SUMMARY:

Network Design & Implementation Engineer with over 18 years of experience in network engineering & support. Over the past 8 years I have had increasing experience with network and services implementation, for data center & wireless networks.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Seattle, Washington

Contract Network Implementation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configured firewall rules, interfaces, device objects, whitelists & Confidential on Palo Alto 3020 and Juniper SRX with multiple vSys’ to add new services to either increase profits or to improve customer experience during a cruise.
• Creating VIPs, VIP monitors & device pools and nodes on F5 LTM’s to expand capacity and service reliability.
• I was Responsible for Cisco Nexus & Palo Alto design & implementation for numerous projects & services that were implemented across the fleet, to include:
• Configured and installed 5 sets of Confidential 7000 series chassis to run Cisco Prime & Cisco Confidential .
• Configured Cisco Confidential for wireless management & Confidential .
• Configured Cisco 5508 wireless controllers for Confidential management & Confidential .
• Configured Cisco Prime for wireless AP management.
• Configured & Installed replacement Riverbed’s (CX1555’s to CX3070’s).
• Decommission Seattle datacenter to complete office move.

Confidential, Seattle, Washington

Contract Network Implementation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Created load balancer rack infrastructures to expand capacity of Confidential ’s online store front.
• Worked with Technical PM’s to determine scope, schedule & work load of project.
• I was responsible for tracking project progress.
• Reserved upstream connections for new Load Balancer racks.
• Built new router & load balancer configs.
• Configured new routers & load balancers.
• Troubleshoot setup issues.
• Validated new routers & load balancers.
• Work with end customer for project handoff acceptance.

Confidential, Montgomery, Alabama

Contract Network Implementation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Built new backbone network for the State of Alabama to improve connectivity.
• Cutover 250 existing sites.
• Set up new site routers.
• Worked with state resource to get current site configurations.
• Loaded configs on new routers.
• Worked with on - site resource to bring sites up on new routers.

Confidential, Seattle, Washington

Contract Network Implementation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Added and changed SRX Firewall rules to add or expand new web based services.
• Created VIPs on F5 LTM’s to improve reliability of web based services.
• Created VIP pointers on F5 GTM’s.
• Added and changed rules on Bluecoat proxies.
• Created and implemented network changes on Cisco Nexus hardware to add new services.
• Added groups and nodes to Cisco ASA Firewalls to expand services.
• Created new & improved process documentation.

Confidential, Seattle, Washington

Contract Network Implementation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked on the business partner DMZ & datacenter migration project.
• Built new business partner DMZ.
• Planned migration of business partners to new DMZ.
• Expanded business partner access on Cisco ASA.
• Static NAT configuration & troubleshooting.
• Planned re IP of mobile mammography bus.
• Configured Swedish network devices for netflow monitoring.
• Built standard device templates for Cisco equipment.
• Configured Juniper router for IPSec tunnel termination using Juniper Security Director.
• Configured Juniper SRX & MX series routers & EX series switches on business partner DMZ.

Confidential, Seattle, Washington

Contract Network Implementation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed site survey documents and planned new warehouse builds.
• Managed projects from site survey to handoff to operations.
• Assisted local IS personnel in getting a site survey ordered.
• Created standards & standards document for vendors who would be performing site survey’s for Expeditors.
• Created Bill of Materials in accordance with a site survey & customer standard build part list.
• Coordinated Order & shipment of equipment to site for installation.
• Configurde Cisco Prime to add new sites & floors.
• Configured & installed new equipment:
• Cisco 1921 routers
• Cisco 5508 wireless controllers
• HP Procurve switches
• Cisco 2602E APs
• Troubleshoot networking issues related to the new equipment.
• Troubleshoot wireless connectivity issues.
• Converted old Cisco 1242 APs from autonomous to LWAPP.

Confidential, Seattle, Washington

Contract Network Implementation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Assist with the physical installation of networking hardware into the new building at the hospital.
• Troubleshoot networking issues related to the new equipment installation.
• Configured new switches & got them connected to the cores.
• Performed zero downtime switch moves in critical areas of the hospital that “could not go
• Troubleshoot wireless connectivity issues.
• Maintained and configured Cisco IOS, Cisco Nexus & Brocade routers & switches.
• Managed & configured both Cisco & Meru wireless systems.
• Designed, Installed & tested Cisco wireless infrastructure to be installed in unique situations:
• Stairwells
• Elevators
• External building coverage
• Helipad coverage

Confidential, Redmond, Washington

Contract Network Implementation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Wrote & executed MOPs for configuration remediation on Cisco enterprise class routers (Both IOS & Nexus operating systems).
• Planned complex changes, gathered necessary resources, coordinated teams & executed successfully on planning.
• Created many MOP templates that are still in use.
• Trained new team members on organizational process.

Confidential, Redmond, Washington

Contract Network Implementation Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Created work orders & configuration scripts for Cisco carrier class routers / switches to be executed by operations team.
• Configured 7600, 6500, 4900 series devices.
• Configured F5 Big IP’s 6900, 6400 & Viprion series LTM’s (initial setup configurations only).
• Configured Infoblox 1800 series devices (initial setup configurations only).
• Configured BGP, OSPF, Route maps, prefix lists, HSRP & GLBP.
• Managed internal customer expectations through complex process changes.
• Worked on large scale / carrier class IP implementations interfacing to telco equipment.
• Individual contributor in multi-team projects.
• Coached junior team members with new process changes & Cisco specific training.
• Wrote all Cisco network configurations for a nationwide Alcatel MGW SIP VoIP projects.
• Created and tracked 1920 /29 networks for new services listed in main projects below.

Tools: Used: Visio, Granite, IP Control