Project Manager Engineer

George S. Walker III

E - Mail: ***********@*******.***; 757-***-****

Highly Motivated System/ Network Engineer

Security Clearances (NAC, Confidential)

A+ Cert, CompTIA

Windows Server 2003 Certified Professional,

Windows OS Advanced Administration Certified Professional

NASA Certified Linux/Unix Administrator

NASA Certified MS Windows 2K Pro and Server Administrator

NASA Certified NT Security System Administrator

UNIX Security System Administrator

MSCE, currently working on ACST and ACMT

Over 17 years of IT experience with an impressive track of system and

network support.

Professional Profile

. Excellent team leadership, instructional, communication and

interpersonal skills; effectively train, supervise and motivate

operators; interface well with people of diverse levels, backgrounds

and personalities. Work well independently or as productive team

member.

. High level of accuracy with attention to detail. Career and goal

oriented.

. Proficiency in system troubleshooting and problem solving; assist

developers and engineers in resolving software and hardware problems

in a timely manner.

. Extensive customer service background.

. Effectively prioritize a broad range of responsibilities to

consistently meet tight deadlines.

. Demonstrated success in surpassing productivity and performance

objectives.

. Consult, design, upgrade, maintain, and secure LAN/WAN/SAN networks.

. Create Risk management, Disaster Recovery, and Security plans that

exceed Federal and State guidelines.

. Design, install, troubleshoot, and secure wireless networks.

. Implement back-up strategies and disaster recovery solutions.

. Configure Active Directory, Group Policies, and VPN's for security and

system efficiency.

. Upgrade and migrate workstations, servers and domain controllers.

. Design, install, and optimize video conferencing and VOIP networks

Technical Skills and Qualifications

Hardware: Dell\ HP\ IBM Servers, Cisco\ Cabletron Routers and Switches

(6500, Lightstream, and 3500 series), SAN Library(IBM Shark, EMC CX, DMX

series, and Hitachi HUSPV SAN), Cisco PIX(506 and 515), Exabyte Tape

Backup systems (LTO, DLT), Blackbox Hardware, APS Symmetra UPS Systems, WAN

devices and Cabling.

Operating Systems: (Red Hat ES/WS/AS, SuSE, Slackware, FreeBSD,CentOs,

Ubuntu) Linux, Windows, 2003/2008 Server (Advanced), 2000 server and

workstation, XP, NT4, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris 2 thru 10, Mac OS X.#, Z/OS,

AS400 and Novell. VMWare ESX 3, VMotion, VCenter Administration

Software: Apache, Microsoft IIS, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SMS,

MOM/SUS, SharePoint 3.0/2007/2008, MS Visual Source Safe, Citrix, Trend

Micro AV products, MacAfee AV products, Symantec AV products, Splunk,

Bindview Reporting Products, Nessus, ISS, Qualsys, Eclipse, Patch link,

Altiris, Snort, Big Brother, Backtrack, Samurai, Nagios, ELM, CiscoWorks,

NetQ monitoring, EMC SMARTS, HP Openview, HP Omniback/Data Protector, IBM

SAN(TSM), EMC Networker, EMC Email Extender, EMC Documentum,

VERITAS/Symantec(Netbackup, Storage Foundation, and VC) backup products

and EMC Legato. PowerBuilder programming framework.

Network Experience(topologies and protocols): TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, OSPF, VPN,

L2TP, PPTP, MS-CHAP v1/v2, RAID 5, LDAP, NetBEUI, RADIUS, SMTP, NWLink,

NetBIOS, MPPE, DHCP, DNS, ATM,MPLS, OC3,T1/T3, DSL

Professional Experience

2012-present Microsoft BNI Datacenter(Volt/Atos)

Boydton, Virginia Site Services - Datacenter

Technician

Operate, monitor, measure, and attain Site Services Data Centers Service

Level

Agreements, and maintain facility appearance and integrity during assigned

shift. Responsible for providing assistance to MS global properties in a

"rack and stack" function and building out new infrastructure as needed.

