Security Engineer Design

JOSEPH MARIE VOGTEMBING

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- Active Secret Clearance

- Cisco SDWAN/ SASE (umbrella)/ Security Consultant

- Senior VMware VeloCloud/ Versa SD-WAN Consultant

- Distributed Platform Security Engineer (NIST, FEDRAMP)

- Senior Solution Architect, Senior Network, SD-WAN and Cloud base products

(Vmware, AmazonAWS, OpenStack, Azure) Security and Design Engineer, with more than 10 years of experience.

- College Professor with more than 20 years' experience in Information Technology Security and Infrastructure.

SKILLS

• Strong Networking background:

TCP/IP, IPV6, FHRP, VPN, MPLS,

IDS/IPS, BGP, IS-IS, OSPF, EIGRP,

DMVPN, GETVPN, L3VPN, L2VPN,

VxLAN, IPSEC, SNMP, 802.11, 802.1x,

Radius, Tacacs+, LDAP, SAML.

• support of the network security

infrastructure including Cisco and Palo

Alto firewalls, and VPN services.

• Good mastery of paloAlto and ASA

firewall, and VPN Services.

• Good Mastery of Cloud deployment

orchestration (HEAT), Network

administration scripting (Python).

• DISA STIG Compliance

• Good Mastery of AWS/Azure/ Google

cloud environment.

• Good Mastery of Cisco and Arista

routing and switching devices.

CERTIFICATIONS

• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)

• Cisco (CCNP Enterprise) Certified network Professional and Academy Instructor Trainer

• Cisco (CCNP Data Center) Certified Network Professional Data Center

• Cisco Certified Specialist – Enterprise SD-WAN Implementation

• Cisco Network Academy Certified Instructor Trainer CCNA-CCNP (ITQ)

• CompTIA Security+

• CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+)

• CompTIA Linux+/ LPI Certified

• Palo Alto (PCNSE) Networks Certified Network Security Engineer

• AmazonAWS Certified Solution Architect Professional

• Microsoft Azure Administrator

• Network Automation : Python Scripting / Ansible

• Citrix Xen-Desktop certified (CCA).

• Vmware Vsphere 6.5 (VCP-6.5) Certified Professional, and Academy Instructor WORK HISTORY

11/2022 - Current

02/2021 – 07/2022

01/2020 – 06/2020

SDWAN Consultant with SDWANSME

• Create the High-Level Design (HLD) and Low Level Design (LLD)

• Define the cutover plan and participate in the cutover calls (after hours possible)

• Deploy, install and configure SDWAN’s virtual and hardware appliances into environments for proof-of-concept.

• Design, build, and maintain deployment labs for validating designs and reproducing issues.

• Track the deployment progress (number of sites, software releases). Recommend and plan software upgrade as necessary.

SDWAN/ SASE/ Security Consultant : Cisco

• Deploy and operate reliable, serviceable infrastructure in enterprise networks using Cisco SASE (Umbrella)/ SD-WAN technology

• Manage and own all technical Security aspects of the engineering of the SDWAN extension of ON-Prem to Multi-Cloud (AWS, AZURE, GCS)

• Design of systems to accommodate Umbrella/ security requirements. Senior VeloCloud SD-WAN Consultant: Velocloud

• Manage and own all technical aspects of the engineering, design and deployment engagement process.

• Interact with VeloCloud’s product management and engineering teams on product questions and new feature requests

• Architect, install and configure VeloCloud’s virtual and hardware appliances into environments for proof-of-concept.

• Maintain a strong market awareness and knowledge of competitive technologies to best position VeloCloud.

• Pay special attention to expected deliverables for individual assigned projects: technical analysis, architecture, design, and general support

• Provide architectural design services of state-of-art SDWAN deployments, including HLD/LLD documentation

• Deliver presentations and demonstrations to customers and partners.

• Collaborate across multiple global time zones on a daily basis. Distributed Platform Security Engineer

07/2019 to 12/2019

05/2018 to 01/2020

Wells Fargo bank

- Conduct security engineering assessment of various company adopted SDN and cloud products (NSX-T, VRA8, vSAN, AmazonAWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Helion OpenStack, etc)

- Evaluate information security of Wells Fargo Cloud technologies using NIST 800-53 security controls, FIPS 140-2 security standard, FEDRAMP etc. SDWAN and Cloud Based Solution Design Engineer at Verizon – Ashburn, VA Lead Cloud Based (AmazonAWS, OpenStack/ Vmware) PaloAlto Firewall security Engineer.

- Vmware and OpenSatck Cloud based Security Product Engineering and design: Technical analysis, architecture, design, and general support, proof of concept and testing

- SD-WAN (Viptela/ Versa) Service chaining using BluePrint: Cisco CSRs-Firewall

(PaloAlto)-WAN Optimization (viptela/versa/ riverbed).

