Ken Watts
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Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
1982 : 1985
Novelis
Senior Manager, Cybersecurity Architecture
2020 : 2022
Novelis
Senior Manager, Cybersecurity
Strengthening the global partnership between IT and stakeholders by providing insight and strategic solutions that align with the goals of the business and of IT.
2015 : 2020
Aleris
Global Enterprise Architect
Leading a global team that is responsible for managing Data Center Infrastructure that includes Servers, Storage, Operating Systems, Backup/Recovery, Monitoring, Data Center environmental resources (Power, Temperature, Uptime, Security) , Edge Firewalls, Load Balancers, etc.
2013 : 2015
Aleris
Senior Manager Data Center Services
2007 : 2012
Aleris
Technical Development Manager
Skills
active directory, aix, cisco technologies, databases, data center, firewalls, high availability, linux, microsoft exchange, networking, network security, operating systems, san, Security, servers, storage area networks, tcp/ip, troubleshooting, virtualization, vmware infrastructure, vpn
About
45 Years experience in IT, 35 with same company.
Past Experience::
Infrastructure Architect - Uncovering new technologies that provide benefits for the business and overcoming the challenges that are presented by a dynamic corporate landscape brought about by rapid business expansion. Our company grew from a small $1B U.S. operation to an $7+B world-wide enterprise in 2 years.
Infrastructure Mgt - Planning, implementation and maintenance of entire IT infrastructure (6 US sites). The day-to-day maint had been outsourced nation-wide. Focus was to implement stringent change management to improve stability. An availability rating of 99% was obtained after one year.
J.D. Edwards CNC - Trained with experienced CNC during install and maint past go-live. JDE system was comprised of 25 distinct servers around a core of 3 IBM RS/6000's in an AIX HA cluster with IBM FastT SAN storage (1.3 TB).
OS/390 System Programming - Trained with 3 seasoned MVS system programmers installing new OS/390 that replaced VM/VSE system for Y2K. Small shop install required the ability to manage all aspects of OS, including JES2, Network (VTAM and TCP/IP), DASD, WLM, Security, etc. Cutover was ahead of schedule with minimal business impact.
Systems Admin - Managed mid-range systems including OpenVMS (VAXes, VAX Cluster and Alpha), LANs (DECnet and TCP/IP), Linux and AIX . Role was later expanded to include DEC Rdb database administration.
PC Admin - Managed 70+ IBM PC/XT and XT-286 systems. Installed and maintained VAX/VMS based Pathworks PC LAN at 3 sites.
Specialties: Operating systems (Unix/Linux/AIX, Windows, MacOS, OpenVMS, OS/390)
Networks - architecture, security, VPNs, monitoring, switching, routing, management, and troubleshooting
Storage Area Networks
Security - SIEM, Monitoring, policies, technology, firewalls, intrusion detection
Messaging - Advanced SMTP implementation using Sendmail Postfix and EXIM, anti-spam, MS Exchange Administration
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