Overseeing over 500,000 systems currently with a max of 3 million by end of

year. Responsible for MAC, Asset management, Altris imaging, Hyper-V

setup and maintenance, EMC and Hitachi SAN(Clarion, Symmetrix. HUS and USP

series ) setup and maintenance, HP Generation 5 thru 8 Server maintenance,

and Cisco, Juniper, F5, and various other network equipment set and

maintenance.

2010-2011 Federal Reserve Bank FRIT(APEX )

Richmond, Virginia EPM / Solutions Design

Engineering - Build Engineer/System

Administrator/Technical Project Manager

Assisted team on the FRIT Two Factor Authentication project, Responsible

for building server infrastructure for external and internal CRLs as well

as helping define and resolve a "Pin prompt" issue within the

authentication scheme. This involved coordination of multiple silo

environments to test solutions. Dealt with multiple vendors and assessed

all components of the solution submitted.

. Provided coordination for the deployment of IT technology designs,

testing and production transition in support of large and complex IT

projects and efforts.

. Provided coordination to technical subject matter experts (SMEs) for

the build, testing, production certification and production transition

of web application, middleware, database, file transfer, application

interface and network connectivity components related to

infrastructure build projects in accordance with high-level/detailed

IT engineering designs, network topology diagrams, and requirements

traceable matrices.

. Assisted the Project Managers in developing work breakdown structures

for the build, testing, production certification and production

transition of IT infrastructure projects.

. Assisted Design Engineers with developing detailed designs for IT

infrastructure projects.

. Assisted the Testing Coordinator in developing summary and detailed

test plans, based on use cases and business requirements, for testing

IT infrastructure components; to include, but not limited to;

application/database servers, middleware services, file transfer

facilities, failover capabilities, network connectivity,

authentication/authorization services, disaster recovery, performance

and capacity testing for large/complex IT projects.

2010-2010 GRTC(INSOMOD )

Richmond, Virginia Microsoft Dynamics CRM/ADP

Analyst

Assisted GRTC payroll team on migrating payroll data from ADP to MS CRM.

This involved normal SQL admin tasks and some scripting to automate the

data import from ADP.

2009-2010 Cenveo\Cadmus (VACO Technologies)

Richmond, Virginia Data Center Lead

Engineer/System Administrator/Technical

Project Manager

Operated and tuned UNIX and Microsoft-based related systems, servers, and

related components to ensure high levels of availability and security of

the supported business applications.

. Participated in and supported capacity planning and the development of

long-term strategic goals for UNIX(HP UX. Linux variants, I series,

and AS400) and Microsoft-based systems and software in conjunction

with end-users and department managers.

. Coordinated with network engineering, business application, and

database administration functions to implement UNIX(HP UX. LINUX

VARIANTS, I SERIES, AND AS400) and Microsoft-based systems that

utilize industry best practices to meet corporate objectives.

. Installed and configure UNIX(HP UX. LINUX VARIANTS, I SERIES, AND

AS400) and Microsoft-based systems and software.

. Created new VM instances for incoming and existing LINUX VARIANTS and

Microsoft-based systems and software. Completed ongoing migrations to

an ESX 3 / Clarion/DMX infrastructure.

. Released code and applications to production.

. Supported application development teams throughout project lifecycles.

. Implemented policies, procedures, and technologies to ensure UNIX(HP

UX. LINUX VARIANTS, I SERIES, AND AS400) and Microsoft-based system

security through secure system access, monitoring, control, and

routine security evaluations.

. Performed standard configuration, management, and maintenance tasks

for related file systems, input/output systems, networking,

clustering, storage, and applications.

. Performed and tested system configuration backups and restores to

ensure system recovery from error or outage.

. Reviewed and deployed UNIX(HP UX. LINUX VARIANTS, I SERIES, AND AS400)

and Microsoft-based system releases and vendor-supplied patches

according to company standards.

. Anticipated, mitigated, identified, and resolved hardware and software

problems on all UNIX(HP UX. LINUX VARIANTS, I SERIES, AND AS400) and

Microsoft-based systems.

. Monitored, tested, and tuned system performance; preserve and provide

system log files as needed.

