Linux Administrator / Professional Services Consultant
Intel / Mcafee / Mxlogic
Denver, Colorado, United States
Professional Services Consultant, (2014 - 2015)• Responsible for installing, configuring, testing, and training McAfee's security appliances and email, web, and archiving SaaS solutions.• Built and deployed servers for large-scale deployments using Spacewalk, kickstart, and Puppet, supported the upgrades of McAfee’s large on-prem SaaS customers, and worked with CentOS, RHEL, and MLOS on a daily basis.• Served as a subject matter expert (SME) for McAfee’s Email, Web, and Archiving SaaS product line.• Conducted security assessments and communicated security recommendations to clients as needed.Linux Systems Engineer, (2012 - 2014)• Built, secured, and maintained servers built on RHEL and CentOS, both bare metal and VMware, and working daily with LDAP, DNS, SMTP, Apache, NFS, PostgreSQL, Squid, Oracle, Spacewalk, Kickstart, Puppet, and Nagios.• Created scripts using Perl and Bash and troubleshot scripts and applications written in PHP, Bash, XML, and C.• Utilizing security tools, including Tripwire, Snort, Wire shark, and Nessus, and worked with VMware ESXi.• Traveling to customer sites in Asia, Europe, and South America to deploy servers, train customers, and assist with upgrades.Operations Systems Engineer, (2006 - 2012)• Served as a Systems Engineer for McAfee's Email, Web, and Archiving cloud solution, responsible for the operation of a 24x7 mission-critical production environment.• Built, secured, and maintained servers built on RHEL, CentOS, and MLOS and worked daily with LDAP, DNS, SMTP, Apache, NFS, PostgreSQL, Squid, Oracle, Spacewalk, Kickstart, Puppet, and Nagios.• Created scripts and Nagios checks using Perl and Bash and proactively identified potential security issues within McAfee's SaaS infrastructure.Notable achievements while in the position included:- Introduced Spacewalk into the McAfee production environment for package distribution and kickstart.