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Westlake, Texas, Us

Westlake, Texas, Us

Westlake, Texas, Us

- Responsible for the overall design and architecture of the primary AWS, Azure, and GCP networking services (VPC, Transit Networks, On-Premises Connectivity, DNS, Firewall, DDOS Protection) to meet all corporate and security guidelines- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) automation through Terraform- Manage cloud operations, including data assurance, monitoring, alerting and notifications to ensure high availaibty for client facing applications- Establish cloud networking guidelines that can be utilized across all three public cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)- Aid with managing the team (6 team members, with multiple opens) and representing the team as the product owner for Cloud Networking- Maintain a prominent level of documentation regarding architectural designs and operational runbooks

Birmingham, Alabama, Us

- Ensured systems and applications are implemented with compensating controls to meet regulatory requirements (GLBA, SOX, HIPAA, FFIEC, etc.) as well as other organizational compliance (PCI) requirements- Established a strategic security architecture vision, including standards and frameworks that are aligned with the overall business and IT strategies- Acted as information security subject matter expert; supply advisory and consulting services to business, IT departments, and IS management- Worked closely with Enterprise Architecture and Application Development to enhance the security posture of new and existing systems- Implemented Cyber Assessment Tool to identify gaps and works with proper stakeholders to remediate deficiencies

New York, Ny, Us

- Design and contribute to security architecture processes that enable the enterprise to develop and implement secure solutions and capabilities that are clearly aligned with the business, technology, and threat drivers- Participate in application and infrastructure projects and other business initiatives to provide security-planning guidance with the following drivers: reduce risk, protect business applications while ensuring the highest level of data and infrastructure (endpoints, servers, networks, data center, cloud) security- Assist with design and security oversight of next-generation firewalls, intrusion prevention systems, DDoS solutions, SSL-terminating load balancers, WAF, security groups and NACL- Design and implement monitoring and protection capabilities to help identify and protect against DoS attacks, MITM, EC2 instance compromise, secret compromise

Englewood, Colorado, Us

- Responsible for architecting and implementing a strategy to manage environments ranging from development to production, utilizing AWS’ wide array of technologies- Responsible for staying on top of the growing list of new technologies and offerings that AWS provides, so that CSG can continue to make the most technologically sound decision possible- Coordinating and working across multiple teams, whose AWS knowledge is of all degreesAssisting with all company audits (PCI, ISO, SSAE)

Seattle, Wa, Us

- Help craft and execute strategies to drive customer adoption and use of AWS services, including EC2, S3, DynamoDB & RDS databases, Lambda, CloudFront CDN, IoT and many more.- Technical acumen and customer-facing skills enable me to effectively represent AWS within a customer’s environment, and drive discussions with senior leadership regarding incidents, trade-offs, and risk management- Provide advocacy and strategic technical direction to help plan and build solutions using standard methodologies, and enthusiastically keep customers’ AWS environments operationally healthy.- The close relationships developed with my customers empower me to understand their business/operational needs and technical challenges, and help them achieve the greatest value from AWS

Englewood, Colorado, Us

- Responsible for managing and guiding the Systems Engineer team.- Responsible for designing and implementing public cloud infrastructure (EC2, S3, Elastic Load Balance)- Responsible for designing and implementing an active\active data center solution, utilizing F5 and firewall technologies (LTM and GTM)- Responsible for designing and implementing big data for event correlation, utilizing ElasticSearch (ELK Stack), NGINX and NXLog. - Responsible for ensuring that the CSG Windows applications hosting environment platforms meet all SLAs and operate in a fiscally responsible manner- Interface with multiple teams in a challenging collaborative work environment with Systems Administrators, Operational and Performance Engineers, Developers, DBAs, Network, Capacity • Planning and Operational teams to develop sound hosting platforms for CSG's applications- Plan and perform internal audits for architectural compliance of platform and security standards supporting industry audit standards (SSAE and PCI)- Create scripts, tools, framework, metrics, process/procedure and documentation to support Platform Operation needs- Provide technical escalation support for platform components and integration of application components for CSG technical teams- Responsible for designing and architecting a building block approach to virtualization that allows • CSG to have a defined approach to new server and application requirements in a virtual environment- Responsible for designing and architecting the migration of newly acquired companies to a central data center location

