Chad T. Longanecker

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Current location: Baghdad, Iraq

OBJECTIVE

To achieve meaningful employment with a company as a System Administrator/IA Technician, which will allow me to address and solve your company’s technical needs, by applying my experience within the areas of system administration and accomplishing deadline driven projects.

OVERVIEW OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Accomplished and Goal-Orientated
• Excellent troubleshooting and technical support abilities
• Experienced in Workstation Rollouts and Operating System Imaging
• Excels in developing and motivating highly focused teams
• Productivity Improvement
• Operational Leadership

CERTIFICATIONS

• Information Assurance (IA) Level I Certified
• IASO ( Information Assurance Security Officer ) Certified (level I)
• Incident Handling
• US Army G3 Computer Security Training
• Secure Wireless Training
• Cisco Certified network associate (CCNA)
• Retina IA Scanning
• Comp TIA A+
• Comp TIA Network +
• Microsoft MCSE ( Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer )
• Backscatter X-ray Certified Technician and Instructor
• XHTML specialist
• 2D & 3D computer graphics and animation
• Combat First Aid
• M16, M4, M9, SAW qualified
• IED/VBIED recognition and reaction

OPERATING SYSTEMS:

• Windows XP - Windows 7 professional
• Windows 2003-2008 Enterprise
• Microsoft exchange 2003-2010
• Linux RedHat enterprise
• Linux Ubuntu Server

SOFTWARE:

• Adobe Graphics Suites, including Dreamweaver and Flash
• Netcam Watcher Professional
• Gold Disk (IA Scanner)
• Symantec Ghost Solution Suite2
• MS Office Suites
• BCWipe (Permanent File Deletion)

NETWORKING / INFORMATION ASSURANCE (IA):

• Cisco Routers
• Cisco Switches
• Switching Technologies
• Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, GigEthernet, DSL, ADSL, Fiber
• Solar winds ( network monitoring )
• PuTTY Telnet Client

• Bentley-Walker, TS2 and Segovia VSAT Solutions
• UltraVNC
• DHCP / DNS / DynDNS
• TCP/IP
• RFID

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Baghdad, Iraq February 2010 ~ Present

Backscatter Field Service Engineer / IT Manager

• Responsible for maintaining 2 VSAT systems and network security.
• Removed all wireless networking and hard wired the entire encampment of 4 buildings for 20+ users
• Built and implemented internal NAS
• Configured load balancing between the 2 networks to stabilize the existing network.
• Responsible for user training of the Backscatter X-Ray Platform throughout the country.
• Responsible for maintenance and repair of the Backscatter X-ray Platform and vehicles
• Implemented and documented ghosting procedures

Kabul, Afghanistan July 2009 ~ December 2009

IT/Communications Country Manager

• Managed and led a team of 70 workers in the task areas of acquisition and distribution of Department of Defense property for more than 4 military units throughout Afghanistan.
• Maintained accurate property management of more than 300 pieces of government equipment valued over $34 million.
• Utilized solid communication skills with senior grade unit officers, immediate supervisor and / or higher levels of management, by providing work reports of all daily activity.
• Designed and implemented network with 3x redundancy for 600 users in the Kalagush-Gar District.

Baghdad, Iraq December 2006 ~ July 2007

Jr. Systems Administrator / Security Camera Specialist

• Responsible for implementing and maintaining system security and configurations of 45 government servers while providing IT support, to include planning, software and hardware configuration to a staff of 800 end-users.
• Design and Implement overall security for Phoenix Base, which supports average traffic of 1200 military and 300 civilians per day, by installing and configuring 24 Sony Network Surveillance cameras with static IP addresses, along with the 32Tb server and monitoring station under Windows server and Thecus storage system )
• Analyzes information to determine, recommend, and plan layout for type of computers and peripheral equipment modifications to existing systems.
• Implemented Workstation and Server Rollouts and Operating System Imaging .

Baghdad, Iraq July 2007 ~ November 2007

Team Leader, Iraq Defense Network

• Configured and maintained Dell servers, Cisco Pix Firewall terminals, Cisco 2650 routers, 2800 Series T1 Routers, Cisco Catalyst 2950 Switches and Segovia Secure VSAT's .
• Managed the Installation and configuration and testing of more than 300 workstations at 7 locations linked by Fiber and Segovia Satellite to all end users to ensure efficient system usage.
• Worked directly with the NOC for testing of each facilities security and functionality.
• Managed 30+ Local Nationals on the wiring and install of the networks and workstations.

Austin, Texas, USA July 2003 ~ January, 2004

Jr. Systems Administrator / Technical Support

• Customer Service
• On and off site Technical support for 13 companies Texas via Dameware and TightVNC.
• Linux RedHat Enterprise installation and configurations.
• Linux Fedora Core Firewall installation and configuration using Firestarter.
• Installation and configuration of Linux Mail Servers.
• VMWare utilization in order to lower management costs.
• Off Site Network Monitoring through Open Source Solutions.
• Data Recovery through OnTrack recovery Solutions.
• Cisco 501 PIX installation and configurations for secure VPN over SSH
• Joomla CMS design and site management

Austin, TX, USA July 2000 ~ October 2006

Systems Administrator / Technical Support

• Purchased and implemented a full in house customer management system in order to automate and simplify procedures resulting in a 65% increase in user productivity.
• Designed, Implemented and maintained 4 shopping websites.
• Maintained search engine ranking and compatibility.
• designed and implemented Full network install during the construction of a new facility.
• Managed and Maintained Microsoft and Redhat servers.
• Cisco 501 PIX installation and configuration for a secure WAN installation
• Group Policy Management
• Computer forensics and security

EDUCATION

AWARDS