Hieu Vuong
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CAREER SUMMARY
A highly accomplished professional with a proven track record of delivering
information technology solutions to improve business performance across
multiple business units including Marketing, Finance, and Legal. A strong
performer with a reputation for being accurate and insightful with proven
ability to lead projects to completion on time and within budget. A leader
with excellent communication and writing skills focused on raising
awareness, influencing stakeholders, and clearly conveying messages to all
levels of the organization. A team player noted for operational
excellence, dedicated work ethic, and the skill to effectively bridge the
gap between business and technology.
TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE
MS Active Directory, Citrix, Veritas/Symantec, SSL, DMZ, LAN/WAN, VPN, PBX,
TCP/IP, Router, Switches, Windows XP, 2000, NT, Novell, Windows Server,
Linux OS, VMware, Firewall, Cisco IronPort, McAfee Anti-Virus and Anti-
Spyware, IDS/IPS, Websense, WSUS, Baseline Analyzer, Nessus scanner
Databases: Oracle 11g, MS SQL Server, IBM DB2, IBM Universe
Applications: MS Dynamics, OpenText eCM, Oracle BI, Lotus Suite,
Business Protection Gateway, SaaS
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Technical Support Specialist
ProMutual Group, Boston, MA
Nov 2006 - Present
. Gather technical requirements and analyze business specification to
determine variance that can impact project deliverables. Team leader
for the Technical Support group during project.
. Collaborate with software development staff and user community to
improve business processes as related to the project charter and
scope.
. Create requirement, functional spec, test case\plan and other
documents to support various phases of the SDL.
. Work in conjunction with the network and security team to detect,
contain and eradicate viruses and threats against the network,
systems, and software applications.
. Analyze compliance regulations and conduct security and risk
assessment to mitigate vulnerability to the application and network
layers.
. Performs and conducts IT audit activities according to company's
standards and policy.
. Use forensic and security toolkit as an instrument to validate
security leaks associated with fraud, data breach, or malicious
intentions to the network systems.
. Perform random testing to validate e-commerce Payment Card Industry
(PCI) compliance standards for data security is not being threatened
by intrusions, malicious attacks or internal fraud.
. Evaluate each systems patch against the security policy and
procedures. These guidelines are used to ensure the installation will
not affect performance or open network ports to vulnerabilities.
. Use Cisco IronPort to analyze incoming and outgoing email, control
spam and adjust encryption settings as needed to protect confidential
information.
. Responsible for entire Disaster Recovery workgroup site including
managing the upstart of all client-side hardware and software
applications.
. Identify, analyze and re-create network and system issues. Use test
cases, knowledge database, and/or lessons learned to develop a
solution. If needed, consult with third party to find a fix.
. Utilize Websense to monitor end-user activities on the Internet to
make sure employees do not abuse or access censored websites and
provide reports to management and HR.
. Assist my peers to configure firewalls, Intrusion Detection Systems
and Intrusion Prevention Systems.
. Participate in, plan, design, and implement network and systems
enhancement involving hardware and software upgrades on the server-
side.
. Research emerging technologies to improve network infrastructure and
enhance business continuity.
Special Projects / Accomplishments:
. Took part in containing and removing the Conficker virus that
penetrated the network systems.
. Engaged in the planning and migration from Nortel Contivity VPN to
Cisco VPN.
. Installed and configured full/whole disk encryption (PGP) to comply
with HIPAA and Massachusetts data security (201 CMR 17.00) regulations
(specifically, to secure laptop devices against data breaches).
. Participated in the migration of network from Novell Netware to Active
Directory.
. Effectively implemented IBM Lotus Notes client and server.
. Assisted in moving and re-building the Data center to a third party co-
location.
Chief Information Officer Assistant
United Tool and Die Company, West Hartford, CT
Jun 2002 - Nov 2006
. Supported company's use of MS Exchange and Outlook.
. Configured and maintained Windows environment, servers, firewalls,
routers and switches.
. Responded to all end-users IT related requests.
Education & Training Program:
Boston University, MS Computer Information Systems, Concentration in
Security, August 2009
University of CT, BS Corporate and Organizational Studies, Minor in
Business Administration, December 2005
Security Plus - 11/2009
Networking Plus - 05/2008
References: Furnished upon request.