SUMMARY:

• Experienced in most aspects of networking with emphasis on Cisco, Fort igate, Palo Alto, VMware and Microsoft technologies.
• I have designed, maintained, installed, and troubleshot complex heterogeneous environments including with Cisco, Meraki, Dell and HP switches.
• I have configured authentication access for Cisco and Microsoft products using TACACS and RADIUS servers.
• I have built VLANS and troubleshot spanning - tree issues between various products. I also have the ability to troubleshoot routing issues and design Layer 2/3 networks.
• In addition to networking, I also have a strong understanding of Firewalls and UTM (ASA, PIX, Fortigate and Palo Alto), Wireless, and VOIP architecture (Cisco and Microsoft) including the Cisco UCE, Cisco UC, and Microsoft’s UC Platform. I have worked for major telcos and managed services providers.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Visio iSCSI
• VMWare ESXi and ESX
• Office 365
• F5 LTM and GTM
• WSUS
• SSO
• WINS
• DHCP
• MPLS
• DNS
• IPv6
• IPX/SPX
• WiFi (802.11a\b\g\n\ac )
• TCP/IP
• IVR
• SIP
• Softphone
• VoIP
• MGCP
• RTP
• RTSP
• SDN (Software Defined Network)
• Unified Communications
• Microsoft UC
• Cisco UC
• Cisco IOS and NX-OS series devices
• Meraki
• Cisco Cloud Wireless
• Cisco WCS
• Cisco WLC
• Cisco WiSM
• Cisco Aironet
• WLSE
• LWAPP
• CAPWAP
• Ciscoworks
• TACACS
• RADIUS
• NextGen Firewalls
• SSL Content Inspection
• CheckPoint GAIA
• Provider-1
• Juniper
• Blue Coat
• Palo Alto
• Mcafee Web and Email Gateways
• Websense
• Cisco Pix
• Fortinet (Fortigate
• Fortifone
• Fortigate)
• Cisco ASA
• Source fire
• IPS\IDS
• Contivity
• Websense
• MPLS
• Frame Relay
• ATM
• ISDN
• ADSL
• CSU\DSU Equipment
• Ordering telco circuits
• VLANs
• VPNs
• Firewalls
• Ethernet. Routing protocols such as OSPF
• IS-IS
• BGP
• RIPng and EIGRP. Layer 2 and 3 LAN and WAN technologies and protocols such as MPLS .
• I have in depth knowledge and “real world” experience of the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol in designing and integrating new technology into complex switching solutions advanced Engineering of Windows and Cisco network integration .
• I also have a firm grasp on the telecommunications area.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Lead Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Implemented, supported, and maintained 24x7 network services serving as one of the highest levels of escalation for network and security issues. Made ongoing recommendations of network policies and standards. Acted as lead network architect responsible for capacity planning and configuration assessments for our routers, switches, network appliances, host, and other communication devices.
• Managed multiple large scale projects in a fast paced environment and provide leadership to other members of the team. Quickly turned business problems into technical solutions. Manage configurations and the deployment of equipment in compliance with established technology policies. Recommend technical solutions that will enhance performance, increase redundancy, and add flexibility to the existing infrastructure. Troubleshot and report of network performance issues.
• Maintained system and network availability and monitoring of services.
• Participated in rotating 'on-call' schedule with engineering team. Maintained the appropriate relationships with 3rd party vendors and evaluate vendor hardware, software, and communications products and to provide recommendations for purchases with our corporate objectives in mind.

Lead Firewall Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designing, installing, configuring, and maintaining various Cisco switches
• Firewalls, Aruba Switches and Wireless APs.
• Directly responsible for helping architect and implement new solutions into the customer environment.

Teleworker (Remote) Network Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Supplied remote architecture services to various clients. Services included but not limited to design, implementation, project planning, and troubleshooting.

Remediation Architect

Confidential, Nashville, TN

Responsibilities:

• Performed on-the-fly switch upgrade and installed new Cisco router. Also, performed wireless site survey for new Meraki install. 6/15 - 9/15

Confidential, Batesville, IN

CDW Contractor

Responsibilities:

• Performed a Security Assessment Remediation for a local hospital.
• Created, modified, and deleted existing Cisco ASA rules that were flagged during the auditing process. Also, I configured the firewall for secure syslogging, TACACS authentication and SNMPv3. In addition to the firewall remediation, I used Cisco Prime to create and push scripts to various other devices in the environment.

Confidential, Nashville, TN

IBM\ Confidential Contractor

Responsibilities:

• Provided 24x365 network operation and management Cisco NX-OX devicesfirewall management for Cisco ASA devices with Source fire module, assistance to member firms for design and implementation of WAN/LAN services, application support for load balancing (F5 LTM, GTM), Web acceleration, third level support to the Operations Groups in a DR Hosting Center.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDED:

• Accountable for execution according to established standards, procedures, and processes, cross-functional support for development and implementation of systems, ensure data center systems are always available and reliable, ensure ptimization and performance of the hardware and virtual infrastructureparticipated in planned “Outage Event” and other maintenance activitiesparticipate in a 24x7x365 on-call rotation (DR, network teams), participate in
• 24x7x365 rotation (NOC), respond to and manage service issues and problemsresponsible for awareness and compliance to policy and guidelines, report any breaches in information security or policies, coaching others, participation in global working groups responsible for the deployment and development of global technology systems and infrastructure, provide input into peer performance reviews, mentoring of staff on technical process and procedure. Also contribute to, produce and maintain processes, procedures, operational and architectural documentation, that meet Security Standards. Change Control - Ensure compliance with Processes and adherence to standards and documentationassist in training new staff in technical processes and procedures, work with
• Security leadership and application teams in reviewing new documentation.

