George Nicholas

Objective

To obtain a rewarding and challenging position in with a growing company.

Summary of Highlights

Experience with CLM, PKIaaS, CLMaaS automation and implementation.

Strong Security background and knowledge on many industries leading products.

Technical Product Manager and Project Architect experience

Experience working with GitLab, GitHub and GitHub Actions

Experience with scripting languages including TCL, JSON, YAML Bash and Python

Experience working on SaaS, PaaS and IaaS products.

Experience using platform tools including Terraform, Docker, Ansible and Kubernetes. Advanced knowledge of Kubernetes platform’s architecture, functions

Experience using AWS services including EKS, S3, Lambdas, SQS, ElastiCache, Route53, and ALB

Advanced knowledge of Red Hat Linux, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOs

Microsoft AZURE DevOps (IAAS, PAAS, CI/CD) Cloud development/support experience

Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) configuration and support

Experience with Microsoft Windows Server (2008-2022), (Windows 10,11) Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Office 365 and related products

Advanced Networking (TCP/IP) and DNS experience; F5 Big-IP LTM, APM, ASM and GTM expert

Exceptional verbal, written, multi-tasking, and customer relation skills

Strong ability to learn and adapt to environment changes and advancements

Effective interaction with customers, vendors and all levels of management

Certified Cisco Network Administrator (CCNA). Trained on multiple Cisco Routers/switches

Completed Mandel Corporate & Presentation Training

Expertise in interviewing and training

Fifteen years’ experience as a computer and communications installer/troubleshooter

Ten years as a Network Administrator / Workstation Support

Experience

1/22 to 4/2023 Appviewx

Sr Solutions Engineer

Pre Sales Engineer for TOLA

Support sales in both pre and post sales capacity i.e., demo, POC installations, Quarterly Customer updates, Partner Training and enablement, tradeshow presentations and troubleshooting etc.

Support, Install and configure all Appviewx products.

Install configure and troubleshoot all aspect of customers networks with advance knowledge of PKI and CLM, ADC, WAF Firewalls, DLP, DNS/DHCP, Proxys and Routing. Kubernetes, Ansible, Docker and other DevOps tools.

Implement and integrate all PKI and CLM Services with Authentications, DNS Firewall, along with designing Fail over and load-balancing solution for corporate networks. Install can configure certificate automation for internal and external PKI and PKIaaS, CLMaaS.

7/2014 to 10/2021 F5 Networks

Sr Systems Engineer

Pre Sales Engineer for Majors in Houston, South Texas and Louisiana

Support sales in both pre and post sales capacity i.e., demo, POC installations, Quarterly Customer updates, tradeshow presentations and troubleshooting etc.

Support, Install and configure all F5 products.

Install configure and troubleshoot all aspect of customers networks with advance knowledge of ADC, WAF Firewalls, DLP, DNS/DHCP, Proxys and Routing.

Implement ADC Services with Authentications, DNS Firewall, along with designing Fail over and load-balancing solution for corporate networks.

Redesign customers application environment, to create a

more resilient and secure infrastructure.

3/2010 to 7/2014 Infoblox Inc.

Systems Engineer

Pre Sales Engineer for Houston, South Texas and Louisiana

Support sales in both pre and post sales capacity i.e., demo, POC installations, Quarterly Customer updates, trade show presentations and troubleshooting etc.

Support, Install and configure DNS/DHCP, IPAM and NCCM products.

Install configure and troubleshoot all aspect of customers networks with advance knowledge of Firewalls, DLP, DNS/DHCP, Proxys and Routing.

Implement DHCP/DNS with Authentications, DNS Firewall, along with designing Fail over and load-balancing solution for corporate networks.

Redesign customer DNS/DHCP environment using Visio, to create a

more resilient and secure infrastructure.

4/2007 to 3/2010 Blue Coat Systems Inc.

Sr. Systems Engineer

Pre-Sales Engineer for South-Central regions.

Support sales in both pre and post sales capacity i.e., demo, installation, and troubleshooting etc.

Support, Install and configure Wan Acceleration, Visibility and Proxy products.

Install configure and troubleshoot Firewalls, DLP, DNS and Routing for customers related to implementation.

