Charles Francis

About Charles Francis

I am a proven leader and have successfully built and maintained security and network operations teams in world class organizations. This includes several data center migrations, major security strategy implementation projects, network and telephony migrations and cost savings projects to include carrier negotiations and TEM implementation.Specialties include: Technical Project Management, IT Security technologies and strategies, Carrier and vendor management, CFR 21 Part 11, Virtualization, Windows and Linux Architecture, VOiP, routing, switching, Checkpoint, Palo Alto, Juniper, IDS/ IPS, BYOD, web and email hygiene and HIPAA.

Experience

1. Director Security Engineering

   NetSuite

   Jul 2020 — Present

   Lead an international team of 20+ security and automation engineers to build and maintain internal NetSuite tools and processes* Remit over major security tool lifecycle (evaluation, deployment, maintaining and retirement)* Deliver security oversight and technical controls for migration from on-premise data centers to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)* Developed engineering and service delivery team from 7 to 19 engineers to further enhance capabilities and offerings

Education

• Campbell University

  BS CIS, COMPUTER SCIENCE

  2003 — 2005

Skills

• Disaster Recovery
• Cisco Technologies
• Asa
• Wireless Networking
• Vpn
• Checkpoint
• Cisco Systems Products
• Switches
• Network Security
• Software Documentation
• IT Infrastructure Management
• Information Technology
• Network Design
• Wan
• Security
• Enterprise Architecture
• Cisco Ios
• Computer Security
• Network Architecture
• Active Directory
• Information Security
• Hardware
• Cisco Wireless
• Infrastructure
• Wireless
• Help Desk Support
• Data Center
• Enterprise Network Security
• Technical Support
• Network Engineering
• Network Monitoring Tools
• IT Management
• Load Balancing
• Dns
• Dhcp
• Cisco Routers
• Troubleshooting
• System Administration
• Cisco Security
• High Availability