SUMMARY:

• Twenty - two years of extensive experience in the IT Industry including Server and Network Architecture, Administration, Engineering, Design, Management, Optimization and troubleshooting
• Highly Proficient with Cisco Internetworking Operating System (IOS), IOS-XE, IOS-XR, ASA IOS and NX-OS using the command line interface.
• Proficient with ExtremeWare and XOS
• Experienced with Riverbed Wan Accelerators and Central Maanagment System, Netshark, Netprofiler and Flow gateway monitoring solutions
• Strong hands-on experience with various network hardware including routers. Cisco old routers 1600, 1700, 2500, 2600, 3600, 7000, 12000 series. Juniper M40 New series 3900 ISR, 2900 ISR and 1000 ASR. Switches Cisco 1900, 2900, 3500, 3550, 3750, 3560-x, 3750-x, 3850, 4500, 4500-E, 4900, 5500, 6500 series & Extreme Switches
• Experience installing. Configuring & management of Nexus switches 7010, 7009, 5000, 6000, 3000, 2000 Series. Learning and working Nexus OS.
• Cisco I-WAN, Cisco Security and Monitoring, ISE - Installation and configuration of Linux, Akamai and Novell Cache Engines, Cisco works LMS 2.2, LMS 2.5, LMS 3.2 and LMS 4.0, Cisco Prime, WAN 1.3.1, VPN/Security, ASA 5500-X series, IPS 4200, Cisco SourceFire and Firepower IPS
• Cisco VPN Concentrators, Cisco Anyconnect, Cisco ASA VPN Concentrators, Juniper/Pulse Secure VPN Concentrators, f5 APM, Big-IP client
• Cisco Wireless networks - Meraki, Aironet series 1200,1240AG,1250,1260 and new series 600, 1600,2600,3600,3700 series (clean Air), Cisco 5500 wireless LAN Controller, Cisco Works - WLSE, Cisco wireless IPS, Wireless Router 887 series.
• Load Balancers- F5, Cisco CSS 11000 Series, Aeropoint
• Experience with installation, configuration and management of various flavors of firewalls. Eg: Juniper, Cisco PIX, ASA 5500 & 5500-x with different options. Checkpoint, Netscreen, Nokia, McAfee, Sonicwall, Symantec Gateway security.
• Email Systems Qmail, Sendmail
• Desktop security- Symantec endpoint, Fprot, F-secure, Dr. Watson.
• Monitoring- MRTG, PTRG, Packet sniffer, Solarwinds, Ciscoworks, HP openview, NetXray, SnifferPro, Wireshark, Nagios, Statseeker, NetScout, Sev1
• Extensive experience in managing, installation and configuration of client and servers in networking Operating Systems e.g. WINNT 3.51, 4.0, WIN2K Advance Server & Server, WIN2K3, WIN2K8, WIN2K8R2, WIN2012R2,SUN SOLARIS 7 & 8, RED HAT Linux, SLES 10&11, Slackware, Debian, Ubuntu AIX, HPUX, MacOS
• Installation, Configuration & Management of different Application, services and utility tools e.g DHCP server, DNS server, Proxy server, Application server, Web server, Mail, fax & print servers, Data & Backup server, Integrated Server, Active directory, Raid, Disk replication, Creating account & permissions.
• Experience working with Compaq/HP Proliant server DL760 (7U), 580-G2 (4U), 380- G3 (2U) & ML350 (U) series, BL p class, Dell Power Edge 1400Sc, 1600SC, 8450(7U), 6650(4U). Intel servers SC5200 (5U), SC5100 (5U), SR 2300(2U), SR1300 (1U), Sun Ultra 5 & 10, IBM servers X-Series 440, 450, 360, Dlink, Netgear and Linksys Wireless hardware configuration.
• Installation: Bootit, Jump Start, Sun install, Install server and workstations, Syslog and auditing utilities, service access facility, disk management.
• Installation and configuration of Sun Solaris on Intel platform. Apache web server, Samba sever, NIS and NIS+ sever, NFS server, Backup server.
• Netapp, Cisco, Dell PowerEdge, HP, Linux and Novell iSCSI SAN/NAS
• Veritas Net Back up Servers for Solaris and NT windows. Configuration of firewall and security.
• Extensive use of different shells, Shell scripting.
• Remote access and authentication via RAS, Radius, TACACS+ with FreeRadius and Aruba Clearpass server
• Microsoft Office, Outlook Express, IE6, Netscape, Partition magic, Boot magic, Image cast, Ghost, PC Anywhere, TeamViewer, LogMeIn, Adobe PhotoShop, HTML, Star office, Vmware, Wine and Linux Virtualization Compaq Smart start 5.5 & 6 Microsoft Office, Outlook Express, Windows Explorer, Internet Explorer, Netscape, Paint Shop Pro, WordPerfect, Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop, HTML, Partition Magic, Boot Magic, PC Anywhere, Goldmine 5.5, Quick Books. FileMaker Pro
• Routing Protocols BGP, MP-BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, RIP, IS-IS, MPLS, HSRP, ESRP, GLBP
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, especially instruction and presentation skills

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Network Architect

Responsibilities:

• Network Architect for the Confidential corporate office, including corporate, production and DR environments utilizing VPN and multiple WAN circuits.
• Part of the network team implementing and troubleshooting new and existing network solutions and connections.
• Installation, configuration, troubleshooting and maintenance of Core, Aggregate and Access layer devices including, Cisco routers, ASA 5500 series, Catalyst 2900, 3500 and Nexus 7000 & 5000 series, Riverbed WAN accelerators, f5 loadbalancers, Extreme L2 & L3 switches, as well as EIGRP, OSPF, MPLS and BGP protocols.
• Network monitoring, configuration and maintenance
• Server installation, configuration and monitoring for Network Management Systems including Solarwinds, Statseeker, Epicenter, Ridgeline, Netsight, Kiwitools
• Customer and user interaction and troubleshooting. Change control. Network diagrams and audits.

