Joe Nicosia

I love technology. My roots are in Linux and started with boxes running 1.0.x kernel releases. Development is my ultimate passion. Most recently I have been building mobile apps along with the backend webservices to support them. I strongly believe that security is fundamental to all areas of technology.

- Architected and developed the SecOps API using Python and Tornado with MongoDB. Integrated with other tools using REST, XML-RPC and Thrift.
- Supported the server infrastructure for the SecOps API running Nginx, MongoDB, Apache and MySQL clusters. This included 20+ virtualized Ubuntu and Red Hat instances on VMWare ESX hosts in production. I also built out the development environment and managed the source code repositories using Subversion and Git.
- Developed a network security dashboard app for the iPad using Objective-C and Xcode. Consumed JSON data via the SecOps API. Displayed real-time attacks from IDS events using MapKit with custom annotations, route overlays and reverse-geo lookups.
- Developed a user self-service portal for local account management on servers and network devices. In addition, I automated password rotations for local accounts. Used by 500+ users to manage 30,000+ nodes. Frontend was built with PHP, Zend, JavaScript and CSS. The backend scripts were written using Python.
- Developed an audit application to inspect servers for specific configuration baselines using Python, Expect, BASH and MySQL.
- Developed SIC (Security Information Center). SIC is a web application for performing user initiated security assessments. I used PHP, JavaScript with Prototype.js, and SQL.

- Engineered security solutions using NetScreen firewalls, ACL's and Snort IDS.
- Worked with developers to troubleshoot network issues for custom applications and services.
- Provisioned and debugged VPN tunnels with internal and partner networks.
- Provided engineering support for RSA ACE SecurID and FreeRadius systems.
- Spearheaded development of custom automation tools using PHP, HTML, CSS, Perl, BASH and SQL.

- Performed system and network admin duties for 21 physical sites.
- Managed Linux, Novell NetWare and Microsoft Windows servers.
- Supported Cisco routers, switches and pix VPN/firewall devices.
- Supported Cisco CallManager for VOIP services.
- Wrote scripts to remedy several malware infections.
- Deployed a wiki using LAMP technologies.

- Developed the backend webservice using Python with Tornado and MongoDB.
- Created web app using Tornado templates, jQuery and Twitter Bootstrap.
- Architected the infrastructure on AWS (redundancy and auto-scaling).
- Implemented push notifications to work with Apple Push Notification Service (APNS).
- Built integrations for API's from AWS, Foursquare, Twitter, Bitly, Google Maps and Facebook.

- Winner of "top entertainment app" in the Verizon Power Your App contest.
- 2nd place in the AT&T Open Call contest.
- Developed the backend webservice using Python with Tornado and MongoDB.
- Architected the infrastructure on AWS.
- Built integrations for API's from AWS, YouTube, Facebook, BandsInTown and HackLolla.

- Over 20,000 users worldwide.
- Developed using Java, XML, Eclipse and Android SDK.
- Implemented the JCIFS open source Java library and SQLite.
- Created forks specifically for music and videos.

- Co-developed universal iPod/iPhone/iPad app using Objective-C and Xcode.
- Mentored a junior developer with no prior programming experience.
- Accepted into Apple's App Store and featured on AppAdvice.

- Second place winner in the 2010 Thomson-Reuters StreetApps Challenge.
- Co-developed this app using Java, XML, Eclipse and Android SDK.
- Consumed the Thomson-Reuters and Yahoo! Finance API's using XML and YQL.

- Open-source project under MIT license with 3 core contributors.
- Developed specific checks for TCP, HTTP, ICMP, MySQL, IPsec.
- Implemented web.py and socket modules in Python.