Seeking entry-level security job.

From: sean McKeever (droolartat_private)
Date: Mon Jun 04 2001 - 03:42:10 PDT

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    Greetings,
    I am a network enginer/administrator currently seeking employment in the
    security sector.  I have extensive exepierence building and maintaining
    enterprise class networks and am interested in focusing more directly on
    security.  I have a decent ammount of amateur expiernce and would like to
    build on this to become a security professional.  I am interested in the
    Michigan or North carolina reas but will consider relocating.
    Regards,
    Sean P. McKeever
    
    Sean P. McKeever
    smckeever@chaotic-arts.com
    
    
    OBJECTIVE
    To continue my administration career on an enterprise class network while
    focusing on continuing my education.
    
    EMPLOYMENT
    		Vice President, Technology
    		August 1999 to Present
    		Chaotic Arts, Inc.
    		Pleasant Ridge, Mi.
    Webmaster
    Responsible for all Internet presence of the corporation, duties include
    domain registration, web hosting, traffic reporting, all preliminary content
    creation and Internet marketing.
    Administration
    Planned, designed, and built corporate information/communication
    infrastructure.   Systems currently in place include an OpenBSD firewall, a
    Red Hat fileserver, several Red Hat workstations, two NT graphics/design
    workstations, and an outsourced web/mail host.  Mail administration
    functions include creating and maintaining email accounts for multiple
    domains, managing distribution and forwarding services.
    
    Technical Analyst III/Server Farm Manager
    December 1999 to December 2000
    National City Corporation
    Royal Oak, MI
    Administration
    Responsible for maintaining the WAN/servers for northern Ohio and Eastern
    Michigan.  Network support role included all infrastructure-related issues
    including DHCP, WINS, DNS and LAN/WAN hardware. Server platforms: Compaq
    Proliant 1600/2500/6500 Hp Netserver LX PRO running Novell NetWare 4.11 and
    Windows NT Server 4. WAN Hardware: Cisco Catalyst 5505 routers and 3920
    switches, Timeplex node management. Daily activities include monitoring of
    servers, backup rotations, technology room audits, server audits, emergency
    maintenance, on-site troubleshooting, and tier 3 client support. Server
    tools included HP Openview, Compaq Insight Manager, Rconsole, Remote
    Desktop, HP Remote, NW Admin and Windows NT Administration tools.  Compaq
    Windows NT and Novell NetWare server builds using bank standard build
    procedures.  Second level support for RAS (remote access) clients.
    Project support
    RIB (Remote Insight Board) install and monitoring, an expansion card for
    Compaq servers to allow remote access to servers. DHCP Migration for Novell
    servers in the Eastern MI region, centralization of DHCP responsibilities to
    a few Cleveland based servers.  Enterprise-wide rollout of Support pack 8
    for NetWare 4.11 (2000 servers) Y2K verification of hardware and monitoring
    during the rollover to verify service was not disrupted.  Exchange server
    rollout, responsible for installing and configuring new Exchange servers for
    the Eastern Mi. region.  Windows NT Server Remediation, hardware and
    software updates to production servers to maintain a standard environment.
    Disaster Recovery planning, testing, and implementation. Coordinated between
    remote sites and Cleveland to prepare Disaster Recovery for Y2K and beyond.
    New site installations, installing all LAN/WAN hardware, servers and
    monitoring PCs.
    
    Consultant/Systems Engineer
    July 1998 to November 1999
    IMI Systems
    Charlotte, NC
    Network and Systems Integration for Bank of America.
    Technical Lead (projects)
    Fax Server, Building and comparing competing products (Visi Fax and Right
    Fax) Visi Fax server was built out of Proliant 1600 running Red Hat 5.2
    while Right Fax server was built on similar hardware running NT Server 4.0.
    Right Fax was chosen and integrated into the existing Novell 3.11 Windows
    95/3.X environment.
    Departmental web site for corporate Intranet, responsible for content,
    creation, and implementation via bank standard change management system.
    Disaster Recovery planning, and testing.  Conceived tested and implemented a
    disaster recovery plan for the Commercial Loan Service Centers nationwide.
    Vault Management, mechanization of Commercial Loan Documentation Vaults
    across the country. Responsibilities included software implementation via
    bank standard change management system, implementation of new hardware to
    support the software, application support, software upgrades and data
    migrations during production from Mainframe databases to Fox Pro.
    Project Management
    Project manager for several projects including Remote backup project,
    Department web project, and Dev Net installation.
    Administrator
    Webmaster/administrator for departmental Intranet presence.  Built and
    maintained web server running Apache on RedHat6.2 which was later converted
    to Windows NT server 4 and IIS.  NT Administrator for Training and
    Development WAN (DevNet 200 users).  Responsibilities included server and
    workstation builds, server tuning and maintenance, domain/account creation
    and administration. This environment was built to mirror of the current
    production WAN to isolate all training/development from production.
    Network Design
    Planned, designed, and built the local DevNet network.  A Training and
    Development WAN to isolate non-production, sometimes volatile systems from
    the production network.
    Engineer
    Pilot Windows NT Workstation/Server conversion (1000+ nodes),
    responsibilities included Hardware configuration/deployment, workstation
    configuration, image creation/maintenance and user support.  This NT Domain
    network was planned to be the largest in the world when completed. Token
    Ring to Ethernet conversion, responsibilities included, hardware/software
    configuration, troubleshooting and infrastructure issue reporting to bank
    support groups.
    Support
    Monitoring of servers and Network to proactively resolve issues.
    Second/third level support for applications (MS Office, MasterTrak, Laser
    Pro, Star Gate, Rumba, Extra, Word Perfect5.1) operating systems
    (Windows3.1/95/NT DOS OS/2 WARP) and hardware (Compaq Proliant 1600/6500
    Deskpro 2000/En450, IBM 300GL/PC330/PC350 ThinkPad 600) in use by the client
    group, working with the helpdesk, technicians, vendors and clients to
    resolve issues. Hardware/software support for the support group in
    Charlotte, including new workstation installation, remote access
    installation and configuration and application rollouts.
    
