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Cincinnati, Oh, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Installs, configures, and maintains Splunk Enterprise for the Information Security Office of a global insurance organization.* Provides engineering support on the team maintaining AIG’s distributed, multi-site Splunk Enterprise environment hosted on AWS EC2 and S3, indexing over 10 terabytes of events per day* Supports receipt of events for Splunk indexing from sources such as syslog-ng servers, Splunk's HTTP Event Collector, AWS S3-based SQS queues, software-as-a-service HTTP-based APIs, text-based log files, and Windows event logs* Supports usage of Splunk Enterprise Security in AIG's global Splunk environment* Authors and maintains Bash scripts to automate installation, validation, configuration, and upgrade of Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Universal Forwarder, and Splunk add-ons running on Linux, Solaris, and AIX on Intel, IBM Z, PowerPC, and SPARC architectures* Maintains automated processes which enable Splunk Enterprise accounts to be governed by Sailpoint* Mitigates vulnerabilities discovered within AIG’s global Splunk Enterprise infrastructure, accountable to an executive management security scorecard* Participates in an on-call rotation to enable response to IT service management incidents outside of customary business hours

New York, Ny, Us

Installs, configures, and maintains Splunk Enterprise for the Information Security Office of a global insurance organization.* Provides engineering support on the team maintaining AIG’s distributed, multi-site Splunk Enterprise environment, indexing over 10 terabytes of events per day* Authors and maintains Bash scripts to automate installations, validations, and upgrades of Splunk Universal Forwarder running on Linux, Solaris, and AIX on Intel, IBM Z, PowerPC, and SPARC architectures* Maintains automated processes which enable Splunk Enterprise accounts to be governed by Sailpoint* Mitigates vulnerabilities discovered within AIG’s global Splunk Enterprise infrastructure, accountable to an executive management security scorecard* Participates in an on-call rotation to enable response to IT service management incidents outside of customary business hours

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Provided Splunk Enterprise system administration and cyber security incident response for the oldest branch of the United States Armed Forces.* Administered multiple Splunk environments, including on-boarding data, managing infrastructure instances, managing forwarders, and supporting users.* Maintained web proxies to support Splunk LDAP authentication via digital certificates.* Authored configuration procedures to comply with technical requirements, best practices, Risk Management Framework (RMF), and Defense Information Systems Agency Security Technical Implementation Guides (DISA STIGs).* Organized and hosted Splunk users group meetings. * Responded to information security incidents of all types in a diverse computing environment.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Managed and administered data storage environments for the oldest branch of the United States Armed Forces. Responsibilities spanned the entire technology lifecycle, including acquisition, implementation, sustainment, and disposal.* Administered storage area networks (SANs) and storage systems.* Authored technical requirements for open-market procurement of data storage technologies.* Performed market research by communicating with suppliers through the request for information (RFI) process.* Authored configuration procedures to comply with technical requirements, best practices, Risk Management Framework (RMF), and Defense Information Systems Agency Security Technical Implementation Guides (DISA STIGs).* Analyzed the storage environments continually with NetApp OnCommand Insight.* Organized and hosted storage users group meetings.* Secondary duties included system administration work with Red Hat Linux, Solaris, and Windows.Managed and administered storage products included:* Brocade DCX 8510-8, DCX, DCX-4S, M6140, 4900, and 300E* Dell EMC Data Domain DD860 and DD690* Dell EMC VNX5800 and VNX7600* Hitachi Data Systems VSP G400 and HNAS 4000 Series* NetApp FAS9000, FAS8000, FAS6000, and FAS3000 series* HP P4000 series (formerly LeftHand)* IBM DS8000 and SAN Volume Controller (SVC)* Sun StorageTek 6540 and StorEdge 9980 (re-branded Hitachi Lightning)* Cisco UCS I/O modules* HP B-series 8/24c SAN Switches

Worldwide, Oo

Implemented and administered storage systems, Fibre Channel storage area networks (SANs), and servers for the US Army.* Administered Red Hat Linux and Solaris running on numerous HP and Sun server models.* Administered Brocade DCX, Brocade M6140, EMC Data Domain, Sun StorEdge, Sun StorageTek, and NetApp FAS devices.* Authored configuration procedures to comply with technical requirements, best practices, and Defense Information Systems Agency Security Technical Implementation Guides (DISA STIGs).

Amsterdam, Nl

Implemented and administered storage systems, Fibre Channel storage area networks (SANs), and servers for the US Army.* Administered Red Hat Linux and Solaris running on numerous HP and Sun server models.* Administered Brocade DCX, Brocade M6140, EMC Data Domain, Sun StorEdge, Sun StorageTek, and NetApp FAS devices.* Authored configuration procedures to comply with technical requirements, best practices, and Defense Information Systems Agency Security Technical Implementation Guides (DISA STIGs).

Weyers Cave, Va, Us

Administered and supported Internet-based course delivery technologies for a community college, with a focus on Blackboard Academic Suite and Polycom videoconferencing systems.* Co-administered a state-wide Blackboard 6.x system.* Developed a web-based Blackboard course creation request system with ASP for use by college faculty.* Organized and hosted numerous Blackboard Academic Suite training sessions for college students and faculty. Maintained the college's distance learning website.* Designed and implemented standardized multimedia presentation systems in dozens of classrooms, lecture halls, and conference rooms.