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Communication: Excellent written and oral communication skills: ability
to communicate highly technical information to non-technical co-workers and clients.
Management: Skilled in technical project management, contract negotiations, technical documents authoring, and training of end-user or Level 1 & Level 2 support.
Technical: Design and support of network systems using solutions from Microsoft, Red Hat Software, Citrix, Sun, BEA, JBoss, Oracle, Sybase and Novell, among others. Extensive familiarity with TCP/IP, Cisco and Check Point networking software/devices, as well as encryption methodologies such as PKI, PGP, IPSec, SSL / TLS, etc.
Knowledge of shell scripting (PERL, bash, etc.), data querying (SQL, LDAP, etc.) and information display methodologies (HTML, XML, etc.). Author of getadsmtp.pl, a Postfix to Exchange user enumeration PERL script.
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Network Engineer
Plus One Holdings, Inc., New York, NY 2002-present
Systems architect of the company’s infrastructure and of the ASP application delivery methods to our remote locations. Interface with Fortune 500 clients including Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, Goldman Sachs, Tyco, Amgen, News Corporation, Wachovia Securities, etc. to manage secure data exchange and application delivery of Plus One applications via VPN / Citrix MetaFrame / HTTPS to our 40 locations on client WANs across the country. Manage client security audits and relationships with client IT on behalf of Plus One. Negotiate contracts with Plus One’s vendors.
Accomplishments include reducing total cost of ownership of IT by over 25%, consolidating the company to a single sign-on LDAP directory, migrating to Exchange 2003, implementing email gateway servers and web proxy servers to reduce Viruses/Spam by 99%, implementing Request Tracker for IT services delivery, securing all forms of remote access and enabling in-house business application delivery to every location.
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Systems administration of Windows 2000 / 2003 Server involving fundamental multi-site technologies including Active Directory replication, distinct FSMO roles, Group Policy, Terminal Services, Active Directory-integrated DNS, WINS, IIS, VBScript, ADSI Edit, troubleshooting with dcdiag, etc.
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Systems administration of Linux (primarily Red Hat, Gentoo), Solaris, involving Apache, Sybase, Weblogic, postfix, bind, squid, samba, openssh, Kerberos, bash, Perl
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Directory management using internal Microsoft Active Directory (LDAP)
interfacing with client companies’ LDAP systems including OpenLDAP,
Sun ONE (Java System Directory Server), etc.
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Groupware management using Microsoft Exchange 2003 in distributed Front End / Back End scenarios including using tools such as Outlook Web Access (OWA), ESEUTIL, ISINTEG, Goodlink / Windows Mobile devices
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Windows application-level security management using Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server, its Web Interface and SSL / TLS delivery
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Unix application-level security management using Postfix SMTP gateways running amavisd-new, SpamAssassin, DSPAM, Apache / Sun Java Web Server HTTP gateways, vsftpd FTP servers, and Squid w/NTLM & Dansguardian web proxy servers
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Support of company’s business systems running on platforms such as IIS / SQL Server, Apache / Weblogic / Sybase, Tomcat / JBoss / MySQL supporting applications such as MAS 200 / MAS 500
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Network router management using various Cisco devices (from 800 to 2600 series routers) and Internet connectivity (T-1, T-3, PPPoE DSL, Cable, etc.) enabling DHCP, VLANs, QoS, NAT / PAT, etc.
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Network perimeter and VPN management using Cisco PIX, Check Point FW-1/VPN-1
NG on Nokia IPSO devices and SecurePlatform OS on HP hardware
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Development and deployment of packaged client operating system releases based on Windows XP, Office XP / 2003, etc.
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Hardware installation of network devices and server platforms (primarily HP / Compaq, Dell) including updating BIOS, adding RAM / hard drives, creating RAID arrays, etc.
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Backup & disaster recovery planning involving tape-based media such as DLT, AIT, DDS and redundant colocation space
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Vendor and contractor management
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Network Specialist
Painted Word, Inc., Cambridge, MA 2000-2001
Systems/Network administrator of Painted Word infrastructure, consultant
regarding clients’ systems and networking implications of Painted
Word consulting projects (such as security, access control, performance,
capacity planning, etc.), and technology assessment, evaluation and
integration for future Painted Word consulting projects.
Accomplishments included architecting ASP web hosting environments
of Painted Word proprietary application demos to clients such as CVS,
Staples, Fidelity, EMC, General Dynamics Network Systems in accordance
with their IT security policies, securing confidential data transfer
between clients and Painted Word, migrating Painted Word to Exchange
2000, being known as the “Unix expert” – the one
who understood clients’ Unix systems, and enabling secure remote
access for Painted Word employees.
Responsibilities included:
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Systems administration of Windows 2000 Server involving fundamental multi-site technologies including Active Directory replication, distinct FSMO roles, Group Policy, Terminal Services, Active Directory-integrated DNS, DHCP, WINS, IIS, VBScript, ADSI Edit, troubleshooting with dcdiag, etc.
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Systems administration of Linux (primarily Red Hat / Suse), AIX, involving Apache, Sybase, Oracle, Weblogic, postfix, bind, squid, samba, openssh, Kerberos, bash, Perl
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Directory management using Microsoft Active Directory (LDAP)
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Groupware management using Exchange 2000 in distributed Front End / Back End scenarios including using tools such as Outlook Web Access (OWA), ESEUTIL, ISINTEG
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Groupware management using Netscape/Sun ONE Messaging
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Network perimeter and VPN management using Cisco PIX, SonicWALL, RADIUS
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Secure ASP web hosting (Apache, iPlanet, etc.) using backends such
as Essbase, Oracle, or SQL Server
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Support of company’s business systems running on primarily IIS / SQL Server platforms
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Development and deployment of packaged client operating system releases based on Windows 2000, Office 2000 / XP, etc.
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Hardware installation of network devices and server platforms (primarily HP / Compaq, Dell) including updating BIOS, adding RAM / hard drives, creating RAID arrays, etc.
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Backup & disaster recovery planning involving tape-based media such as DLT, AIT, DDS and redundant colocation space
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End-user support & training
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Vendor and contractor management
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Network Administrator
Ametek Rotron, Woodstock, NY 1998-2000
Ametek Rotron TMD, Kent, OH
Systems administration and end-user support in a large, heterogeneous Windows
NT, Exchange 5.5, Novell, VAX, AS/400 WAN environment. Technology planning
and assessment for future initiatives.
Responsibilities included:
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Development and deployment of packaged client operating system releases based on Windows NT, Office 97 / 2000
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Site design and capacity planning for high-volume intranet sites using
IIS & MS software load balancing
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Network perimeter access control (via SSL web, PPTP VPN, RAS dial-in,
SecurID)
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