DAVID R. BLACK

8005 River Gate Lane Bowie, MD 20715

(301) 860-1955(H)

E-Mail: rdbwish1@verizon.net

Wishbone1957.db@gmail.com

 

CLEARANCE: TS/SCI SSBI DATE 06/21/09 FULL SCOPE POLYGRAPH ON 09/28/2010

SUMMARY:

More than 30 years’ of experience in the information systems field, including extensive network management and systems administration. From 1986 to 2013 work as a contractor for the Federal Government, FBI, NCTC, NSA, CIA, NGA agencies.

EDUCATION:

A.A. Computer/ Electronics Engineering, Ohio Institute of Technology, Devry, 1977 - 1979

Certifications/ Courses:

·         ITIL V3 Certified Professional, March, 2013 4701669

·         Cyber 101: Fundamentals and Hands-on Lab Cyber security, September 2010

·         Comptia Security + 2012 Cisco Certified ID number isCOMP001020388223

·         CCNA 2012, Cisco Certified ID number is CSCO12155857

·         CCNP Course, January 2007

·         Cisco Network Essentials Course, January 2007

·         Operations Manager 9.X on UNIX/Linux May, 2013

·         Microsoft Certified Professional

 

EXPERIENCE:

 

GECC Enterprise Manager, and Tools Team Engineer – Zavda Tech – ITSM 05/2013 - - Present

·         Work with Server Tools Support Team, on configuration and deployment of HP’s Enterprise Management software suite and consolidation of legacy tools which currently provide health and status information to the GECC operators. Work with Hp Network Node Manager, Sitecope Monitors. Log file Monitor match error messages, restoral messages and values. Email Server tools team sitescope IP address for firewall requests. Infrastructure performance and availability monitoring. I work with T3. And have Knowledge of Red Team. Cross-Domain Solutions Accreditation Requirements/Processes (DCID 6/3 PL3).

Sr. Network Engineer- TECH USA- NetOps and SPA Special-Projects 11/2011 – 04/2013

·         Work with Operation and Maintenance Link (OML) 16/64kpbs TS in the E1. Normally I get an alarm 'LAPD OML fault'. I see that OML Fault is generated when the OML is disconnected b/w BTS and BSC.Its a critical Alarm. Although BTS reset automatically after 15 min. An Overlay MAC Layer for 802.11 Networks we use in the agencies. Layer (OML) that works on top of the 802.11 MAC layer. Work with OML2 server daemon and proxy-server. Preconfigured Cisco Router, Foundry/Brocade NetIron NI-XMR-4-AC, Foundry/Brocade NetIron NI-XMR-4-AC,Foundry/Brocade ServerIron GT 450, Foundry/Brocade ServerIron GT 450 and switches and ASA Firewalls. Tagging and Untagging Network ports, Foundry and Brocade. Configured internal VALN connectivity. Creating users with HP OpenView service desk 4.5. Monitoring tool the KG-340's with SMCll. Active Directory account which will be used to actually accesses the tools needed to monitor the network. Monitoring Black and Red side connections. Use SM7, OML, NNM, OCB, SOSA, FlawlessDiamond Monitoring and Discovery Tool. Springray, NPMS NSANet performance measurement, Traffic Sential, Konfig Config. Used MagicDesk Citrix based thin client for monitoring. Worked with Citrix Systems or other virtualization and remote computing platforms. Cloud Ingest/Data Tagging

·         For the virtual adapter migrating option, I select the virtual adapter then choose to change the properties of the adapter by select the Host and click on the configuration tab and the select the virtual adapter and then click Migrate.  I open a command prompt and change to the VMware Tools in Linux and in Solaris directories to /usr/sbin, to determine time synchronization is enabled I use VMware-toolbox-cmd then enter enable or disable periodic time synchronization. I connect and disconnect a virtual device. Mapped drive to connect to a virtual disk by chooses File>Map then click Map, then navigated to the desired disk file (.vmdk file) and click open. I had to select the volume that I want to map and a drive letter. I add, modify, and remove devices in a virtual machine. Cross-Domain Solutions Accreditation Requirements/Processes (DCID 6/3 PL3).

