Ed and Shiloh Hunt
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Electrical Engineering
North Carolina State University
1990 : 1994
Associate
Solaris 11 System Administrator
Oracle University
2015 : 2015
Associate
VMware vCenter
Skillsoft
2013 : 2013
AA
Small Business Management
Wake Technical Community College-Small Business Management
2001 : 2002
Certification
Project Management
IBM PROJECT MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION
2001 : 2001
Interface with other members of the Network Security team to build proactive monitoring systems and alerts using PagerDuty. Ensure cybersecurity instrumentation is available and optimally configured. Support the SolarWinds Network Monitoring package and perform advanced administrative tasks such as equipment onboarding, dashboard and alert generation, health checks and configuration analysis such as interfaces, protocols, high availability schemes, etc.
2021 : Present
The Home Depot
Cybersecurity Senior Engineer
Contractor for The Home Depot.
Interface with other members of the Network Security team to build proactive monitoring systems and alerts using PagerDuty. Ensure cybersecurity instrumentation is available and optimally configured. Support the SolarWinds Network Monitoring package and perform advanced administrative tasks such as equipment onboarding, dashboard and alert generation, health checks and configuration analysis such as interfaces, protocols, high availability schemes, etc.
Support Incident Response team in investigating root cause of performance issues and outages on network security devices. Write, debug, and customize scripts to improve operations and automate repetitive tasks using Python, BASH and PowerShell scripting. Utilize both Linux and Windows scripting languages for data parsing and analysis. Troubleshoot using network troubleshooting/ protocols. Provide technical guidance to support engineers. Embed JSON and SolarWinds SWQL into SolarWinds application alerts and events.
2021 : 2021
American Software, Inc.
Senior System Engineer
Delegate and supervise projects created by IT architects. Provide subject matter expertise and mentor employees to be proficient at accessing and managing Windows and UNIX servers.
Utilize PowerShell, PowerGUI, Python, Bash, Ruby scripting to create innovative applications to support Information Technology teams such as : server/desktop support, database, disaster/backup recovery, application, development, and information security.
Install and configure SAP HANA database on premise using RHEL and Suse Linux. Register system and tenant databases, create userids, configure roles and schedule backups. Setup alerts for resource monitoring. Add CPU and memory resources as needed using Windows Hyper-V.
Configure and provision Linux Exagrid servers for NAS storage for automated SQL full, differential, incremental backups and disaster recovery. Implement NFS4 on Solaris and Oracle Linux database servers for backups prior to maintenance, upgrades, or hardware refresh. Mentor business continuity techniques to server and database teams.
Manage and keep inventory of the data center for DOR Information Security and Tax Payment Systems at various data center locations throughout Atlanta, GA. (400+ Windows / UNIX servers and switches).
Create and maintain Active Directory security VLANs for 500+ employee's workstations to access various State and Federal Tax Information systems using RBAC.
Implement firewall security on DOR servers (Linux and Window Servers). Submit TCP/UDP port firewall requests to AT&T. Implementation port scanning automation using Windows PowerShell and Linux Python/BASH scripting.
Utilize Windows PowerShell and Linux BASH to perform audit requests and sort aggregated data into output for spreadsheets.
Implement security by using sudo templates for UNIX servers. Deploy Group Policy with DNS and Firewall rules to enable SCCM for Windows operating system management.
2017 : 2021
Georgia Department of Revenue
System Administrator Supervisor, Level 4
Perform remote UNIX System Administrator services for 500+ servers for the North Atlanta Data Center (NADC).
Software automation developer : patch management, password management, userid management, server maintenance management, OS patch scans, log reports, converting log files and data into Excel spreadsheets. Utilize Agile approaches for build, test, deployment, evaluation, analysis, redesign.
Improve profitability and customer satisfaction by training and mentoring teams to be more efficient at server administration and incident/change/problem management. Deploy automation to teams to help them be more productive at patching, problem determination, access, password and identity management.
Install and configure Solaris 10,11 and Linux Enterprise operating systems. Support Solaris 9,10,11, Red Hat 5.11, 6.8, 7.2, Suse 11.3, and AIX 7.1 operating systems.
Install, configure and support Apache. Resolve Apache application problems via log examination and remediation. Start and stop the Apache application for scheduled production outages and changes.