    Consultant/Technical Engineer
    March 1997 to July 1998
    Tek Systems
    Livonia, MI
    Clients included ITT Automotive, Michigan National Bank, and Price
    Waterhouse Coopers.
    Engineer
    Large (200 - 4000 machines) installations, standard workstation image
    creation, hardware, software, and network troubleshooting. OS support
    Windows 3.1/95/NT.  Dos 6.22/win 3.x to 95 upgrades.  Installation and
    integration of new Fast Ethernet segments into existing Token Ring
    environment.  Operated in a Novell 4.11 network environment with Client 32,
    and Intranetware client on Workstations.
    Administrator
    Account maintenance, volume management, and network client software support.
    
    Instructor
    October 1996 to February 1997
    High Tech Learning
    Warren, MI
    Instructor
    PC troubleshooting and repair.  A seven week course designed to prepare
    students for A+ certification.  Student's prior knowledge ranged from fairly
    experienced to computer illiterate.
    Administrator
    Novell 4.11 servers, Ethernet network. Responsibilities included creating
    new user accounts, backing up student records on fileserver, network based
    workstation maintenance, server maintenance.
    
    Consultant
    August 1989 to November 1999
    Progressive Data Management Systems
    Southfield, MI
    Involved with all aspects, including, but not limited to, hardware/software
    consulting.
    Administrator
    Responsible for building and maintaining servers of varying hardware and
    software configurations, including Novell NetWare, Windows NT, Linux, OS/2
    WARP.  These servers were built for specific functions such as file servers,
    web servers, Database servers and mail servers.
    Network Engineer
    LAN installation and support (workgroup to enterprise) With many types of
    Hardware/Software.  Troubleshooting of new LANs and day one support.
    Support
    Operating systems (Dos, Windows 3.x/95/98/NT3.51/NT4) Software (WordPerfect,
    FoxPro, Paradox, AutoCAD, Perfect Office, MS Office, Lotus 123, Backup Exec,
    Borland Interbase Server and many more) Hardware (ranging from IBM XTs to
    Compaq Proliant 6500 Quad processor servers) DBA (MS SQL) Remote locations
    (PC Anywhere, Windows NT, Linux)
    Development
    Custom Database client development for a windows 95/NT environment (Using
    Paradox, FoxPro). Beta testing of new software.
    
    SKILLS
    
    ·	 A lifetime of computer experience, dating back to 1984.
    Administration
    ·	LAN/WAN, CISCO, 3Com, Linksys, HP, Timeplex, IBM.
    ·	Client/Server, Windows NT, Novell Netware, Linux.
    ·	Web server, Apache, IIS.
    ·	Firewall, OpenBSD.
    Hardware
    ·	Experience on PC platforms ranging from the IBM XT to SMP servers.
    ·	Experience with all PC subsystems SCSI, IDE, USB, Firewire, ETC.
    ·	Compaq, IBM, HP, SUN, Mac, Sony, Intel, Abit, ASUS, FIC, ETC.
    ·	Knowledgeable of cutting edge technology.
    ·	Experience with LAN/WAN hardware. Hubs, cabling, network cards, switches,
    routers. CISCO, 3COM, BAY Networks, NetGear, DEC, Madge, SMC, IBM, Compaq,
    Hewlett Packard, LinkSys.
    Software
    ·	Windows (3.x, 95, 98, NT 4.0 Server and Workstation), DOS 4.0 and higher,
    OS/2 Warp, Linux (Redhat, Slackware, Debian, SUSE), VAX/VMS, BSD (Open,
    Free, NET) Solaris (2.6, 8), Novel NetWare (3.12,4.11).
    ·	Standard workstation deployment using hard drive duplicators, Ghost, and
    Windows NT installation scripts.
    ·	Digital Imaging in Adobe PhotoShop, Paint Shop Pro, GIMP, Illustrator.
    ·	3D Imaging in Simply 3D2, Bryce2, 3D Studio Max, Lightwave 5, Raydream 5,
    AutoCAD, Blender.
    Internet
    ·	Six years of World Wide Web and Internet experience.
    ·	Web server installation, support, administration and security.
    ·	FTP server installation, support, administration and security.
    ·	Security research enthusiast.
    ·	JavaScript for the World Wide Web.
    ·	Online gaming enthusiast.  Development of several MUDS. An online multi
    user game.
    Development
    ·	Programming in Pascal, C, JavaScript, HTML, BASIC.
    ·	Database Development in a Client/Server environment (Windows clients,
    NetWare/NT Servers) Utilizing Paradox, FoxPro, MS SQL.
    ·	Data Base Administration in a Windows NT environment using MS SQL, Paradox
    and FoxPro.
    
    EDUCATION
    Computer Troubleshooting and Repair
    High Tech Learning
    Warren, MI
    
    Commercial Art
    Oakland Community College
    Auburn Hills, MI
    
    College Prep, Computer Programming, Automotive Repair
    Pontiac Northern High School
    Pontiac, MI
    
    BASIC Programming
    Schoolcraft Community College
    Livonia, MI
    



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