- IT ambassador by showing a propensity on learning and interacting with the industry experts through diverse environments: participate in standards organizations, internal collaboration, and vendor forums.

- Automation of deployment using Heat Orchestration Template (HOT)

- Work with the end user community to better understand technology trends that have utmost impact to the diverse customer base

- Partner with constituent representatives to create and evolve a given services

- Scripting using Python and Rest-API for device management. 08/2016 to 05/2018 Engineering Technology Department Coordinator Prince George's Community College – Largo, MD

• Assist the department chair in the hiring, orientation, and evaluation -adjunct faculty, ensuring a commitment to the affirmative action and diversity goals of the College.

• Assist the department chair in ensuring adjunct faculty complete required College professional development; report outcomes to the department chair and divisional administration.

• Assemble faculty, student, and program data (enrollment, retention, and graduation) that relate to student success; identify strengths and areas of concern and suggest actions plan. Write follow-up department reports, as needed.

• As applicable, assumes leadership for on-going programmatic accreditation and serves as the primary point of contact between the college/program and the accrediting agency.

• Promote the use of Open Education Resources (OERs).

• Assist in coordinating textbook selections and/or access to OERs.

• Provide updates about course/program changes for communication to areas across the College that are essential to student success. 07/2011 to 05/2018 Assistant Professor

Prince Georges County Community College – Largo, Maryland

• Assistant Professor of Cyber-security and Engineering Technology Performance assessments - Strong collaborator - Critical thinking Course development - Classroom management for diverse

populations Course I have

taught:

• Networking: CCNA R&S, CCNP R&S, Network+, A+

• Cyber-security: Security+, CCNA-Security, Ethical Hacking, Introduction to Information Technology

• Operating System: Introduction to OS, Linux LPIC1

• Scripting: Python, Introduction to Programming

• Engineering: Circuits/Measurement Technique, Circuit Analysis & Design, Digital Circuit, CPU Architecture, Telecommunication

• Virtualization: Introduction to Virtualization-Cloud+, Vmware 01/2003 to 01/2008 Information Technology Consultant 03/2001 to 2003 Information System Coordinator

ExxonMobil – Douala, Cameroon

• Installed, configured troubleshoot and maintained all computing equipment

(Servers, desktop, laptop, printers etc).

• Managed access/accounts to our remote server in Houston and transferred of information (Citrix, SIS, Sms, Ftp), configured user and email accounts.

• Responsible for the integration,implementation, baseline Security, OS installation, hardware configuration.

• Experience with managing and implementing information security. 03/2000 to 02/2001 Project Manager

ExxonMobil – Douala, Cameroon

Project Manager of a roll-out operation of more than 800 computers/ Servers migrating from one platform to another: inventory of hardware, Operating Systems, applications; budgeting, orders and purchases; testing; implementation, risk assessment and mitigation, quality management etc.

09/1997 to 02/1999 Telecommunication Engineer

Siemens Telecommunications – Yaounde, Cameroon

• SIEMENS Telecommunication Project: Design a Digital Transmission line using high-frequency aerial waves.

• Test the transmission equipment, supervise their installation, orient the transmission antennas, assist with the installation etc.

• Tested equipment to ensure compliance using Spectrum Analyzer.

• analyzed data and provided recommendations which resulted in adoption of new cost-saving equipment and time.

EDUCATION

May 2025 PhD: Applied Information Technology

Towson University - Towson, MD

Information Technology

• Emphasis in Cloud Computing Security

December 2009 Master of Science: Information Technology University of Maryland Global Campus - Adelphi, MD Information Technology Information Assurance

• Emphasis in Information Assurance

July 1997 Master of Science: Electrical Engineering Polytechnic High School of Engineering - Yaounde - Cameroon Electrical Engineering

• Emphasis in Electronics and Communications

LANGUAGES

French and English: Fluent reading, writing *Fluent in some African's dialects

*German: studied *Firefighter and Paramedic.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

1- I have developed and proposed new courses to my department, and they majority have all been approved, and being taught:

a. Firewall Class: CCNA-Security, and paloAlto Firewall b. Introduction to Virtualization: Cloud+

c. Advanced Virtualization: Vmware vSphere

d. Introduction to Scripting for Cyber-security: Python (now part of the core courses of the Cyber-security degree)

e. Voice over IP CCNA-Collaboration (have been submitted, not yet approved) f. Introduction to Wireless technology-CWNA (have been submitted, not yet approved)

2- Presentations and Researches:

a. How secure is your Connection to your bank account from a Starbucks WiFi? Secure Socket Layer (SSL)_Transport Layer Security (TLS). https://capitol.instructure.com/courses/510/external_tools/66 b. IPV6 for Instructors: How to teach it easily.

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