Resolve hardware problems for Oracle Solaris, IBM and Dell UNIX Servers : system board, RAID hard disks, memory, CPUs, fans, Remote Server Console (RSC) interface, network and SAN storage.
Participate in disaster recovery exercises by performing emergency backup services prior to rebuilding or restoring servers.
Assist in defect resolutions for SEV1 and SEV2 cases and assist Oracle DBA and IBM Recovery Management in resolving database outages caused by memory, disk or other server problems.
Utilize ITIL v3 via BMC (Remedy) to perform incident/change/problem management.
2013 : 2017
State of Georgia
Remote Solaris/Linux Senior Systems Security Engineer - DevOps
Perform Change Coordinator and Change Review Board member duties for Information Technology Division. Implement architectural designs using Microsoft Visio for high availability for VMware vSphere clustering between Knoxville and Chattanooga data center locations.
Design virtual servers (VMWare hosts) for Red Hat 6 Linux and Microsoft 2008 Server operating systems. Determine server resources needed, plan security and disaster recovery requirements. Ensure compatibility requirements needed to connect application servers to Oracle, SQL2008 and Maximo databases.
Keep track of iLO firmware, IP addresses, hostnames and VMware ESXi host software versions for data center containing over 100 HP ProLiant blades.
Utilize Citrix, VNC and other methods for remote control and maintain Red Hat Linux 6 and Microsoft 2008 servers in the Chattanooga and Knoxville data centers.
Research and develop the feasibility to install Citrix Receiver onto Red Hat 6 Linux workstations through compiling source code and installing the software. Develop technical documentation for change process necessary to implement a corporate-wide universal process for employees to be able to work remotely using Citrix on Red Hat 6 Linux.
Possess secret security clearance with NERC/CIP.
2013 : 2013
Tennessee Valley Authority
Network Infrastructure Engineer
Skills
Active Directory, Ansible, Apache, Automation, C++, Citrix, Cloud Computing, Cyberark, Databases, DHCP, Disaster Recovery, Domain Name System (DNS), Ethernet, Firewalls, GitHub, Hardware, HTML, Integration, IT Audit, IT identity management, Java, Linux, Network Administration, Network Engineering, Network Security, Operating Systems, Pandas, Patch Management, PHP, Powershell, Python (Programming Language), REST APIs, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), SAP HANA, SAP HANA Database Administration, Scripting, Security, Servers, Shell Scripting, Solaris, Storage, Switches, System Administration, TCP/IP, Troubleshooting, Virtualization, Visio, Visual Basic, VMware, Windows
About
Has Strong Experience in:
Scripting: Python, YAML, PowerShell, Rest API, BASH, Expect, C++, JAVA, HTML and PHP.
Applications: Ansible Automation Platform (Tower), PostgreSQL, SAP HANA database, SolarWinds and SWQL, Wavefront, Splunk, Microsoft Excel, and GitHub.
Hardware: Dell PowerEdge VRTX, SAN, Exagrid, RAID/SAS storage, fiber channel, system board architecture, Oracle, IBM, Gigabit and Cat5-F, LAN, WAN.
Network: Active Directory Management, Hyper-V and VMware virtual switches, DHCP, DNS, ICMP, TCP, SNMP, SMTP, RDP, SFTP, SSH, NFS-4, Wi-Fi, load balancers, routers, CIDR supernet.
Storage: Disaster recovery using SAN, NFS, NAS, UNIX Samba3, Active Directory SMB File Share, Tape storage/archiving, CD/DVD, cloud storage, USB devices.
Operating Systems: RHEL/Centos Linux 7+up, Suse 11.x, Ubuntu 17.x, AIX 5.2+up, Solaris 10-11, Microsoft Windows 10, Server 2008, Datacenter 2012 and 2016.
VM/Subsystem Management: Oracle Box, Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, LPAR, Solaris global and local zones.
Previous Security clearances: SOX Compliance, IRS FTI, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Georgia Department of Revenue, Georgia Department of Public Health (HIPAA), Georgia Department of Corrections, HITECH, NERC/CIP (US Nuclear Regulatory Commission), US DOD (inactive), State of Tennessee and State of Georgia.
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