. Recommended and execute modifications to UNIX(HP UX. LINUX VARIANTS, I

SERIES, AND AS400) and Microsoft-based systems in order to improve

efficiency, reliability, and performance.

. Conducted research on UNIX(HP UX. LINUX VARIANTS, I SERIES, AND AS400)

and Microsoft-based hardware and software in support of procurement

and system development efforts.

. Remained informed on laws, trends, and issues, including current and

emerging technologies and best practices; advise, counsel, and educate

executive and management teams on their relative importance.

. Ensured UNIX(HP UX. LINUX VARIANTS, I SERIES, AND AS400) and Microsoft-

based systems comply with policies, standards, licensing agreements,

configuration guidelines, and best-practices for maintaining

regulatory compliance.

. Ensured secure user access and role validation processes.

. Performed UNIX(HP UX. LINUX VARIANTS, I SERIES, AND AS400) and

Microsoft-based server/database transaction and security audits

leading to identification and mitigation of security threats to

enterprise data. Recommend and implement changes where necessary.

. Created required reports in response to business user needs.

. Created UNIX(HP UX. LINUX VARIANTS, I SERIES, AND AS400) shell

scripts.

. Developed, documented, and maintained UNIX(HP UX. LINUX VARIANTS, I

SERIES, AND AS400) and Microsoft-based system materials and systems

documentation for IT staff.

2008-2009 State of Virginia (VITA/NG Partnership) - Department of

Corrections

Richmond, Virginia Re-IP Transformation Systems

Engineer/Team Lead/Technical Project Manager

. Responsible for the cleanup, administration, security and maintenance of

all servers supporting Department of Corrections.

. Documented the entire DOC network using the EMC SMARTS network

discovery ADM appliance along with manual discovery and

CISCOWORKS for network documentation and performance monitoring.

. Documented the structure and dependencies of the Department of

Corrections' "in house" applications.

. Interfaced with end - users and senior executives to resolve

problems and improve the productivity, efficiency and quality of the

Department of Corrections' IT infrastructure.

. Discovered and helped to solve the bandwidth issues faced at the

Department of Corrections.

. Moved all DMZ services for the Department of Corrections to the

NG/VITA MPLS network.

. Support of High availability 24/7 production systems ( EMC SAN, VMS

Mainframe)

. Led a team of three (Network, server, and security specialists) in

transforming the Department of Corrections network to the MLPS

network.

. Created a SPLUNK server to aid local administrators at Department of

Corrections in troubleshooting server and network issues.

. Support of Dell and HP blade servers as well as Cisco equipment.

. Assisted security officers in obtaining needed exceptions to the

standard policies of VITA/NG due to the agency's role in public

safety.

. Used security tools like Backtrack, Samurai, and Nessus along with

administration tools from Solar winds to find weaknesses in DNS,

Servers OS, and the network in general.

2007-2008 City of Richmond - Department of Information Technology

Richmond, Virginia Systems Engineer

. Responsible for the setup, administration, security and maintenance of

both Linux, Unix, and Wintel Internet servers supporting City of Richmond

applications and websites.

. System engineer supporting HP - UX, SUSE Enterprise systems and

Windows 2003 systems.

. IIS and support of .NET Internet applications "in house"

applications.

. Interfaced with end - users and senior executives to resolve

problems and improve the productivity, efficiency and quality of the

City of Richmond's IT infrastructure.

. Support of the City of Richmond's WSS 3.0 and 2007 SharePoint Farm.

. Moved all FTP services for the city to a cheaper outsourced web

solution.

. Administered the City of Richmond's Omni back /HP Data protector

backup and recovery operations.

. Administered the City of Richmond's IBM Virtual Tape Libraries.

. Support of High availability 24/7 production systems ( IBM SAN,

Mainframe Z/OS, EMC DMX)

. Design of new backup system (Backup to Disk/Archive to Tape) which

involved evaluating and being trained on solutions from EMC,

Symantec, Hitachi, Netapp, and Overland.

. Support of Bind DNS servers.

. Support of Dell servers as well as Cisco GSS and CSS equipment.

