IT Security Contractor - O365 Security and Compliance, Office ATP, Phishing Prevention, Authentication Systems

Systems Administrator for a VMWare cluster running a combination of Windows/Linux guests.Specialization in Storage and Backups engineering and architecting.

Support for enterprise point-of-sale systems in a foodservice environment, as well as digital signage, back end, payment processing, network, and general IT.

Backup/Restore and Data Protection infrastructure support for enterprise backup systems in Avamar, Netbackup, Commvault, and Netapp systems. Supported clients and servers include Windows, Solaris, Unix/Linux, in a mixed physical/virtual environment. Enterprise-class data protection fabric administered spans over 15,000 servers internationally and hundreds of thousands of clients operating in a heavily mixed environment.

PCI Compliant support and maintenance of WAN/LAN connectivity across large retail and restaurant networks. Troubleshooting and maintenance of T1, DSL, Cable Internet WAN connections, and Fortinet, Juniper, Sonicwall, and Cisco LAN equipment, both routers and managed switches. Emphasis on adaptable network support and broad equipment knowledge due to heavily varied client topologies and network fabrics.

Holistic level design from start to finish - topdown drawing, prototyping, whiteboxing, encounter design, and testing of each step of level construction. Level and whitebox construction in CSG-based engine. Design focus on cooperative, cover shooter-based combat encounters, stealth, and environmental challenges including traversal, climbing, and navigating in a cooperative dynamic with both characters having asymmetric roles, creating multipath gameplay and built-in replayability. Design and implementation of small, flash-based minigames for pacing moments and puzzle challenges.

Designing, scripting, testing, and shipping ~60 game events (quests) for a large-scale open world MMO environment. Designing events for balance, fun, playability and scaling to support between one and twenty players simultaneously. Integrating events into player-interactive chains, including branching pass/fail conditions and branched events. Interaction with other event designers, level artists, QA testers, and design leads to ensure highest quality and maximum playability, as well as unusual and unique scenarios to challenge and delight players.

Scripting and designing level designs and layouts, gameplay sequences, enemy encounters for three separate titles, comprising radically different design styles, both linear and nonlinear. Scripting gameplay sequences to provide maximum player enjoyment in both moment-to-moment and hour-to-hour gameplay experience. Enemy encounter design including spawned and wave based encounters. Puzzle designing incorporating gameplay elements, player abilities, critical thinking, and reflex testing.