WORK EXPERIENCE
Arcsight February **** - Present
Backline engineer / ESM SME / Sustaining Engineer / ACIA ACSA Minneapolis, Minnesota
Lead sustaining engineer for the worldwide organization supporting ArcSight ESM
Backline engineer supporting ArcSight tier 1 and tier 2, working side by side with engineering team
Triaging escalated issues involving both backend and frontend, database schema, and upgrade issues
Lead member of the performance team to troubleshoot issues within the software and in particular installations
Supporting premier customers in their day to day operations using ArcSight SIEM software
Working with development to implement fixes, develop new features and train new developers on the database schema and troubleshooting
Work with customers to implement new rules, reports, customization, and troubleshoot problems created by content including performance
Write SQL queries to gather data from the backend, as well as troubleshoot using the database, updating the database entries as needed
Aptare Inc February 2007 - February 2008
Technical Support/Implementation/Pre-Sales San Jose, California
Supporting propriety software on windows, and various UNIX platforms such as: Red Hat, HPUX, AIX, Solaris and SUSE
Working with Java and open source software
Troubleshooting and managing Oracle databases on different operating systems and acting as oracle DBA for smaller clients, as well as producing SQL queries
Have acted as project manager for various levels of projects
Working with sales, in an evaluation and presales stages
Entering bug and enhancement requests into ticketing system
Troubleshooting DNS and AD issues on mixed environments
Testing and install new instances and versions
Working on fortune 100 companies systems, ensuring little to no downtime
New Zealand Police contracted by Intergraph Inc September 2006 - February 2007
System administrator Auckland, New Zealand
Contracted to the New Zealand Police, administrating the databases and systems behind the emergency Police and Fire call taking and dispatching service
Managed the dual clustered oracle databases, making sure that if one of the databases went down that we recovered it immediately bringing it back into dual
Reduced database downtime by 29%.
Reviewed and processed tickets from the New Zealand police relating to anything from windows issues, to lotus notes, to network connectivity issues
Managing multiple complex databases
Operating a multiple domains and over 20 domain controllers
Supporting over 40 servers, 300 direct desktop computers and 500 indirect on a 24/7 basis
Provide customer service to Police as well as Management
Working with fellow technical analysts to diagnose problems
Provation Medical January 2005 - August 2006
Technical Support Engineer Minneapolis, Minnesota
Oracle database administration/troubleshooting
Working with IIS:
oTroubleshooting network, DNS, router, and active directory problems
oCreating bug and enhancement reports
oNetwork troubleshooting
oWindows XP, 2000/2003 Server/Pro, NT Administration
oWorked with nurses, doctors, project managers, and IT people
oEnter trouble tickets into remedy
SKILLS
Apache
Intermediate
IIS
Intermediate
Linux/Solaris/HPUX
Intermediate
Oracle Administration
Intermediate
SQL
Intermediate
TCP/IP DNS DHCP
Expert
Windows 98/XP/NT/2000/2003 Professional/Server
Expert
Technical Support
Expert
Remote access applications(Livemeeting/Webex/PC An
Expert
ArcSight ESM
Expert
ArcSight SmartConnectors
Intermediate