. Assisted security officers in testing and evaluation of new

application and network scanners for PCI compliance.

. Support of VM ware ESX3 environment. Conversion of old servers to

new VM's . Performance monitoring.

. Configured and administered Webtrends reporting system for the City

of Richmond.

. Design and performance monitoring of various systems ( Windows 2K3,

HP - UX, Z OS, AIX, AS400, and SharePoint server farms)

. Created new VM instances for existing LINUX VARIANTS and Microsoft-

based systems. VMotion configuration.

. Implemntation of monitoring plan for all systems (Splunk, Nagios,

HP Openview)

2006-2007 Media General, Richmond, Virginia

Internet Systems Administrator

. Responsible for the setup, administration, security and maintenance of

both Linux and Unix Internet servers supporting Media General

applications and websites.

. System Administrator supporting Red hat Enterprise systems and

Windows 2003 systems.

. Apache and support of Internet applications (Day, Morris, "in house"

apps)

. Support of Coldfusion MX servers and applications.

. Support of High availability 24/7 production systems

. Support of Bind DNS, BEA Weblogic, Apache Tomcat, and IIS web

servers.

. Support of Dell servers as well as Cisco GSS and CSS equipment.

. Support of Perl scripts and bash scripts.

2001-2006 NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Chincoteague Island,

Virginia

IT Security/System Engineer/Task Lead

. Team lead for configuring and implementing network related issues.

. Support mixed mode environment with Linux, Mac OS X, Active Directory

Administration for 300 to 500 users.

. Prepared monthly status reports and 6 month metrics for management

reviews.

. Coordinated and supervised contractors when needed.

. Interfaced with users, engineers, technicians and senior executives to

resolve and improve productivity, efficiency and quality.

. Created documentation on installs and troubleshooting for cross training.

. Nominated for the NASA Award of Excellence 2003, 2004.

. Task Lead for Wallops Engineering Services Contract (WESC) IT Support

Services and IT Security for NASA's Engineering and Suborbital and

Special Orbital Projects directorates.

. Remained on call to diagnose and troubleshoot a broad scope of technical

problems and played a key role in implementing plans for after hour

issues.

. Responsible for all security data calls for Codes 500 and 800(Tiger

Team).

. System Administrator for Wallops Flight Facility Web Servers

o Designed, installed, and administered secure web server farm for

public and intranet access.

o Project consisted of implementing and designing Red Hat ES servers

to meet security standards for federal agencies.

o Installed and configured Apache, PHP, MYSQL to meet security

standards for federal agencies.

o Responsible for system backups and restores using Novastor

Netbackup.

o Performed upgrades for server redundancy for disaster recovery.

o Scanned servers for security footprints using Nessus, ISS, and

Sandcat Scanner.

o Reviewed server logs for intrusion attempts.

. System Administrator for Code 589(Wallops Systems Software Engineering

Branch), Code 598(Guidance, Navigation, and Control and Mission Systems

Engineering Branch), and Code 569(Wallops Electrical Engineering Branch).

o Migrated from NT 4 to Windows 2000 rollout project for servers,

desktops, and laptops.

o Implemented the only independent W2K AD (apart from the overall

Center Network Environment) for Code 589 (Wallops System Software

Engineering Branch).

o Maintain and support 30 Windows 2k, 2003 and Linux servers for

Wallops Flight Facility and remote sites.

o Implemented and designed Windows 2K, 2003 servers to meet security

standards for federal agencies.

o Effectively met tight deadlines for standard remediation items for

all codes.

o Installed and configured Windows 2003 AD server, IIS 5.0, and other

services.

o Provided support for the overall NASA Windows XP Active Directory

migration project.

o Applied policy and security changes to workstations and wireless

devices.

o Configured and verified applicable McAfee anti-virus software on

servers and workstations.

o 90% first case resolution

o Installed and configured wireless LAN for guest access and to meet

federal guidelines.

o Made hardware/software recommendations with vendors for departments

which resulted in cost savings.

o Setup test environment for new software and real time operating

systems including QNIX, CCTK, Linux (Apache, PHP, PERL,, MYSQL),

Borland Builder and Eclipse.

o Prepared monthly status reports for management views.

o Successfully documented and resolved single points of failure in

critical areas.

o Responsible for system backups and restores using VERITAS backup

products.

o Monitored, inventoried and deployed software to workstations and

servers with Patchlink, SMS, and implemented Ticketing server for

helpdesk calls.

o Configured printers, NAS devices, and installed environmental

controls to meet federal security guidelines.

o Create Risk management, Disaster Recovery, and Security plans for

Code 589.

