Tony Olausson
Senior Network Security Engineer at First Advantage
Austin, Texas, United States
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Summary
Summary of Qualifications
Over 28 years of enterprise based network and systems design, implementation, administration.
SME, ASA Palo Alto and F5
Ability to work with third-party vendors to resolve organization’s needs.
Ability to effectively communicate with all parts of an organization
Excellent troubleshooting skills.
Knowledgeable on system vulnerabilities
Independent Selfstarter
Works well under pressure
Used to multitasking
Technology Skills
Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003-2016, XP, MS-DOS, Windows 3.1-10, and Novell Netware 3 – 6, VMware Basic knowledge on various Linux systems
Networking: LAN, WAN, TCP, UDP, ICMP, WINS, DCHP, DNS, Active Directory, NDS, IPSEC, PPTP, L2TP, RIP, EGIRP, OSPF and BGP. Wireless LAN, Wireless WAN, VPN.
Security: Cisco (Anyconnect, IPsec, IOS, NX-OS) F5 (APM, AFM, Ipsec),
Applications: Solarwinds, Back Office, MS SQL, SMS, Terminalserver, Exchange, Novell Groupwise, and Veritas
Hardware: IBM, HP, Dell, Cisco (Catalyst, Nexus, ASA, FirePower), F5 (BIG-IP LTM, ASM, AFM, GTM, BIG-IQ) Brocade (ADX), Arista, PAN, and Juniper.
Script: PowerShell, Perl and python.
Cloud: AWS, Azure
Expired Certs: CCNA, CCNA Security, MCP, CNE4, CNE5
Experience
First Advantage
Senior Network Security Engineer August 2022 - July 2023 (1 year)
Austin, Texas, United States
Write CABs partaticpate in cab meetings
Deploy approved cabs
Firewall migratons ASA to PALO
Manage F5 life cycle code upgrades, deploy vips, write irules, tighten security and manage cert lifecyclwe etc.
Manage arista switches in dc
Write runbooks
Document existing F5 vip’s backend serviers cert exp date etc. using python and bash scripts (10000+ vips).
Deploy Infrastructure as code using terraform
Deploy azure infrastructsure
Setup connectivity azure to dc express route – bgp etc.
bootstrap Palo alto firewall deployment to azure
oncall rotation
Day to day troupble shooting calls (network, application issues)
Manage firewall rules life cycle
Migrate dc to azure
Home Depot
Senior System Engineer November 2019 - November 2021
Manage day to day incident response (Service Now)
Escalation point ( Network, Application issues)
Firewall migrations Fortinet, Juniper to Palo Alto ( Panorama )
Write runbooks (Confluence)
Created a support tool for firewall rule implementations.
Define process and services (ITIL)
Participate in an on call escalation schedule.
Lb configuation F5 and Netscaler
Tshoot, configure Cisco ISE (NAC)
Configure, thoot Mcaffee web gateway
Migrate MWG to Palo alto url filtering
ClearDATA - Secure. Healthcare. Cloud.
Network Engineer April 2018 - November 2019
Design and buildout HIPPAA compliant cloud infra structre in AWS and Azure
Setup connectivity from client dc to cloud Directconnect, Transitgateway, Espressroute using bgp exporting ospf to bgp to maintain routes.
Continues integration for vm’s using Jenkins and gitlab
Mangage vpn connections to Fortigae, Paloalto, linux strongswan and openvpn for client vpn
Training junior techs write runbooks
Create a support tool for with all client details in AWS by exporting all info to a sql db using python and aws api calls with a custom user interface tied to Sales force to reduce response time to client.
Produce data for various Audits.
Assist clients on how to best migrate DC data to cloud.
Troubleshoot connectivity issues.
Act as escalationpoint.
Technical Sales support
Manage day to day incident response (Sales Force)
Trouble shoot, configure office connectivity Meraki
Ensure Nessus client agent communication
Rackspace
Senior Network Security Engineer
April 2011 - May 2017
Manage and implement Firewalls, switches, routers and load balancers in a
large scale corporate network across several data-centers.
Identify security vulnerabilities and risks, and develop mitigation plans.
Provide security architecture and design consultations to product teams, to
help them build applications that are secure from the start.
Architect, design, implement, support, and evaluate security tools and
services, in an individual and/or project leadership role.
Serve as a mentor for team members as well as those outside the team.
Develop and deliver security training across the departments.
Evaluate and recommend new and emerging security technologies for use
inside and outside the security organization.
Produce creative and inventive solutions for large problems. Participate in
projects that develop new intellectual property.
Be an advocate for customer trust.
Windows System Administrator
April 2010 - April
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Manage windows servers in a multi-tenant across several data centers
Sql
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exchange
Xitab
IT Consultant
January 2000 - January 2010
Wits AB
It Consultant
1994-2000
Teknokraten
Network Admin
1990-1994