RICHARD O. CUNNINGHAM

846 CR 2763

Mico, Tx. 78056

Home# (210) 386-6137

rocunningham@yahoo.com 

 

PROFILE:              Over 18 years experience working in the IT field as a Network Engineer, Firewall/Security Administrator, Microsoft/Novell Network Administrator, Hardware/Software Technician, Network Backup Manager, Radiology Customer Support, Computer Systems trouble shooter and problem solver.

 

 

SIGNIFICANT RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

 

·         Lead Engineer for AF Gateway Lab used for testing new AF systems and software upgrades prior to deploying in actual environment.  Maintain Palo Alto NGFWs, Cisco ASRs and switches, Bluecoat Proxy Server, Active Directory, DNS, and Group Policies.

·         Monitoring and tracking various projects for senior leadership.  Reporting as necessary.

·         Team lead on ITS project upgrading Dover AFB infrastructure installing and configuring 12 Enterasys X4 routers, 67 Enterasys C3 switches and 54 Enterasys C2 switches.

·         Maintained Sidewinder Firewalls, Cisco Pix Firewalls, BlueCoat Proxy Servers and SAV Gateways locally and at remote locations.

·         Monitored data traffic looking for any Netprobes, Denial of Services, or Attacks on the DoD Networks and took appropriate action if required.

·         Installed, configured and administered Sidewinder Firewalls 4.1 – 5.2.1.

·         Configured  and Troubleshot Cisco Routers and Switches.

·         Installed and Configured NetIQ Appmanager server and agents for remote management of several AF bases on several Windows systems.  Configured various scripts to perform specific system reporting as needed.

 

 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

 

APR 2012 - PRESENT:                            AT&T Government Solutions (TS/SCI Clearance)

 

§         Lead Engineer responsible for maintaining, installing, and upgrading Cisco Routers and Switches, Cisco Firewall Module, Palo Alto Firewall, Bluecoat Proxy Servers, Load Balancers, McAfee Mail Relays, Windows 2003 and 2008 Servers, Active Directory, GPOs (Group Policy Objects),  ArcSight Managers, and IOP (Integrated Operations Platform).

§         Design, implement and oversee lab testing environments as needed for various tests in AF Gateways.  Configure network traffic and attacks using Breaking Point Traffic Generator.  Capture traffic using Pilot Cascade and viewing PCAPs using Wireshark and Snort.

 

OCT 2008 – APR 2012:                            General Dynamics IT (TS/SCI Clearance)

 

§         Sr. Analyst working for 624 OC/ISRD working on analyzing and briefing cyber intelligence reports to leadership.  Assisting in analyzing cyber reports from a networking standpoint.  Working on answering any requests for information (RFIs) from various cyber reports.  Configuring and maintaining Microsoft SharePoint 2000 (MOSS).  Configuring and maintaining various collaboration sites collecting various cyber reports on classified systems.

§         CITS Liaison attached to AETC A6 and 624 OC providing technical guidance as required.  Tracked various projects and briefed senior leadership.  Assisted in planning for current and future projects.  Installed and configured Windows 2008 servers and Cisco 7606 routers for different projects.   Performed site surveys as needed.

 

 

 

NOV 2006 – OCT 2008:                            Northrup Grumman (Secret Clearance)

 

§         Team lead for a ITS project to survey, design, and install Enterasys ITN infrastructure for Dover AFB.  2 Core Routers, 10 ITN Routers and 130 Building Switches total.  Working with base to create a mesh network with redundant capabilities.  Installed and configured 12 X4 Routers, and 130 C2/C3 switches.  Setup VLANs, Spantree, VRRP, OSPF, and Multicasting.

 

 

 

OCT 2004 – SEPT 2006:                            SPI/Abacus Technology (Secret Clearance)

 

§         Configured and Maintained Sidewinder 5.2.1 and Cisco Pix Firewall for AETC NOSC and re-engineered NCC Bases.  Implemented Firewall Request Forms, troubleshot firewall connectivity problems or firewall application problems, and worked on optimizing Firewall rules, ensuring the protection of the base networks.  Reviewed logs looking for any suspicious traffic and contacting the appropriate personnel upon finding anything. 

§         Configured and Maintained BlueCoat Proxy Servers for AETC NOSC and re-engineered NCC Bases.  Implemented URL requests, troubleshot web connectivity through the proxy server, and troubleshot any problems with the proxy server.

§         Configured and Maintained Symantic Anti-Virus Gateways for AETC NOSC and re-engineered NCC Bases.  Implemented Blocked Spam Emails, troubleshot email problems, and added new email servers to the exception filter.

 

APR 2001 – OCT 2004:                            Volt/TRW/Northrup Grumman (Secret Clearance)

 

§         Installed and configured Sidewinder 5.2.1 Firewalls for Medical Group for MITT Project. Converted Pix Firewall rules to Sidewinder, optimized the rules for security, and installed the rules on the new Sidewinder Firewalls.  Worked with Base personnel to configure routers for correct routing statements and acls.  Assisted Base personnel in configuring several new VLANs and cutting over subnets to the new VLANs.  Assisted in installing and configuring new routers and switches.

