Kyle Amon

Environments

• HARDWARE

 
• X86 (IA32), AMD64/EM64T, POWER, PowerPC, SPARC, Alpha, PA-RISC, MIPS, Motorola 8800
• Prime, System/36, AS/400
• Routers, Switches, CSU/DSUs, Terminal Servers, Multiplexors, WAPs
• RAID, SSA

 
• OPERATING SYSTEMS

 
• Unix/X Windows (Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, True64 [aka OSF/1 & Digital], SCO, UnixWare, SunOS, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, DG/UX, Motorola)
• MS DOS/Windows, OS/2
• PrimeOS, SSP, OS/400, VM/CMS
• IOS, ComOS

 
• NETWORKING
   
  • TCP/IP, UUCP, IPX/SPX, Appletalk, SNA/APPN
  • RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP
  • DNS, X.500, LDAP, NCS
  • NFS/NIS, DCE/DFS, AFS, Samba
  • SMTP, X.400
  • DHCP, RADIUS, NTP, SNMP, RPC, RTP/RTSP
  • Firewalls, ACLs, NAT, VPNs, ISAKMP, X.509, Kerberos 4/5, SOCKS, SSL/TLS
  • PostgresSQL, MySQL, Oracle, Sybase, DB2
  • NetWare, LANtastic, LAN Manager
  • Lotus Notes/Domino
  • Ethernet, Token Ring, Frame Relay, PPP, ISDN, xDSL, X.25, CDPD, Wi-Fi
  
  
• LANGUAGES

 
• Korn/Bourne Shell, Sed, Awk and other Unix tools
• C/C++, Perl, Python, Tcl/Tk, Java, JavaScript, PHP, SQL, HTML
• Pascal, Basic

Professional Experience

• BackWatcher, Inc., October 2000 - Present

CTO
Founded this Unix/Networking company specializing in Information Security (InfoSec). Client projects have included firewall/VPN installation/administration, router configuration and ACL development, security auditing, penetration testing, incident forensics, remote administration, network design/implementation, system/network restructuring, system installation/upgrade, disaster recovery, disaster recovery planning, programming and general problem resolution.
 
• HITTER COMMUNICATIONS, May 2000 - October 2000

Senior Unix Systems Administrator
Supervising a staff of 10 administrators, I was responsibile for the Unix and network administration of primarily FreeBSD Unix systems and Cisco networking equipment. We provided basic internet services such as connectivity, monitoring, email and website hosting. Hitter Communications was a multihomed, regional ISP and website hosting company.
 
• SAGEMAKER, December 1999 - April 2000

Senior Systems Architect
Primary responsibility for the software testing and release cycle of SageWave, the client component of the company's primary product. Additional senior level responsibilities were for Unix systems administration, WAN management, Internet security, remote access, network monitoring and DNS administration. SageMaker, (subsequently acquired by Divine), was an Enterprise Information Portal (EIP) company with a focus on the oil, gas and energy industries.
 
• IBM GLOBAL SERVICES, January 1997 - November 1998

Unix Systems Administrator - Security Specialist
As a senior level technician, I performed advisory and hands-on roles in network architecture, risk analysis, security policies, security auditing and intrusion detection. I also administered DNS (set up and was hostmaster to southbury.ibm.com on IBM's Intranet and the Internet), sendmail  (designed email architecture for IBM Content Hosting Services), firewalls (designed and configured firewalls for both IBM internal and commercial use), Cisco routers  (wrote and maintained the security ACLs for IBM Content Hosting Services as well as commercial customers)  and webservers (designed secure server and electronic commerce systems for both IBM internal  (ie. ShopIBM) and commercial accounts (ie. ASD). Additionally, I provided fourth level technical support (and there are officially only three) as needed.
 
