Configured and maintained Cisco, Watchguard, and CheckPoint Firewalls in customer facing, production grade environments complete with extensive change management guidelines.Designed and configured network infrastructure for BC Ferries web application in early 2008. Responsibilities included design and implementation of Cisco firewall appliances, HP switches, Oracle RAC setup, Symantec Netback DR solution, and monitoring infrastructure.Designed and configured network infrastructure for Canadian Tourism Commission web application. Responsibilities included design and implementation of Cisco firewall appliances, HP switches, SUN SAN environment, and monitoring infrastructure.Internal projects included Implementation of PGP Universal server, McAfee EPO, Patchlink Server, Microsoft Exchange Server with BES, VMware, Asterisk PBX, and Dell NAS.

Began IT Career on the Helpdesk and moved in to a Systems Administrator role.In 2007, I was one of the principal technicians involved in moving the Toronto LAN and Datacenter to a new location.Chief technical support for Global Security Patch Management initiative.Promoted as a member of Watson Wyatt’s Global Active Directory Task ForceImplemented and maintained Surf Control in the Canadian infrastructure to manage Internet traffic and protect against Web-based threats.Provided daily support for the Canadian LAN and Toronto Datacenter consisting of 65 Win2k\2003 servers located across the region.IBM Tivoli Storage Manager and secure transfer of media to offsite facility.Support and maintenance of Mitel PBX.