Engineer Security
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Thomas Vachon
Lowell, MA 01852
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Summary
A seasoned Systems and Security Architect well versed in the LAMP stack for high availability and high performance in physical, virtual, and cloud based infrastructures with a keen eye for detail.Career History – June 2011 – Present
A mobile advertising specializing in player engagement and retention through an overall mobile ecosystem deployment of a shared real world goods redemption systemPrincipal Operations ArchitectDesigned and implemented the production system based off AWS for high availability and throughputUsed Amazon RDS, EC2, SES, SQS, SNS, and Cassandra in multiple virtual datacenters to ensure the system was highly redundant and scalableWorked as a core member of the senior team to help guide and implement critical company initiatives both technical and non-technicalResponsible for maintaining and forecasting budgets for the Operations and IT groups – February 2010 – June 2011
An online travel meta-search engine serving thousands of searches per minute aggregating multiple independent travel results into one singular interface for our users to choose the best priceOperations EngineerPrincipal engineer responsible for a PCI-DSS Level 1 Credit Card System to handle millions of credit card numbers daily from inception through the QSA audit process and certificationRedesigned multiple internal systems for extra productivity in all departmentsInstall, Configure, and Tune production systems from OS to Application (Apache, Tomcat, MySQL, etc)Work with numerous vendors to support the production system through monitoring or optimization appliancesResponsible for all corporate IT security from including the production network/systems (e.g. AV, HIDS, NIDS, FIM) including the PCI Cardholder Environment s, and internal network/systems (e.g. McAfee ePO, 802.1x authentication, Cisco and Juniper Firewalls) – September 2008 – February 2010
An interactive marketing company, which utilizes the Internet for new player acquisition and player retention among casino and state lottery loyalty programs by offering structure rewards via online gamesOperations EngineerDesigned and implemented a cloud computing platform based on Amazon EC2 for new player acquisition, industry news, and ad banner serving for all of GameLogic s products and platformsAdministered the corporate infrastructure consisting of 5 email servers running qmail, a Barracuda Networks Spam Firewall, dual NIS servers, 6 DNS servers running DJBDNS, 2 VMware vSphere 4 servers, a NexentaStor SAN, and 10 to 15 miscellaneous serversResponsible for all hardware under maintenance contracts including servicing and troubleshooting 3 IBM BladeCenters, 6 IBM Fiber Channel SAN s, multiple Cisco routers running OSPF and BGP, Cisco Pix Firewalls, and Kemp LoadMaster hardware load balancersParticipated in an on-call rotation for the entire production system and corporate infrastructure as well as scheduling regular maintenance windows for software and firmware updates of critical infrastructureSole point of contact for all IT vendors and responsible for initial quotation and recommendation for all hardware and software purchasesZvue Corporation – February 2008 – September 2008
An online media company that ran eight large websites including two in the Alexa top 2000 rankings. The company focused on delivery of multimedia content including video, audio, and flash to end users.Systems AdministratorPlanned and executed a major data center consolidation into two facilities including the live migration of 7 websites with minimal downtimeAdministered 60 web servers (Apache/Lighttpd), 15 MySQL servers with replication, and various development serversManaged all in-house IT projects including a new network infrastructure, 802.1x wireless authentication, new virtualized development environments, and an ISP migration.Planned a complete re-architecture of a media sharing website including servers, network (switches/load balancers) and application servers – May 2006 – February 2008
Worked with the Developing Markets Group to run a online marketing website to allow from bottom of the chain resellers up to country-wide distributors as well as internal Xerox employeesJunior PartnerNet AdministratorManaged Oracle Portal based website s day to day web administration operationsWorked closely with regional level content managers across the globe to ensure end-user satisfactionWorked with contractors to ensure the successful implantation of a SCORM online learning toolManaged the development, testing, and implementation of email marketing tool based upon J2EE and integrated into the Oracle Portal systemImplemented and managed a division-wide collaboration websiteWorked with technical group to ensure security, patch levels, and other critical R&D key to the portal and its underlying operating system and databaseINNgenuity Software LLC – January 2006 – Present
Managing Partner in software and web development companyChief Information OfficerManaged the development of several websites with internal employees and outside contractorsManaged two employees performing web developmentWorked with CEO and COO to write production requirements to deliver to software team for core Property Management System businessEducation
Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NYB.S. – Applied Networking and System AdministrationConcentrations in Information Assurance and Systems AdministrationSkillsProficient In:Windows and Linux Systems AdministrationUse and support of Windows, OS X, Debian and RedhatHTML, CSS 2.0, XML, Perl, RubyServer and Network Services including tuningActive Directory, DNS (BIND/DJBDNS), DHCP, LDAP, Kerberos, Exchange, Postfix, Zimbra, Apache, Tomcat, IIS)Amazon Web Services Systems ArchitectureSecurity Auditing Software (e.g. Metasploit, Nessus, Nikto)VMWare 3.5+ and vCenterPayment Card Industry – Data Security StandardsSystems Security Design and ImplementationPuppet Configuration Management SystemWorking Knowledge In:PHP, ASP and other assorted Web programming langaguesAffiliations and CertificatonsHead Judge – Northeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (2009-2011)EC-Council Certified Network Security AdministratorVMware Certified Technical Presales Professional
Copyright 2008-2012 Thomas Vachon, All Rights Reserved
Copyright © 2008-2012 Thomas Vachon, All Rights Reserved
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