Circle Image

George Osborne

IT Consultant

An information technology professional with over 20 years of experience in Network/Systems Engineering, Design and Architecture. Also, well versed in many areas of information security.

Technical Skills

The following list is an overview of my technical skills.
router

LAN/WAN Hardware

Cisco Routers/Switches/Nexus, Dell PowerConnect Switches, HP ProCurve Switches, Adtran CSU/DSUs

search

Network Analysis/Technologies

Sniffer Pro, Wildpackets Etherpeek NX, Ethereal/Wireshark, Sniffit, IPtraf, Ethernet, Token Ring, ATM, TCPDump, Solarwinds Orion, NTOP

code

Scripting Languages

Batch, Linux BASH, Windows Powershell

group

Group Collaboration

MS Exchange 5.0/5.5/2000/2003/2007/2010/2013, Oracle Collaboration Suite, Groupwise 4/5/6, Domino 5.5/6.5, Samsung Contact Server, Scalix

security

Firewalls

Cisco ASA/PIX, Checkpoint FW1/NG, iptables/ufw, Netscreen/Juniper, Watchguard, pfSense

fingerprint

IPS/IDS

IP Angel, Snort/Aanval/Security Onion, Defense Pro, Cisco ASA IPS/AIP-SSM Module

warning

Network and System Monitoring

Splunk, ELSA, ELK, SolarWinds, PRTG, dynaTrace, Zabbix

phone

VoIP

Digium Asterisk 1.4/1.6/1.8, Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CallManager) 5.0/6.1/9.1

memory

Server Hardware/Appliances

HP C3000 Blade Chassis, HP Proliant DL Series Servers, Cisco UCS B Series Chassis, Dell PowerEdge Servers, Citrix NetScaler 8200 (NS10)

email

Mail Server MTAs

Sendmail, Postfix, Courier, Exim

alternate_email

Spam Filters

Razorgate, Barracuda, Spamassassin, EFA Project

verified_user

Security Tools

SAINT 7.x, Backtrack 4 and 5/Kali security tools (Wifite, Metasploit, Grimwepa, etc), Nessus, GFI LanGuard

dns

Virtualization Technologies

VirtualBox, VMware Workstation, Parallels Desktop, VMware ESXi, vSphere 4.x/5.x/6.x, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer

devices

Operating Systems

DOS; Windows 3.11/95/98/XP/ME/Win 7/NT 4.0/2000/2003/2008/2008 R2/2012/2012 R2/2016/2019/2022; Redhat Linux AS 3.0/Redhat 7.0/8.0/9.0/Fedora Core 1,2,3; Debian Woody/Sarge; Ubuntu 9.x – 14.10; CentOS 6.4/6.5; HPUX 11.1; Solaris 2.5/6/7/8/9; Netware 3.1/4.0/4.11/5.0, Novell SuSE Enterprise 9.1

code

Programming Languages/Databases

PERL, PHP, Python, Ruby / MySQL, PostgreSQL, MSSQL

cloud

Cloud Technologies

Amazon AWS (VPC, IaaS, ELB, S3), OpenStack Havana, Icehouse, Juno, Kilo, and Liberty (Swift, Cinder, Nova, Neutron, Horizon)

computer

VDI

Citrix Presentation Server 4.0/4.5, XenApp 5/6/6.5/7.6, XenDesktop 7.6

save_alt

Storage Area Networking

Dell EqualLogic PS4000 (iSCSI), EMC AX150 (iSCSI), AX4-5 (iSCSI), CX300 (iSCSI), CX3-10 (iSCSI), VNX5300 (FC), Nimble Storage (10G iSCSI)

domain

Directory Services Infrastructure

Novell Directory Services (Netware 4.1/4.11), Microsoft Active Directory (2000/2003/2008/2008 R2/2012/2012 R2/2016/2019 Forests/Domains)

public

Web Frameworks

Django, Rails, PHP

Education & Certifications

The following timeline shows my education and certification history from 1993 - present.
  • Jan 2019
    GICSP

    Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional

  • Oct 2015
    GCIH

    GIAC Certified Incident Handler

  • Aug 2014
    GXPN

    GIAC Exploit Researcher and Advanced Penetration Tester

  • Sep 2013
    CCNA

    Cisco Certified Network Associate Routing and Switching

  • Aug 2012
    BCNE

    Brocade Certified Network Engineer

  • Mar 2012
    GPEN

    GIAC Penetration Tester

  • Jan 2012
    GSEC

    GIAC Security Essentials

  • Oct 2005
    MCSE Windows Server 2003

    Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer for Windows Server 2003

  • Oct 2005
    MCSA: Messaging Windows Server 2003

    Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator for Windows Server 2003/Exchange Server 2003

  • Oct 2005
    MCSA Windows Server 2003

    Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator for Windows Server 2003

  • Oct 2005
    CCEA Metaframe Presentation Server 3.0

    Citrix Certified Enterprise Administrator for Metaframe Access Suite 3.0

  • Sep 2005
    CCA Metaframe Presentation Server 3.0

    Citrix Certified Administrator for Metaframe Access Suite 3.0

  • Sep 2005
    CCA Metaframe XP 1.0

    Citrix Certified Administrator for Metaframe XP Presentation Server

  • Sep 2005
    MCP Windows XP

    Microsoft Certified Professional for Windows XP

  • May 1996
    A.A.S., Computer Information Systems

    Cumberland County College

  • Jun 1993
    H.S., Diploma

    Vineland High School

Work History

The following timeline shows my work history from 1994 - present.
  • Sep 2015 - Current
    EGNSI - Houston, TX

    Systems Engineer/Architect

  • Jan 2006 - Sep 2015
    AmeriQuest/Corcentric - Cherry Hill, NJ

    Lead Network Engineer/System Architect

  • Jan 2002 - Jan 2006
    Asellus Integration Technologies - Blackwood, NJ

    Senior Systems Engineer

  • Sep 2000 - Jan 2002
    Eastec Software Systems - Cherry Hill, NJ

    Senior Systems Engineer

  • Sep 1999 - Sep 2000
    Seabrook Brothers and Sons - Seabrook, NJ

    Systems Analyst

  • Jul 1996 - Sep 1999
    CNIS - Blackwood, NJ

    Systems Engineer

  • Jan 1994 - Jul 1996
    Cumberland County College - Vineland, NJ

    Computer Lab Technical Assistant