT management.

 

BAE Systems, Virginia June 2005 – May 2006

 

System Administrator

           Held multifaceted responsibilities configuring systems, installed images (Windows and Linux) and administer Cisco network infrastructure and PBX telecommunications systems including Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes that supported staff of 750 personnel.

           Established the IT policies which for acceptable use of IT assets within the company. Fulfilled administrative responsibilities including the addition and changes to user desktop, email and PBX accounts, installed and configured servers including RAID 1, 5 and 6 arrays in addition to facilitating backup & restoration using Symantec and NT Utilities.

           Actively provided desktop, configuration and phone support for software and hardware. Managed broad range of full installation, cabling, upgrade, and troubleshoot of Cisco routers, hubs and switches for new workspaces.

 

Previous Experience, Virginia May 1997 – September 2005

 

DCPSMath Teacher/Director of Technical Aug 2001 to Sept 2005

 

Gateway Inc, Subject Matter Expert (SME) Aug 1998 to June 2001

Phone support professional that directly helped customers with tier-3 issues that were escalated and performed as Gateway’s local product specialist training internal employees on trends and latest technologies.

 

Philip Morris USASystem Administrator May 1997 to Sept 1998

Worked at PM's Park 500 campus for the IS department supporting the operation center and PC support.  Worked with Windows 95 deployments migrating from Windows 3.1

 

 

Education & Training

B. S.& M. S. in Computer EngineeringUniv. of Maryland University CollegeMD 2014

B.          S. in Computer Science                                                        Hampton University                                          VA               1999

Proteus Junos Intermediate Routing (JIR) TrainingMD 2012

Proteus Junos Troubleshooting in the NOC (JTNOC) Training MD 2012

InfoSec Institute CISSP TrainingVA2012

ASM Certified Information Systems Security Professional TrainingMD2005

Microsoft Certified System Engineer ASM Educational CenterMD2005

MobileArmor System Administrator STG/US ArmyVA2008

Cisco Certified Network Associate ASM Educational Center MD 2005

Project Manager Professional (PMP)***Expected Completion Date (10/14)2014

 



Experience

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Job Title

Company

Experience

Network Architect

AIS

- Present

 

Additional Info

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Current Career Level:

Manager (Manager/Supervisor of Staff)

Years of relevant work experience:

5+ to 7 Years

Date of Availability:

Immediately

Work Status:

US - I am authorized to work in this country for any employer.

Active Security Clearance:

None

US Military Service:

Citizenship:

None

 

 

Target Job:

Target Job Title:

Network Architect

 

Target Company:

Company Size:

Occupation:

Engineering

·         Systems/Process Engineering

IT/Software Development

·         Computer/Network Security

·         Database Development/Administration

 

Target Locations:

Selected Locations:

US-DC-Washington/Metro
US-MD

Relocate:

Yes

Willingness to travel:

Up to 75% travel