Chris Mattingly
5360 Autumn Harvest Dr
Kernersville,NC27284
chris@camattin.com, http://www.linkedin.com/in/camattin

SKILLS OVERVIEW:

• Middleware, Unix and Security Engineer with over 15 years IT experience, including 7 of those years in the financial sector
• WebSphere Application Server & MQ advanced administration/configuration/tuning
• Apache/IHS and Netscape/iPlanet web server administration
• Strong Solaris, Linux, AIX, and HP/UX systems administration skills
• Perl and Unix shell scripting
• Excellent problem solving skills coupled with a proven track record of fast adaptation of new software and products
• Network architecture and design

EXPERIENCE:

Senior Systems Engineer 06/2011-Present

Adaptivity, Inc.

• Support and architect internal environments including guests running on multiple versions of VMWare and standalone firewall, switches and NAS devices
• Support and architect external environments (demo, QA, production) hosted in a cloud provider
• Troubleshoot java-based applications
• Create DR procedures and documentation for our cloud-based hosted solutions

                Senior Client Technical Architect (Client Technical Lead) 06/2010-05/2011

                AT&T

• Provide overall system, network, and application architecture for a variety of AT&T Managed Hosting clients
• Provide application  support Websphere AppServer, Websphere Portal, Websphere Commerce, Websphere MQ, IBM IHS
• Provide advanced troubleshooting for all aspects of the clients’ services hosted with AT&T
• Maintain documentation for the clients’ software and systems to assist teammates and off-shore resources with supporting the clients
• Maintain a working relationship with the clients’ technical contacts
• Provide 24x7x365 oncall support for the clients under my realm of responsibility
• Train and mentor less-senior staff
• Technical reviews of all changes impacting client environments

Sr. Web Systems Engineer 5 06/2005-06/2010

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., formerly Wachovia Bank, N.A.

• Provide application system administration for critical Wachovia internet applications running under WebSphere Application Server, including product installation, patching, upgrades, etc.
• Troubleshoot and debug application issues including application performance and JVM tuning
• Provide MQ administration for multiple applications in the critical path for multiple internet-facing Wachovia applications, including new installations and patches/upgrades
• Implement changes on a scheduled and emergency basis for the application developers in test, lab and production environments
• Authored a secure password storage system for middleware system administrators
• Support the iNet on-call process and maintain SLAs, often serving as the escalation point for multiple applications across the environment
• Mentor junior system administrators
• Author technical documentation for installation, upgrade and support tasks for WebSphere Application Server plus the J2EE applications
• Provide project management for many tasks  that are required in the environment

Lead Corporate Information Security Analyst 09/2003-06/2005

Wachovia Bank, N.A.

• Same duties as my contractor role plus the following:
• Led Unix Vulnerability remediation project to successful completion, closing out over 30,000 vulnerabilities on over 3,000 servers
• Transition KeON installs to the SA community by writing large scripts to automate and secure the installation tasks
• Provided support and management to the Unix Security Service Request facility/process
• Supported the Unix Security on-call process and maintained SLAs

Contractor for TekSystems, Inc., Information Security Analyst  03/2003-09/2003

Placement: Wachovia Bank, N.A.

• Install TFS UnixControl (formerly KeON) on Unix systems throughout the bank
• Write scripts to ease installation tasks as well as to help prevent human errors from causing problems with backend security databases
• Create and update PHP-based web site for Unix Security department, including reporting pages for presentation to upper-level management
• Provide systems administration skills for Solaris, HP-UX, and AIX servers

Independent Consultant 12/2002-01/2003

Various clients

• Install and configure Microsoft Exchange and Windows 2000 Server
• Install and configure FreeBSD-based web, email, and monitoring servers for a small business
• Setup and maintain BigBrother and MRTG monitoring systems

Principal Security/Unix Engineer, Engineering Services 01/2002-10/2002

Interpath Communications, Inc.