·         OpsWare, I had to fix a display problem memory exhausted errors when try to access a page and got a blank screen. Fix frequency out of range monitor display problems. The OpsWare tool helps me when I needed to run packages and scripts on some LDAP servers all at a single time. I reinstall opsware agent on a client server I first need to move agent file from opsware server, location is /var/opt/opsware/agent_installers/. The needed to uninstall previous agent /opt/opsware/agent/bin/agent_uninstall.sh. It is a good idea to run other scripts on my client machine location in /opt/opsware/agent/pylibs/cog . Use network_time_protocol to troubleshooting Opsware SAS installation toensure that both the operating systems as well as the machine clocks are sync. I work with T3. And have Knowledge of Red Team.

Sr. Network Engineer- HP Enterprise Services- 03/2011- 11/ 2012

·         LAPD is Link access protocol on the D link,a layer2 protocol,ensures error free Transmission

·         Sometime OML also fails and we normally get an alarm 'LAPD OML fault'.

·         OML Fault is generated when the OML is disconnected b/w BTS and BSC.Its a critical Alarm. Although BTS reset automatically after 15 min. OML is simply Operation and Maintenance Link, 16/64kpbs TS in the E1

·         We use TCP/IP protocol, and others protocols I had to click on the Control Panel, then Network and Internet.  Look for Network and Sharing Center, and then clicking Manage network connections, press the ALT key, click Advanced, and then click Advanced Settings, Click the Adapters and Bindings tab,  under Connections, click the connection you want to modify. And have Knowledge of Red Team. Cross-Domain Solutions Accreditation Requirements/Processes (DCID 6/3 PL3).

·         I work on a computer running Windows 7 connect to networks with various adapters. I wanted to make sure that my computer uses a wired connection when available as the main means of connecting to a network, and a wireless connection otherwise. Network connection priorities are configured in the Windows Control Panel. I set the NIC binding order. Modify the protocol bindings. I view and change the default network adapter priority order.

·         Preconfigured Cisco 3750 24 port switch. Installed cables for the FastIron Switch Ethernet port 7/23 to the Cisco 3750 port 23, Tagging and Untagging Network ports, Foundry and Brocade, ASA Firewalls, Configured internal VALN connectivity, creating users with HP OpenView service desk 4.5, Creating accounts in UNIX and Linux.  Help with the Symantec NETBACKUP software enterprise solution setup.  Worked with Citrix Systems or other virtualization and remote computing platforms, Used XenApp and XenDesktop for Citrix configuration and client management.

·         The SiteScope has many different types of monitors available to help you manage your Web server environment. I have created multiple URL monitors which monitor different URL addresses. I have measure the number of packets that failed to reach the destination IP address. I will Find it by monitor the be effected by firewalls, routers, and proxies, use HTTP, HTTPS, NetBios, Telnet, etc, level of security administrator privileges, proxies, SSL, SSH. Measure it and most monitors allow you to do content matching on the test results using regular expressions. Then have to Report it, the category is used to trigger alerts and also effects how the monitor data is displayed in reports.

·         HP Openview configuration experience with OML, this is easy to use and very quick to deploy ability to distribute, collect and report device inventory. I installed operations manager version 9.0. Check log files /var/opt/OV/log. Check and restarted the OMU processes # opcsv –status. I look at the user policies it stored in the directory /var/opt/OV/datafiles/polices.  Also list group policy using opcplicy –list_groups.  Have created scheduled task policy use Admin UI, It contains only three parts schedule, task and options.

·          SiteScope, NNM, monitor and read log files in NNM. I have chosen new SNMP trap, enter name, description, host = NNM server and the port, set trap ID and set SNMP Object ID to hp openview event. Use Network Node Manager I 9.10, look at the security group and tenant objects, generated reports, configured user group and security group mapping. Navigate between incidents and maps to reduce troubleshooting time.  Integrate NNM with other management tools, such as HP SW operations manager, network automation and Cisco works. Performed network designs using HP Network Node Manager, HP Network AutomationManaging Your Network with HP OpenView Network Node Manager, Network Management with NNM, made sure NNM’s Services were successfully running, configured an Inventory. I work with T3. Cloud Ingest/Data Tagging

 

CYBERCOM Fusion Duty officer- Northrop Grumman IS- 06/2010 – 01/ 2011

·         Reviewed and tracked detected incidents to identify new exploits, threats, mitigation strategies, and enforce incident reporting standards. Personnel needed to be technically familiar with exploits and brief senior leadership on the impact to the DOD system, the method of compromise, and the method of mitigation.

