Michael A. Carver5513 Colonial Oaks DriveApex, NC 27539(347) 512-2257 (M)Email: carvercorp@yahoo.com

Seeks a position as a Network Security Engineer with an opportunity to support leading edge technology.

Hardware: Cisco (Firewalls, IPS, ACS Server), BlueCoat (Proxy, Director), F5 Load Balancers, Juniper (SRX, Netscreen, VPN Appliance), Fortinet (Fortigate Firewall), Routers and Switches.

Software: Nagios, Splunk, Tufin, Log Logic, Rumba, MS Office, Ms Project, Visio, WireShark.

Certifications: Cisco – Cyber-Security Specialist, CCNP Security, CCNP, ASA Specialist, CNSS (4011, 4013).Palo Alto: PANOS 5.0 Accredited Configuration Engineer (ACE). ITIL & Information Systems Security Professional (INFOSEC)

Cisco ID – CSCO10107430, Certification Validation - 4D7F74893D7F7420

Work Experience:

1/08- Present Verizon BusinessPosition: Sr. Network Security Engineer

Responsibilities:* Serves as a 3rd Tier escalation for incidents or problems that occur in the customer environment;* Responsible for delivering capacity services;* Responsible for delivering configuration management services, engineering, development, administration, support and ongoing maintenance;* Responsible for the implementation, development, optimization and related business processes & procedures related to a designated customer network;* Responsible for analyzing requirements & developing management strategies;* Responsible for troubleshooting complex incidents and problems;* Responsible for providing hands-on experience or certification focused training to Tier 2 Eng;* Responsible for configuration change activities required to deploy and maintain environment;* Create and maintain documentation to support the configuration mgmt for customer network;* Manage relationship with vendors for purposes of support, maintenance and escalation;* Create knowledge base articles to be used by Tier 1 engineers in response to routine incidents.* Identify and schedule routine maintenance events for customer environments;* Provides technical support in the development, analysis and maintenance of systems, software, processes, products or equipment;* Performs procedures necessary to ensure the safety of information systems assets and protect systems from intentional or inadvertent access & destruction;* Assess risks, and plan and execute security and configuration audits;* Engage in dialogue with business/IT management & partners to identify & assess risks/controls;* Review and approve configuration of security controls;* Recommend security policy changes and enhancements;* Identify opportunities for process improvement, develop and execute project plans to enhance operational effectiveness;* Evaluate proof-of-concept information security technology to the enterprise;* Support Cisco Secure ACS to manage and administer user access.* Configure & support Cisco ASAs (5510, 5520, 5525, 5540, 5550, 5580 & 5585), FWSMs;* Configure & support Juniper Netscreen & SRX firewalls;* Configure & support Palo Alto firewalls;* Configure & support Fortinet Firewalls;* Configure & support Juniper SSL VPN;* Configure & support F5 Load Balancers;* Configure & support Cisco CSS Load Balancers;* Configure & support BlueCoat proxies & BlueCoat ProxyAV;* Configure & support Cisco IPS.

8/05- 1/08 State Of North Carolina Office Of Information Technology Services (ITS) Position: Network Security Analyst

Responsibilities:* Configure & support Cisco Pix firewalls (501, 506, 525 & 535);* Set up & support site to site & client based VPNs on Cisco 3030 VPN Concentrator, 5500 series ASA and Pix firewalls;* Support Cisco Secure ACS to manage and administer user access for VPN;* Install, configure & support Cisco routers with firewall feature sets (7301, 2621, 837); * Install, configure & support FWSM to support firewalls on layer 2/3 switches (6513, 6509);* Install & support layer 2/3 switches (6513, 6509, 4507, 3550, 2950);* Add, remove & modify firewall rules per firewall rule requests;* Analyze IDS alerts; * Responsible for overall network security.

3/05-8/05 Tes/Northrop Grumman Position: Telecommunications Engineer

Responsibilities:* Upgrade United States Postal Service MPI LAN;* Order network equipment;* Create network designs to support bandwidth upgrade of the USPS Mail Processing LAN.* Conduct training sessions on network basics to the local site support team;* Conduct presentation on switch configurations, upgrade & support procedures;* Create network upgrade action plan & Network documentation.

4/04 - 3/05 Insight Global (IBM Contractor) Position: Network/Security Engineer

Responsibilities:* Install, configure & support Cisco routers with firewall feature sets (7301, 2621, 3620, & 3640); * Configure & support Cisco Pix firewalls (525 & 535), FWSMs;* Add, remove & modify firewall rules per firewall rule requests.* Set up & support VPNs.

4/96 - 4/04 CAI Telecom /JPMorgan Chase Position: Configuration Management Engineer

Responsibilities:* Configure & support Pix firewalls (535, 525, and 515);* Configuring & support VPNs:* Install, configure & support Cisco routers (7500, 4700, 4500, 3600, 2600 & 2500 series);* Install, configure & support Cisco Catalyst switches 6500, 5500, 4000, 3500, 2900 series);* Provide Basic Configuration for Cisco CSS Load Balancers;

Former Responsibilities:* Managing data implementation projects for the JP Morgan Chase Broker Dealer team;* Defining data implementation project requirements;* Ordering data circuits (T-3, T-1, Frame Relay, 56K DDS, ISDN, SW56, Pots);* Ordering network equipment, LAN switches, routers, csu/dsu, modems, and muxes etc);* Coordinating applications, systems testing, executing test scripts;* Providing documentation to the NOC upon project completion.

Education: Copper Silicon LabsBrooklyn, NY (July 2000)

Diploma, Networking With SNA, TCP/IP & IPX; Metropolitan Institute Of Network Technology; Jersey City, NJ (December 1990),

B.S., Computer Science, Elizabeth City State University; Elizabeth City, NC (July 1987).

References: Available Upon Request