Experience

Insite Data Services

• United States
• Computer Networking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Information Security Analyst

  • Feb 2023 - Present



Omaha World-Herald

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Senior Network Engineer

  • May 2010 - Present

  Responsible for Security and Infrastructure, including: McAfee SaaS and FortiMail Email Gateways Websense Web Security Gateway Zscaler Cloud Web Security FireSIGHT/FirePOWER IPS Security Onion IDS Check Point NGX R62, R65, R75, R77 Rapid7 InsightVM vulnerability management, InsightIDR SIEM setup and management Threat investigation and mitigation Computer forensic analysis and investigation Cisco: routers, L2/L3 switches, Cisco Secure ACS, PIX and ASA firewalls, UCM, analog voice gateways Juniper and Cisco remote access VPN integrated with RSA Authentication Manager, IPsec site-to-site VPN Linux: CentOS, Ubuntu, RedHat, Kali Solarwinds Orion NPM, APM, LANsurveyor, Engineer's Toolset McAfee Foundstone Vulnerability Manager Kemp and F5 BIG-IP load balancers Tenable Nessus Professional Feed Install, configure, and maintain BIND, sendmail, LAMP WAN circuits: MPLS, DMVPN Manage DNS for over 1,000 public domains



Sitel Group

• Outsourcing and Offshoring Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Network Engineer

  • 2009 - 2010

  PCI DSS compliance auditing of network routers, switches, firewalls, and IDS appliances, including remediating discovered deficiencies. Configuring and installing new devices in accordance with PCI standards. Building and troubleshooting Cisco ASA rulesets in ASDM for PCI lockdowns. Configuring, managing, and monitoring Computer Associates Spectrum 9.1, Cisco CS-MARS v.6.0.2, Cisco Security Manager Enterprise v.3.2.2 sp2, LogLogic LX2010 v.4.2, CiscoWorks LMS v.3.2, Digi CM console servers v.1.9.2 and 1.9.3.



Douglas Omaha Technology Commission (DOTComm)

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Network Engineer

  • 2003 - 2009

  Installed, configured, and managed Douglas County, Nebraska, and City of Omaha network resources. Server operating systems included Microsoft Windows Server 2000 Standard and Enterprise editions, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, and Storage Server editions, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter editions. Red Hat Linux 7.0 through 9, Fedora Core 4.0 through 10, Red Hat Enterprise Server 4.x/5.x. Migrated over 3,000 user accounts from multiple Windows NT 4.0 domains and Novell eDirectory into Microsoft Active Directory 2003. Migrated the associated e-mail resources from Microsoft Exchange 5.5 and Lotus Notes into Microsoft Exchange 2003. Configured and managed Symantec anti-virus products from Norton Enterprise 7.5.1 through Endpoint Protection 11.0.4. Configured and managed backups using Veritas/Symantec Backup Exec v.8.0 through 12.5, Computer Associates ARCserve v.9 through 11, and EMC Avamar 4.1 running on redundant Avamar Gen2 Data Store hardware. Configured and managed iSCSI SANs including LeftHand legacy hardware running SAN/iQ 7 and its replacement, EMC Celerra NS120 Network Server 5.6. Installed, configured, and managed Cisco routers and Cisco and Extreme Networks switches including 802.1Q VLANs and quality-of-service. Hardware firewalls including Cisco PIX and ASA, Bastille on Red Hat Linux software firewall. Implemented and configured Nagios and What's Up Gold. Used Ethereal/Wireshark for network and application performance diagnosis and troubleshooting. Installed, configured, and managed Linux/BIND and Microsoft DNS and DHCP servers. Set up and managed LDAP v2 and v3 application authentication using Microsoft Active Directory. Converted 104 City and County public carrier circuits from Qwest DS3, DS1, T1 and 56k frame relay connections to Cox MPLS and HFC MetroEthernet.



City of Omaha

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Network Administrator

  • 1991 - 2003

  Installed, configured, and managed the City’s computer network centralized in the Omaha-Douglas Civic Center. Network environment included Novell NetWare 6.0, 5.1 and 4.11, Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server. Red Hat Linux 7.x/8.x, BSD 4.3/4.4, Solaris 7/SunOS 5.7 and Solaris 8/SunOS 5.8, OSF/1 through Digital UNIX and Tru64 on DEC AXP hardware. User accounts exceeded 1,500. Local area network setup and administration at all user sites. Wide area connectivity over ATM, T1, DSL, and 56k frame relay between local area networks. Set up and managed LDAP v2 authentication using Microsoft Active Directory and Novell eDirectory. Configured and managed data communications for SCADA systems including Intellution FIX on Allen-Bradley and Modicon PLC's at the City of Omaha's Missouri River and Papillion Creek Wastewater Treatment plants. Installed and configured network servers and network operating system software. Installed and configured network infrastructure devices, including Cisco routers, Cisco PIX firewall appliances, 3COM and Extreme Networks switches. Managed Gauntlet firewall on BSD before migrating from Gauntlet to redundant Cisco PIX 550 appliances. Implemented and configured HP OpenView and 3COM Transcend for network monitoring and management using SNMP and RMON. Used Network Associates Sniffer and Shomiti Surveyor for network and application performance diagnosis and troubleshooting. Installed and terminated shielded and unshielded CAT5e/CAT6 cable. Tested and certified cable installs using Fluke equipment. Facilitated enterprise-wide City computing as a whole by establishing standards for hardware and software interconnectivity, and ensuring compliance with those standards. Provided decision support for new and continuing City projects (i.e. GIS) by evaluating potential hardware and software options. Assisted departments and divisions in planning budgets for computer hardware and software.