Resume of Chris Sandy

Summary

Scripting Languages: PHP, Perl, Bash, csh, sh,Python,Jquery

Operating Systems: Linux (Slackware, Debian, RedHat, S.U.S.E, CentOS,Ubuntu), Solaris 7-10, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Microsoft 2000/2003/2008 Server

Connectivity: OC3, T3, T1, ISDN, xDSL, Ethernet, 802.1q, 802.11

Web Servers: Apache 2.x, Apache 1.3.x, HTTPD,NGINX, IIS5, IIS4

Database Servers: MySQL 5.x, MySQL 4.x, Oracle 10/11g

Routers & Firewalls: Cisco, Juniper, Flowpoint, Netopia, Netscreen, Livingston, Checkpoint

Open Source Contributor: phpSupport

Environment Systems: VMWare 3.5

Applications: Siebel 8.0.0.2

Interests

Prior Experiences

Senior Security Engineer at Comcast

1/3/2011 – Present

• Develop and maintain a MVT system to manage all firewalls and tools deployed though out the network.
• Developed a RestAPI to interact with Thrift to add Data to LDAP and Active Directory.
• Develop and maintain a remote monitoring system to manage and calculate statistics based on length of time to connect, Authenticate and download for all VPN remote locations.
• Develop and maintain portal to generate web proxy statistics.
• Develop and maintain security system fault management support procedures for assigned systems.
• Develop and maintain security incident management procedures for assigned systems.
• Investigate opportunities to update security system capabilities or perform policy updates based upon system performance reports and observed incidents or threats.
• Perform configuration updates, such as modifying configurations, signature definitions or implementing new policies.
• Perform daily OS and application level administration for assigned security elements, support regularly schedule maintenance and change requests.
• Provide advanced application level support for the resolution of security system faults, including system patches and software upgrades.
• Respond to security incidents and report on incident handling and resolution.
• Ensure timely proactive identification and reporting of security gaps and vulnerabilities to the network infrastructure.
• Assist with the preparation of quarterly, monthly, and weekly reports, and trend analysis, based upon network security incidents, faults and performance data.
• Assist with exception security audits to verify completeness of security required configurations and verify system hardening.
• Participate in the post-mortem investigation of catastrophic network security incidents and prepare security incident reports documenting the findings

Test Environment Engineer at Merck Inc.

8/7/07 – 12/31/2010

• Build and configure Oracle Siebel Environments based on specific applications.
• Configure and manage Unix/HP shell scripts for processing operation data.
• Managing and executing remote scripts using SSH and SCP.
• Manage all change and configuration requests processed.
• Record and document all build and configuration procedures.
• Responsible for maintenance and configuration changes for VMWare 3.5 hosts.
• Configuring and building new servers in a VMware 3.5 environment.
• Migrating data loads from environment to environment.
• Responsible for maintaining Help Desk cases and troubleshooting environment issues.
• Responsible for applying and documenting patches crossed environments.
• Complete builds of Siebel 8.0.0.2 systems and database servers.
• Responsible for configuration and change management for (8) Siebel 8.0.0.2 environments.

Senior Developer and Security Analyst at Lucid Security Corp.

3/2003 - 07/2006

• Covert installation of security controls and monitoring systems.
• Discreet Insider/Executive/Employee investigations such as Industrial Espionage, extortion, blackmail, theft of Intellectual Property, etc.
• Design and configure Checkpoint firewalls for internal and customer networks.
• Design and extend ipANGEL: an IDS with adaptive intrusion prevention technologies, the primary sustenance of the company.
• Monitoring Internal and Customer firewalls and servers 24/7 to ensure as little downtime as possible.
• Design and configure 20 UNIX/Solaris servers on demand in production and development environments.

Systems Engineer at Broadview Networks.

6/2004 – 12/2005

• Maintain and configure 50 Solaris 7/8/9, 20 FreeBSD, 10 Slackware (linux) systems in an ISP environment.
• Monitor and maintain all ISP related software: qmail, Sendmail, BIND, djbdns, Apache, FreeRADIUS, MySQL, etc.
• Work closely with customers regarding high-speed Internet connections, collocation servers,
• Configure and work closely with customers to build IP networks to meet their needs.
• Troubleshooting Cisco and Livingston routers for T1's, T3's, SDSL, and ISDN.
• Maintain DNS management system for use by employees and ISP customers.
• Maintain Virtual Webserver management system.

UNIX Software Engineer, NOC Technician at NetCarrier Inc.

10/2002 – 6/2004

• Provide Unix Administrative support to software development efforts
• Coordinate software development efforts with the NOC and system administration departments
• Program as needed in PHP, Shell, HTML, Perl, C in variety of applications
• Configureand interfacewith Unix-oriented services for software projects such as qmail, Radiator, MySQL, OpenLDAP, Apache, OpenSSH , and OpenSSL
• Ability to manage emergencies and scheduled projects / maintenance 24x7 as required in service-provider environment.
• Troubleshooting dialup connections, web hosting, email and many other Internet related problems.

Systems Administrator at NetReach Inc. / FastNET.

10/1999 - 1/2002

• Troubleshooting dialup connections, web hosting, email and many other Internet related problems.
• Work closely with customers regarding, high-speed Internet connections, and collocation servers.
• Configure and work closely with customers to build IP networks to meet their needs.
• Configuring Cisco and Livingston routers for T1's, T3's, SDSL, and ISDN.
• Responsible for Opening and Closing Trouble Tickets Internal and External.
• Working with the NOC and Support Trouble Ticket System.
• Customer Service calls to install wiring, DSL, T1, T3, servers and workstations.
• Responsible for taking two days a week Syswatch 24 hours. This includes responding to pages, and monitoring the NOC system.
• Building workstations and Servers. (Maintain hardware and troubleshot bad hardware)
• Maintain and configure SunOS4, SunOS5, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Slackware (linux) , and Windows 2000 server and Advanced server.
• Maintain and configure web servers for high-end websites.
• Responsible for Opening and Closing Trouble Tickets.
• Configuring Flowpoint and Netopia Routers for SDSL.

Language and Platform Skills

70% Perl
90% PHP / Lamp Stack
70% JavaScript / NodeJS / Jquery
65% Python
80% MySQL / SQL
90% Apache - LAMP
30% C / Java
I suck
I know little
I'm a guru
I'm good

Education