Brian McEntire, AWS Solutions Architech Pro, Linux Guru

Experience

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  Comsat

  Sept 1994 - Oct 1997

  Technical Specialist

  Hired as an intern to port satellite scheduling software from UNIX to the PC Desktop. Completed the project well ahead of schedule. Joined the Software Development Division's web initiative and help desk teams. Became key player in rollout of the department's first Internet web presence.Administered approximately 100 active user accounts and group permissions on Windows servers and installed and troubleshot the department's Windows PC and MacOS desktop computers.Installed CAT3 and CAT5 Ethernet cable runs and office drops. Punched down network cabling to 110 blocks for structured wiring. Spliced and terminated fiber optic cable runs. Show less

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  RS Information Systems

  Oct 1997 - Dec 2006

  Senior Systems Architect

  Team leader with hands on DevOps/Systems Administration role responsible for network and computer security, and server and workstation infrastructure for the National Weather Service's Office of Hydrologic Development. Operated the department's Internet and Intranet web servers on the LAMP stack. Operated and performance-tuned MySQL and Postgress database servers for software development and operation use. Provided daily maintenance and enhancement of the network and computing environments consisting of RedHat Enterprise LINUX servers and workstations, thin clients and VMWare high availability servers, Cisco PIX firewall and VPN Remote Access Server, Cisco and HP Procurve managed switches, EMC network attached RAID storage, and disaster recovery and COOP processes via robotic tape library with Veritas network backup. Show less

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  IronNet Cybersecurity

  Apr 2019 - Jul 2020

  Operations Engineer

  As a Deployment and Operations Engineer I work across diverse functional areas including Network Engineering, Test Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, and Cyber Operations, to enhance the capabilities and value of IronNet Cybersecurity products and streamline deployments.

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  Amazon Web Services (AWS)

  May 2021 - now

  Senior Technical Account Manager