Andrew Geoghegan ac17bm@r.postjobfree.com
Accenture Federal Services 2011-2017
Supported Several US GOV Clients : OPM / USPS / TSA /State of Ohio Knowledge Systems
Obamacare / HealthCare Comp Systems Columbus & Cincinnati OHIO
Fi$cal.ca.gov California GoldCamp & Vacaville DataCenters
A dedicated systems engineer, combining advanced training and 15 years of solid experience in telecommunications, UNIX systems administration and WAN / LAN environments. Broad knowledge and success in engineering development environments. Proficient in the analysis of qualification / testing of wideband and telemetry communications systems. Skilled efficient technical engineering team leader; able to direct multiple tasks effectively and master innovative software tools.
• Oracle Database administrator with 3+ year of Experience as Oracle Exadata Machine Administrator.
• Expertise in Oracle OEM 12c tool
• Experience on 11g, 12c on large systems implementation or support of Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC), Automatic Storage Management (ASM), Oracle VM/Virtualization OVMM & EMOC
• Exadata storage servers upgrades and patching
• Knowledge on Exadata and its connections with Exalogic will have add-ons
• Experience on Exalogic Elastic Architecture and its components
• Experience on X3-2 or later version of Exadata instance
• InfiniBand switches upgrades and patching
• Experience to support the servers of Exalogic Virtual ( X3-2,X4-2,X5-2 and so on)
• Experience on network topology of Exalogic including adding network, allocation and dislocation of IP addresses
• Awareness on control-stack and its maintenance
• Patching Exalogic Infrastructure PSU and one -off patches
• Resource planning and user management
• Knowledge on ZFS storages models and creation of projects, file system, exporting, remote replication and shadow migrations.
• Cloning and migration of application VServers
• Experience in configuring and using ILOM
• DR set up for application running on Exalogic
• Awareness on Configuration of OTD, NIS/LDAP, Apache and its maintenance.
• Knowledge on WebLogic or any FMW components will have add-ons.
• Backup and recovery strategies on Exalogic Machines
• Monitoring aspects through ASR and manual scripts (knowledge of Shell scripting/Python/Ansible/ GIT-SVN to monitor the Infrastructure).
• Coordinate with Oracle Vendor support for Hardware replacements
• Capacity to resolve or direct the resolution direction in case real time issues.
• Log generation and analysis and able to work with Oracle support in fixing bugs and issues. Knowledge over VNC’s to generate different hardware and software level graphs for analysis.
• Able to tune the environment in case of performance issues.
• Assistance with Oracle support for hardware replacement tasks
• Good interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills Ability to communicate business value and manage client relationships Ability to lead team in pressure environment within defined KPI/SLA
• Experience over OVM, creating users, templates, Building VM’s, monitoring alerts and understanding of the Architecture of OVM.
• Database machine upgrades and patching
• Exadata storage cell, Infiniband, Flash Cache, PDU, KVM, monitoring, diagnostics and troubleshooting
• Tuning and troubleshooting of Exadata any components
• Expertise in Real Application Cluster (RAC), ASM, Storage LUNs, Cell Disk and Grid disk
• Operating systems system administration including Networking, Managing Kernel Parameters, Partitioning, File systems management, VM creation & resizing & Setting up Access Control Lists on the File System at the Storage Level.
• Monitoring of Operating system, database, security, storage, Exadata components using Enterprise Manager as a centralized proactive maintenance solution
• Provide and implement performance and tuning recommendations of all components or Exadata Machine
• Applying Oracle critical/ Exadata/ rollup Patch Sets for operating System/ Grid/ ASM/ Infiniband/ Database
• Oracle 11g/12c database installation and administration is must
• Must have 3 years hands on experience on ASMCMD, IORM, DBFS, Flash Cache, DCLI, ADRCI utilities
• Experience in database, VM, Application backup strategy
• Hands on experience in new Exadata implementation projects and production support projects.
Senior Intrusion Detection Analyst / Engineer
Company Name US Air Force / AFCERT
Dates Employed 2000 – 2010
Location San Antonio, Tx
- Responsible for ensuring sensor integrity/availability by deploying/patching and installing Intrusion Detection Systems and Intrusion Prevention Systems across 150 bases
- Responsible for troubleshooting network outages, hardware and software conflicts across sensor fleet
- Ensures 100% placement of sensor fleet and ensured proper filter configurations for monitoring Air Force networks
- Developed Unix shell scripts to automate configuration file push to fleet, reducing 40hr weekly manual push
- Responsible for rebuilding sensors/manager in quick fashion, reducing network monitoring downtime by 32hrs
- Provides customer support to CENTAF/33 NWS regarding technicalities w/sensor software, ensuring mission readiness
- Developed policy, process and procedures for 6 technicians, trained in ensuring sensor availability and management
Lead Intrusion Detection Analyst
Company Name USA AirForce AFCERT <https://youtu.be/4hP9CXGhv1U?t=57>
Dates EmployedMar 2001 – SEP 2002 Employment Duration 2 Years as Active Duty USAF
LocationSan Antonio, Tx
- Responsible for Real-time and historical batch malware analysis, ensuring correct event detection/categorization
- Lead Correlation Analyst (go-to-guy) responsible for delegating responsibilities and ensuring monitoring proficiency amongst analyst
- Provides critical information to Air Force users on policy regarding Viral infections and anti-virus procedures
- Monitors adversarial actions affecting Air Force networks, in realtime, while taking protection measures as required
- Reviews 150 event transcripts, relevant logs and packet captures daily to identify hacker motives and tactics/techniques
- Provides in-depth demonstrations/briefings on connection denials and adversary attempts to distinguished visitors
- Trains new analysts in policy, process and procedures for monitoring, detecting and preventing adversary attempts
Certifications
ITIL FOundations Master 2014-2017- Present
ITIL Foundations v.3 2011-2017 Present
Comptia Security +200*-****-****-Present
LINUX+200*-****-****-Present
Oracle SME 200*-****-****-Present
Oracle ExaLogic SYSAdmin 200*-****-****-Present
Oracle Enterprise Manager 200*-****-****-Present
Google Software Developer 200*-****-****-Present
Sun ZFS Storage Engineer 200*-****-****-Present
MCSE 200*-****-****-Present
MCSA 200*-****-****-Present
CCNA 200*-****-****-Present
CCNP 200*-****-****-Present
CCIE 200*-****-****-Present
Network+200*-****-****-Present
Certified Ethical Hacker 200*-****-****-Present