11112 Martha Ann Dr.

Los Alamitos, CA 90720-2916

 

 

Phone: 562-331-1603

Mobile: 562-331-1603

Fax: 309-401-8376

E-mail: timelord@gmail.com

URL: http://www.nonmundane.org/work/

Daniel E. Spisak

Summary

Proven Network and Systems Administration with more than 7 years of experience and technical skills spanning from Microsoft infrastructure to Unix. Advanced network infrastructure experience focused on security with the ability to diagnose and fix complex issues. An individual with expertise in security and forensics working with Fortune 500 companies to solve needs. Extensive experience with major ISP datacenter environments, Tier-1 backbone carrier relations, and systems administration duties.

Hardware

Cisco Routers/Switches/PIX/VPN, Redback SMS Routers, Sun E450 and Ultras, Alcatel, Juniper Netscreen NS-5GT/NS-50/NS-500/IDP-1000, Alpha XL Workstations

Software

MS Windows (all versions up to XP), MacOS (7.5 to current), Linux (most distributions since 1996), Solaris (2.6 to 9), OpenBSD, Apache, IIS, Sendmail, Postfix, Qmail, Spam Assassin, Encase 3 & 4, MRTG, Cacti, Cricket, RRDTool, Macromedia, Adobe, MS Office, Visio, Access, SQL Server 2000, BIND 8/9, Retina, Nessus, Ettercap, Ethereal, Nmap, Nikto

Languages

Expect, SQL, Shell Scripting, HTML, C++, Perl, PHP, Visual Basic

Certifications

Redback SMS 500/1800/10000 Certified

Applicable
Work Experience

October 2004 – Current                                          

Senior Network Architect, MM Internet (Long Beach, CA)

Improved monitoring solutions to allow better management of network resources while expanding services. Analyzed infrastructure and planned and completed critical upgrades of servers and core network routers. Started and maintained critical company information for disaster recovery plans. Enhanced network and server security. Implemented intrusion detection systems for greater insight into network flows. Worked with ISPs in spam, abuse, and DoS prevention.

April 2004 – December 2004                                           

Data Forensics Analyst, CFMS (Venice, CA)

Assisted in multi-million dollar fraud investigations through use of Encase data forensics software. Worked on forensics cases for corporations involved in civil matters as well as criminal matters for court agents working for the IRS. Worked with Encase and Forensics Toolkit in addition to using The Sleuth Kit (formerly TASK) to image and analyze Windows, Macintosh, and Linux based systems.

August 2003 – August 2004                                    

Security Engineer, Online Security (Los Angeles, CA)

Investigated behavior of and monitored and analyzed viruses/malware for Fortune 500 companies. Assisted major software companies in protection of their corporate IP by tracking down violators. Interfaced with the FBI and local law enforcement agencies on cases. Investigated fraudulent “phishing” websites for Fortune 500 clients. Worked on comprehensive security reviews doing external and internal pen tests utilizing OSS tools.

August 2001 – June 2003                       

Co-location Engineer/Special Projects, Cox Business Services (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA)

Maintained co-location facilities, was integral in testing and checking arrangements for all incoming and exiting customers. Assisted customers with network and security issues as well as helping them to design and plan for future growth in the facility. Was tasked with special development projects in areas of determining network performance, improving network security, report process automation, data mining and billing analysis for business telephone customers. Maintained authoritative DNS servers for company with over 1200 zones and assisted tech support personal with complex DNS troubleshooting. Showed company how to capture untapped customer revenue for DNS services.

March 2001 – June 2001                                  

Network Engineer, Myrient (Aliso Viejo, CA)

Responsible for documentation and tracking of network deployments. Assisted in turn-ups of remote VPNs utilizing DSL/Frame Relay technologies. Troubleshot complex network problems with CLEC/ILEC partners. Worked on development and deployment of next generation network monitoring services and metrics for company. Set up new VPN services via Netscreen VPN hardware and integrated into legacy network and monitoring systems.

August 2000 – March 2001

Systems Administrator, WWW.COM/Onair.com (Irvine, CA)

Maintained user workstation and corporate server Windows environments.  Managed company’s email infrastructure of 80,000 accounts in a load-balanced Linux setup and company internal Exchange server. Worked with Unix team on various projects and configuration of Real Audio streaming servers under Linux, maintenance of F5 Network BIG IP equipment, and general server maintenance for a large farm of Linux servers. Helped the company save over two million dollars with Linux based backup system for company 2.5TB SAN. Shared responsibilities with Systems Architect on maintaining and enforcing security measures & protections for company’s servers and network equipment.

March 2000 – July 2000                                       

Network Engineer, Flashcom (Huntington Beach, CA)

Responsible for evaluation of new routers/Layer 4-7 switching/caching /server equipment for nationwide deployments. Responsible for day-to-day management and maintenance of nationwide network of Redback broadband routers. Automated router maintenance and simplified it making more efficient use of network engineering departments time. Tasked with stress testing carrier class evaluation equipment and worked closely with vendors to beta test unreleased equipment as well.  Did wide ranging scripting for maintenance of routers and equipment stress testing. Also worked on network metrics and monitoring.

June 1997 – March 2000                                  

Senior Network Architect, MM Internet (Los Alamitos, CA)

Responsible for management and design of high-speed network for broadband DSL service. Managed multi-homed BGP4 network for redundancy of network services provided to MM Internet customers. Managed relationships between ILEC/CLECs for maintenance and growth of broadband services. Performed technical support for top tier escalations on a case-by-case basis. Administrated and maintained moderate sized group of Linux servers in multiple geographic locations. Responsible for researching new products and technologies for review and use by the company. Focused on creating new services and revenue streams for the company while minimizing capital layouts.

Education

2004 - Current                                                 

Bachelors Degree Computer Science, University of California (Irvine, CA)

BS degree in Computer Science expected in 2007.

1994 - 1997                                                      

Bachelors Degree Computer Science, University of California (Santa Cruz, CA)

Partial coursework completed towards Bachelors of Science in Computer Science.

1990 - 1994                                       

High School Diploma, Los Alamitos High School (Los Alamitos, CA)

Completed 4 years of schooling to graduate with diploma in 1994.

References

Available upon request.