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What's your ideal role within an organization?

Senior level or middle management

Posted @ 12:22PM, August 20, 2008 by Chris Hankins | Permalink
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Work history

City of Fort Worth February 2007 to the present
Sr. Information Security Analyst

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How would you describe your time at City of Fort Worth?

Responsible for investigating computer security incidents and confidential matters requested by City departments involving City of Fort Worth computing systems.
??? Act as lead Incident and Forensic Investigator for City Information Security.
-related cases providing incident response, data
recovery and digital forensic services.
??? Coordinated and performed confidential on-site and network-based forensic analysis and acquisitions using discrete methods of operation.
??? Routinely staged triage support for incident response team to assess risk during threat outbreaks.
??? Acquired, preserved, imaged, duplicated, verified, analyzed and transferred secure data originating from digital evidence.
??? Secured evidence, maintained comprehensive logs and upheld proper chain of custody procedure and documentation.
??? Collected and processed data from resources including security access devices, VPN, Mainframe, Active Directory, e-mail and proxy servers.
??? Managed forensic workstations and insured proper handling of evidentiary data to repositories.
??? Authored and maintained technical documentation and operating procedures.
??? Provided exceptional peer support effectively reducing ETA for multifaceted investigation cases.
??? Established and maintained strong relationships with product vendors.
??? Identified proactive solutions to satisfy investigation resource requirements in coordination with City and IT Solutions department objectives.
??? Provided cost-benefit analysis, evaluated needs, products, and solutions, and made recommendations to management for equipment or service procurements.
??? Drafted and implemented City Information Security polices relating to:
-User and System Account Passwords
-Mobile Computing and Removable Media usage
-Acceptable Encryption Standards
-Extranet and Remote Access
-Wireless Security Technologies
??? Lead firewall, vpn and IDS design, work flow and provisioning efforts
??? Lead data at rest protection efforts including the implementation of full disk encryption protection to all City mobile devices
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Verizon Communications February 2004 to July 2006
Section Manager - Firewall Administration

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How would you describe your time at Verizon Communications?

Managed and served as lead technical security representation of the VMN firewall/IDS management team. Engineered and implemented firewall/IDS solutions for mission-critical Enterprise communications equipment for North American footprint.
??? Managed all aspects of firewall team operations and
communications. Supervised team of 7 members consisting of various skill levels and national locality
??? Responsible for yearly budget items consisting of training, maintenance/support renewals, and equipment acquisition.
??? Performed mid and annual employee performance plans. Provided guidance on employee training programs and constructive feedback on work duties.
??? Organized and realigned employee roles and responsibilities into a multi-tiered structure allowing for mentorship and pairing within the group.
??? Performed security audits and technical design expertise on firewall/IDS deployments, polices and risk mitigation techniques.
??? Assisted in coordinating off-site disaster recovery preparations and training for VMN Security Staff.
??? Led project management for security team during the Fiscal Year 2004/2005/2006 FIOS central office firewall/IDS deployment of 2000+ firewall/ids appliances.
??? Served as technical and business representation for VMN Security on Request for Proposals.
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intelligent connections February 2003 to February 2004
Network and Security Admin

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How would you describe your time at intelligent connections?

Served as infrastructure and security administrator for the Intelligent Connections managed services division. Engineered and implemented network, server, and desktop systems as well as all security and disaster recovery procedures to protect company assets.
??? Designed and implemented
Microsoft Windows 2003 Active Directory Domain and Exchange 2003 infrastructure, including domain wide security enforcement and auditing.
??? Designed a standard secure operating system build for Windows-based server infrastructure.
??? Engineered multi-tier security templates based upon user role and function.
??? Designed and implemented Check Point firewall infrastructure to provide security mitigation against exterior and interior threats.
??? Managed secure build implementation for mission-critical servers.
??? Provided level-3 engineering network security and design support to 123Secure Managed Service clients.
??? Implemented Enterprise patch management and Anti-virus solution for Windows-based infrastructure.
??? Performed vulnerability assessments against server infrastructure; provided comprehensive Executive /Technical audit reports insuring compliance with company security standards.
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nexiq technologies June 2001 to October 2002
LAN/WAN Administrator

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How would you describe your time at nexiq technologies?

Responsible for Operations and Support of LAN/WAN infrastructure for multi-state automotive software development company.
??? Administration and configuration of Web, FTP, email, and Intranet servers, routers, switches, personal computers, T1 circuits, and all aspects of hardware, software and
network connectivity.
??? Designed a standard secure operating system build for Windows-based desktop, laptop and server infrastructure.
??? Implemented Enterprise patch management and Anti-virus solution for Windows-based infrastructure.
??? Implemented and supported MS SQL database servers and software repositories.
??? Created software/hardware inventory and asset management database.
??? Managed technical support relationships with hardware and software vendors.
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Education

Baker Collge - Flint, MI August 2004 to December 2006
Bachelors of Computer Information Systems
kirkwood community college August 1995 to March 2002
Associates of Arts - Business Administration

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