As a small business, Altus provides expertise in a range of IT services. Our core competencies are network engineering/design, systems engineering, software engineering/development, systems integration/training and customer support.
Network Engineering/Design
Expert level knowledge of computer network architecture, design, implementation, operations and support
Design and implementation of security best practices using hardware firewalls, VPN devices and IDS systems. This also includes software-based security measures such as access-control lists, traffic policing and segmentation using VLANs
Extensive knowledge of network protocols (IPV4 and IPV6, TCP/UDP, Multicast), LAN/WAN network topologies and Quality of Service design
Configuration and troubleshooting knowledge of Cisco switches, routers, VPN Concentrators, PIX and ASA series firewalls and Foundry switches and routers
Employee Cisco CCNP, CCDP and CCSP certified talent
Network analysis, monitoring, and detection systems – HP Openview, Snort, NMAP and Ethereal
Systems Engineering
Enterprise-wide design, engineering, administration, analysis, programming and support of highly available clustered systems and networks
Extensive engineering and system administration experience of mission-critical Windows 2003 Servers and Microsoft Exchange 2003/2005 based systems
Enterprise BlackBerry design, configuration and deployment
Continuity of Operations and Disaster recovery models, methodologies, design and engineering
Design and configuration of various storage systems: NAS, SAN, iSCSI and geo-clustering
Broker and implement full range support of network, platform and information sharing technologies between Intelligence Community organizations and other Federal Departments, Agencies and Organizations which require Top Secret level access
Microsoft SharePoint server and portal design
Extensive use of terminal services/Citrix, thin client design and anti-virus systems
Microsoft Systems Center Operations Manager with Audit Collection Services and clustering design
Softgrid design and engineering
Microsoft’s MCSE for 2000, 2003 and 2008 talent with expert knowledge in Active Directory modeling and Group Policy administration
Software Engineering/Development
Extensive experience designing, developing, deploying and maintaining complex collaboration and work flow applications in a secure environment
Significant experience developing data extraction, translation and loading tools
Well versed in the integration of third party tools with relational database management systems
Expert knowledge of a wide range of development tools – JAVA, JavaScript, Microsoft C++, Microsoft C# and Visual Basic
Systems Integration/Training
Production of detailed engineering and deployment documents, security plans, technical briefings and tutorials
Familiar with various government project management frameworks
Utilization of portfolio management within the organization to maximize the value of the customer’s technology investments
Expertise in providing all necessary training on deployed systems
Customer Support
Comfortable and experienced with work in high-stress environments – mission-critical network upgrades, network fault isolation, troubleshooting and deployment support work in overseas environments
Primary support for several unique encryption systems (ex: STU III and Cisco VPN technologies)