·         Reviewed reported incidents and identified correlation with other activity through database queries and through network traffic analysis.

·         Worked effectively with the law enforcement and intelligence components of the JTF-GNO and DOD to exchange information and ideas. Coordinated incident reports, traffic analysis, law enforcement data, and intelligence data to correlate activity and coordinated with DOD organization to analyze new activity and determine whether or not it was an additional incident. I work with T3. Cross-Domain Solutions Accreditation Requirements/Processes (DCID 6/3 PL3).

·         Maintained briefings and briefed the JTF-GNO leadership when requested or as necessary.

·         Developed defensive measures to protect additional DOD assets from being compromised or to detect further compromises, and report other potential compromises to the responsible CERT and documenting pertinent information, including method of attack as well as mitigation strategies at the local and the enterprise level.

 

Sr. Systems Administrator / Sr. Network Engineer- Signature Consultants-11/2009 – 06/ 2010

·         Performed network designs using HP Network Node Manager, HP Network AutomationManaging Your Network with HP OpenView Network Node Manager, Network Management with NNM, made sure NNM’s Services were successfully running, configured an Inventory Report, Windows, HP-UX, Solaris, and Linux operating systems, TACACS server, TFTP server, NA and used Oracle’s built-in conflict handling software.

·         Worked with Active Directory, Organizational Units Installation, Setup, and Upgrading, Adding a New NA Core to an Existing NA Mesh, System Administration, Fixed Replication Job, Failover and Recovery, Troubleshooting, Loss of Network Connectivity, Installing Oracle 10g Enterprise Edition, Creating an Oracle Database for PI,  applied the Oracle 10.2.0.4 Patch Set, PI Performance Manager, and PI Management Console.

·         Linux system administration experience, Eagle Alliance-07/ 2003 to TECH USA 03/2013. I had to take ownership of issues from identification through resolution.  Provide technical support for Level I issues via helpdesk and the telephone. Installing, configuring, and maintaining services such as Apache, MySQ. Providing fellow system administrators and support representatives with technical support and guidance. Linux operating system, bash and perl shell scripting. Use and build tools to deploy and manage. Logging in and understanding the Linux desktop. Tweaking settings to suit your personal needs. Work at the command line.  Added users and groups. Interacting with shells and commands using the command line.  Accessing command history and editing facilities.  Using man (manual) pages to find out about commands. List directory contents. Copy, move, or remove files and directories. Use wildcard patterns for manipulating files. Compress and decompress files using gzip and bzip2. Redirect the standard IO streams: standard input, standard output, and standard error. Pipe output from one command to the input of another.  Send output to both std out and a file. Manage foreground and background jobs. Start processes that will run after you log out. Monitor processes. Select and sort processes for display. Set process priorities. Change process priorities. Installed, imaged, configured, racked, maintained, monitored, networked and supported data center UNIX/Linux servers (SGI, Sun, HP, IBM, and Red Hat), workstations, desktops and software. I work with T3. Cross-Domain Solutions Accreditation Requirements/Processes (DCID 6/3 PL3).

 

Sr. Principal System Engineer- Serco Corporation-01/ 2009 – 11/ 2009

·         Performed QRC testing of a configuration with the Cisco Catalyst 6509 receiving 10 GB Ethernet test traffic and sending it across an OC-48 link with KG-75 and ASX-4000 ATM switches.

·         Tested if router configuration was sufficient to allow the ISDN protocol to control voice processing between PBXs over an IP network. Used the Bit Error Rate test sets to test the Network.

·         Documented procedure for configuring bi-directional route redistribution between multiple instances of OSPF. This also demonstrated a method for filtering routes passed between tables for the sake of controlling down-stream advertisements. Demonstrated proficiency with Open Source Software, F5 BigIP administration, G2 Sidewinder administration, network security to include firewalls, and Perl scripting. I work with T3. And have Knowledge of Red Team.

·         Provided System administration support for LDAP servers, storage and networking components for an environment that hosted a collection of J2EE applications. Spectrum Analyzer was used, patented spectral fingerprinting techniques to measure, analyze, and display critical spectrum events and log all interfering devices in real-time. Worked on real-time streams, such as voice, video, and Circuit Emulation (CEM), on low speed WAN links, it was necessary to fragment data packets and interleave the delay sensitive traffic within the fragmented data packets. Cross-Domain Solutions Accreditation Requirements/Processes (DCID 6/3 PL3).