. Developed Wallops Integrated Scheduling and Document Management System

(WISDMS) used by Range and Mission Management Office for scheduling of

all launches and missions, onsite and off; includes automated services,

email notification, web page updates, scripts, report generators,

database search engines, forms generator, workflow and import/export

tools to meet and exceed NASA's requirements.

o Designed a 16 server geosynchronous cluster system using Dell\HP

servers and fiber channel backbone to 1 TB storage server.

o Provided Window cluster servicing for fault tolerance on critical

database

o Installed and configured Apache and Microsoft IIS 5.0 to meet

security standards for federal agencies.

o Made hardware/software recommendations with vendors for project

which resulted in cost savings.

o Worked with Groveware developers to customize their software for

NASA use.

o Performed XSLT/XML, PERL and LITEFEST tweaking as needed.

o Prepared daily reports for NASA and Contractor management.

o Create Risk management, Disaster Recovery, and Security plans for

WISDMS.

o Implemented a secure design for extranet and intranet access to

WISDMS.

. System Administrator for GPS (Global Positioning System), ULDB (Ultra

Long Duration Balloon), WGO (Wallops Geophysical Observatory), ARISE,

CREAM, SIPS, MVAT assorted DARPA, and RADAC (Radar And Data Acquisition

Computing) projects.

o Configured and implemented VLAN configuration with Cisco 6200

switches for range closed network. This increased security and

performance. (DARPA CSSQT projects)

o Assembled, configured and maintained 2 four- processor SGI Series

3000 development servers with Numaflex technology running CCTK

software on IRIX 5.x. Configured the servers to supply radar data

to six screen workstations via TCP/IP. (RADAC)

o Assisted in installing a Magnetometer with Linux data collection

servers at a remote site. (WGO)

o Support mixed mode environment with Linux and Windows XP for

approximately 20 users in Antarctica. (ULDB/CREAM)

o Effectively met tight deadlines for standard remediation items for

all projects.

1996-2001 Winning Solutions, Chincoteague Island, Virginia

Sole proprietor

. Small Technical Support, DTP, CAD and multimedia business. Business

provided LAN/Internet/Intranet solutions and technical support to over

fifteen (15) local businesses and approximately 30 individuals.

. Clients included the Island Motor Inn, The Chincoteague Center, Sea Tag

Lodge, BBSS, Refuge Motor Inn, and the Chincoteague Chamber of Commerce.

. Projects include: Upgraded the Best Buy of Salisbury, Maryland with a new

IBM POS system (4 servers with 25 registers and kiosk), setting up a

small LAN at the Chincoteague Chamber of Commerce with high-end printing

capabilities, and a reservation system with Intranet at the Refuge Motor

Inn.

1996-present Windwater Architects, Chincoteague Island, Virginia

Office Manager/Intern Architect

. Responsible for all drafting (CAD and renderings), construction

documents and customer relations.

. Pioneered automation of common office tasks.

. Maintained a network of Macintoshes and NT servers.

. Trained the principle Architect on the use of Archicad.

. Projects included the Oyster Museum and many residential homes in the

area.

