Jason M. LeBlanc
770-529-6614
Knowledge:
Hardware – Sun E250, E450, E420, NetraT1, Ultra5&10, Compaq, Cisco Routers 12000-800, Catalyst 6500/7600 (SUP1A, SUP2, SUP720), 5500, 5000, 4000, 3500, 2900, PIX, LocalDirector, Netscreen, Extreme BlackDiamond, Foundry BigIron, ServerIron, Juniper M20, Spirent Smartbits, Ixia, Cerent 454/ONS15454, Xyplex, DEC Terminal Servers, Radware WSD, Radware DoS-Shield, Radware PeerDirector, RouteScience, NAI Sniffer. Niksun.
Software/OS’s – VMS, Solaris (6,7,8,9), Linux (Fedora, RedHat, Debian, Slackware), Windows (3.0-XP), IOS (11.x-12.4), CatOS (4.x-6.3), JUNOS, CiscoWorks, Cisco Secure Policy Manager, Cisco Network Registrar, Resonate, Rancid, HPOV, MRTG, Cricket, Seafelt, Cflowd, RRD, Nagios, NetFlow, Visio, Tcpdump, Ethereal, Etherpeek, NAI Sniffer, Niksun, Iptables, Snort, Acid, Base, IDS Policy Manager, Nessus, nTop, CVS, CVSWeb, ROM MUD.
Protocols/Misc – STP, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, DNS, SMTP, SMB, Frame Relay, SONET, SNA, GigaBit, 802.11, ISDN, TCP/IP, ACL, QoS, SNMP, DHCP, HTTP, IPSec, VPN, SSH, SLB, GSLB.
Programming – Cold Fusion, PHP, PERL, C, shell, expect, awk, SQL, MySQL, HTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript, Apache.
Work Experience:
S&H Solutions – Network Operations Manager
8/04-Present – Fort Lauderdale, FL & Atlanta, GA
Manage Atlanta datacenter operations.
Develop, test and streamline disaster recovery procedures.
Migration to MPLS VPN solutions as frame relay replacement.
Audit and document existing network policies, procedures and architecture.
Developed project plans for large scale move and migration projects.
Migration from EIGRP to OSPF.
Created new network architecture using consistent hardware for ease of sparing.
Resolution of numerous network issues related to architecture.
Moved primary network and datacenter to 56 Marietta in Atlanta for easier peering and to remove the need for local loops.
Wrote custom monitoring and inventory application in PHP, perl & expect to generate MRTG & rancid configurations and add DNS entries for new CPE devices to reduce non-standard configurations and error prone non-automated methods.
Implemented Nagios, Snort, Rancid and other tools.
Manage PIX firewall and IOS ACL for network security.
CLFB S.A. – Contract, Application Architecture
5/04-7/04 – San Jose Costa Rica
Designed and built multi-tiered OLTP architecture to handle online marketing for affiliate management and ordering using LAMP, XML, MyDNS and other tools for large gaming sites.
Built relationships with partners, credit processors and vendors to facilitate smooth transaction flow, fulfillment and delivery reporting.
WebHosting.net – Contractor, Network Engineering
04/04-Present – Miami, FL
Configuration audit, performance tuning and general best practices review for multi-provider colocation and web hosting provider.
BGP/OSPF architecture and implementation using Extreme Alpines and Cisco 7509s, utilizing best practices methods (cymru templates).
Implemented centralized syslog, monitoring and reporting tools.
In the process of migration to Cisco 3570 and 7200 NPE-G2 architecture.
Meridian Marketing – Manager, Software Engineering & Operations
6/03-4/04 - Fort Lauderdale, FL
Project Management for development projects including mortgage loan lead management applications, asset tracking applications and user management applications on RedHat 8.x, 9.x, Fedora Linux platforms.
Active Directory and MS Exchange deployment between corporate network and colocated networks across VPNs.
Samba integration between windows domain, workstations and linux servers.
Research and negotiation of vendors for technical projects including hosting, colocation and consulting in an effort to consolidate resources and reduce operational costs.
Management of software engineering team including interviewing, hiring, procedures, documentation standards and project management.
Management of network and systems administration and security including n-tier architecture, monitoring practices, change management and auditing.
Architecture of systems, security, networks and infrastructure and setting and adusting policies.
Architect of core business applications using object oriented programming practices and secure computing methodologies in perl and php on linux platforms.
Implementation of ticketing, monitoring and various tools used to monitor, manage and audit all applications, systems and networks.
Implementation of network redundancy and security by auditing all system and network functionality and implementing failover capabilities in routers, switches, MySQL and content mirroring.
Research of LVS clustering on linux for server load balancing and redundancy, recompiling standard kernel into Fedora with LVS support.
LAMP and PERL programming and auditing all code for consistent style and developing coding practices using CVS and ticketing for change management.
eBay Inc - Senior Network Engineer
2/00-5/02 – San Jose, CA
Primary network architect for all production datacenter and lab networks.
Developed requirements for new network hardware and software evaluations in vendor labs and eBay labs.
Develop policy, procedure and documentation for network engineering team projects.
Develop interdepartmental relationships to facilitate large-scale cross-departmental projects.
Consultant for eBay corporate campus and global WAN network architecture.