 

Linux system administration experience, Eagle Alliance-07/ 2003 - 01/2009

·         I had to take ownership of issues from identification through resolution.  Provide technical support for Level I issues via helpdesk and the telephone. Installing, configuring, and maintaining services such as Apache, MySQ. Providing fellow system administrators and support representatives with technical support and guidance. Linux operating system, bash and perl shell scripting. Use and build tools to deploy and manage. Logging in and understanding the Linux desktop. Tweaking settings to suit your personal needs. Work at the command line.  Added users and groups. Interacting with shells and commands using the command line. 

·         Accessing command history and editing facilities.  Using man (manual) pages to find out about commands. List directory contents. Copy, move, or remove files and directories. Use wildcard patterns for manipulating files. Compress and decompress files using gzip and bzip2. Redirect the standard IO streams: standard input, standard output, and standard error. Pipe output from one command to the input of another.  Send output to both stdout and a file. Manage foreground and background jobs. Start processes that will run after you log out. Monitor processes. Select and sort processes for display. Set process priorities. I work with T3. And have Knowledge of Red Team. Cross-Domain Solutions Accreditation Requirements/Processes (DCID 6/3 PL3).

·         Change process priorities. Installed, imaged, configured, racked, maintained, monitored, networked and supported data center UNIX/Linux servers (SGI, Sun, HP, IBM, and Red Hat), workstations, desktops and software.

 

Sr. Systems Administrator/ Sr. Network Engineer- EDS Corporation-11/ 2007 – 01/ 2009

·         Performed network designs using existing technology. Planned network configurations for integration into the network, using knowledge of the performance characteristics of the systems being added to the network and the specifications for network interfaces to ensure effective integration and optimal network performance. Assisted in the design and implementation of LAN/WANs using switch and router technology. Installed, configured and maintained LAN/WAN equipment. Prepared technical proposals for presentation to engineering review boards for adding new technologies to the network or upgrading existing technologies. Performed network upgrades. Led the technical side of a product development team, managing and defining the functional specifications and defining how the product would work.

·         For the virtual adapter migrating option, I select the virtual adapter then choose to change the properties of the adapter by select the Host and click on the configuration tab and the select the virtual adapter and then click Migrate.  I open a command prompt and change to the VMware Tools in Linux and in Solaris directories to /usr/sbin, to determine time synchronization is enabled I ues vmare-toolbox-cmd then enter enable or disable periodic time synchronization. I connect and disconnect a virtual device. Mapped drive to connect to a virtual disk by chooses File>Map then click Map, then navigated to the desired disk file (.vmdk file) and click open. I had to select the volume that I want to map and a drive letter. I add, modify, and remove devices in a virtual machine.

·         NCTC & CIA data center customers prepared, planned, designed, implemented, operated, and optimized the network lifecycle. Worked with Virtual Node Layer VNLayer programming abstraction providing programmable, predictable automata-virtual nodes-emulated by the low-level network nodes. Worked with Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft SQL Server. Planned and supervised a move of UNIX machines to computing center on a new campus. Active Directory created an OU, sometime moving an OU to a new location. Created group, added members to a group, and managed group membership individually. Installed Oracle 10g Enterprise Edition, Oracle Database, and Solaris.

 

Sr. Systems Administrator/ Sr. Network Engineer- Eagle Alliance-07/ 2003 –11/ 2007

·                      Team lead directly charged with Network Design and support of production enterprise network. Design, test, implementation and maintaining a network for a 24 x 7 mission-critical production environment. Managed large-scale WAN installations for company network and remote locations. Cross-Domain Solutions Accreditation Requirements/Processes (DCID 6/3 PL3)

·         Installed Cisco 4500 & 3640 routers and Cisco 2950 switches and configured protocols and end to end testing of the circuit. Installed and tested point-to-point T1 WAN circuitry and testing of the link for bandwidth and reliability.

·         Configured internal VLAN connectivity points on Cisco 1900, 2950, 3550 switches. Configured inter-vlan routing between the various network subnets. Supported Vlan trunking on Cisco Catalysts switches 3500, and 2950.