Confidential, Nashville, TN

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Designing, installing, configuring, and maintaining various switches and routers.
• Performing network monitoring and resiliency services for small and medium businesses.
• Troubleshoot network infrastructure problems, including identifying application resource utilization problems as well as physical layer resource problems from both application utilization tracking tools and packet level analysis tools.
• Also, designing, installing, configuring, and maintaining various wireless devices and LAN Controllers.
• Troubleshooting WAN Network connections on Cisco ASA/PIX and Juniper Firewalls. Monitoring and Maintaining Cisco TACACS Network Management Systems.
• Implementing and troubleshooting dynamic and static NAT on Cisco and Juniper Routers and Firewalls. Also, configured Checkpoint (GAIA) firewalls using Provider-1, Cisco Nexus, and F5 LTM and GTM.

Confidential, Nashville, TN

Security Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Supported Enterprise and SMB sales team on proposal and solutions to customers.
• Met with customers to understand user requirements and come out with proposals.
• Prepared solution proposals and generated Bill of Materials for quotations.
• Assisted in sales in gathering 3rd party pricing and liaising with 3rd parties, if required.
• Provided customers presentations and clarifications. Supported sales in the tendering and bidding process.
• Completed multiple migrations from one firewall platform to another with and without the vendors’ migration tools.
• Migration tools included Forticonverter and Cisco migration tool. Also, staged and configured Palo Alto (PAN-OS 5), Blue Coat, Checkpoint (Provider-1), Fortinet, SonicWall, and various other vendor devices for on-site demo. The vendors included were Checkpoint, Juniper, Blue Coat, Palo Alto, Mcafee, Tufin, Sophos, Fortinet, and Websense.

Confidential, Nashville, TN

WAN\LAN Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for remote deployment of remediated switches and routers.
• Upgraded the IOS and converted old configurations into configurations of the new devices.
• Configure switches via console connection or via a remote desktop session with onsite technician.
• Help coordinate getting switches and routers to appropriate location.
• Making sure cables in closets were properly label.
• Responsible decommissioning of old hardware.
• Configured QOS, SNMP, and Netflow for use with monitoring tools.
• Also, reported back to the project manager for status updates.

Confidential, Nashville, TN

Technical Transition Architect

Responsibilities:

• Overall design architect for the Wireless (autonomous and lightweight), IPSec, and SSLVPN design for Confidential .
• Successfully converted a Juniper SSL solution to a Cisco ASA SSL solution.
• Configured two pair of Cisco ASAs for many B2B and RAS IPSec tunnels.
• Converted raw configuration files from a previous vendor’s Cisco Wireless devices, tweaked them, and applied them to new wireless WLCs and Access Points.
• Configured a Cisco WCS device to discover and manage new WLCs.
• Worked closely with vendors and project managers to identify gaps and scope creep for a .
• Configured Cisco ACS and MS Windows 2008 for RADIUS authentication of wireless users using PEAP.
• Also, attended PD calls to troubleshoot datacenter issues during off hours.

Confidential, Nashville, TN

Lead Network Firewall Admin

Responsibilities:

• Lead Network Firewall Admin for Agency Cisco ASA/PIX Firewalls, Checkpoint Firewalls, and Juniper Firewalls.
• Troubleshooting WAN Network Connections on Cisco ASA/PIX and Juniper Firewalls.
• Monitoring and Maintaining Cisco TACACS Network Management Systems.
• Implementing and Troubleshooting Dynamic and Static NAT on Cisco and Juniper Routers and Firewalls.
• Assisting Development for Network Design of Cisco, Nortel and Juniper Devices.
• Monitoring of Network through IP Accounting and Debugging on Cisco Routers/Switches and Juniper Devices.
• Deploying Access-Lists on Cisco Routers and Cisco Switches.
• IOS Upgrades for Network Equipment including Cisco PIX, Cisco ASA, Juniper, and Nortel Switches.
• Use of Proper Network Tools, Checking for Computer Vulnerabilities, Firewall Hardware Installation of Cisco PIX/ASA, Juniper and Checkpoint Firewalls.
• Firewall Rule Implemenation on Cisco PIX/ASA, Juniper, and Checkpoint Firewalls.
• Review of Firewall Rules and Presentation of Current Firewall Ruleset to Agencies for yearly review.
• Deployment of Network Scanning Tools for Computer Vulnerability and Virus Assessment.

Confidential, Nashville, TN

Senior Network Architect\Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Designing, installing, configuring, and maintaining Cisco LAN and Data Center switches. Performing complex network problem determination in a large Cisco environment.
• Designing and working in a heterogeneous TCP/IP environment · Experience using the CiscoWorks, TACACS, WLSE management software, Cisco UCE, Cisco UC, and Microsoft’s UC Platform. Troubleshoot complex network infrastructure problems, including identifying application resource utilization problems as well as physical layer resource problems from both application utilization tracking tools and packet level analysis tools. Also, designing, installing, configuring, and maintaining Cisco wireless devices.
• Implement, monitor and support virtual servers (VMware, Citrix, W2Kx .) and storage environments and provide operational application support, including image archive and disaster recovery. Exposure to WAN optimization and Data Center products. Using incident management and availability tools to determine SLA compliance. Also experienced in designing Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plans for production survivability. Designed a content filtering solution using Websense for the State of Tennessee Department of Education while working for Confidential &T. I also have some exposure to State of TN NetTen infrastructure. Also, I supported various Confidential &T clients using the service delivery and service assurance models. Under those models I provided architectural and Tier III level voice and data support to enterprise clients. I am also very familiar with Datacenter design and considerations.