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Brian Carter
Director of Information Security at Manifest LLC
Scottsdale, AZ, United States
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Education:
BA
Mathematics
Occidental College
1991 : 1995
Mathematics
Occidental College
1991 : 1995
Experience:
2023 : Present
Manifest
Director Information Security
2017 : 2023
Manifest
Sr Systems Administrator and Director of Information Security
2014 : 2017
Manifest
Senior Systems Administrator
• Planned and executed datacenter consolidation project to centralize administration and lower overall datacenter costs by moving most critical servers from multiple remote locations to two central locations
• Migrated virtual servers from remote locations to the new centralized ESX environment and converted remote physical servers to virtual servers using vRanger and vReplicator tools
• Architected and configured network topology and server redesign that allowed the company to achieve PCI compliance
• Installed, configured and managed multiple SAN environments for both MS SQL clustering and VMware clustering
• Installed, configured and managed production and pre-production MS SQL database installations in high-availability clustered environments
• Installed, configured and managed firewall and VPN solutions used in the production and pre-production environments
• Installed, configured, and managed centralized AV, LEM, and WSUS solutions
• Utilized both proprietary and off-the-shelf tools to perform 24x7 monitoring of both the production websites and the hardware and software supporting the websites
• Designed and implemented a department web portal using C# and MS SQL that allowed for asset tracking, IP address management, and real-time patch management coordination
• Performed troubleshooting of application issues in both pre-production and production environments in collaboration with the development teams
2011 : 2014
Turning Technologies
Manager of Systems Administration
• Managed a team that performed the day to day operations of production and pre-production environments for several proprietary multi-million dollar website products that included district-wide K12 performance testing, corporate surveys for large companies (including Fortune Global 500 customers), and e-commerce websites
• Architected, configured and managed network topology and server infrastructure to support up to 50 thousand concurrent website users while maintaining 99.99% uptime excluding planned outages
• Installed, configured and managed several generations of SAN environments for both MS SQL clustering and VMware clustering
• Installed, configured and managed production and pre-production MS SQL database installations in high-availability clustered environments, including a four-node cluster with multiple concurrent SQL instances
• Installed, configured and managed IDS, AV and log correlation tools for the website environments
• Utilized both proprietary and off-the-shelf tools to perform 24x7 monitoring of both the production websites and the hardware and software supporting the websites
• Created, tested and refined a DRP for the production website environment
• Created department documentation to outline policies and procedures
• Designed and implemented a department web portal using C# and MS SQL that allowed for the submission and tracking of work items, deployment checklists that displayed real-time updates, online chat rooms for deployments, and department calendar maintenance
• Collaborated with various website development teams to ensure that all SDLC policies were followed per company standards
• Performed troubleshooting of application issues in both pre-production and production environments in collaboration with the development teams
• Managed vendor relationships for hardware, software, and colocation facilities used by the Web Operations team
2000 : 2011
Scantron
Web Operations Manager
Manifest
Director Information Security
2017 : 2023
Manifest
Sr Systems Administrator and Director of Information Security
2014 : 2017
Manifest
Senior Systems Administrator
• Planned and executed datacenter consolidation project to centralize administration and lower overall datacenter costs by moving most critical servers from multiple remote locations to two central locations
• Migrated virtual servers from remote locations to the new centralized ESX environment and converted remote physical servers to virtual servers using vRanger and vReplicator tools
• Architected and configured network topology and server redesign that allowed the company to achieve PCI compliance
• Installed, configured and managed multiple SAN environments for both MS SQL clustering and VMware clustering
• Installed, configured and managed production and pre-production MS SQL database installations in high-availability clustered environments
• Installed, configured and managed firewall and VPN solutions used in the production and pre-production environments
• Installed, configured, and managed centralized AV, LEM, and WSUS solutions
• Utilized both proprietary and off-the-shelf tools to perform 24x7 monitoring of both the production websites and the hardware and software supporting the websites
• Designed and implemented a department web portal using C# and MS SQL that allowed for asset tracking, IP address management, and real-time patch management coordination
• Performed troubleshooting of application issues in both pre-production and production environments in collaboration with the development teams
2011 : 2014
Turning Technologies
Manager of Systems Administration
• Managed a team that performed the day to day operations of production and pre-production environments for several proprietary multi-million dollar website products that included district-wide K12 performance testing, corporate surveys for large companies (including Fortune Global 500 customers), and e-commerce websites
• Architected, configured and managed network topology and server infrastructure to support up to 50 thousand concurrent website users while maintaining 99.99% uptime excluding planned outages
• Installed, configured and managed several generations of SAN environments for both MS SQL clustering and VMware clustering
• Installed, configured and managed production and pre-production MS SQL database installations in high-availability clustered environments, including a four-node cluster with multiple concurrent SQL instances
• Installed, configured and managed IDS, AV and log correlation tools for the website environments
• Utilized both proprietary and off-the-shelf tools to perform 24x7 monitoring of both the production websites and the hardware and software supporting the websites
• Created, tested and refined a DRP for the production website environment
• Created department documentation to outline policies and procedures
• Designed and implemented a department web portal using C# and MS SQL that allowed for the submission and tracking of work items, deployment checklists that displayed real-time updates, online chat rooms for deployments, and department calendar maintenance
• Collaborated with various website development teams to ensure that all SDLC policies were followed per company standards
• Performed troubleshooting of application issues in both pre-production and production environments in collaboration with the development teams
• Managed vendor relationships for hardware, software, and colocation facilities used by the Web Operations team
2000 : 2011
Scantron
Web Operations Manager
Company:
Manifest
Years of Experience:
25
Skills
Active Directory, AV, C#, Cloud Computing, Databases, Data Center, Disaster Recovery, DNS, E-Learning, Enterprise Software, Firewalls, IDS, IIS, Information Security, Integration, IT Management, IT Strategy, Load Balancing, Microsoft SQL Server, Networking, Network Topology, PCI DSS, Requirements Analysis, SaaS, SAN, SDLC, Security, Servers, SIEM, Software Documentation, SQL, System Administration, TCP/IP, Troubleshooting, Vendor Management, VMware, Web Applications, Windows Server, Program Management, Software Development, Microsoft Cluster, Linux, Agile Methodologies, Visio, SharePoint, MySQL, C, Software Project Management, Web Development, Windows 7, JavaScript, Software Project
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