**I am looking to work 0300-1100 EST via telework/VPN ONLY, I am in South Korea working for the US DOD**

EXPERIENCE

   The Defense Intelligence Agency                                           Sept. 2011 – Present

 

Active Directory Team Lead / Server Team Lead/Vulnerability Manager/Project Manager

TS/SCI Security Clearance

·  Project Manager for 90 Million Dollar defense department TS/SCI network relocation

·  Collaborate with Microsoft in regards to Fore Front Identity Manager and upgrading to Microsoft Identity Manager. Architecting the solution.

·  Work over 9 security domains to enable accurate display names and single login ID’s for each user,  helps users remember their ID’s as allows security to track their actions easier.

·  Enterprise patch and vulnerability manager for 9 security domains, oversee daily activity for 30 people, write policy and procedures for Microsoft SCCM and lead a project to deploy Microsoft Service Manager to automate patch and client STIG events.

·  Oversee adaption of a user Delegation Model that  will be ported to 9 security domains from unclassified networks to Top Secret /SCI networks

·  Project manager and lead technical architect to collapse DIA Active Directory domains on collateral networks.

·  Bash scripting and moderate powershell scripting as needed.

·  NetApp storage upgrades; upgraded 20 devices over 4 security domains

·  Using VMWARE migrated over 300 physical servers to a virtual infrastructure.

·  Built a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure for up to 1000 desktops utilizing VMWARE, Citrix, App Sense, and Active Directory.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Novell/NetIQ/Lowes Contractor                                                               1999 - Present

 

Dedicated Support Engineer (DSE) for Lowe's Home Improvement and follow on contractor.

Level IV Support Engineer for one of the most sophisticated Identity and Access Management systems in the world. On call 24x7 for 12 years with a 15 minute response time.

 

·  DSE for cutting edge Identity and Access Management redesign to include Single Sign On (SSO) initiative's for applications such as Siebel, PeopleSoft and Exchange 2010. Technologies used include Liberty, WS Federation, SAML 1.x and 2.0 as well as J2EE. 

·  Upgraded 25 Linux servers to a 64 bit platform and LDAP directory upgrade.    Servers spanned development, quality assurance, and production environments.  Increased LDAP throughput by 75% and increased up time to 99.999%, scripted most of the installs and CRON enabled all patching.

·  Implemented SIEM based application implementation (Sentinel) that allows Lowe's to track events in the network, such as intruder attempts, user login, log outs, password changes, etc.  Project included deploying Sentinel Application Server, SQL 2008 Database, and Sentinel Agents on configured systems.

·  Implemented new password policy implementation for users to reset their passwords and unlock their accounts in a Password Management Framework. 

·  Assign daily tasks to subordinate contractors in the Information Security Group at Lowe's, assign tasks, check results, and assist when necessary.

·  On site vendor support for all Linux, Identity and Access Management issues. 

·  Implement all new SAML instances across Computer Associates SiteMinder

·  Assisted with NAM to SiteMinder migration

 

Premium Support Engineer for Lowe's Home Improvement         

 

·  Lead a project to develop security guidelines for Intel based systems

·  Implement Security standards for Sarbanes Oxley as well as point out security risks outside of the "required" standards

·  Lead a project that was a major hardware refreshes and Linux OS refresh. 

·  Provide budgetary information as requested for Novell software.

·  Provide root cause analysis for all issues that have negative impact on end users.

·  Assist in skill gap analysis for Lowe's IT employees.

·  Assist in the hiring of new Lowe's IT employees

·  Develop bash shell scripts to collect memory utilization and process utilization on Linux

·  Read Linux core files to pin point issues with applications that have generated the core.

·  Read LAN traces and determine if issues were communication related

·  Collect debug logs to resolve software issues with Linux developers.

·  Troubleshot TCP/IP and connectivity issues.

 

 

 

 

Premium Support Engineer for Prince William County Schools

 

Provide final tier support for Linux High Availability implementations using OCFS2 and XEN.  Also supported LDAP, Linux User Management, Zenworks Linux Management, Zenworks Desktop Management, DNS, DHCP, and AutoYast

 

·  Assisted Prince William staff architect Linux High Availability solution to provide XEN server virtualization, Windows Server guest in an active/active manner, saving the school system over 500K in server hardware and depreciation. 

·  Assisted staff in building a AutoYast system that saves over 7 hours per Linux server build.

·  Assisted in designing and production rollout of Highly Available DNS and DHCP on a Linux cluster.

·  Provide root cause analysis for all issues that have negative impact on end users.

·  Worked hand in hand with developers of OCFS2, Linux HA, X Windows, Yast, NTP, and may more, in order to fix bugs in these programs.

 

Premium Support Engineer for IBM

 

Final tier support for Linux, Novell Open Enterprise Server 2, DNS, DHCP, NetStorage, iFolder, clustering, Common Internet File System implementation, Samba, and Identity Management solution

 

·              Assist with the migration of NetWare to Linux to include rolling cluster migrations, DNS and DHCP migrations, desktop management migrations, and file system migrations.

 

Instructor at Central Piedmont Community College 2004-2012

·              Teach level 1 and 2 Linux

·              Teach Network Security, (Security +)

·              Teach basic networking, subnetting, routers and switches

 

T                    TRAINING & CERTIFICATION

·  GHICKorea2016

·  CISSPKorea2014

·  PMPKorea2015

·  Security + (900/900)                    Korea          2013

·  Certified Linux Engineer          Atlanta GA   2007

·  Certified Linux ProfessionalAtlanta GA2007

·  Linux Professional Institute Atlanta GA2006

·  Certified Directory EngineerAtlanta GA2006

·  Certified Novell Engineer          Atlanta GA2001

·  Linux Kernel Debugging (GDB)     Atlanta GA2007

·  Linux Application DebuggingAtlanta GA2007

·  CCNA College CourseOnline 2012

·   CCNP Level 1College CourseOnline2013

 

Extremely quick learner, can troubleshoot and fix most IT issues quickly and efficiently.  Most certifications were self-study.

 

Top Companies Supported

·   New York Transit Authority

§  Linux, Identify & Access Management

·   Pertonas Twin Towers Malaysia

§  Consulted to rollout LDAP upgrades, desktop automation and server refresh

·   State of North Carolina

§  LDAP, Identity & Access Management, Email, desktop automation, file and print

·   Michelin Tire

§  LDAP, Linux, file and print

·   WAL-MART

§  Linux high availability

·   FEDEX

§  LDAP

·   Florida Hospitals

§  LDAP, Identity Management, desktop automation

·   Time Warner Cable

§  Access Management

·   Synovus

§  Desktop automation

·   Blue Cross Blue Shield

§  Identity Management, LDAP

·   Capital One

§  File & print, LDAP

·   Wachovia/Wells Fargo

§  LDAP, Linux, desktop automation

·   Hearst Corporation

§  LDAP, Access Management, Linux

·   Lowes Home Improvement

§  Linux, Identity & Access Management, LDAP, SIEM application

·   Mecklenburg County

§  LDAP, Email, desktop automation

·   The MONY group

§  File and Print

 

Letters of recommendation upon request