Implement WanOP, DLP and Proxy technologies with Authentications, HTTPS interceptions and content filtering, along with designing Fail over and load-balancing solution for corporate networks.

Train customers / vendors in installation and configuration of Blue Coat products.

Help aid customers in implementation of security policies and procedures

Design and Implement Cloud Services technologies on corporate networks.

8/99 to 2007 Stonesoft Inc.

Sr. Network Security Specialist

Pre-Sales Engineer for Southwest regions.

Support sales in both pre and post sales capacity i.e., demo, installation, and troubleshooting etc.

Support Install and configure Stonebeat HA software.

Install configure and troubleshoot Firewalls for customers.

Implement and Design Fail over and load-balancing solution for corporate networks

Train customers / vendors in installation and configuration of BigIP products.

Help aid customers in implementation of security policies and procedures

Design and Implement VPN networks.

11/97 to 8/99 Security First Technologies

Security/Firewall Administrator

Design and implement Firewalls & IDS into routed network.

Responsible maintaining company’s VPN solution.

Manage Multiple firewalls for Data Center and Corporate Network

Implement and Design Fail-over load-balancing solution for entire network

Manage and maintain multiple DNS servers.

Troubleshoot network connectivity to customers nationwide.

Worked closely with Security to implement policies and procedures

10/96 to 10/97 TEXAS CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

Senior Security Analyst / Technical Support Analyst

Established and maintained a security administration framework that can

accommodate disparate applications and operating systems under one methodology.

Sets policy and directs the staff to ensure that appropriate access and audit controls are established and maintained on IDS system.

Helped develop, implement and utilize special security tools for user tracking and system monitoring that enforces IDS security policy across

multiple systems.

Install, configure and monitor Security Software across all platforms.

Investigate data security incidents reported by users.

Responsible for Administration, Enforcement and implementation of policies on Firewalls.

Network support analyst responsible for PC hardware/software installation and configurations.

Responsible for setting up of new employees and computers and other peripherals on hospital network running Novell, 3.11, 4.0, 4.11, WinNT, WIN95, Windows 3.1 and Windows for Work-groups, And UNIX. VAX/VMS

Troubleshooting network problems related to propriety software for different departments.

Software testing, documentation and implementation related to newly purchased software packages.

11/92 TO 8/95 LYONDELL-CITGO REFINING CO. Pasadena, TX

Software Analyst / Novell Administrator

Windows 95/ Windows NT rollout Project

Responsible for PC hardware/software installation of Win 95, configuration and desktop support.

Resolved employee issues submitted to Help Desk for field resolution.

Backup of desktop environment, installation of standard core image, installation of any add-on software, testing of all software applications, troubleshooting, and problem resolution.

Responsible for testing of evaluated software for compliance under new Win 95 Operating System.

Resolved connectivity problems for Novell as well as software and hardware problems.

Administrator for Novell 3.x and 4.0, responsible for setting up User accounts and Print queues.

Education

Linux Academy 2019-2021

AWS

Azure

Terraform

Docker

Ansible

Kubernetes

SANS Institute 2003-2005

System Forensics, Investigation & Response

Hacker Techniques, Exploits & Incident Handling

IT Security Audit and Control Essentials

Temple University Philadelphia, PA

BS Criminal Justice 1985

Delaware State College Dover, DE

Electrical Engineering 1981

Continuing Education Coursework

Information Systems, 1988

Prudency with all major cloud vendors AWS, Azure and GCP.

Kubernetes, Docker, Ansible, Terraform, Git,

Operating Systems: Sun Solaris 2.6,7,8,9. Linux Debian RedHat Enterprise, Fedora Core, SuSe, Ubuntu, Windows10 Windows 7,8 Server 2012/2008, TMOS, SGOS

Intrusion Detection: SG-IPS, ISS, Real Secure, Snort,SG-IPS,

Software Proficiencies: Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint); Open Office

VPN Solutions BigIP-APM, Juniper, Cisco VPN, OpenVPN

Security software SGOS, ISS

Network Maintenances and back-up

Proxy

NIOS

Excellent references available upon request.

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