Cindy
Perry
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OBJECTIVE
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Resourceful,
versatile IT professional seeking challenging
permanent (or contract-perm) UNIX OS
Maintenance/Security or Technical/Project Management
position in San Francisco or East Bay area. |
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SUMMARY
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Able
to quickly adapt to evolving,industry-specific
applications, concepts and terminology. A team
leader whose excellent management, organizational,
problem-solving, communication and people skills
provide support and direction in a hectic and complex
arena. Technical skills include:
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EXPERIENCE
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Lead
Technical Consultant |
Jan 2010 - present
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Kaiser Permanente Information Security, Identity & Access Mgmt (IAM) UNIX Supporting Identity and Access
Management for over 2500 myriad, geographically
dispersed UNIX systems (AIX, Solaris, various
implementations of Linux). Providing leadership,
technical direction and support for all UNIX
security projects and related compliance efforts. · Hired as temporary FTE after 18 months as contactor. Promoted to permanent FTE position after 3 months. · Leading, motivating and mentoring team of 7 other engineers. · Managing and streamlining daily Remedy queues. · Coordinating audit research and responses. · Working as part of core team to evaluate and implement replacement of existing central management product with a UNIX-to-Active Directory solution. · Assisting with establishing Technical Security Standards and extending throughout the enterprise. |
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UNIX
OS Security Engineer |
Jun 2008 - Jan 2010 |
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PrO
Unlimited - contractor for Kaiser Permanente
Information Technology, UNIX Access Mgmt (UAM) · Successfully deployed BeyondTrust (Symark) products (PowerBroker, Password). · Developed documentation to satisfy audit requirements for SOX and PCI certifications. · Collected and reported OS security-related data. · Identification and root cause analysis of security issues and vulnerabilities. · Worked directly with the business/application-side customers to remediate UNIX security issues. · Extensive shell coding and task automation |
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Senior
OS Engineer (UNIX), Technology Manager |
Mar
1997 - Jan 2008 |
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Wells
Fargo & Co., UNIX Production Quality Control Proactive critical OS & security
patch and security maintenance for over 3000 UNIX
servers, serving 200+ Business Units across the
enterprise. Extensive Korn
shell programming to automate and streamline processes
for system builds, account administration, data
collection, database updates and security compliance. Installation,
maintenance and support of various layered security
products: Quest VAS, OpenSSH,
VAS, CyberSafe Kerberos AppSuite, Symantec ESM, sudo, Symark
PowerBroker. Assisted
peer engineering teams with software rollouts,
troubleshooting and general UNIX support. ·
Spearheaded
research, tests, pilots, production rollouts and
subsequent support of VAS (Quest's Vintela Authentication
Services), a leading-edge UNIX PAM authentication
product, allowing secure UNIX to Windows Active
Directory user authentication via LDAP and Kerberos.
Successfully installed/configured VAS
client on 3000 UNIX servers (Solaris 8,9,10), Red Hat
Linux (4x, 5x), HP-UX (11x), AIX (5x). Removed over
200,000 local accounts and converted all remaining NIS
clients to VAS, bringing all major lines of business
into compliance with password and account security
standards and saving a minimum of 12,000 hours
annually in password change management efforts alone. Provided
ongoing VAS application support. ·
Honored
with 2 Gold Coins, 15 Service Excellence
nominations, 13 On the Spot awards in less
than 3 years (2005 - 2007), then bestowed with
highest recognition as a 2006 Sales and Service
Excellence award winner and sent (May 2007) to an
all-expenses-paid trip to a Wells Fargo conference in
Hawaii!
Each year, the senior executives of the Technology
Infrastructure Management organization evaluate and
select the top performers for this annual event
according to the number and quality of nominations
from colleagues and internal customers. ·
Completed
intensive project to ensure all 3500+ supported UNIX
servers were patched and prepared for the new 2007
Daylight Saving Time changes (per the U.S. Congress
Energy Policy Act of 2005). ·
Conducted
research/reporting for Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance
and passed
rigorous OCC (Federal) and internal audits of UNIX
patch maintenance in the Bank. ·
Chaired the
(2001) Wells
Fargo Linux Working Group and co-chaired the
superseding Open
Source Working Group. ·
Designed
and populated Informix tables, forms, ACE reports and
(Informix SQL) queries. ·
Maintained
system documentation/procedures and
designed/maintained internal Apache website. ·
Remediated
Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) security
vulnerabilities on 3000+ servers. · Management
duties: Team representation, H/R reviews, hiring,
equipment assessment and purchasing |
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Open
Systems Security Analyst |
Sep 1996 - Mar 1997 |
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Realtek
Innovations (contract for Wells Fargo & Co.) Joined Wells Fargo Bank as a
Consultant/Project Lead for testing, development and
implementation and support of front-end multiple-OS
UNIX administration software (EAC/Axent
Technologies). ·
Research,
tracking, scheduling & implementing UNIX Security
related patches, maintaining system build/upgrade
documentation/procedures and providing root level
support on 150+ production & development UNIX
servers. ·
Technical
liaison and advisor for related groups (Security
Access Services, Risk Control & Monitoring,
Customer Implementation & Support, Database
Administration, Client Server Operations). ·
Directly
assist Security Products Services teams with software
troubleshooting, support and product rollouts (ESM,
URM, PowerBroker, Best1,
Kerberos and SSH tools). ·
Shell
programming to automate manual processes for
everything from system builds to account
administration and security compliance, thus allowing
a small staff to effectively monitor and make changes
to hundreds of supported servers in a DNS environment. ·
Assist
in design, update and maintenance of internal Web site
for Production Quality Control. ·
Respond
to daily and on-call requests for UNIX administration
support. ·
Collect
& maintain data, design tables, forms, queries
& reports in Informix database (SE/ISQL) regarding
servers, OS info, status, proponents, etc. |
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Kaiser
Permanente |
Oakland,
CA |
Lead
Technical Consultant |
2010 - present |
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PrO
Unlimited |
Oakland,
CA |
UNIX
OS Security Engineer |
2008 - 2010 |
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Wells Fargo &
Co. |
San Francisco, CA |
Operating Systems Engineer 6 |
2005 - 2008 |
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RealTek Innovations |
San Leandro, CA |
Open Systems Security Analyst |
1996 - 1997 |
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22 Solutions, Inc. |
San Francisco, CA |
Independent Consultant |
1996 - 1996 |
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Montgomery Asset Mgmt. |
San Francisco, CA |
Systems Analyst |
1994 - 1995 |
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Blum's of San Francisco |
Emeryville, CA |
Senior Programmer |
1991 - 1993 |
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SBG Partners, Inc. |
San Francisco, CA |
Information Systems Coordinator |
1989 - 1991 |
Business and Technical
Training
Professional References &
Recommendations
Personalysis Summary
Situational Leadership
Profile
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ADDITIONAL INTERESTS
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·
A
certified Piano Technician since 1979, I continue to stay
active in piano tuning and repair.
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Tennis,
Pilates,
board games, riding
my motorcycle with my dog!
