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Education:

University of Idaho 2002 - 2006

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, minor in Mathematics. Graduated Summa cum laude, with GPA 3.94. Federal Cyber Corps Scholarship student. Notable projects while attending included developing a Web based project management application, designing and developing a GPS plotting application, and writing a full compiler for a custom programming language

 

New Horizons 2000

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer plus Internet. Coursework included Windows Server, TCP/IP, Internet Information Server, and Enterprise implementation and support.

Experience:

 

University of Kansas School of Engineering: Information Systems Analyst

April 2008 - Current

Support of over 500 Windows desktop clients including shared computer labs, staff workstations, backend Windows and Linux servers, managed switches, and perimeter firewalls. Designed and implemented Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager for application management and deployment, inventory control, and computer imaging. Packaged and maintained over 100 engineering and office automation applications as well as maintaing the many different license servers in support of those applications. Designed and implemented a Linux thin client solution for maximizing the performance of older hardware machines in a lab environment. Assisted in implementing massive server virtualization project to maximize server hardware efficiency. Designed and assisted with a complete redesign of the School of Engineering network to utilize modern security and performance best practices such as VLAN segregation, perimeter firewall, and RFC 1918 private addressing for clients, Wake on LAN, and PXE network booting. Assisted in designing, implementing and maintaining the DCHP and DNS infrastructure for the school using ISC products.


 

National Information Technology Center: Network Security Engineer

May 2006 – April 2008

Highly available firewall and routing design, administration, monitoring, and deployment using Check Point and Juniper Netscreen firewalls for large scale data center hosting environments. Remote Access VPN design, implementation, and maintenance using Checkpoint SecuRemote/SecureClient and Juniper Secure Access SSL VPN. System administration for over fifty Linux, BSD, and Windows servers. Vulnerability assessment using ISS Internet Scanner, Tenable Nessus, and eEye Retina. KVM over IP using Raritan Dominion, Paragon, and IP-Reach. Authentication server administration and management using RADIUS, Cisco Secure ACS, Active Directory, and LDAP. Host, wired, and wireless network intrusion detection using Cisco CSA, AirDefense, and Enterasys Dragon. Technical documentation and diagramming for FISMA compliance and audit requests.

 

Center for Secure and Dependable Systems: Research Assistant

Jul. 2005 - May 2006

Responsible for implementing secure virtual operating system environment on embedded systems utilizing the LynxOS-178 real time operating system, for flight control systems. Developed a XML network content filter. Created and managed a linux driven honeynet for researching computer attacks and attackers modus operandi.

 

Web Rite Inc. and Logical Solutions LLC: Developer

Dec. 2000 – Aug. 2002

Worked as contractor developing Web applications for a variety of clients. Developed a human resource management Web application using classic ASP, PHP MySQL, SQL Server, and VBScript. Included Linux and Windows server administration. Other applications included retail Web applications, calendering and event applications, and Cisco VoIP phone applications. Technical documentation including user guides, software design, and database design documentation.

  

Computer Skills:

Programming Skills

Over eight years in Visual Basic and Visual Basic .NET and over six years in C and C++ programming. Extensive experience in Python, Java, JavaScript, SQL, XML, PHP, ASP, HTML, CSS, and VBScript. Experience in Windows and UNIX shell scripting, Perl, WSH, and Powershell. Open source development experience and projects on SourceForge.net, and codeplex.com.

 

Software and Operating System Skills

Netbeans, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MS SQL Server, OpenLDAP, Active Directory, Postfix, BIND, DHCPD, IPTables, GCC, NMap, TCPDump, Wireshark, Courier IMAP, Apache, and Tomcat. Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Power Point, Visio, and VBA Macros. Microsoft Visual Studio and Visual Studio .NET including Visual Basic, Embedded Visual Basic, Visual C++, and Visual Basic .NET. Extensive operating system experience in Linux using Red Hat, Debian, Ubuntu, and SuSE. Extensive Windows experience in Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Vista, 2003 and 2008. Extensive UNIX experience in HP-UX, Solaris, FreeBSD, and openBSD. Extensive experience in dedicated networking operating systems including Cisco IOS, Juniper JunOS and ScreenOS, and Nokia IPSO.

 

Related Coursework:

C++ Program Design and Algorithms , Data Structures , Computer Architecture, Database Systems , Operating Systems , Computing Languages , Artificial Intelligence, Network Security , Cryptography, Computer and Network Forensics, Information Assurance, Analysis of Algorithms , Theory of Computation , Computer Engineering and Design , Data Communications , Compiler Design and Implementation , SANS Web Application Security , Juniper Netscreen Firewall and VPN Training , Juniper Netscreen Security Manager Training, Juniper Secure Access SSL VPN Training.