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Mclean, VA, US

Mclean, Virginia, US

• Troubleshoot problems with Splunk indexers in a multi-site Splunk cluster
• Manage user accounts (create, delete, modify) in a multi-site Splunk cluster
• Deploy a 72 node Elasticsearch cluster to replace a multi-site Splunk cluster
• Transition existing data feeds from Splunk to Elasticsearch
• Ingesting data from 3 new commercial data sources
• Move legacy data out of Splunk and into Elasticsearch

Fairfax, VA, US

• Provide tier 1 help desk support for a PL4 information system based on Pitbull software
• Provided system administration support for the information system· Trained users on the information system· Ensured timely resolution of user service requests and trouble tickets· Deployed new servers, clients.

Reston, VA, US

• Provided support for McAfee Endpoint Security products installed on systems within FDIC
• Wrote change management documents for a task to install a patch for VirusScan Enterprise for storage on all scanning servers
• Wrote project lifecycle documents for a project to deploy VirusScan Enterprise for Linux on all Linux systems

Reston, VA, US

• Provided administration support for a Splunk deployment that provide information on security events for all Windows, Linux, and UNIX platforms within FDIC
• Configured and deployed five new indexers and 2 new Enterprise Security servers running Red Hat Enterprise Linux that were hardened to NIST 803-53 standards
• Developed a new storage scheme to address problems with indexers running out of storage space

Reston, Virginia, US

• Provide Linux system support for a Big Data custom-built search engine that uses an in-house developed file system crawler and Apache Solr to index more than 150 Terabytes of US Army records, and allows users to search.
• Deployed a new architecture using 5 ESXi hosts and more than 40 virtual machines running CentOS to improve performance and scalability
• Set up a dedicated virtual machine running CentOS for the front-end GUI to improve GUI performance and stability

Reston, VA, US

Provided Linux administration support for a surge effort to stabilize and improve performance of the US Army FDM system, which stored financial disclosure records for over 100,000 users and allows users to enter and view records using a web interface.

Reston, VA, US

Placed on redeployment because previous contract ended. Searched for new job.

Reston, VA, US

Supported 9 instances of Ozone Widget Framework (OWF) that ran on virtualized RedHat Linuxservers. Provided technical assistance to users.

Reston, VA, US

• Administered DoDIIS Trusted Workstation, a PL4 thin-client desktop solution based on Solarisw/Trusted Extensions. Administered Windows and CentOS servers, and NetApp filers that supported a specialized data processing.
• Upgraded all Windows 2003 servers to Windows 2008, including migrating Active Directory Domain Controllers from Windows 2003 to Windows 2008.
• Successfully implemented PL3 accredited Window-based data processing system.
• Deployed a new Trusted Gateway System, consolidating 3 gateway systems into 1

Reston, VA, US

Maintain network firewalls, network perimeter routers, and DNS servers. Implement approved configuration change requests. Troubleshoot network-related issues such as connecting to websites, sending emails, etc.

Reston, VA, US

Performed system administration duties for 11 servers running Solaris that were part of an enterprise-wide web hosting platform. Responsible for maintaining high availability of the websites hosted on the platform. Assisted users to meet their web-hosting requirements.

• Part of development team that was developing an application to accept customer orders for data products and automatically restrict access to data products based on user’s credentials.
• Deployed Splunk to collect system data and generate reports that met reporting requirements.
• Supported development team troubleshooting efforts by monitoring SoftwareAG Integration Server logs and WebMethods work flows.
• Deployed McAfee Web Gateway to perform virus scanning for FTP and ICAP requests from Layer 7 SSG to meet system anti-virus scanning requirements.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science

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