• JABIL CIRCUIT, INC., November 1995 - January 1997

Corporate Unix Systems Administrator
Primary systems/network responsibility for multi-vendor Unices across a heterogenous, international WAN. Duties consisted of research, development, implementation, policies, documentation and highest level technical support for the local IT departments of seven manufacturing facilities worldwide. Sole responsibility for design and administration of firewalls, both Internet and Extranet. Jabil is the third largest contract manufacturer of circuit board assemblies in the world, manufacturering, among other things, most of Cisco's product.
 
• MACMILLAN COMPUTER PUBLISHING - QUE, SAMS, & NEW RIDERS, February 1996 - December 2000

Technical Editor
Contract work reviewing the content and technical accuracy of books and CDs in development, as well as providing proposal reviews. Titles I worked on include,
 
• Special Edition Using CGI  (full text)
• Running A Perfect Website With Apache
• Webmaster's Expert Solutions 
• Web Programming Unleashed
• Apache Server Survival Guide
• Linux System Administration
• GTK+/Gnome Application Development

 
• CUE & CASE CONNECTION, October 1995 - December 2000

Sole Proprietor
An e-commerce billiard supply store with secure online credit card transactions beginning in June of 1996. I designed, built, and configured the website as an e-commerce proof of concept at a time when credit card processing companies were saying it couldn't be done. It was the first billiard supply outlet on the Internet and the first to offer secure online ordering as well. Sales were still more than doubleing each year at the time of it's sale.
 
• ADVANTIS - IBM GLOBAL NETWORK, March 1995 - June 1995

Systems Engineer
Contracted on the 1NET project, integrating the two distinct SNA networks, Advantis North (Sears heritage) and Advantis South (IBM heritage) into the world's largest single SNA network. Technical support role for larger, dual-attached customers with emphasis on load-balancing, traffic-splitting and APPN/LEN connectivity.
 
• CUE SPORTS MARKETING, April 1989 - March 1995

Unix System Administrator
Full systems and networking responsibility for an international wholesale billiard supply distributorship. Administration of terminals/servers and UUCP networking in a SCO Unix environment. Development, documentation and training.
 
• THE BILLIARD PLACE, INC., May 1992 - March 1995

Vice President
Fifty percent partner in a thirty-five table billiard parlor with bar, game room and pro-shop. Primary areas of effort in personnel, advertising and promotion, security and controls. Provided Internet connectivity and installed a TCP/IP network behind a Unix firewall. Installed and configured a remotely viewable security camera system. Wrote POS task management and billiard league management software.
 
• PINELLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS, June 1988 - April 1989

School Teacher

Publications

• Making MPEG Movies with Axis Network Cameras, Embedded Linux Journal, March 2001
• Co-Authored Red Hat Linux Installation and Configuration Handbook by QUE

Speaking

• Presented Building & Managing Firewall/VPN Systems with OpenBSD at Rubi-Con 2002
• Presented Securing & Maintaining Security in An Arena of Rapid Synthetic Evolution during Securing Linux: The 1999 Workshop at SANS Security San Francisco 99
• Gave presentation on Unix and Network Security to CFUG, the Connecticut Free Unix Group, September 1999

Memberships

• FSF (Free Software Foundation)
• USENIX (Advanced Computing Systems Association)
• SAGE (System Administrator' Guild)
• ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

Certifications

• SCO ACE (Advanced Certified Engineer)

Professional Education

• Digital Unix V4.0 System Management
• AIX V4 Advanced System Administration
• SCO OpenServer Release 5 Administration
• TCP/IP and NFS Administration
• UUCP Administration
• Advanced Topics in DNS and BIND
• Sendmail Configuration and Operation
• Shell Programming for System Administrators
• Introduction to Cisco Router Configuration
• Advanced Cisco Router Configuration
• AS/400 Network Connectivity
• Essential Unix Programming
• Unix Network Programming
• Java Programming
• Ethics for System Administration

Education

• Ph.D., Computer Science, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 2002
• M.S., Computer Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1998
• B.A., Literature, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL, 1988
  • Entered college on early admissions program.
  • Received Special Talent Scholarship.
  • Completed B.A. in three years.