Security Engineer

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Edwin C. Stephen

908-***-**** ***********@*****.***

Summary

Highly motivated IT security professional with expertise in business applications support, incident management, and information systems administration enabling effective detection and prevention of security risks and development of viable solutions. Moreover, dedicated to enhancing expertise in information assurance and network security.

Prevented crippling operational downtime and lost of revenue by remotely and expeditiously identifying vulnerable SQL database assets within client’s global infrastructure for quick remediation of the SQL Slammer virus which costed the industry an estimated $750 million in damages.

Automated National Security Agency (NSA) audit process to increase efficiency and ensure compliance with strict U.S government contract regulations.

Managed and enhanced software delivery solutions which resulted in reduction of operational costs by approximately $120,000.

Reduced computer asset support costs by accurately and remotely quantifying the number of global assets used by the enterprise and eliminated the need for a manual inventory process. Education

Master of Science, January 2015

University of Phoenix, Tempe, AZ 85282

Majors: Information Systems

Bachelor of Science

Kean University, Union, NJ 07083

Majors: Industrial Technology

Graduate Certificate, (To begin Online Fall 2015)

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Majors: Information Assurance and Network Security Certifications

Security Plus (To be completed 8/14/2015)

Professional Training

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Microsoft Windows 2008 Server

Symantec Altiris Notification Server 6.0

Professional Experience

Hewlett-Packard, Palo Alto, CA. 12/2009-7/2015

IT Operations Service Delivery Cons III

Provided IT support services to telecommunications business clients. Ensured that project requirements, quality standards, and security policies were effectively integrated into project deliverables and technical issues were addressed in the most efficient manner and within time and cost constraints. Managed National Security Agency (NSA) audit process for highly restricted government contracts.

Led and managed the research, development, quality assurance testing, deployment, and technical support efforts of the following Virtual Private Network client applications which allowed seamless connections to Alcatel-Lucent’s corporate networks from remote locations globally. o Check Point Endpoint Security VPN Client

o SonicWall Aventail VPN Client

o IPSec VPN Client

o My Instant Communicator

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Ensured that applications adhered to corporate security policies and standards to prevent and detect malicious attacks from external threats.

Managed Alcatel-Lucent’s National Security Agency (NSA) Auditing process for Windows based servers to maintain mandatory security compliancy for strict U.S. governmental contracts. Alcatel-Lucent, New Providence, N.J. 7/2000-12/2009 Member of Technical Staff Engineer

Reduced Lucent Technologies’ desktop support costs by accurately identifying and quantifying the exact number of assets in operation globally on a monthly basis. Prevented global W32/SQL Slammer intrusion and detected vulnerable systems for quick remediation. Researched and developed BIOS\SMBIOS signature algorithms to accurately identify remote hardware assets globally for tracking purposes.

Developed asset management tool enhancements to gather, process, and publish hardware descriptive data collected from Lucent Technologies’ laptops and desktops globally.

Remotely identified 99% of Lucent Technologies’ domestic and international computer assets to increase inventory accuracy and decrease desktop support costs.

Designed SQL code and procedures to automate hardware identification processes and efforts to expedite the availability of new signature tables.

Managed McAfee weekly virus definition update process to aid the detection and prevention malicious attacks throughout the Enterprise.

Managed Wise Packaging Studio Servers and System Management Server(SMS) processes to reduce operational costs and facilitate the merger of Lucent Technologies and Alcatel-Lucent IT Operations.

General Consulting Corporation, Glen Garden, N.J. 1998-7/2000 Hardware Assessment Engineer / Developer

Developed hardware identification algorithm for Lucent Technologies for the purpose of remotely identifying computer assets’ identification details and Y2K compliancy statuses.

Created hardware identification algorithm which was utilized to construct unique BIOS Signatures to identify vulnerable computer assets with potential Y2K BIOS issues.

Produced and maintained Hardware Audit Tables which consist of over 18,600 unique BIOS signatures.

Analyzed and deciphered BIOS data collected from over 120,000+ computer assets which resulted in the identification of 90% of global assets.

Researched and reported the security compliancy statuses of all Lucent Technologies’ PCs assets, determined which assets required remediation, and recommended the appropriate solutions which increased Lucent Technologies Y2K readiness status to over 95%. Software

SonicWall Aventail10.05-10.06, Check Point EndPoint Security VPN E75.x-E80.60, My Instant Communicator 27, IPSec 9.0-10.1, Shrew VPN Client, Microsoft SQL Server 2000-2008, Microsoft Access 2000-2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2000-2008, Microsoft System Management Servers 2.0-2003, Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007,Microsoft Visual Studio 97-2003, Microsoft Virtual PC 6.0, Microsoft Office Pro 2000-2013, Microsoft Communicator 2007, Microsoft Lync 2010-2013, Microsoft LiveMetting, Microsoft Visio 2000-2005, Microsoft Project 2007, Symantec Altiris Asset Management Administration 6.1, Wise Packaging Studio 5.0-7.0, Linux, PCAnywhere, and VMWare 2.5-4.1

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