Jason Recker Email & Phone Number

Newberg, Or, Us

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

Hillsboro, Oregon, United States

• Accountable for all aspects of on-premise and cloud perimeter security programs for a $28B bank. Directly responsible for Network Firewalls, IDS/IPS, Web Proxy, Partner and Remote Access VPN, Web App. Firewalls, Data Loss Prevention, Data Labeling, Email Security, DDoS Mitigation & MSSP services.• Collaborates with leaders in the development of strategic plans, obtains support to reduce program risks and ensure business success. Strong verbal and written communication skills promote safe/productive dialogue.• Responsible for identifying, procuring, implementing and supporting resilient security solutions to support strategic business objectives. Creates formal business cases, negotiates with vendors, coordinates purchase and renewals; oversees implementation, support and governance activities for the lifecycle of programs.• Coordinates with Business Continuity, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Privacy and Internal/External auditors to develop and comply with bank policies, standards and guidelines. All department audits passed.• Manages six full time engineers plus temporary contractors as needed. Responsible for negotiations, hiring, termination, performance management, quarterly feedback, annual reviews, recognition and compensation.• Adopts and enforces service management principles using ServiceNow to give visibility and accountability over tasks. Oversees an average of 4,500 stories/requests/incidents and 1,200 changes per year.• Makes sound risk decisions to sustain flow of operations and escalates to Sr. Mgmt. when appropriate.• Acts as an incident commander during major problems. Technical background, years of troubleshooting experience and a knack to pick up new subjects quickly has served me well when triaging major incidents.• Strong presentation skills and ability to lead up when appropriate to manage WIP and increase effectiveness.

Mcchord Air Force Base, Washington, United States

• NCOIC of Services and Applications Flight, ensured 11 members were trained and worldwide deployable to support state and federal network security assessments, postmortem recovery and remediation.• Lead Infrastructure Eng. for Op New Dawn (OEF 12-001) A Critical AF ICS Assessment – 1st of its kind. Instrumental in creation of & execution against 1st ever 262d NWS EXORD supporting contingency ops.• Lead mission NCO who mentored/trained three Infrastructure Crew Members in NW-ICS assessment methodology for infrastructure scanning by providing technical guidance for assessment efforts.• Influential in creation/validation of 3 new TTPs for assessing SCADA systems through network access; developed & validated under fire – key to mission success! Improved critical asset defensive posture.• Vital SME for build-out of first ever multi-tiered training requirements for 262d NWS infrastructure CP for vulnerability analysis & exploitation; paved the way for future Air Force NW-ICS assessment methodology.• Hand-picked for creation of first Stan Eval requirements focused on network infrastructure. Principle reviewer and approver during creation of the Stan Eval Training and Evaluation Standards (TEPS). Created 14 virtual GNS3 network infrastructure environments and evaluation scripts used to certify team members.• Completed 8 Network Vulnerability Assessments, ranging in duration of 1-4 weeks, from 2007 – 2012.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Senior Network Engineer in Fiserv’s Enterprise Technology Group responsible for building and maintaining financial networks that support 20 billion digital transactions, moving $1 trillion every year.• Worked with large financial institutions, Credit Unions and Banks to provide custom network solutions for critical Account Processing Servers, Automatic Teller Machines, online and mobile banking solutions.• Routinely managed 30-40 complex network projects in different stages from conception to completion.• Assisted manager in publishing and presenting operating standards and procedures to engineering teams.• Transitioned from Manager at Bally Technologies to a Senior Network Engineer to hone technical,organizational and managerial skills in a much larger and more sophisticated office & network environment.

Wilsonville, Oregon, United States

• Interviewed, assembled and led a geographically dispersed team of highly skilled network professionals to build the first ever Network Services Team for Bally Technologies.• Created, published and enforced team operating standards and procedures resulting in consistent high-quality products, high customer satisfaction and easy transition of projects between engineers.• Achieved average engineering billable time percentages above 50% in less than two years, offsetting the cost of engineering resources and making a profit for the company.• Routinely briefed senior management on project status, product performance and customer relations.• Meticulously designed British Columbia Lottery Corporation’s (BCLC) gaming network, encompassing 35 remote sites, two data centers and over $6 million in Cisco network equipment.o Coordinated resources to complete over $1.5 million in network design and implementation services.

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

• Senior Network Engineer for an international progressive gaming network consisting of 200+ sites. Monitored, analyzed and controlled performance of network, providing paths for $73 million in annual bets.• Lead engineer for the Data Center Redesign and Disaster Recovery projects. Designed, procured, installed and configured $460K of network equipment in Las Vegas and Reno data centers. Implemented disaster recovery and failover procedures to maintain business continuity during a primary data center interruption.• Design team lead. Provided project management, network design, team leadership and direction for changes to the network. Approved/disapproved change mgmt. tickets and provided guidance to junior personnel.• Conducted network vulnerability assessments using tools such as NMap, Nessus, Metasploit and distributed packet capture devices. Published findings to network and systems support personnel with suggested fixes.

Tacoma, Wa

• Designed, installed, tested and supported the Army communications system integration of Secure Wireless Local Area Network (SWLAN), a radio device utilizing 802.11 wireless and Secret-level encryption equipment to provide redundant communications links for mobile Army systems. Used extensively in Iraq.• Lead the design, installation, and support effort of the McChord Air Force Base Enterprise Wireless System comprising over 300 IEEE 802.11 wireless nodes as well as custom emergency services vehicle solutions.• Lead engineer for the City of Everett Mobile Wireless Network. Deployed $550K of network equipment. Provided city wide wireless connectivity to 112 emergency vehicles, the largest implementation at the time.• Responsible for all system administration tasks for local Windows 2003 Domain. Duties include backups, network & server configuration, boundary protection, budget planning, and support for 100+ users.

Mcchord Air Force Base, Washington, United States

• Responsible for 4 direct reports, established individual performance plans and conducted annual reviews.• Senior Network Engineer responsible for all aspects of a 5,000 node network on McChord AFB. Designed, installed, configured, and maintained infrastructure devices, servers, PCs, and network mgmt. systems.• Lead installation crews in the integration of $250K of network equipment for the Headquarters building on McChord AFB. Provided seamless transition and flawless network connectivity for over 600 personnel.• Handpicked for a now un-classified assignment as the lead administrator; provided all communications capabilities for the mobile tactics cell responsible for planning and executing the Northern Iraqi Airdrop.• Engineered, configured and installed all secure and non-secure network infrastructures for the relocation of 110 servers; provided a seamless transition for 9,000 customers throughout Qatar, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Tinker Afb, Oklahoma, United States

• Senior technician responsible for managing the installation, maintenance, and repair of $2.4 Million worth of mobile voice and data equipment. Troubleshot and repaired electronics down to the component level.• Selected as lead technician to deploy mobile ATC tower systems to Davis Monthan AFB, Arizona.Provided seamless transfer of complex ATC operations – ensured no loss of airfield availability.• Volunteered for deployments to Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait in support of airfield & base systems.• Maintained, troubleshot and repaired various communications equipment: Land Mobile Radios (LMR), repeaters, paging system, base cell phone accounts, local emergency broadcast system.• Learned and used advanced electronic principles such as radio propagation, how to read schematics, perform high reliability soldering, and the use of precision measurement test equipment.