Engineer Quality Assurance

Jimmy B. Kincaid

Snellville, GA *****

WORK HISTORY:

Present

2002

EMORY UNIVERSITY

Systems Analyst/Admin Senior

Atlanta, GA

Primary Linux server administrator for 50+ enterprise servers including FW-1/VPN-1, dns, ntp, dhcp, tftp, ftp, ssh, tacacs+, sendmail, gated, zebrad, and more.

Experience with Dell PowerEdge servers (1650, 2650, 6450, 6650).

Migrated the University s failing proprietary DHCP service to a modern high availability solution (ISC DHCP/Redhat Fedora Core). Replicated this service across all of Emory s autonomous systems.

Responsible for shell scripting and custom programming to augment network management and automate day-to-day operations.

Developed and published open source software to historically track DHCP leases (C/PHP/MySQL) lease-parser

Developed IP Network Database (PHP/MySQL) to manage subnet allocation of 800+ IP subnets.

Developed packet capture/analysis tool based on the pcap library to detect SYN-Flood attacks (C).

Long standing member of the Architecture/Engineering Design and Direction team.

Integral in design of new secure business critical network for the University including PeopleSoft 8.

Migrated from BIND 8.3.2 (SGI IRIX) to BIND 9.2.2 (RedHat Linux).

Installed and administered departmental backup solution: Legato Networker (RedHat Linux 7.3) and StorageTek 80 slot library with SDLT tape drives.

Migrated Healthcare/University border networks with multiple BGP4 peers (including Internet/Internet2) from Cisco 7500's to Foundry BigIron 15000 routers to prepare for Emory's new DWDM fiber ring.

2001

2000

EMORY UNIVERSITY

Network Engineer II

Atlanta, GA

Worked as part of a team responsible for installation, configuration, and management of all network equipment on 2 class B multi-protocol networks.

Primary UNIX workstation/server internal support and admin (Network Communications).

Primarily IRIX (5.2 - 6.5), Linux (RedHat 6.2 - 7.3), and AIX (3 - 4.3).

Participated in 24/7 on call rotation as tier 3 support.

Participated in all aspects of a migration to a new Gigabit wire-speed routed core (Foundry BigIron 15000's).

Responsible for installation, configuration, and administration of multiple enterprise firewalls using Checkpoint Firewall-1/VPN-1 (4.1 & NG) on Redhat Linux (6.2-7.3) with hardware high availability and load balancing (Foundry SI XL & 400).

Successfully migrated existing firewall infrastructure from Checkpoint Firewall-1 4.1 (AIX 4.3 RS6000) to NG (RedHat Linux 7.3).

Consolidated and standardized University/Healthcare DNS service: Migrated from Sun Sparc/Solaris BIND4 to SGI Origin 200/Irix 6.5 BIND8.

1999

1998

EMORY HEALTHCARE

Network Engineer

Atlanta, GA

Administered numerous large DNS domains/subdomains and trained DNS administrators for Network Communications dept.

Implemented ISDN telecommuting solution with caller ID callback (Cisco 4500 and 804's).

Wrote and administered a web enabled SNMP network discovery tool (C and shell scripts).

Installed, customized, and administered MRTG (2.8.8 on IRIX 6.5)

Installed and administered Apache Web Server (1.3.x on Linux & IRIX)

Widely deployed SSH (secure shell) and Samba (Windows file & print).

Administered primary SMTP (sendmail) and DNS (BIND 4.x.x - 9.2.2) servers.

Expert with Cisco IOS/CatOS software and hardware (routers and switches).

Expert with network routing of IP (prefer OSPF and BGP),

IPX (prefer NLSP, but continue to work with RIP/SAP).

High levels of expertise with Network Associates Sniffers (Fast Ethernet, Ethernet).

Basic understanding of Adtran ISDN, Digital Link, and VeriLink CSU/DSU equipment.

Trained help desk in network fundamentals and basic network troubleshooting.

Trained technical support in IP subnetting including VLSM.

Familiar with Microsoft Win9x/NT4/Win2K and Novell 3/4 servers.

1997

1996

Ocoee Videography

Owner/Videographer

Cleveland, TN

Worked with outfitters on the Ocoee River to videotape rafting trips via kayak.

Obtained a permit from the National Forest Service to shoot video in the Cherokee National Forest.

Responsible for all aspects of maintaining a small business.

Responsible for shooting, editing, and marketing videos of rafting trips.

1995

1991

Earth Technologies

Computer Systems Manager

Cleveland, TN

Re-engineered and extended the Lab Internal Management System. Including quality Assurance/quality Control, invoicing, reporting, and tracking. (Relational Database using Angoss SmartWare).

Wrote and administered software to calculate concentrations of chemicals in samples batches (Quick Basic). This included Mercury concentrations in solids/liquids and TPH (Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons) in soil.

Administered Novell 3.x file server.

Primary in house desktop/application support.

Expert with PC hardware installation and configuration.

EDUCATION & TRAINING:

2004

SANS

Hacker Techniques, Exploits, & Incident Handling

Reverse Engineering Malware

System Log Aggregation and Analysis

Las Vegas, NV

2004

Movaz

RAYexpress (DWDM) Dense Wave Division Multiplexing

Atlanta, GA

2000

Cisco Systems

CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate)

Atlanta, GA

1999

IMS, Inc. (Cisco Systems)

Advanced Cisco Router Configuration

Atlanta, GA

Introduction to Cisco Router Configuration

1998

Network Associates

TCP/IP Network Analysis and Troubleshooting

Atlanta, GA

Ethernet Network Analysis and Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting with the Expert Sniffer Analyzer

1989

1985

Bradley Central High School

Graduated 9th out of more than 500.

Vocational Industrial Clubs of America.

Senior year 1st place in state electronics competition.

Junior year 3rd place in state electronics competition.

Cleveland, TN

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