§         Team Lead for NO/IA Block 20,  configuring Sidewinder 5.2.1 Firewalls, configuring/optimizing proxy’s and ACLS

§         Ensured the CITS architecture design was still in place during NO/IA Block 20 (FRAPPE) installations which consisted of helping the NCCs move NAV Gateways, RATS Servers, MPS Servers if needed

§         Team Lead for CITS Block 5 at AETC and AFRC, installing and configuring CiscoWorks 2000, HP Openview Enterprise, NetIQ Appmanager, and NetIQ End2End

§         Team Lead responsible for overseeing the integration of CiscoWorks 2000, HP Openview Enterprise, NetIQ Appmanager and NetIQ End2End in order to remotely monitor and control Air Force Network Control Centers over Wide Area Networks

§         Performed site surveys for CITS Block 5 and NO/IA Block 20; work with customer to ensure ample power, space and HVAC for equipment and successful installation

§         Installation and configuration of Dell Power Edge 8450’s and 6400 series servers to include Windows 2000 Advanced Server and RAID configuration at AETC and AFRC

§         Installation and configuration of CiscoWorks 2000, managing over 100 different devices to include Cisco 7200 series, 7500 series routers, Cisco Catalyst 2900 series, 5000 series and 6500 series switches at AETC and AFRC

§         Installation and configuration of HP OpenView, monitoring over 14 different locations throughout the country

§         Installation and configuration of NetIQ AppManager, monitoring over 100 core servers

§         Installation and configuration of NetIQ End2End, monitoring over 100 core servers

§         Install Windows 2000 DNS, set up zones and zone transfers

§         Configure Cisco 7200 and 7500 series routers.

 

 

 

AUG 2000 – FEB 2001:                                          Caci/Kelly AFB (Secret Clearance)

§         Sidewinder Firewall Administrator in charge of maintaining the Sidewinder Firewalls, preventing hackers and intruders from reaching the internal network, ensuring user connectivity to needed applications outside of the firewall

§         Analyzed ACLs and IP Filters for any vulnerability in the firewalls

§         Reviewed Sidewinder log files for any possible attacks from hackers and intruders.

§         Troubleshot any connectivity problems on the Sidewinder as well as the Internal and External routers

§         Assessing any new ACL/IP Filter request, for security vulnerability of the network

                                                       

MAY 2000 – AUG 2000:                            Volt/TRW (Secret Clearance)

§         Network Engineer working on Phase II of the CITS/Bip project as well as ANG.

§         Installed and Configured Windows 4.0 Servers for DNS, Remedy, RDBMS, and Proxy

§         Installed and configured Sidewinder 4.1 Firewalls

§         Built and installed Racks, for the various equipment for Phase II and ANG.

 

NOV 1997 – APR 2000:                            Access/Emed

§         Customer Support Technician for a Teleradiology Company performing Level II help desk

§         Installed and configured Windows servers for use at hospitals for video scanning and storage

§         Help customers with any problems they may have with network connectivity as well as video capturing, sending and receiving.

§         Would schedule appropriate maintenance for systems that could not be fixed remotely

 

SEPT 1997 – OCT 1997:                             Aerotech Temp Company

§         Level II Customer Support Technician working with network users.

§         Troubleshot and resolved telephone connectivity problems including wiring

§         Troubleshot and resolved network problems with customers.

§         Troubleshot and resolved hardware and software PC problems.

§         Troubleshot and resolved printing problems with both the user and printer.

                                                       

MAY 1997 – SEPT 1997:                            Computemp Temp Company

 

§         Field Engineer working with Windows 95 and 4.0 installation at various locations.

§         Integration of various customer systems to Windows NT and Novell 4.11 network Wan/Lan environment.

§         Troubleshot and resolved various problems with customer’s software, hardware, printing, network connectivity, and various other customer problems.

                                                       

OCT 1993 – MAR 1997:              US Navy (Top Secret Security Clearance)

§         Data Processing Technician working with PC, Novell Networks, Windows NT Networks, and Mainframes

§         Installation of over 100 printer on a Novel 3 – 4 network

§         Managed network backups for over 500 users network locations on multiple servers

§         Troubleshot and resolved various hardware, software, and network problems with customers             

§         Was selected many times for special assignments for network connectivity positions

             

                                                        EDUCATION

CERTIFICATIONS:                           

§         Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) – Obtained 2009 (Expired)

§         Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA) – Obtained 2009 (Expired)

§         Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) – Obtained 2002 (Expired)

§         Microsoft Certified Professional 4.0 (MCP) – Obtained 2000

§         Microsoft Certified Professional 2K (MCP) – Obtained 2001

§         Microsoft Certified System Administrator 2K (MCSA) – Obtained 2004

§         Comptia Security Plus (Security +) – Obtained 2004

§         Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer 2K (MCSE) – Obtained 2004             

 

COLLEGE:                                          42 Hours toward BS in Computer Science

 

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