Information Technology and Services Consultant
Greater Philadelphia Area
- Current
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- ISC Incident Handler at SANS
- GIAC Gold Advisor at GIAC
- Security Consultant at Sourcefire, Inc
- Past
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- Senior Information Assurance Analyst at Sytex, Inc
- Senior Information Assurance Analyst at Lockheed Martin Information Technologies
- Multichannel Transmissions Supervisor at United States Army
- Operations and Administration Supervisor at United States Army
- Education
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- ACIA
- SFCE
- SFCP
- SnortCP
- SANS
- Vulnerability Assessment Instructor
- Criminal Investigative Division, Computer Crimes Investigative Unit Computer Forensic Course
- Vulnerability Assessment Analyst
- IASO Certification
- Systems Administrator and Network Manager Security Course
- United States Army Primary Leadership Development Course
- United States Army Air Assault School
- United States Army Signal School
- United States Army IET
- Rising Sun
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Joel Esler’s Summary
-- 8 years of experience in Computers, Intelligence, Security, and Information Operations Support as well as 3 years in Information Technology Management
-- Highly experienced in handling day-to-day and long term network security analysis and unauthorized intrusion attempts to include TCP/IP analysis, conversion, breakdown, and interpretation. Have handled hundreds of intrusions and incidents from “Cradle to Grave”
-- Experienced in Windows XP, 2000, NT, ME, 98, 95, Office 2003, XP, and 2000. Red Hat 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, ES, and AS, Fedora Core 3 -7, Mac OS X 10.3, 10.4, 10.5 (and all associated programs), Mandrake, FreeBSD, ISS RealSecure 6-7, Sourcefire Defense Center, IS, and RNA appliances, Niksun’s Netdetector (NetVCR) and Trident products, Symantec Antivirus and Manhunt, Trend Micro, Mcafee, and Fsecure Antivirus programs
-- Experienced in Network Scanning and Penetration testing using Nessus, Metasploit, Core IMPACT, ISS Internet Scanner, eEye Retina Scanner, and Harris STAT
-- Experienced in large Banking Audit and Compliance requirements.
Joel Esler’s Specialties:
Strong problem solver, project leader, and intrusion analyst.
Joel Esler’s Experience
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ISC Incident Handler
SANS
(Non-Profit; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2006 — Present (3 years)
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GIAC Gold Advisor
GIAC
(Non-Profit; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)
-- Responsible for helping students with the GIAC Gold Practical
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Security Consultant
Sourcefire, Inc
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; FIRE; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2005 — Present (4 years)
-- Security Consultant responsible for on-site installation, maintenance, setup, and tuning of all Sourcefire’s devices.
-- Routinely required to write Snort rules for emerging threats as well as customer requirements to ensure the protection of proprietary corporate information.
-- Forward planning and customer presentation, sales, and training skills.
-- Instructor for the Sourcefire Product Training
-- Instructor for the Open Source Snort Instructional Class
-- Instructor for the Snort Rules Class -
Senior Information Assurance Analyst
Sytex, Inc
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2002 — August 2005 (3 years 7 months)
Senior Information Assurance Analyst and Computer Defense and Information Assurance Section Manager at the Regional Computer Emergency Response Team -- South.
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Senior Information Assurance Analyst
Lockheed Martin Information Technologies
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; LMT; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2005 — August 2005 (6 months)
In March 2005, Sytex, Inc was purchased by Lockheed Martin Information Technologies
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Multichannel Transmissions Supervisor
United States Army
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)
July 1997 — February 2003 (5 years 8 months)
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Operations and Administration Supervisor
United States Army
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; USA; Military industry)
November 2001 — February 2002 (4 months)
-- Managed the Operations and Administration Office for Bravo Company, 67th Signal Battalion consisting of over 110 personnel.
-- Responsible for the daily operations for three tactical “Line of sight” transmission platoons, and one platoon consisting of vehicle and computer mechanics.
-- Administrated, operated, and maintained seven Windows NT machines on a continuous basis. -- Trained and supervised personnel comprised of several different military occupational specialties on the everyday operations and conduct of the Operations Office.
Joel Esler’s Education
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ACIA
ACIA , 2007 — 2007
Arcsight Certified Integrator/Administator
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SFCE
SFCE , September 2005 — September 2005
Soucefire Certified Expert
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SFCP
SFCP , 2005 — 2005
Sourcefire Certified Professional
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SnortCP
SnortCP , August 2005 — August 2005
Snort Certified Professional
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SANS
GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst April 2004 — October 2004
GCIA Certification Attained
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Vulnerability Assessment Instructor
Certification, Level 5 , Instructor , June 2003 — June 2003
Teaches the Vulnerability Assessment Course at least once a month locally and remotely.
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Criminal Investigative Division, Computer Crimes Investigative Unit Computer Forensic Course
Certification , Forensic Analysis , July 2002 — July 2002
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Vulnerability Assessment Analyst
Certification, Level 2 , May 2002 — May 2002
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IASO Certification
Level 1 , February 2002 — February 2002
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Systems Administrator and Network Manager Security Course
Certification, Level 2 , February 2002 — February 2002
Graduated with Honors
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United States Army Primary Leadership Development Course
PLDC , Leadership , February 2001 — March 2001
Graduated with Honors in Academics
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United States Army Air Assault School
Air Assault 2000 — 2000
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United States Army Signal School
Multichannel Transmissions Systems Operator September 1997 — March 1998
Graduated with Honors
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United States Army IET
Combat July 1997 — September 1997
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Rising Sun
1994 — 1997
Additional Information
Joel Esler’s Websites:
Joel Esler’s Interests:
Packet Analysis Snort Intrusion Analysis Golf
Joel Esler’s Honors:
2007 - ACIA (Arcsight Certified Integrator/Administrator)
2005 - SFCP (Sourcefire Certified Professional) Certification
2005 - SFCE (Sourcefire Certified Expert) Certification
2005 - SnortCP Certification
2004 - GCIA Certification
2003 - Army Commendation Medal
2001 - Army Commendation Medal
2001 - Good Conduct Medal
1999 - Army Achievement Medal
1998 - Army Achievement Medal
Joel Esler’s Contact Settings
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