Engineer Manager
Resume:
Ariella Lester
Bayville, NY *****
*************@*****.***
Professional Experience designing and implementing state of the art systems to increase efficiencies,
system security and to reduce operating costs and system downtime. As a Network Engineer
Summary
and Co-Founder of an Internet startup company I enjoy challenges and finding solutions to
perplexing problems; and a skill set that could be utilized to achieve your goals.
Network Over ten years of experience configuring and troubleshooting Cisco Switches: 2900,
3550,3560 and Cisco Routers: 2500,2600, 2800, 3600, 3700. Setting up RIP, RIP2, BRG,
Administrator Skills
OSPF, EIGRP, CDP, Vlan, STP, VTP, Spanning Tree, Subnet Masking, DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP,
UDP, QoS, WAN and Frame Relay. Network Security including VPN, Data Encryption &
Cryptography, Firewall programming & Cisco PIX, ASA Firewalls & IDS. Check Point Firewall
& VPN. VoIP, SIP, Call Manager, SPA500, 3000 and 5000 series IP phones. Wireless LAN,
Wireless Bridges, WEP, WAP, 802.1x /EAP
Systems Over ten years of Internet and Intranet Servers experience. Installation and troubleshooting of
TCP/IP, RAS, Sendmail, Qmail, Postfix, Print Servers, Apache, Tomcat, Network Security,
Administrator Skills
SSH, Samba, LAN, WAN & Wireless Networks, RDP, File systems, NFS, CIFS, NIS+, SAN,
NAS, Domains, Shell programming. Perl, C++, Java programming. EMC Networker, EMC
Avamar, Symantec NetBackup and Backup Exec. Disaster and Recovery Planning.
Unix Skills Over fifteen years of Installation & Configuration experience with Solaris Server, Redhat,
Suse, and Linux Servers. Mac, Free BSD & Open BSD Servers. Sendmail & Qmail. Server
Clustering, Load Balancing. Compile kernels and adding of kernel patches.
PC Skills Exchange Server 5.0 and 5.5. XP Professional, MS Server 2003 & 2008. MS SQL Server &
Microsoft System Manager Server. Active Directory, Network Security, File System Encryption.
MS Office Suite, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook. VMware, Visio, Photoshop CS5,
InDesign CS5.
Database Skills Certified Oracle DBA Master, PostgreSQL Database, MySQL, Database Administration,
Database Design, Performance Tuning, Data Modeling, Database Cloning and Data
Recovery. PL/SQL and SQL.
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
2003 - Present INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT, New York, New York
Network Consultant & Network Engineer
Clients included The Franciscan, St. Anthony’s Guild, St. Francis Counseling Center,
St. Stephens of Hungry and Holy Name Province.
• Advised on equipment selection, cost effective purchasing, operating system selection,
installation and troubleshooting, hardware/software, network maintenance and security best
policy practices
• Designed and built LAN and WAN Networks to clients speciation’s using Cisco Catalyst
switches and routers. Implemented CISCO PIX, ASA & IDS. Check Point Firewall & VPN on
Redhat and Sun platforms.
• Network sizes varied from large to small depending on client’s needs, from a few hundred to
1000 plus. During my last network design in the Spring of 2011 for the St. Francis Counseling
Center I deployed Catalyst Cisco switches, upgraded Network Security, Firewall and QoS.
• Performed penetration testing, DoS attacks, and buffer over runs attacks on networks to
measure its resilience and to make recommendations or modifications to survive future attacks.
• Developed and Implanted test & migration plans of new systems through to production.
• Trained client personnel and acted as a liaison to other departments
• Installed and designed Oracle Databases, Data Modeling Mail Servers, Intranet Servers,
Systems backup and recovery. Database Administration
• Provided Information Technology consulting services to small businesses
Established a client base through networking and promotions
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Ariella Lester
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
1999 – 2003 Full Disclosure Media LLC, Rochester, New York
Network Systems Engineer
• Set all corporate technology objectives and policies, prepared and executed yearly budgets
• Developed marketing strategies, corporate policies and equity financing strategies in
cooperation with other corporate offices
• Spearheaded the organization’s overall online strategy and oversaw the external Web design
team
• Directed and managed the installation and creation of the DisclosureChannel.com audio
network, video network, corporate LAN & WAN network, database and software infrastructure
• Participated in the creation and launching of the DisclosureChannel.com magazine site
• Set system wide security practices and objectives and updated them they became obsolete
1997 - 1999 THE FRANCISCANS, New York, New York
Network Manager
• Carried out technical, non-routine installation, troubleshooting and maintenance of network
hardware and software, such as Servers, Database Servers, E-Mail Servers, UNIX Servers,
Print Servers, Web Servers, Operating Systems, DNS, RAID, hubs, Cisco Switches, Cisco
Routers and end-user equipment
• Resigned and deployed the LAN and WAN to ensure QOS and Network Security for 1000 plus
nodes. Wrote custom Ipchains rules and later upgraded to Iptables. Installed and configured
Cisco PIX 510 and IDS. Executed network penetration tests and system vulnerability tests,
monitored system logs, implemented and maintained security best practice policy.
• Maintained four Oracle Database Servers version 7.3, 8.16, 8i that ran 24/7 by 365
• Implemented Web Servers and managed a Web Design team
• Set high-level technology objectives, information service policies, policies for networking
infrastructure and services
• Prepared and executed yearly budgets
• Evaluated hardware and software to replace or upgrade systems
1996 - 1997 WEIGHT WATCHERS INTERNATIONAL, Woodbury, New York
DBA / Systems Administrator, Consumer Affairs Department
• Responsible for maintaining a Wilke/Thornton Consumer Response Database System involving
user availability to Progress RDBMS and Xponent
• Supervised users in the Consumer Affairs and Finance Department
• Created new database codes and procedures to enhance statistical analysis and report
generation
• Provided system wide problem solving, troubleshooting and maintenance of nodes
Education NASSAU COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Garden City, New York
A.A., Liberal Arts
Certified Cisco CCNA Security
Certified Cisco CCNA VoIP
Certified Cisco CCNA Routing and Switching
Studying for my Cisco CCNP Routing and Switching
Certified Oracle DBA Master with an internet specialty
Oracle Masters Programs
Certificates: Oracle SQL and PL/SQL, Oracle 8 Database Administration, Data Modeling and
Relational Database Design, Oracle 8 Performance Tuning, Oracle 8 Backup And Recovery, Oracle
8 Network Administration, Java Programming for Oracle Developers.
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