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Subject:    looking for a security postion
From:       tellno <tellno1 () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2003-03-31 18:31:39
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Ralph Emery							3520 Chastian Court         Office
404-591-8254					Alpharetta, GA 30004  Mobile
770-595-1750					raemery@adelphia.net            
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
Product and Infrastructure Support Eng.	GuardedNet,
Inc    
Product Integration Engineer			Atlanta, GA
(Feb 2002 – Present)
Primary Consulting from February 2001 between ISS and
GuardedNet during the alpha stages of the GuardedNet
product while it was deployed in the Managed Security
Services operations center. Joined fulltime in
February 2002 with responsibilities for the initial
setup of product support for Guardenet's NeuSecure
product, which consisted of installation and
troubleshooting for all customers. Developed a testing
environment for vendor security products to included
installation, analyzing and interfacing with the
NeuSecure product. Corrected and maintained the
Company’s VPN, firewall and local area network.
Assisted GuardedNet’s Services organization with
client penetration testing and security auditing
issues   

X-Force Global Technology Manager            	Internet
Security Systems
Managed Security Services (MSS)		Atlanta, Ga.
(Feb 2001 – Feb 2002)
Managed a team of three engineers and worked closely
with management team, network engineers, and account
managers to enhance security business to ensure that
all sales and engineering was implemented properly.
Beta tested ISS Site protector product for MSS
operations prior to its release to public. Developed a
voice/text messaging system for IT-ISAC customers so
they can be alerted when threat has been encountered.
Assisted MSS Operations with troubleshooting of known
and unknown threats on client networks. Design and
developed security system to monitor threats from
Cisco ADSL routers for ISS KK (Japan), which allowed
ISS to close a 20 million dollar contract   

X-Force Special Operations Security Engineer	Internet
Security Systems   
Managed Security Services (MSS)		Atlanta, Ga.
(Dec 1999 – Feb 2001)
One of 4 engineers to build the MSS operations center
in Atlanta to what it is today. Have worked on a
variety of security projects, including assisting
implementing a protection and surveillance solution
for Australia’s backbone communications network during
the 2000 Summer Olympics. One of four engineers to
build the first web based console event viewer of
realsecure threat data, which later became the
prototype of site protector.

X-Force Support	 Engineer			Internet Security Systems 
 
(May 1999 – Dec 1999)				Atlanta, Ga.
Developed and maintained a vendor product lab to
assist X-force developers in determining possible
known vulnerabilities in the products. Intelligence
gathering from Hacker sources for possible exploits to
be used in Internet security systems product lines.
Maintained ISS Forum as moderator to include email
subscriptions and Content management. Assisted
Emergency Response Services in many forensic
investigations for their clients. Architecture a
mobile lab for use during Y2K, which helped ISS
identify and decode the TFN2K DDOS threat. 



Senior Technical Support Engineer		Internet Security
Systems      
(May 1997 - May 1999)				Atlanta, Ga.
Provided technical support for all Internet Security
Products to ISS customers via telephone and e-mail.
Maintained a 95% closure rate for support calls on the
same day for ISS products to include Real Secure,
Internet Scanner, and System Security Scanner.
Mentored the support team and assumed responsibility
as Technical Support Manager while role of Technical
Support Director was being filled. Assisted support
personnel with customer problems to include
diagnosing, suggesting solutions, career pathing and
training. Assisted field support and sales personnel
with customer comments and questions with products and
installations in complex networks.

Customer Service Engineer  			Hypercom, Inc
(Oct 1997 – May 1998)				Roswell, Ga.
Responsible for designing and implementing network
solutions for internal and external Hypercom Clients
including onsite troubleshooting of equipment and
networks.
Projects included
•	Design and implementation of national and
international voice and data carrier networks using a
combination of landlines, microwave, satellites, X.25
packet networks, public and frame relay technologies
•	Customer interface to hypercom direct clients and
lucent technologies in problem solving, implementation
and installation to include consolidating legacy, LAN,
voice and video branch networks over frame relay
services
•	Consulted for lucent technologies implementation of
nationwide broadband data networking services
supporting ATM and frame relay access for transport of
voice, video and data
Equipment used for the projects included Hypercom
B-STDX switches, Startom IPX, EIN view and Hp open
view

Product Support/Network operations Manager	Siemens
Business Services
(Jan 1996 – Oct 1997)				Norcross, Ga.

