Steve Maglio
Details
Geochemistry/Mineral Physics
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
2007 : 2009
M.S.
Planetary Geology/Mineral Physics
Northern Illinois University
2005 : 2007
B.S.
Geology
Northern Illinois University
2001 : 2005
Lake Park
Artisan Partners
Information Security Engineer
• My primary role is engineering ownership of Advocate Aurora’s application delivery platforms. This includes F5 BigIP, Citrix NetScaler, Infoblox DNS, Akamai DNS, AppViewX, and integrations with various other platforms.
• Prior to the merger of Advocate and Aurora I was also co-lead security engineer. This role was responsible for all firewalls, VPN infrastructure (IPSec and SSL), web filtering, IPS, and web-based remote access to on-premise applications.
• Most common day-to-day tasks were creating load-balancing configuration and managing firewall policy.
• Major projects accomplished in these roles outside of day-to-day items included :
- Migration from F5 BigIP v10 EOL appliances to current versions utilizing F5 vCMP (virtualization)
- Stabilization of F5 BigIP configuration to provide solid load-balancing support for Epic (electronic medical records platform)
- Splitting Check Point VSX to physically separate firewalls for performance improvement. All utilized NGFW features.
- Removal/replacement of Check Point firewalls with Palo Alto and configuration of Panorama, threat prevention features, and User-ID integration.
- Deployment of Duo Security for 2FA across the enterprise for all remote access methods.
- Built net new F5, Check Point, Palo Alto, and Citrix NetScaler deployments for migration to new Data Center.
- Replaced/redesigned external DNS platform to enhance DNS security
• In this role I also contribute to architecture/strategy discussions regarding network and security topology which have led to major gains in Advocate Aurora’s security posture, and in the efficiency and resiliency of our environment.
2014 : 2019
Aurora Health Care
Senior Network Designer
• Primary responsibility was to complete requests from application teams related to configuration of nodes, pools, virtual addresses, iRules, and profiles on 3 HA pairs of BIGIP 3600 appliances.
• Completed a migration of one pair of appliances from v10 to v11.
• Added information to existing documentation and helped to more clearly depict the state of the F5 environment to the network engineering team and management.
2014 : 2014
Aurora Health Care
F5 Engineer/Contractor
2014 : 2019
Advocate Aurora Health
Sr. Network Designer
• Primary responsibility as a Sr. Systems Engineer was maintenance, troubleshooting, configuration, and upgrading of VMware vSphere environment (vCenter, ESXi, vCOps) including interoperability with Cisco Nexus infrastructure.
• Responsible for all aspects of F5 load balancers (Viprion 2400, physical LTM and VE; Active-Standby HA config) including virtual server and profile creation/configuration, upgrades, iRules, SSL termination, and more.
• Also engineered, maintained, and troubleshot a VMware Horizon View environment (5.2). Includes administration of desktop pools, image creation, and group policy configuration.
• Deployed Lync Server 2010 Enterprise. Migrated company from OCS to Lync.
• Deployed, maintained, and performed troubleshooting of IIS (ver. 5-7.5) websites.
• Supported Citrix XenApp 4.5, Microsoft SCOM, and third-party apps when primary engineers were unavailable.
• Other tasks included, but were not limited to participation in business recovery exercises, maintenance and organization of Active Directory including DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, and 2003-2008R2 DC upgrades, worked with DBAs and developers to troubleshoot problems, created/managed virtual machines and templates, resolved Exchange tickets that varied from user to server problems.
2011 : 2014
Tech Data Corporation
Senior Systems Engineer
Skills
Active Directory, BizTalk, Business Recovery, Check Point NGFW, Checkpoint Security, Check Point VSX, Cisco Catalyst Switches, Cisco IOS, Cisco Technologies, Citrix, Crystallography, DNS, Domain Controller, Enterprise Software, F5 BigIP, Geochemistry, Group Policy, Hardware, Igneous Petrology, IIS, Lync Server 2010, Microsoft Office, Operating Systems, Powder X-ray Diffraction, Powershell, SharePoint, Technical Support, Troubleshooting, VMware, VMware Horizon View 5.2, VMware View, Windows 7, Windows Server, X-ray spectroscopy
About
- Expert-level, certified, knowledge of F5 LTM load balancing devices (engineering, architecture, configuration, upgrades, iRules).
- Advanced knowledge of F5 GTM configuration and engineering.
- Advanced experience with Windows (95, 98/se, ME, 2000, 2003, XP, 7, 2008R2) and VMware (ESX/ESXi, View, VCenter) platforms.
- In depth knowledge of Active Directory Services including but not limited to configuring Group Policy objects/preferences to control and customize client devices.
- Advanced knowledge in the areas of servers, networks, security, and load balancing that allow me to create an end-to-end application delivery strategy.
- Researched, planned, and led hardware refresh and deployment of Windows 7 for 20+ billion dollar, Fortune 500 company.
- Organizational skills that result in an IT environment that is streamlined and efficient.
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