• Tier-3 support for Security and Unix teams, troubleshooting problems to resolution
• Research and Development projects such as Solaris alternative naming/authentication mechanisms, focusing on an LDAP backend
• Deployed and supported  Linux machines to serve as NIDS servers throughout the Interpath network
• Team lead for projects such as an email filtering appliance installation resulting in blocking over 100,000 spam/virus messages a month
• Conducted network and host based security audits on internal and external Unix systems, providing reports on issues discovered and actions to take to resolve the problems
• Maintain VPNs and related firewall authentication and encryption
• Created Solaris baseline security documentation
• Assisted in development, documentation, and implementation of client Disaster Recovery plans and standard operating procedures
• Supported Netscape/iPlanet Messaging Server and Netscape/iPlanet Directory Server

Technical Manager, Computer and Network Security 11/2000-01/2002

Interpath Communications, Inc.

• Provide advanced troubleshooting for firewall, network, and Unix issues
• Supervised 4 security engineers, including performing employee reviews
• Budgetary responsibility for $500,000 annually, including monthly P&L reviews
• Firewall-related projects including:
  • Transitioning control of production Checkpoint firewalls from another service provider with minimal interruption to clients
  • Configured site-to-site VPNs between firewalls as well as firewall to router tunnels
  • Configured client-based VPNs with SecuRemote
  • Checkpoint license management, maintenance, and renewal administration
  • Project lead for:
    • Deployment of host-based intrusion detection product
    • Transition between managed security providers for 24×7 IDS monitoring
  • Software license renewals
  • Cultivated productive relationship with software and service vendors

Principal Security Engineer, Computer & Network Security 05/2000-11/2000

Interpath Communications, Inc.

• Checkpoint Firewall installation, configuration and performance tuning, including day-to-day moves/adds/changes and rulebase management on both Nokia and Solaris platforms
• Additional scripting projects including:
  • Perl shell script to permit users scp access while restricting login access
  • Perl scripts to retrieve and process resource utilization from Nokia firewalls
  • Network intrusion detection deployments, utilizing both custom built hosts as well as purpose-built appliances
  • Implemented email virus scanning using Checkpoint’s CVP

Unix Systems Engineer, Systems Engineering 12/1998-05/2000

Interpath Communications, Inc.

• Installation and support of Netscape/iPlanet web servers
• Create scripts to automate repeatable processes [log rotation, patch downloads, etc.]
• Engineered complex custom hosting environments of multi-tiered architectures
• Build and deploy, support and maintain Sun Enterprise-class machines
• Compile, install and support third-party software for Unix servers that were supported by the Engineering department
• Assist customers to support specialized software installations/configurations, including perl/shell scripting

Systems Programmer, Engineering Computer Operations 07/1996-12/1998

North Carolina State University, College of Engineering

• Manage AFS servers and Kerberos servers/databases for campus-wide authentication and authorization, including backend scripts to support master and slave server synchronization as well as integration with user accounting system
• Installation and support for many diverse applications for use by over 45,000 students, faculty and staff
• Crafted customized Sendmail configuration for use in non-standard environment
• Ported/modified source code to support Hesiod, Kerberos, and AFS extensions
• Apache server setup and configuration
• Perl/CGI script writing

SOFTWARE SKILLS:

• IBM WebSphere Application Server
• SunONE/iPlanet web server
• IBM WebSphere MQ
• Netscape/iPlanet Directory Server
• Netscape/iPlanet Messaging Server
• Apache / IHS web server
• Checkpoint Firewall-1
• ISS Internet Scanner
• KeON/TFS UnixControl
• Veritas Volume Manager/Filesystem
• Solstice Disksuite
• NFS
• MySQL
• Kerberos
• Sendmail
• bind
• ntp
• Ssh

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES:

• Perl
• PHP
• Unix Shell (Bourne/Korn, C)

OPERATING SYSTEMS:

• AIX 3.1.2, 4.1.x
• HP-UX 9.x
• Solaris 2.6, 7, 8, 9
• Digital Unix 3.2.x
• Linux – SuSE, RedHat, Ubuntu
• FreeBSD/NetBSD
• Windows 2000/XP
• IPSO 3.2 through 3.5