Lloyd Parsons Consulting Services is a professional services company that was founded in 2007. My main goal was to provide technical expertise, installation and support for IT Network and Security based solutions.Primarily focusing in network and security solutions from vendors such as Fortinet, Cisco, Juniper, Sonicwall, Microsoft, Dell, HP and VMWare.

As a Senior Network / Security Analyst, Lloyd’s responsibilities are to:• Oversee, maintain and manage network and security operations for KKC.• Design, plan and implement an enterprise network infrastructure incorporating redundancy, high availability, and industry standard security best practices.• Design and implement an enterprise core network utilizing dynamic routing, high availability, redundancy, and network segmentation.• Design and implement a wide area network… Show more As a Senior Network / Security Analyst, Lloyd’s responsibilities are to:• Oversee, maintain and manage network and security operations for KKC.• Design, plan and implement an enterprise network infrastructure incorporating redundancy, high availability, and industry standard security best practices.• Design and implement an enterprise core network utilizing dynamic routing, high availability, redundancy, and network segmentation.• Design and implement a wide area network between head office and branch sites.• Design and build an enterprise wireless mesh network infrastructure for the Bull Arm job site.• Work directly with joint venture partners including ExxonMobil, Kiewit and Aker Business Solutions in provisioning secure extranet connections.• Manage and maintain network and security technologies, including firewalls, switches, routers, IPS Sensors, SIEM and SSL VPN appliances.• Manage and maintain WAN Optimization technologies including RiverBed Steelhead xx50s WAN Accelerators. • Manage, maintain and enhance currently deployed Cisco VoIP infrastructure.• Monitor and mitigate any malicious activity detected in the intrusion detection / prevention, traffic management, logging and event correlation systems.• Perform vulnerability assessments and penetration testing on KKC network and server infrastructure.• Assess, coordinate and mitigate any information security related incidents.• Implement and manage server solutions, utilizing VMWare ESX, Equilogic iSCSI SAN, Microsoft Windows 2008 Server, BES 5x. Exchange 2010, and Lync 2010.• Assist and troubleshoot any network, security or server related issues.• Assist and provide input to Information Management with the development of information management directives, policies and procedures. • Assist in budgeting, tendering and procurement of technologies pertaining to information and network security. Show less

As an Information Protection Architect / Team Lead, Lloyd’s responsibilities are to:• Oversee, maintain and manage network security operations and security operations personnel for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.• Design, review, plan, and propose enterprise infrastructure and security best practices.• Review and audit any security related changes to corporate infrastructure including firewalls, routers, switches, etc. • Monitor and mitigate any malicious… Show more As an Information Protection Architect / Team Lead, Lloyd’s responsibilities are to:• Oversee, maintain and manage network security operations and security operations personnel for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.• Design, review, plan, and propose enterprise infrastructure and security best practices.• Review and audit any security related changes to corporate infrastructure including firewalls, routers, switches, etc. • Monitor and mitigate any malicious activity detected in the intrusion detection / prevention, traffic management, logging and event correlation systems.• Provide alert notifications of any new vulnerabilities released and mitigation efforts required.• Work with support staff on developing and implementing effective strategies for patch management, SPAM, Antivirus and Anti-Malware• Provide information security and technical expertise to the solutions delivery branch on current and upcoming projects.• Work with the operational support staff to review, plan and implement security best practices for existing server, and network infrastructure.• Perform and provide input and assistance with vulnerability assessments, threat risk assessments, penetration testing, and payment card industry compliance (PCI). • Assess, coordinate and mitigate any information security related incidents.• Assist and provide input to Information Management with the development of information management directives, policies and procedures. • Work with Change Management and operational staff to develop more efficient Change Management procedures.• Participate and co-chair in various committees including Security Focus Group, Enterprise Architecture Group, and the Canadian Cyber Incident Response Centre (CCIRC) Public Safety Canada.• Assist in budgeting, tendering and procurement of technologies pertaining to information and network security. Show less

As a Technical Consultant for XWAVE’s Consulting Services, Lloyd’s responsibilities were to: • Perform infrastructure reviews and security audits on various customer base network infrastructures.• Implement technical solutions utilizing Cisco Security Appliances including Cisco VPN concentrators, IPS Sensors, Pix / ASA Firewalls, ISR Routers, Catalyst Switches, and Cisco NAC. • Design and implement corporate LAN and WAN infrastructures utilizing Cisco Security and Network… Show more As a Technical Consultant for XWAVE’s Consulting Services, Lloyd’s responsibilities were to: • Perform infrastructure reviews and security audits on various customer base network infrastructures.• Implement technical solutions utilizing Cisco Security Appliances including Cisco VPN concentrators, IPS Sensors, Pix / ASA Firewalls, ISR Routers, Catalyst Switches, and Cisco NAC. • Design and implement corporate LAN and WAN infrastructures utilizing Cisco Security and Network solutions.• Design and implement wireless LAN infrastructures utilizing Cisco Wireless solutions.• Perform troubleshooting on various computer, server, and network systems / environments. • Maintain proficient knowledge in network security best practices and network security technologies.• Plan, design, document and implement various infrastructure projects including server NOS migrations / upgrades, Exchange / Citrix migrations / upgrades, VMWare Physical to Virtual server migrations, core network implementations and redesigns on an enterprise level.• Setup and maintain corporate environments including server OS installations, server applications, server and network hardware.• Setup and configured server hardware including RAID controllers, hot swap SCSI hard drives, Tape backup drives and robotic libraries.• Assisted in software and hardware troubleshooting scenarios. • Maintain a high level of customer satisfaction Show less

Formally IBM Canada.Provided failure analysis for Cisco Catalyst switch and Sun UltraSparc product lines.Assembled Sun UltraSparc servers. Provided PC Technical Support to product line workstations and servers including NT 4.0, OS2 Warp, Token Ring & Ethernet Networks.