HOUSTON ASSOCIATES INC

1996 to 1998
Leavenworth, Kansas
Network Engineering Software Specialist

MISSION: Mid-West Regional Office

Under contract with Defense Advanced Research Projects Administration (DARPA), develop a worldwide military internet system to be used for warfare simulation traffic and command and control system testing. As system reaches maturity, it is to be turned over to federal agency for permanent management.

Defense Simulation Internet (DSI)

CONTRIBUTION

Create software and administrate database for the Network Encryption System for the Defense Simulation Internet .
Design software/configuration and administrate database for BBN, Wellfleet, Cisco router systems for the DSI.
Handle customer service and troubleshooting of configuration and software related problems at customer sites and network nodes.
Administrate Sun Microsystems (specialized) LAN/WAN.
Develop various application and utility software.

SKILLS DEVELOPED OR UTILIZED


Wide Area Network Operations	Local Area Network Administration	TCP/IP Protocols + Other programming
Router configuration and operation	UNIX Sun / Solaris Networks Admin	World Wide Web operations
Network troubleshooting	Windows NT Server Admin	CGI / Gateway programming
Encryption technologies	Novelle Networks Admin	HTML / CSS / PERL
Long haul communications hardware	Network hardware and infrastructure	UNIX Shell scripting

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Routinely handled troubleshooting and customer service calls unsolved by Network Operations Center (NOC) personnel.
Trained federal personnel on the router operations and encryption system for the DSI at a goverment super-computer center in Columbus, Ohio.

DOCUMENTATION
Job Description (PDF)
Letter of Appreciation (PDF)
Evaluation (PDF)