Acting as the primary Identity Products Support interface to Development for Bug handling. Focused on managing the Customer Bug backlog and Bug escalations through technical analysis, training, process improvement and by sustaining a cooperative relationship with the respective Product Development and Support teams. As a member of the Oracle Security Certified Group (SCG) I occasionally work collaboration requests if security vulnerabilities are concerned or suspected.

In this role I provided back-line support for Sun customer and Sun PS engineers around the world for their new deployments, architectural changes, configuration, tuning, scaling and outage recoveries in the Identity products area. I have been involved in the definition and in the support of the largest LDAP deployments worldwide. As part of a global organization and a virtual team responsible for providing continuous 24/7 support, this role required a high level of analysis and synthesis capabilities, communication skills, autonomy, methodology and efficiency.

Also migrated 4000 existing user from Novell to Sun

Implemented Sun One LDAP and Messaging Server, migration of existing mail user, migration of NIS to native LDAP as central naming service for Unix and Wintel systems

Designed a Myrinet/Gigabit Ethernet based network architecture for a 256 node cluster for crash dump analysis

Designed, coded and implemented a Sun One Messaging conversation channel for automated virus checking directly at the MTA using NAI virusscan

StoneBeat Firewall Cluster , Apache Webserver, Trendmicro Viruswall

Designed and implemented network architecture and Security Policy for Happy Digits project. Deployment of Alteon Webswitches, Checkpoint Firewall 1, IIS Intrusion Detection

Dsigned and implemented a load balanced network architecture for PTC Windchill project with a massive deployment of Alteon Webswitches

Designed and implemented a Gigabit Ethernet network architecture as replacement of the existing Token Ring , FDDI, Fast Ethernet topology

Performed a security audit and simulated hacking attack that led to a complete new firewall concept

Covering the headquarter and 27 external subsidiaries

Development and Implementation of an Enterprise Security Policy (200+ pages) based on BSI catalogues

Led workshop SKIP based virtual private networks that resulted in a test implementation of a PKI infrastructure based on software products of Trustworks Systems,

Designed high available switched network concept (based on Lucent Cajun switches) for SAP disaster recovery project

Designed and implemented a secure network architecture for about 250 systems. Installation and configuration of several Checkpoint Firewall systems (including design and implementation of firewall rules, NAT, and VPN to their external subsidiaries), deployment of Trend-Micro Interscan Viruswall, hardening of Solaris, secure configuration and implementation of split DNS, sendmail, and IP connection to service provider.

Performed an Enterprise Security Assessment that resulted in a secured network concept and the deployment of 5 firewall systems (SunScreen +  Checkpoint)  and an in-house VPN between them (based on SKIP).

Developed and implemented security policy to be used with SunScreen EFS