1. Craig R. Brown 242 Ichabod Lane, McDonough GA 30252
Cell: 404-218-8201
Email: craigrb62@gmail.com
Objective Challenging position where my skills and experience in Network Security and
Engineering can contribute to accomplishing corporate goals and offers
opportunity for professional growth.
Experience 2007 - Present
Cincinnati Bell/GE
Corporate
Atlanta, GA
Sr. Network Engineer (L3)
 Responsible for updating security policies on Cisco ASA firewalls—served
as escalation point for troubleshooting firewall tickets that could not be
resolved by junior engineers
 Support of GE’s “Third-Party VPN” network—resolved issues with crypto
security on connections for high-profile business partners—timely resolution
contributed to GE business finalizing a multi-million dollar contract with
third-party vendor a head of schedule
 Installed security policies on Checkpoint policy servers—identified firewall rules
that were not properly implemented—coordinated with changeadvisory board
to implement new security policy—resultedin timely completionof new project
 Isolated problem with application “SSL errors” on a F5 load balancer—
found SSL certificates that had expired—correction of problem enabled
help desk personnel to access records needed for a critical contract review
 Performed operational checks of Cisco 6509 switches that were being
transitioned to Network Operations stafffor support—ensured switches were
configured properly and complied with company security policies--verified the
system logs did not showany hardware failures for switchmodules
 Identified improper configurations in routers for MPLS circuits supporting
business offices—optimized the use of a high-speed circuit—business
transactions are now processed 25 percent faster
2000 - 2007 Cingular Wireless (At&t) Alpharetta, GA
Network Engineer (Tier-3)
 Helped off-site engineers troubleshootCisco Firewall that was preventing
business-critical servers from processing service orders—greatly minimized the
duration of the system outage—praised by co-workers forability to clearly
explain troubleshooting steps over the phone
 Support of data center core switches and routers—assisted with
implementation of route-map statements on core routers to prevent the spread
of an “Internet worm”throughout the network—averted a network catastrophe—
praised by managementfor protecting revenue-generating applications
 Helped isolate a spanning-tree loop withinthe company’s largest data center—
quick troubleshooting minimizedoutage time
 Network support of multiple retail store locations—minimized network down
time due to telco circuit failures—ensured lan switches and routers were
configured properly

2. Experience 1996 - 2000 US Air Force Hanscom AFB MA
Network OperationsManager
 Managed Air Force Network Operations center—provided maintenance support
of Unix network management platforms—Conducted security audits of network
systems using the Air Force’s proprietary auditing software
Professional
summary
A retired Air Force Non Commissioned Officer with proven success in network
security, management and leadership. Experienced in maintaining the
following network devices, routing protocols and software:
 Cisco Routers
(7200, ASR1000,3945)
( 2600, 1841,1700)
 Cisco/Nexus Switches
( 6509, 5500)
(3750, 3560, 2960)
 F5 Load Balancer
 Bluecoat Proxy servers
 Cisco ASA Firewalls
 Juniper Netscreen Firewalls
 Checkpoint Firewall
(NGX R55, R65,R75)
 HP Procurve switches
 RIP, EIGRP, OSPF and BGP  T1, DS3, OC3, OC12
Frame-relay, ATM
MPLS, DMVPN
 Cisco Wireless LAN
 Debian/Red Hat Linux
 Backtrack/Kali Linux
 Wireshark/tcpdump
Education 1999 Western New England College Springfield MA
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Magna Cum Laude)
1997 Community College of the Air
Force
Hanscom AFB MA
Associates Degree, Electronic Systems Technoloy
1989 US Air Force Leadership
Academy
Norton AFB CA