James J. Barlow

605 E. Springfield
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 244-6403
jbarlow(at)ncsa.uiuc.edu
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/~jbarlow

Career Objective

To work for a company that is involved in research, development, and advancement of computer security technologies.

University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Engineering, May 1990

Areas of Study:
Software Engineering, Data Structures, Computer-Aided Instruction

National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Champaign, Illinois
March 1995 - Present

Senior Security Engineer - Head of Security Operations and Incident Response

Security Administration
Involved in set up and configuration of intrusion detection systems (IDS).
Monitor and respond to IDS alerts.
Lead development and configuration of network flow based monitoring environment.
Lead security team in upgrade and installation of log analysis system.
Incident Response
Lead the Incident Response and Security Team to detect, prevent and analyze compromised systems.
Perform computer forensic analysis on compromised computer systems.
Work closely with local and federal law enforcement agencies on incidents.

Senior System Engineer

Help deploy the use of secure tools in NCSA environment (Kerberos, SSH, PGP).
Administration of Kerberos Realm
Help setup and maintain NCSA.EDU kerberos realm.
Developed internal tool for storing AFS information (volumes and mount points) in a MySQL database. Tool is used for historical tracking of volumes, future resource requirements, and debugging problems.

System Engineer

Administrating Andrew File System (AFS)
Maintain and project future deployment of Wide Area Distributed File Systems.
Web Server Administration.
Help setup and maintain a Kerberized Stronghold web server.
System programming
Integrating software applications into current working environment.
Streamlining administration tasks with Perl, Tcl/TK, and shell scripting.
Training
Taught training classes for security tools (SSH, Kerberos, PGP) and AFS filesystem.
Administration of Linux, Sun, HP, and SGI workstations
Installation of software and hardware on desktop workstations as well as user support.

The Valar Group, Inc., Champaign, Illinois
Principal Security Engineer, February 2000 - December 2004

One of four founding members of a security consulting group.
Clients included Champaign-based banks and medical insurance companies.
Involved in security and policy decisions, deployment of firewalls, vulnerability scans and assessments, and infrastructure design.

Frasca International, Urbana, Illinois
Senior Software Engineer, June 1990 - February 1995

Design and implementation of software systems for flight simulation.
Developed and maintained software using real-time, multitasking, and multi-processor operating systems.
Developed software to run on DOS, Multibus I, Multibus II, and Motorola VME architectures.
Software project leader on projects with teams of up to four programmers.
Designing and integrating software and hardware.
Configured software to execute from EPROM's in an embedded system.
Communication with other computers using serial and SCSI interfaces.
Programming in C and Assembly languages.
Maintaining version control in software systems.
International and domestic travel for customer support.

Ohio Department of Transporation, Columbus, Ohio
Software Programmer, Summer 1989

Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
Lab Monitor, Januaray 1989 - December 1989