UNIX and network consultant for Siemens operating
companies globally. Technical Support Engineer for
UNIX and network systems group. Network operations
manager responsible for a team of three system
administrators and 9 network analysts. 
	Responsibilities included:
•	System and network architecture design,
implementation for DNS, DHCP, Firewalls, Proxy
Servers, Web services, e-mail systems, Novell servers,
Windows NT servers and ip address management for
Siemens operating companies. 
•	Developed system and application monitoring tools.
•	Support network operations team with automated
alarms, Trouble ticket system and web based
documentation.  
•	Primary interface with German counterparts.
•	Liaison between the director and engineering group
•	Project Manager with counterparts based in Munich
Germany of Border gateway protocol ring of Cisco
routers throughout the United States and Germany.
•	Applied troubleshooting skills to resolve
connectivity challenges, bottlenecks, and other
day-to-day network challenges on a homogenous NT/Unix
networks 
Engineer: Frame Relay Services and X.25 services	     
    Concert (Contract Oct- 1995 Jan 1996)					 
Atlanta, GA
Responsible for the day-to-day operations and
architecture of Stratcom IPX frame relay circuits,
voice and Telematics X.25 packet switching networks.
Implemented and maintained 20 UNIX systems providing
Concerts Frame Relay network Management application
software to engineers. Implemented web based
documentation of customer networks and statistics of
network outages.   
Network Analyst						       Home Depot, Inc. (Dec
1990- Oct 1995)						     Atlanta, GA.
•	Performed network installations and management
functions for Home Depot wide area networks and local
area networks.
•	Converts existing X.25 Vsat network over to frame
replay network for all home deport stores and
divisional offices resulting in 0% downtime. 
•	Implemented and documented Hermins (Home Deport
Enterprise Management Integrated Network system),
which monitored all voice and data communications to
include store UNIX systems.
•	Conducted Training for network operators as second
level support analysts in troubleshooting hypercom,
synoptics, Novell and data communications equipment,
•	Responsible for Hypercom router, terminal server
support, Point of sale equipment and configurations
for all stores
•	Performed troubleshooting on vtam, IBM and HPUX,
Novell, Data general and Ethernet equipment.
Staff Sergeant (Warrant Officer Candidate)   U.S. Army
        (Jan 1990 - Dec 2001)				Various Duty Stations

Job Responsibilities in the fields of 33V (Electronic
Intercept Aerial Specialist), 67N (helicopter Crew
Chief) and 97L Interrogator, Interpreter and
translator
•	Appointed Technical Area Security Officer and
Information System Support Officer to support PC and
various military communication systems, Training and
orienting personnel to the personal computers and
applications.
•	Project management of installations in the foreign
language area to include new classes, foreign language
CBT, software and military exercises.
•	Responsible for upgrades of operating systems and
applications. Support Financial systems and new troop
in processing systems, Donated Windows NT server with
Microsoft exchange to support Military company e-mail
(65-users)
•	Design and implemented mobile local area network
that tied the Counter intelligence group with the
interrogation group for better communications and
streamline information sharing.
•	Support 3RD Army Military intelligence Computer
Center Unix server and NT servers. Prepared Mission
briefings, Training classes to high-level Echlin in
new equipment and procedures.
•	Managed 15 personal (Platoon Sergeant in daily
military functions, training and duties to achieve
commanders mission.
•	Appointed acting First sergeant in the absence of
primary first sergeant to run the company.
•	Lead German advisor for German team (high score in
Company German language)
•	Crew Chief responsible for a team of 6 mechanics
servings 4 Uh-1 Huey Helicopters.
TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE
Over 13 years of hands on computer experience starting
with the IBM PC and UNIX related to security and
networking
Hardware: Intel/AMD Destops, laptop personal
computers, Sun workstations, CD-ROM jukeboxes, laser
printers, and tape devices. Broad knowledge of
communications technologies and services. Sniffer
Protocol Analysis equipment.
Software: UNIX Korn, Bourn, and C shell scripting. 
Experienced in the use of all Microsoft Office
products, ISS’s Internet Security Scanner, ISS’s
Database Scanner, ISS's RealSecure, System Scanner,
Site Protector, Network Associates CyberCop, Mcafee
Enterprise Virus Scan, eEye Retina, eEye’s IRIS,
NESSUS, NetScreen ScreenOS, StoneSoft StoneGate, and
Check Point Firewall-1, WebSence, WebTrends.,
Entercept, Okena, Raptor, ITA Symantec, Neusecure
1.5.0, 1.5.1, 1.6.0 ,1.6.1, Dragon,  Ssh , Syslog,
Iptable, Ipchains, Sendmail, Netiq products,
Intervurt, Blackice products, Intrusion.com, Toplayer,
Netforensics, Sourcefire, Snort, Cisco IDS/IOS, Cisco
Pix, NFR, Active Scout, Veracity, ITA Symantec,
Nagios, Some experience with HP Openview, Opensource
Software, Tacacs+
Networking: Complete understanding of TCP/IP,
Ethernet, DNS, NFS and NIS. Also have experience with
NIS+, Novell Netware, ATM, Frame Relay, Ethernet and
token ring.
Operating Systems: Fluent in the DOS, Windows 3.11,
Windows 95/98, Windows NT/2000/XP Server and
Workstation operating systems, Solaris, IPSO (BSD
UNIX), Openbsd, Freebsd, Linux (Red Hat, Slackware) 
CERIFICATIONS
Check Point Certified Administrator (CCSA) – Versions
4.1 & NG
References available upon request.


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