Experience
Time isn't everything when it comes to experience; it is all about exposure. With my diverse job and educational experiences I have worked in just about every capacity there is in the digital arena. From independent contracting as a Web developer and designer to network security at one of the countries largest data centers, I've been around the block a few times in several different capacities.
Education
University of Idaho
2002 - 2006Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, minor in Mathematics. Graduated Summa cum laude, with a GPA of 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
2000Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer plus Internet. Coursework included Windows Server, TCP/IP, Internet Information Server, and Enterprise implementation and support.
Work
Senior Network Specialist
August 2011 - CurrentUniversity of Kansas Center for the Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets
Design and management of a petabyte scale SAN environment including backup, network sharing, and replication. Maintain, update, and monitor a high performace computing cluster (Matlab). Provide traditional IT office support including routing, switching, firewall, desktop, e-mail, DNS, DHCP, print, authentication and Web services. Designed, purchased, and implemented a VMWare VSphere cluster. Management of CReSIS IT department including hiring, purchasing, contract negotiation, budgeting, and supervising. Provide remote IT support for Antarctic and Greenland based science missions for NASA and the NSF.
Information Systems Analyst
April 2008 - August 2011University of Kansas School of Engineering
Software design, development and maintenance of several Python/Django based Web applications. Web design overhaul of all departmental Web sites. Web server systems administration on Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers.
Backend support for over 500 Windows, Linux, and Mac desktop clients including shared computer labs and staff workstations utilizing Windows and Linux servers, managed switches, SANs, and perimeter firewalls. Maintain and develop VMWare machine level and shared storage backups for disaster recovery. Designed and implemented a Linux thin client solution for maximizing the performance of older hardware in a lab environment. Assisted in implementing and maintaining server virtualization project utilizing VMWare ESX and VSphere to maximize server hardware efficiency. Designed and assisted with a complete redesign of the School of Engineering network to utilize modern security and best practices such as VLAN segregation, perimeter firewall, RFC 1918 private addressing, wake on LAN, and PXE network booting. Assisted in designing, implementing and maintaining the DCHP and DNS infrastructure for the school using ISC products. Assisted in implementation and maintenance of iSCSI and fiber channel SANs.
Network Security Engineer
May 2006 – April 2008USDA National Information Technology Center
Highly available firewall and routing design, administration, monitoring, and deployment using Check Point and Juniper 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.
Research Assistant
July 2005 - May 2006Center for Secure and Dependable Systems
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.
Developer
Dec. 2000 – Aug. 2002Web Rite Inc. and Logical Solutions LLC
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.