KEVIN D. SCHULZ

• Released along with 4 other personnel due to corporate restructure (Letter of Reference from global IT director available)
• Supervision of 5 engineers and technicians across 14 locations
• Assigned/prioritized all operational and engineering efforts
• Acquired Certified Information Privacy Professional Certification (CIPP)
• Established SOX Compliance program from ground up – Passed audit without penalty
• Implemented backup program for critical servers utilizing cloud based Synology
• Project Management and Technical Manager
• Designed and executed email migration from Rackspace to O365
• 400 personnel transferred with no data loss
• Phase I infrastructure deployment to 14 sites
• Configured and deployed Palo Alto firewalls and Meraki switches/Access Points
• Established full network and crucial service monitoring with Solarwinds
• Implemented Security Awareness Training
• Configured and deployed Sophos and Rapid7 to provide strong security posture
• Created all infrastructure Visio diagrams for new network designs
• Designed project roadmaps for business approvals

(Departed for opportunity for growth and development)

IT Manager Server Engineering

• Experienced Project and Vendor manager
• Implemented AZURE cloud AD and Exchange implementation
• Eliminated or upgraded 180 2008r2 servers in 4 months
• Migration of 2012 and 2016 Servers from on-prem to AZURE
• WINDOWs server and administration
• DNS Modernization
• AWS Windows systems
• Guided organizational technology strategy and roadmaps
• LDAP to LDAPS migration
• Participated in formal internal design reviews of proposed products and components, providing input on potential technical improvements.
• Conferred with executives to advise and plan for short-term and long-term IT system upgrade needs

● Assistant Manager Configuration Management

• Led technology selection and rollout, focusing on organizational planning, provider contracts and supplier service-level agreements.
• Delivered WIN7 deployment early and under budget
• 700 corporate systems
• 28 Regional offices - 3000 systems
• 1000 stores - 16000 systems

● Assistant Manager Network Operations Manager (NOC

• Proposed establishment of network operations center to CIO
• Stood up 24/7 NOC within one month
• Eliminated contract company saving company $600k annually
• Reduced troubled networks from 10 stores to 1 on average
• Created runbooks and processes to expedite training and effectiveness

● Senior Network Security Engineer

• Created IPS/IDS network security monitoring to PCI standards
• Redesigned and implemented DMZ network
• 5-minute downtime in 24-hour implementation
• Established patching standards for PCI requirements
• Conducted penetration testing and remediation planning

• Headhunted for advanced network security skillset
• Managed/Operated Zero tolerance managed service for small to mid-sized banks
• Provided network and security administration for 125 banks
• 24/7 security monitoring and intrusion detection
• Zero tolerance policy on security intrusion misses
• Conducted quarterly penetration testing
• Established remediation plans and executed with team
• POC for all security auditing for each bank
• Coordinated with third-party security information and event management (SIEM) providers to maintain protections and predict threats.
• Designed standardized incident logging system to track historical incursions while helping prevent future breaches.

• Laid off following company buyout
• Managed internal and satellite communications network of 40+ satellites
• Designed and implemented internal network to remote facility
• Created LAN/WAN capability to and from remote facility
• Managed and maintained secret network capabilities for the NSA