Steve Tout

Current

Sr. Security Engineer at VMware
Columnist at Rangefinder Publishing

Past

Oracle Consulting Consultant at VMware
Sr Principal Consultant at Oracle Consulting (Advanced Technology Services)
Technical Reviewer (Focal Press) at Elsevier

Information Security Architect at US Bank
Application Consultant III at US Bank
Developer I at AT&T Wireless
Business / Functional Analyst II at AT&T Wireless

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Education

University of Phoenix

Recommended

6 people have recommended Steve

Connections

283 connections

Industry

Computer Software

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Steve Tout’s Summary

I am a web developer at heart and consultant with over 9 years of experience in web development, consulting, architecture, business analysis and security implementation. I have spent the last seven years in planning, management, analysis, design, integration and support of enterprise identity and access management solutions using the Oracle Access Manager platform.

Steve Tout’s Specialties:

Infrastructure and Identity & Access Management, IdM integration, Single Sign-On (SSO), directory services, web management, solution design and architectures, consulting, business analysis, mentoring.

Steve Tout’s Experience

Sr. Security Engineer

VMware

(Public Company; VMW; Computer Software industry)

May 2009 — Present (7 months)

• Provided technology leadership role for all aspects of web access & identity management systems integration, customization, maintenance and support. Managed security policy and access controls for 35+ portal applications at VMware.com

• Significantly improved stability and performance of production systems by troubleshooting and resolving complex memory leak bug found in Oracle Identity Server.

• Worked with web/app developers across the enterprise to help them better understand vulnerabilities and data privacy issues and advised on coding best practices within the constraints of information security policies.

• Designed enhancements for self-registration process to improve end user privacy and prevent misuse of systems providing access to sensative user data.

• Collaborated with Linux system admins and DBAs on automation of backups, log management & archival process and certificate management.

• Created SLA and support runbook for Oracle Identity Management production systems and provided 24/7 level 2 & 3 incident support from May 2007 to May 2009.
Columnist

Rangefinder Publishing

(Photography industry)

March 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)

I write a column called Profitable Website Management for Ragefinder Magazine, an international publication for professional photographers.
Oracle Consulting Consultant

VMware

(Public Company; VMW; Computer Software industry)

July 2007 — May 2009 (1 year 11 months)

*Provided recommendations on security strategy, integration, secure coding practices, and deployment for an enterprise wide Idm/OAM implementation
*Authored security architecture and detailed design documents comprising security strategy for identity management web services and Single Sign-On (SSO)
*Automated Identity Management with SOA, OAM & Oracle Fusion Middleware
*Using Oracle Unified Method (OUM) to assist VMware with Fusion Middleware Integration and Single Sign-On (SSO) Implementation
*Created deployment, performance and tuning guidelines for scaling OID and OAM to handle more than 5M users
Sr Principal Consultant

Oracle Consulting (Advanced Technology Services)

(Public Company; ORCL; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2007 — May 2009 (2 years 2 months)

*Technical lead on security projects related to Oracle identity and access management services for Oracle strategic accounts.
*Provide architecture and implementation services for enterprise Identity and Access management (OAM)
*Delivered upgrade strategies for Oracle’s strategic accounts and upgraded security infrastructure to OAM 10g using VMware virtualization to reduce risk and increase service delivery times
*Conducted one-week lecture and hands-on Oracle Access Manager training to a group of 15 Oracle solution architects, and security consultants
Technical Reviewer (Focal Press)

Elsevier

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ENL; Publishing industry)

January 2007 — May 2008 (1 year 5 months)

Review photography & digitial imaging book proposals. Provide technical review/analysis for author manuscripts and new edition books.
Information Security Architect

US Bank

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; USB; Banking industry)

November 2006 — April 2007 (6 months)
Application Consultant III

US Bank

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; USB; Financial Services industry)

August 2004 — November 2006 (2 years 4 months)
Developer I

AT&T Wireless

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)

September 2003 — August 2004 (1 year )
Business / Functional Analyst II

AT&T Wireless

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)

April 2000 — September 2003 (3 years 6 months)