| Contact Information | |
| Name: | Nathan Volk |
| Email: | nvolk (at) nvolk (dot) com [email concealed] |
| Location: | Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| Resume | |
| Position/Title: | Sr. Security Engineer |
| Resume: |
Education Univ. of Pittsburgh –School of Information Science and Telecommunications Bachelor of Science - Information Science Magna Cum Laude Certifications/Organizations Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Clearance Top Secret (TS) Clearance Professional Experience • 2 years - Senior Security Analyst • 1 year - Incident Manager on a CERT • 9 years - Unix Administrator • 7 years - Network/Firewall Administrator • 2 years - Network Operation Center(NOC) Analyst Technical Skills OS – Freebsd, Solaris, Mac OS, Windows Firewalls/VPN – Checkpoint, Cisco, Juniper Data Forensics – Encase Enterprise, Rootkit Analysis, Reverse code engineering Security Tools – Nessus, Gideon SecureFusion, Nmap Incident Detection – Snort, Securify, Network Instruments Sniffer, ISS, MARS, Cisco IPS Services – Qmail, Netcool, MS Sharepoint, Professional Accomplishments Center for Disease Control & Prevention Senior Security Analyst July 2005 – Present • Lead security engineer for Intrusion detection systems and data forensics • Served as an incident manager at a federal CERT • Developed an enterprise security monitoring solution for an international organization with over 25,000 nodes • Supports Checkpoint Firewall and VPN for the enterprise • Developed tools to measure Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) compliance • Ensures compliance with federal security standards such as NIST 800-53, FISMA, and HSPD-12 Elite Internet Communications, Inc Contract Network/System Engineer August 2000 –June 2005 • Setup servers for clients using Freebsd, Qmail, and Apache • Worked on mitigating large denial of service and other security attacks with major carriers and vendors • Setup and supported network which consisted of layer 3 switches and individual vlans for customers • Supported customers with over 1 million unique visitors a month Ripple Effects Interactive Network/System Administrator April 2001 – July 2005 • Responsible for Systems/Network administration for large web design firm • Network consisted of a mix of Solaris, Macintosh and Windows machines • Maintained and configured Cisco Pix Firewall and Cisco switches • Designed, implemented, and supported a remote network in New York, NY to meet growing business needs Stargate.Net, Inc ASP Network Operations Analyst July 1999 – April 2001 • Monitored Customer equipment and internet connectivity • Worked on security concerns and trouble tickets • Assisted Datacenter customers with installing new equipment • Made DNS and Qmail adjustments based on customer needs • Worked directly with telcos, such as Verizon and AT&T, to fix internet connectivity issues |