Englewood, Colorado, Us

- Responsible for over 750 servers, including over 350 virtual servers using VMWare- Consolidated four data center locations to one centralized venue- Performed a cross forest Active Directory migration that includes 3 forests and 6 domains- Designed and implemented all group policy settings for the new environment- Identified, assessed and resolved complex issues and problems within the ADS Infrastructure.- Patched servers on a monthly basis using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager- Responsible for the rapid build of new servers with the use of the Symantec Altiris Deployment Console- Defined processes and procedures for the management of the ADS Infrastructure- Responsible for a 24/7 support system while on-call- Responsible for maintaining a clean and organized data center- Performed yearly disaster recovery test, where highly visible products had to be restored in less than 48 hours in our off-site location

Calgary, Alberta, Ca

- Provided operation support, maintenance and administration of the Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Infrastructure.- Identified, assessed and resolved complex issues and problems within the Microsoft Exchange and ADS Infrastructure.- Maintained Exchange mailboxes, including, account access, user updates, and size and age restrictions.- Addressed all vulnerabilities arising from the monthly security scans on the Active Directory Services and Exchange systems.

- Performed a cross-forest Active Directory migration that included 5,000+ user objects and 2,500+ computer objects with the use of the Active Directory Migration Tool and Microsoft Identity Integration Server.- Assisted in designing an Exchange environment capable of handling 80,000 users and 100,000 mailboxes- Designed and implemented the BlackBerry infrastructure.- Performed BlackBerry migration from 3.6 to 4.0 and also upgraded from 4.0 to 4.1.3- Responsible for researching and performing the necessary tasks to update all Mineral Management Services employee BlackBerries with the require Daylight Saving Time patches and updates.- Designed and implemented Group Policy objects.- Provided operation, support, maintenance and administration of the Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Infrastructure.- Defined standards and portable procedures for the management of the Exchange and ADS Infrastructure.- Supported email archiving issues as they arise, including connectivity and policy issues as defined by the Cobell Court Case findings.- Designed and implemented DHCP, WINS and DNS infrastructure.- Performed Active Directory Server Security maintenance, including the creation of groups and group membership assignments.- Maintained Exchange mailboxes, including, account access, user updates, and size and age restrictions.- Addressed any vulnerabilities arising from the monthly security scans on the Active Directory Services and Exchange systems.

Us

- Provided System Administration of entire network including routers, switches, firewalls, workstations and servers.- Provided installation and management for development group to support 50+ servers with multiple operating systems including: RedHat Linux, Fedora Linux, FreeBSD Unix, Apple OS X, Sun Solaris- Consulted SME clients around the state of Colorado ranging from System Administration to Network Systems relocation.- Provided desktop support for all employees on operating systems including OS X, Windows and Linux/Unix.

- Represented company through the implementation and configuration software/hardware for multiple United States and international clients in the financial sector on Windows environments.- Duties included US and international travel to customer locations, customizing “Courier” application that processes and sends images of checks between banks.- Tailored AFS software applications to the needs of each individual client.- Responsible for assisting 600+ banks to resolve issues which may arise after the software/hardware has been installed.

- Responsible for desktop support with 95+ users, problems ranging from operating systems, application support, network, cables, passwords, printers.- Migration of 95+ users to Windows 2000 Active Directory and Exchange 2000.- Installation and migration of all servers from Windows NT to Windows 2000.- Maintained frequent contact with all departments and branches to review use of software and any problems on the LAN.- Performed hardware and software updates on PC’s and network.