Auditing all network configurations and implementation plans to meet 99.999% network availability goal (8 months 100% uptime despite several major HW and circuit failures).
Performance and capacity planning for all eBay networks.
Mentoring all new and junior eBay network engineers.
Consulting on all eBay affiliate and acquisition networks (Half.com, Billpoint, iBazar, etc).
Point of escalation for NOC beyond on call network engineers.
Interview and participate in selection of all network-engineering candidates.
Consulted with other eBay departments to improve overall eBay application specific performance, scalability and redundancy.
Assisted in research, testing, planning and implementation of DoS detection and protection processes, applications and systems and developing ISP relationships, contacts and procedures for DoS crisis situations ( we could withstand 700+mb/s dDoS transparently).
Provided consulting for eBay Information Security group to deploy IDS systems and firewalls.
Designed and implemented out of band management networks for multiple departments to manage devices and systems in a secure manner.
Designed and implemented secure departmental networks to secure sensitive network communications.
Created automated reporting scripts to gather network system information via SNMP over secure out of band network.
eBay Inc - Network Engineer
5/99-2/00 – San Jose, CA
Designed, planned and implemented Cisco L3 switches at the core of all production datacenter networks to segment and facilitate better fail over, performance and management of networks.
Use of sniffers (EtherPeek, Snort, tcpdump, NAI Sniffer Pro, NAI Distributed Sniffer Pro, Niksun) to debug network, system and application issues and secure network traffic.
Initiated and headed detailed documentation process for all network projects to provide historical information on all network changes.
Assessed all production datacenter networks for disaster recovery, redundancy, scalability, flexibility to develop long term project plans to improve customer experience and decrease provisioning times for new features and partnerships.
Implemented visualization tools such as MRTG for nearly all SNMP counters on all network devices using a scripted and fully automated template.
eBay Inc – System Administrator
2/99-5/99 – San Jose, CA
Assisted in initial eBay Microsoft Exchange system deployment.
Assessed, redesigned, planned and implemented initial and still utilized eBay corporate campus network architecture including Windows domain, DHCP and DNS strategy and Cisco 8540 core with multiple Catalysts using gigabit over fiber.
Designed and implemented Salt Lake City customer support center network.
Old Hickory Credit Union – Network Administrator
9/97-12/99 – Nashville, TN
Support all telecommunications and networked systems across MUXed WAN.
Support end of day processing for core VAX/VMS financial applications including DR backups / offsite storage.
Assisted in selection of new core financial application software and migration.
Supported AT&T/Lucent Definity G3 phone switch adds, moves and changes.
Designed new datacenter layout (racks, cabinets, patching, cabling).
Managed migration/movement of VAX systems from floor to new secured cabinets.
Planned and implemented network migration/upgrade (Xyplex to Cisco).
Planned and implemented NT server upgrades for all servers.
Planned and implemented desktop upgrade for all workstations (3.11 to NT4).
Planned, implemented and maintained various third party network connections and applications to other financial institutions and service providers.
Implemented dedicated Internet connectivity.
Implemented Citrix Metaframe for teller stations to improve management, software licensing and hardware cost reduction.
Completed corporate website implementation.
Consulted in new corporate website content management strategy to be outsourced and maintained remotely by vendor.
Developed Intranet and applications and processes to improve workflow.
Supported migration to Nextlink fiber based WAN from Bellsouth copper based WAN.
Develop cabling, provisioning and systems standards.
Foxhunter Productions – Partner, Technology Consultant
10/93-9/97 – Nashville, TN
Assisted in development of business plan.
Develop web based music industry marketing application for artist and tour management.
Develop web based content management applications.
Develop web based project management and workflow applications.
Consulting for local publication “Nashville Scene” for network and systems audit, assessment and upgrade/migration.
Consulting for local radio broadcaster “Tuned in Broadcasting” (WRLT, WRLG, Bone Magazine) for online content management application development.
Foxhunter Productions – Computer Technician
2/93-10/93 – Nashville, TN
Implemented office network, servers, Intranet.
Upgraded office desktops (3.11 to NT3.51)
Designed and developed ColdFusion based Intranet applications for contact management.
Malcolm Pirnie – Computer Coordinator
1/92-6/92 – Jackson, MS
Administration, support, backup and improvement of all Novell and Microsoft networks and systems.
Maintain Primavera project management systems and projects within.
Maintain various CDROM based environmental subscriptions/libraries.
Malcolm Pirnie – Environmental Engineering Intern
8/91-12/91 – Jackson, MS
Collecting field samples from sample collection equipment at environmental job sites.
Input and analysis of sample data.
Assist in maintaining project plans for large Super Fund environmental cleanup projects (Reichold Chemicals).
Maintain EPA law library updates.
Migrated EPA law library to CDROM based system from hard copies.
Education:
South Plantation High School Plantation FL
Broward Community College Ft. Lauderdale FL
Hinds Community College Jackson MS
Belhaven College Jackson MS
Millsapps College Jackson MS
Certifications & Training:
PMI
Project Management Basics
Sun Education
Solaris System Administration 2
Cisco
ICRC
Cisco NSA Customized GSR Training from Cisco GSR product development
Cisco NSA Customized Catalyst Training from Cisco Catalyst product development
Direct consulting with CSPM (Cisco Secure Policy Manager) software product manager and developers used to manage PIX firewalls