William A. Fink
392 Forest Avenue
Middletown, RI 02842
910.409.3632
bill@billfink.com
Updated: January 2013
SUMMARY
A Senior Network/Systems
Engineer with over 15 years of experience in design, installation, configuration,
administration, security, and troubleshooting of LAN/WAN infrastructure and
security using Cisco routers/Switches/ Cisco PIX/ASA . Good
experience on Windows Vista(32/64), Windows XP(32/64), Windows NT, Novell
Netware, Sun Solaris, Linux (and Unix Variants). Worked in various industries
such as local and US Federal Government, Dot-Com, Telecommunications, Software
development, and Engineering services industry.
HARDWARE
Cisco Routers: (25xx,
80x, 6509)
Cisco Switches (Catalyst 28xx, 36xx)
Firewalls: Cisco Pix Firewall 520/515, ASA 55xx
Servers: Dell, HP, Compaq, IBM, and Sun.
Linux / Unix - Red Hat, FreeBSD, OpenBSD
SOFTWARE/Operating
Systems
Operating Systems: Cisco
IOS software 12.x/11.x, Solaris 2.6/2.7/2.8, Windows XP/ 2000/NT/3.11/95/98,
Linux Red-Hat 6.x - 10, FreeBSD, Novell IntraNetware
3.xx & 4.x, Dos 3/4/5/6
Network
Security/Monitoring Tools: SolarWinds Orion, Network
Performance Monitor. Network Sniffers EtherREAL,
Wireshark, and NMap.
Workstation Tools: Excel, MS Office Suite
Application Software: Sendmail, Apache Web-Server, MS
IIS Web-Server, MS Exchange Server 5.5/5.0/4.0, MS ISA Proxy Server, (Limited)
MS SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle 9x/10. MS Visio. Outlook Web
Access/IMAP/POP3/ LDAP, MS Outlook 2000/98/97/Exchange client 5.0/4.0. Norton
Antivirus,
Enterprise Tools:
Fortinet Fortigate.
(February 2011 Fortinets Fortinet
Appliance For Web-Monitoring Installation.)
Protocols:
TCP/IP, IPX/SPX,
PPP, NetBEUI, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, SMTP/POP3/IMAP/LDAP, FTP, Telnet, SNMP,
RMON, WINS, DHCP, DNS, Frame relay, OSPF, BGP, RIP, RIP2, EIGRP
Certifications:
Globalnet's Cisco CCSP (Pix)
CompTIA's Linux+ Certification
CompTIA's A+ Certification
Internet/Intranet Specialist Certification Learning Tree International
CompTIA's Network+ Certification
CompTIA's Inet+
Certification
CompTIA's A+ Certification
Novell CNE PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCE
Network Engineer /
Administrator
October 2011- Present IT Manager, Kirby
Perkins Construction, Inc. Responsible for the entire company IT
infrastructure and assets.
April 2006 Sept 2011 - New Hanover County Government -
Network Security, Designing, and Engineering for a Cisco Data and Voice (VoIP)
Local And Wide Area Network. Key person
responsible for central and all remote sites network security and connectivity.Hardware background includes Cisco routers and
switches, Cisco ASA 5500 firewall, Cisco Wireless AP's, and (Limited) Cisco
Call Manager experience. Administrator SolarWinds
Orion network performance and monitoring software. Strong experience
with MS,Unix, and Linux
Systems Administration.
January 2004 Sept 2005
Internet/Intranet Administrator For The Naval Hospital
Complex, Newport, Rhode Island. Website Database
Integration/Programmer Using MS Frontpage, MS
Interdev, And MS Access. Instructor For Teaching End Users The Use Of Email Clients (MS
Outlook98) And Servers.
January 1999 December 2004 Senior Unix Network Engineer At NUWC
Naval Research Facility, Newport, Rhode Island In Support Of Over 5000
Workstations And Servers. Used Packet Sniffing Technologies Such As
Ethereal, and NMap.Unix/Solaris(UltraSPARC)/Linux(Intel)/WinNT/Win2000/WinXP
- Network Associates Solaris Gauntlet - Cisco PIX Firewall
Administrator. Wide-Area-Network Administrator. Using - CISCO IOS
Command Line For The 2500/2600/4500/7500 Series Routers.Instructor -
Networking Essentials MCSE Certification - Preparation Course - CompTIA Network+ Certification - Languages Visual BASIC,
Perl, And Shell (BASH) Scripting!
March 1996 December 1999 - Web Services International Inc, Middletown, RI - (CO-Founder/President) Senior
Unix (FreeBSD/Red Hat) - Windows - Windows95/98 - Windows NT Systems And
Network Administrator. Working With TCP/IP And IPX/SPX
Networking Protocols, Servers, Cisco Routers, Concentrators, And Site Firewall
Installation And Maintenance. Over 2 Years Responsible For The Installation And Maintenance Of Internet Web Sites
Using Windows NT IIS And Unix Apache Web Server Software.
March 1996 January
2001 - Training/Instructor/Author
Bristol Community College - Fall River, MA - Instructor Microsoft's
Networking Essential Preparation For The MCSE Exam 070-058 - CompTIA A+ Certification Instructor - Instructor Teaching
PC Local Area Networking, (PCLAN) Advanced MS-DOS, And MS Windows/95/98/2000
Operating Systems.
March 1996 January 2001 Learning Tree International - Instructor course
469 - The Internet for Business- - Instructor
course 470 - Developing A Website, Instructor
course 486 - Web Site Security, Instructor
Course 475 - Intranets: A Comprehensive Hands On Introduction.
Electronics
March 1976 1996 US Navy Electronics Technician - 20
(Proud) Years Experience.