1993-1995 NC A&T State University Industry Cluster, Greensboro, North

Carolina

Database Administrator

1993 - 1994 North Carolina A&T State University SEC, Greensboro, North

Carolina

Counselor, videographer

1993 Aetna Life & Casualty (UPS Division), Greensboro, North

Carolina

Microfiche Clerk

Education

North Carolina A&T State University: Manufacturing Engineering

Computer Skills

Windows 95/98/XP Pro/W2k/W2K3/2008R2 Expert Currently used 17 years

Mac Desktop support Intermediate Currently used 9 years

LAN administration Intermediate Currently used 15 years

Mac OS 6 - OS X Intermediate Currently used 16 years

Unix (AIX, Berkley, HP-UX, Solaris, and IRIX ) Intermediate Currently

used 10 years

Silicon Graphics Intermediate 3 years ago

MS Frontpage Intermediate Currently used 4 years

AutoCAD Intermediate 2 years ago 4 years

Intergraph Microstation Intermediate +4 years ago 2 years

Ideas Masters Series Intermediate +4 years ago 3 years

Lotus Notes Intermediate Currently used 3 years

Filemaker Pro Intermediate used 4 years ago

Microsoft Office Intermediate Currently used 11 years

Novell NetWare Intermediate 4 year ago 5 years

LINUX(Red Hat, Mandriva, Slackware, SUSE, Ubuntu, Solaris 10

Intermediate Currently used 10 years

Photoshop Intermediate Currently used 7 years

Dreamweaver & Flash Intermediate Currently used 3 years

Hardware Troubleshooting Intermediate Currently used 17 years

Archicad Teamworks Intermediate Currently used 6 years

Access Intermediate Currently used 6 years

oracle 8 Intermediate Currently used 4 years

C-Language Intermediate 1 year ago 6 years

Java Intermediate Currently used 2 years

Help Desk Intermediate Currently used 11 years

CISCO routers, hubs, switches(2900 series, 6000 series,

series),Intermediate Currently used 5 yr

PIX (509), Intermediate Currently used 5 years

APC Symmetra UPS systems Currently used 6 years

IBM Shark, EMC CX, DMX series, and Hitachi SAN Currently used 2 years

IBM and HP Blade server experience Currently used 3 years

For positions that do not offer relocation please consider that I have

established residences in the following cities: Negril, Jamaica W.I. -

Canada - Richmond, Va. - Virginia Beach - Melbourne and Vero Beach, Fla.

- Maryland and Washington, DC.

References

Mr. Rick Davis Chief Technology Officer, Department of Corrections,

State of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219

Telephone: 804-***-**** ext.1788

Ms. Cherrey Wallace Information Security Officer, Department of

Corrections, State of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219

Telephone: 804-***-**** ext.1788

Mr. David Bevins Information Security Officer, Department of ABC,

State of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia

Telephone: (804-***-*****

Mr. Franklin Thurston, Northrop Grumman, State of Virginia, Chester,

Virginia 23219

Telephone: 804-***-****

Mr. Daniel McCrae Director of Systems Engineering, DIT, City of

Richmond, Richmond, Virginia 23219

Telephone: 804-***-****

Mr. Jim Garner Systems Engineer, DIT, City of Richmond, Richmond,

Virginia 23219

Telephone: 804-***-****

Mr. Brandon Jackson Internet Group, Media General

333 East Franklin St., Richmond, VA 23219

Telephone: 804-***-**** Email Address: *********@************.***

Mr. Gerald W. S. Carter, Harrell & Chambliss LLP

Eighth and Main Building, 707 East Main St. Suite 1000, Richmond, VA

23219

Telephone: 804-***-**** Email Address: *******@*********.***

Mr. Tony Baldwin, Code 589(Wallops Systems Software Engineering

Branch), Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia 23336

Telephone: 757-***-**** Email Address: ****.*.*******@****.***

Ms. Susan Semancik, Code 708(Wallops Information Technology and

Communications Office), Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island,

Virginia 23336

Telephone: 757-***-**** Email Address: *****.*.********@****.***

Mr. David Davis, Code 589(Wallops Systems Software Engineering

Branch), Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia 23336

Telephone: 757-***-**** Email Address:

*******@******.****.****.***

Mr. Jim Frese, 3243 Eastside Drive, Chincoteague, Virginia 23336

Telephone: 804-***-**** Email Address: *******@*****.********.***

Laura Lintz, AIA (owner Windwater Architects), P.O. Box 946,

Chincoteague, Virginia 23336

Telephone: 757-***-**** Email Address:

******@*****.********.***

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