Linux Systems Engineering and Infrastructure Consulting

I feed and maintain the Linux Infrastructure, ensuring PCI/DSS compliance in a highly distributed SaaS environment.

Manage and maintain the Linux server network. CI/CD deployment technology, Linux monthly security updates/patching, VMware management and administration, Cisco ASA ACL/ACE moves/adds/changes in a complex and shared distributed network serving Card-at-Once SaaS services. Helped design and build the remote printer VPN and firewall configuration for the 2nd generation printer. Work exclusively with the hardware vendor on new features and firmware development. Automate and orchestrate most of our daily tasks with Ansible to manage servers and remote printers.

High-level network routing and firewalling technologies using Juniper devices.SSL/TLS and IPSec VPNs integrating customers existing networks into Cybera's software defined CORE.Built and maintained remote data centers for customers with very latent sensitive applicationsVMware and virtualizationLinuxProject ManagementProduct Development and project lifecycleTrainer / Mentor indirectly managed six junior network engineersDesigned, built, and maintained Cybera's largest customer which subsequently earnedGold for Cybera at the Golden Bridge Awards for Best Deployment of the Year in Canada.

Installation and configuration of fiber optic equipment. Installing/testing various circuits from DS1, DS3, OCx, and Ethernet from 10M to 100GRegional Support Engineer for all data / Internet customersTelecom wiring and concepts in CO and LSO environments.Built Internet2 100G Network to Oak Ridge National LabFiber optic splicingBuilt TelCove's first on-line time sheet system and ISP customer tracking database. (LAMP)Built TelCove's first T&E / mileage reimbursement systemBuilt TelCove's first "MRTG" site for high end customers, using basic Apache and PHP authenticationWrote a script to parse all SMTP logs for Sun E450, proving 80%+ of legacy TelCove customers were relaying outbound SMTP messages

Cisco consulting, Linux, LAMP Development. Firewall, VPN, network design, implementation, and support.

Design and implement high level architecture for startup DSL company. I helped design and install the collector POP sites and built a redundant IP core. Senior Network Engineer support, Tier III for installation issues and high level troubleshooting.Field Engineer responsible for installing DSL customersBuilt, installed, and maintained LSO and regional data POP's.Sr. NOC EngineerBeta testing with Ascend/Lucent engineers and DSL equipment. (created NAT rules/timeout flush utility for Pipeline products)Wrote complex script to scrub data from our RPN product /32 routed Real Private Network

Installation of cat5 cables implementing Service Merchandise's first TCIP/IP network, moving clients from mainframe terminals to networked PCs.Basic telecom wiring, equipment installation, and troubleshootingEthernet switching, IP routing, ATM, and general TCP/IP knowledgeWrote centralized static html page for network management html 1.0Showed interest in the Satellite communications and became SME and began covering the on-call for the storewide Satellite system. Responsible for DRP efforts at remote site in Chicago, participated for two years. Part of PC Touch Kiosk install/rollout late 90'sPart of Jewelry Repair Center build/rollout late 90'sPart of Migrating over 400 store UNIX systems to Windows NT late 90's