·         Created Accounts. Provided UNIX/ Solaris operating system support. With NT Domains created, destroyed, and modified network user accounts, assigned and removed user rights, controlled what users go in which groups, assigned and removed rights to and from groups. Installed software packages on the LDAP Servers and individual workstations. Used Microsoft Outlook or Outlook 2003; a personal information manager from Microsoft office suite.  Incorporated multiple enterprise-class switches. Good experience with Cisco Fast EtherChannel was a failover and load-distribution technology wherein the same MAC address or IP address was bound to two or four Fast Ethernet or Gigabit Ethernet NICs, providing parallel links.

·         Supported Communications Intelligence (COMINT), Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) and Domestic Intelligence (Domint). Worked with various program managers to improve Microsoft's product management processes and strategies. Administered and operated solutions and handed-off operational responsibilities to NOC staff members, monitoring/event management tooling strategy and architecture. Investigated and analyzed problems in the UNIX system administration support structure, and provided written reports and recommendations to system administration staff and senior management.

·         Performed all duties related to Solaris system administration NIS+, DNS. And BIND NFS, user account maintenance, backup & recovery, and Auto-mounting. For the virtual adapter migrating option, I select the virtual adapter then choose to change the properties of the adapter by select the Host and click on the configuration tab and the select the virtual adapter and then click Migrate.  I open a command prompt and change to the VMware Tools in Linux and in Solaris directories to /usr/sbin, to determine time synchronization is enabled I ues vmare-toolbox-cmd then enter enable or disable periodic time synchronization. I connect and disconnect a virtual device. Mapped drive to connect to a virtual disk by chooses File>Map then click Map, then navigated to the desired disk file (.vmdk file) and click open. I had to select the volume that I want to map and a drive letter. I add, modify, and remove devices in a virtual machine.

 

Sr. Systems Architect/ Systems Administrator/ Network Engineer- Lockheed Martin Corporation, 10/ 1997 – 07/ 2003

·         Configured FORE ATM WAN switches, power hubs and routers.  Configured FORE ATM 3810 edge devices. Configured FORE ATM adapters and created server, printer, and BIND mail ELANs. Configured TCP/IP, DHCP, WINS, and DNS and BIND to provide servers and workstations with connectivity.

·         ATM used LAN emulation. Point-to-Point Protocol, or PPP, was a data link protocol commonly used to establish a direct connection between two nodes over serial cable, phone line, trunk lines. Used Microsoft Outlook or Outlook 2003; a personal information manager from Microsoft office suite.

·         Installed, imaged, configured, racked, maintained, monitored, networked and supported data center UNIX/Linux servers (SGI, Sun, HP, IBM, and Red Hat), workstations, desktops and software.

 

Hardware Technician/ Systems Engineer- Quality Systems- Inc.-05/ 1996 –10/ 1997

·         Provided UNIX/ Solaris operating system support to an enterprise network operating system using JAVA and C++. Evaluated data to determine capacity and quality of service with a view toward improving the service provided. Ethernet (10/100), leased lines, Frame Relay, and ATM. Network protocol made recommendations to management based on alternatives, costs, benefits, and technological requirements. Point-to-Point Protocol over ATM.

·         Performed network monitoring and administrative tasks from a central location using SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol). Performed systems engineering throughout the entire system life cycle to support Customs Modernization providing IT Systems help to the JAVA programmer with Sybase and/or SQL exp, knowledge or Perl, HTML to develop software to automatically generate reports for SUN/Solaris and potentially NT.

 

Computer Tech/ Systems Administrator- Contel/Eaton Corporation- 05/1986 – 05/ 1996

·         With NT Domains; created, destroyed, and modified network user accounts, assigned and removed user rights, controlled what users go into which groups, assigned and removed rights to and from groups, created and destroyed trust relationship Ethernet (10/100), leased lines, Frame Relay, and ATM.

·         Provided network protocol evaluation data to determine capacity and quality of service with a view toward improving the service provided.

Computer Tech-Penril Data Communications—01/ 1980 – 05/ 1986

·         Performed preventive maintenance and troubleshooting on automated digital networking systems and repaired devices at the component level.

·         Bit Error Rate measured the performance, and BERTs were a common feature in many tests used in the labs either as BER measuring devices, or as test pattern sources for other measurements.

·         Worked on Satellite Terminals and RF receiver. Built modems and wrote test procedure for group.