Wayne Ross Email & Phone Number

United States

Irving, Texas, United States

Irving, TX

Irving, TX

Principal administrator of GSOC internal network infrastructure including firewalls, routers, switches, VPN, proxies, IPS, AAA, and network scanners.Firewalls: Cisco ASA Routers: CiscoSwitches: Cisco, Arista, HPVPN: CiscoProxies: BluecoatIPS: IBM ISS ProventiaAAA: RSA, Cisco ACSScanner: NessusPrincipal administrator of GSOC remote network infrastructure.

• Consultant and engineer supporting a small network services company on large and special projects.
• Provided expertise and additional labor on special projects involving network configuration and upgrades, office relocation, and server room installations.
• Supported dozens of clients, traveling to their locations and performing desktop and network troubleshooting, repair, and administration as needed.

• Systems engineer at a major telecommunications corporation charged to deploy and maintain an enterprise-wide Intrusion Detection System (IDS)/ Intrusion Protection System (IPS) suite, resulting in the blocking of a.
• Using Proventia sensors and appliances and Site Protector as a foundation, deployed over 150 sensors across the corporate network.
• Deployed and managed 24 Cisco IDSM-2 blades and associated backend management needs on core switches in corporate network.
• Deployed and managed 6 Juniper IDP appliances and associated backend management needs at VPN portals across the corporate footprint.
• Became the subject matter expert on new technologies as they were tested, adapted, and deployed within the corporate footprint.
• Used experience and knowledge to ensure corporate assets were protected by providing expert advice in dealing with suspicious activity, worms, and viruses.

• Contractor whose expertise helped to build an infrastructure from the ground up to supplement protection of the corporate network of a major telecommunications company.
• Analyzed the network layout to determine most thorough coverage of internal and external traffic.
• Designed, built, and deployed custom sensor configurations to meet the needs of the customer.
• Extended the opportunity of a permanent position at Verizon due to excellent job performance and attention to detail.

• Network administrator and manager of help desk and desktop support team for a large marketing services company.
• Configured, deployed, and managed all routers, switches, and application servers.
• Ensured proper WAN connectivity between sites.
• Provided thorough network security through proper use of firewall, intrusion detection systems, and VPN.
• Monitored connectivity of remote office and hundreds of remote users.
• Implemented network monitoring and notification system.

• Desktop support and network administration for the regional headquarters of a national home-building corporation.
• Starting position was support technician, but role expanded to encompass network analysis and server administration.
• Maintained hybrid network, including user and file administration and backup.
• Ensured connectivity between terminals and mainframes for accounting system.
• Implemented and administered e-mail connectivity for 150 persons at 3 sites.
• Maintained WAN connectivity between 3 North Texas locations.

• Support technician and network administration for a major 2D and 3D computer game development company.
• Starting position was help desk technician, but advanced first to Exchange administrator, then network administrator.
• Maintained global e-mail connectivity for 200+ personnel at 3 facilities in 3 countries.
• Responsible for 100% uptime of 36 servers,250+ workstations, and specialized development tools
• Managed tape backups of nearly 500GB of company data
• Maintained user and workgroup accounts, rights, and file access on both Windows and Novell networks.