Sr. Infrastructure Analyst Resume Houston, TX - Hire IT People

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Confidential, Houston, TX

Sr. Infrastructure Analyst

Responsibilities:

Migration of Cisco ASA 5520 device(s) to Palo Alto Confidential Virtual appliance(s) including implementation of PAN Traps (Endpoint Protection) as well as creation of new IPS policies.
Mitigation of ongoing Network Issue(s) - WAN Bandwidth/QoS problems within MPLS/VPLS resulting in poor performance between major sites and primary data center affecting Data/Voice and Video Services.
Reduced footprint of Windows Server(s) environment decommissioning over 50 physical servers by consolidating services and migrating to virtual environment thus improving the overall usage of Data Center resources.
Migration of Enterprise Storage Systems - NetApp SAN > EMC VNX 5400. Also introduced Nimble and QNAP flash storage technologies into environment diversifying storage profile across network.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Sr Network/Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

Management and Architecture of Network and Systems Infrastructure spanning multiple offices throughout the U.S. including design and support of LAN/WAN including Data/Voice/ Firewall (Cisco ASA)
Successfully integrated multiple networks consisting of four companies post M&A which created a single company ( Confidential ) containing over 800 users. Managed rollout of an Enterprise Cisco MPLS network and completed migrations including Active Directory, Exchange and App Servers.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Network/Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

Project implementation in the areas of Network Security, Design, Installation, Maintenance, DR planning, Virtualization, Backup and Storage strategies.
Completed major virtualization/storage migration project moving from physical to virtual environment including the introduction of VMWare ESX Hosts along with a Confidential SAN for a First Confidential .

Confidential

Network Operations Supervisor

Responsibilities:

Performed optimization of Network infrastructure including procurement, upgrade, configuration and management of Cisco hardware (Routers, Switches, Wireless Access Points).
Initiated site surveys and implemented baselines for installations while working alongside Military Signal Battalions to ensure internal and external wireless networks did not interfere with each other.
Carried out planning and designing of new Network topologies and the deployment of new equipment to create highly reliable 24x7 production networks for Internet, LAN, WAN and WLAN.
Developed and implemented contingency plans to cover various network systems failure scenarios and applications software systems recovery and restoration procedures.
Created and maintained comprehensive network topologies and documentation. Tracked and reported utilization of network resources including total monthly bandwidth consumption.

Network Analyst Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Completed Theatre wide Cisco PIX > Cisco ASA Firewall upgrade, migrating security policies as well as creating and implementing new policies.
Configuration of following in Enterprise environment - Cisco Catalyst Switches, Cisco ASA firewalls with L2L, Dynamic and MPLS VPN's, Nexus 10G switching technologies, Cisco Routers, Cisco AnyConnect.
Took ownership of abandoned SIEM project working with vendor in getting Splunk 4.1 virtual appliance deployed and implemented as well as post administration and upgrade as needed.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

Served as technical advisor for more than 2,000 employees throughout the Confidential .
Collaborated with management and technology leaders to establish IT roadmaps; recommended strategies, determined resource needs, created plans and timelines.