Erez Levav
Senior Software Engineer
Work Preference
Summary
Expert in software development, team management, and education. Proficient in all phases of the software life cycle, from proof of concept to system integration and remote maintenance. Skilled in courseware development and delivery. Experience includes operating system-level applications and end-user client/server solutions, primarily using C/UNIX and Java. Projects cover cyber security, distributed systems, parallel processing, WAN applications, computer security, voice and image processing, GUI design, digital telephony, real-time systems, remote networks, and system administration. Strong background in teaching kernel-level UNIX courses and college-level instruction.
Overview
38
38
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Security Engineer
New York Life Insurance
04.1996 - 10.2005
- Senior Engineer in charge of PAM systems – mainly CyberArk.
- Maintain mission critical software/systems ensured 99.99% uptime.
- Involved in redesign of sub-systems, performance improvement and monitoring.
- Instituted department wide software development practices (e.g. version control, testing, code reviews.)
- Engineer in charge of IAM infrastructure. Including CA SiteMinder, Ping Identity PingFederate. Implemented new features as part of enhancement projects (e.g. Intranet/Internet single sign on).
- Employed standard protocols (e.g. TCP/IP, SMTP, X.500/LDAP, X.509), SAML, Kerberos.
- Platforms: Solaris, Linux, VMWare, MQ, SiteMinder, Ping Directory, MS/Windows, C++, Java.
IT Team Lead
Private Industry Council
02.1996 - 06.1999
- Reorganized systems and applications across heterogeneous network of Windows and UNIX PCs.
- Developed a plan for site wide hardware and software replacement optimizing costs and minimizing learning curve time.
- Documented and developed engineering procedures and processes.
- Enforced rules and regulations to keep working environment safe.
- Maintained servers and systems to keep networks fully operational during peak periods.
- Generated reports to track performance and analyze trends.
- Platforms: PC, SUN SS2, SunOS4.1, Novel, Unify, Shell.
Senior Software Engineer
Fox-Chase Cancer Center
04.1995 - 02.1996
- Designed and implemented GUI for a medical database (part of the Human Genome Project).
- System architecture was client server based: the DB was connected over the Internet to many client sites.
- Platform: DEC Alpha, Digital UNIX, Neuron Data OIE & DAE, Sybase, C/C++.
Software Engineer
Taratec Development
02.1995 - 04.1995
- Implemented a library of C function calls interfacing Oracle to XVT GUI.
- Developed, tested and delivered a library of 100+ functions connecting a printed circuit board layout machine GUI to an Oracle database backend.
- Platform: SUN SPARC, Solaris 2.3, ProC, Oracle, XVT.
Software Consultant
WTS Bureau Systems, Inc.
07.1992 - 03.1995
- Developed digital telephony protocols and delivered products in China, Hong Kong and Germany.
- Supported remote installations in Argentina, Philippines, Guinea, Italy.
- Sole developer of E1 protocol layer, emulating both a digital telephony switch (dial-out) and end-user equipment (dial-in) to the external network.
- Minimized the interface changes to existing application layer (designed for analog environment), by mapping digital events to analog equivalents. Developed code off-site. Code delivered without testing due to lack of test equipment. However, product worked at first run. Modular code design enabled extensive reuse for a variety of E1/R1, E1/R2 and E1/ISDN implementations.
- Coordinated with other engineers to evaluate and improve software and hardware interfaces.
- Platforms: 386/486 PCs running DOS 5.0/6.0 and Novell NetWare 3.12.
Senior Software Consultant
American Express Travel Group
06.1994 - 11.1994
- Developed a contract management GUI for American Express (Travel Group). resulting in a user-friendly interface, greater data accuracy and cost efficacy.
- Worked closely with clients to establish specifications and system designs.
- Created software programs, wrote codes and tested programs for optimal performance and accuracy.
- Platform: RS/6000, AIX 3.2, Uniface, Sybase.
Senior Software Consultant
Dialogic Corporation
11.1991 - 07.1992
- Migrated voice processing drivers and applications from DOS to MS-Windows environment.
- Developed CCITT telephony protocols and delivered products in Belgium, Germany and Spain.
- In ten days, wrote an application using just-released Dialogic boards, new firmware, new drivers, new libraries using an untested hardware configuration to demonstrate new features for a trade show.
- Working for the International Sales department, implemented several digital telephony protocols as part of the mandatory governmental acceptance tests of various European countries.
- Provided technical support using knowledge of complex technology to solve problems and support new projects.
Senior Software Team Lead
IBM Corporation
01.1990 - 11.1991
- Member of a special kernel debugging team.
- Wrote and presented several classes on UNIX internal structure and general code writing and debugging techniques.
- Led the design and implementation of functional verification testing strategy.
- Modified existing software to correct errors, adapt to new hardware and improve performance.
- Integrated five testing suites with own written kernel tests to perform automatic testing of new OS releases. Code size approx. 500,000 lines.
- Spearheaded early experiments installing and debugging OSF/1 on various platforms including MP systems as well as IBM 3090.
Software Engineer
Gould/Motorola Inc.
06.1987 - 12.1989
- Participated in the design and implementation of security enhancements to Bell Labs UNIX SVR4.
- Participated in the development and testing of real-time features for the GOULD UTX2.1.
- Provided fixes for UTX2.1 operating environment at both kernel and application level.
- Partner in the design and implementation of kernel extensions, enabling user level installation of interrupt handling routines into the kernel.
- Participated in the design of security enhancements to the UNIX file system.
- Designed and implemented a trusted version of cpio for a B2 level UNIX.
Education
M.S. - Computer Science
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel01.1985
B.S. - Computer Science
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel01.1983
Skills
- Experience with multiple legacy as well as current systems
- Experience with various programming languages and tools
- Experience with multiple methods of software development
Accomplishments
Designed and implemented software projects in a matter of days - when the needs were critical and urgent.
Able to cope with limited and flawed specifications and still achieve final products that were fully functional and bug free.
Certification
CISSP
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Hebrew
Native or Bilingual
Work Availability
monday
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Software
AIX 12/3x/4x, Linux (Red Hat, SuSE, etc), Solaris 2x/7/8/10, HP-UX 3/7, Bell Labs UNIX Version 6/7, BSD UNIX 2x/4x, AT&T System V 3x/4x, OSF/1, DEC RSTS/E, XEROX STAR, Windows 2000/2003/2008, Windows NT 3x/4x, Win95/98/XP/7, Windows FWG 311, X Windows, C/C, Java, HTML, XML, Perl, shell (sh, ksh, csh, bash), awk, sed, FORTRAN, Pascal, SQL, CyberArk, SiteMinder, PingFederated, X500/LDAP, Uniface, Sybase, PVCS, MS-Project
Affiliations
- IEEE
- ISSA
Quote
Simple minds think alike.
Great minds like to think.
Me
Timeline
Senior Security Engineer
New York Life Insurance
04.1996 - 10.2005
IT Team Lead
Private Industry Council
02.1996 - 06.1999
Senior Software Engineer
Fox-Chase Cancer Center
04.1995 - 02.1996
Software Engineer
Taratec Development
02.1995 - 04.1995
Senior Software Consultant
American Express Travel Group
06.1994 - 11.1994
Software Consultant
WTS Bureau Systems, Inc.
07.1992 - 03.1995
Senior Software Consultant
Dialogic Corporation
11.1991 - 07.1992
Senior Software Team Lead
IBM Corporation
01.1990 - 11.1991
Software Engineer
Gould/Motorola Inc.
06.1987 - 12.1989
B.S. - Computer Science
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
M.S. - Computer Science
Hebrew University of Jerusalem