Confidential

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Senior Network Engineer for the Irvine location, including corporate, production and DR environments via VPN over internet links and MetroE circuits as well as part of the global network team implementing and troubleshooting VPN tunnels and MPLS links between global locations.
• Integration and migration of multiple WAN networks and services upon new acquisitions and mergers
• Installation, configuration, troubleshooting and maintenance of Core, Aggregate and Access layer devices including, Cisco routers, ASA 5500 & ASA 5500 - X series, Catalyst 2900, 3500 and Nexus 5000 series, Cisco Meraki APs, Riverbed WAN accelerators, Coyote loadbalancers, as well as EIGRP, OSPF, MPLS and BGP protocols. Network monitoring, configuration and maintenance
• Server installation, configuration and monitoring, AD administration, configuration and troubleshooting including multiple global trust relationships over WAN links
• Customer and user interaction and troubleshooting. Change control. Network diagrams and audits.

Confidential

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Senior Network engineer for the Walt Disney World Orlando Data Center.
• Installation, configuration, troubleshooting and maintenance of Core, Aggregate and Access layer devices including, Cisco ASR 9000, Catalyst 3500, 4900 and 6500 series switches, Nexus 2000, 5000, 7000 and 7700 series switches, Juniper 4300 series switches, Riverbed WAN accelerators, Cisco CSS 11000 and f5 loadbalancers, as well as EIGRP, MPLS, BGP and Fabricpath protocols.
• Customer facing interaction and troubleshooting. Change control.
• Network diagrams and audits.

Confidential

Network Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Network troubleshooting using, architecture, design, implementation and optimization for small medium and Enterprise networks, utilizing BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, VPNs and firewalls+NAT, Wireless and mulithoming
• Server design, configuration, implementation and support based on customer needs including Windows Server 2003 - 8, Samba and Sendmail on Debian linux
• Backup Solutions and Data Integrity, including Veritas and Linux Bacula, Disaster Recovery
• HIPPA and AMA computer and network compliance for medical providers
• Customer and end user support

Confidential, Irvine, CA

Senior Staff Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Network maintenance, design, support and configurations, Including BGP and EIGRP routing path selection and filtering.
• Distribution layer Switching utilizing Cisco Nexus and 6500 series with vPCs & VSS
• Providing scalable remote connectivity utilizing DMVPN over secure GRE tunnels using IPSec and ASA firewalls, FWSM and WLCs
• Troubleshooting, addressing, configuration and support for R&D labs
• Testing, implementation, troubleshooting and maintenance of 10GbE iSCSI servers and networks
• Presentations to Parallel teams, customers and departments of Confidential Networking and storage solutions over Confidential 10Gb network ASICs and controllers

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Internet Operations, Data Test and Turn Up Team, CPE and VPN specialist, data specialist for the Network Research department
• Was part of the implementation team for MP - BGP/VRF and MPLS for edge routers and layer MPLS VPNs for customer networks
• Edge/Core router provisioning, maintenance and configuration including RIPv2, OSPF and BGP, utilizing BGP attributes, prefix lists and policy routing for WAN optimization
• Developed and implemented test plans for evaluation of new internet data devices for large-scale deployment as Customer Premises Equipment (CPE)
• Engineered Multi-site, multi-vendor VPNs utilizing existing CPE devices without incurring any additional company costs
• Assisted the sales departments in pre-sales engineering of customer internet-based solutions including VPNs and custom firewall configurations as part of excellent customer service
• Assisted in CP QoS implementations for basic VOIP networking between sites using IP precedence and Confidential

Confidential, Fullerton, CA

Cisco Instructor

Responsibilities:

• Prepared and delivered course presentations, tests and lab exercises based on Cisco defined certification objectives for both the Confidential and Confidential .
• Adapted course syllabus into a well defined curriculum and real - world based addendum for certification
• Delivered the largest percentage of certified students of any Cisco instructor prior and continue to deliver certifications
• Specified and installed Cisco equipment for lab environment, as well as designed all practice labs to provide an environment where the students can obtain realistic experience

Confidential, Irvine, CA

Owner/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Engineered VPN solutions between Netscreen and Cisco PIX firewalls for medical organizations resulting in a secure and robust solution
• Configured SSL acceleration thru Cayman SSL accelerator and Cisco CSS 11000 series loadbalancer for BeechStreet Communications resulting in better, secure web site performance
• Administered Unisys cluster box running multiple Windows 2000 servers in cluster mode, and Citrix for remote medical records service, resulting in redundant services for our clients

Confidential, Anaheim, CA

Staff Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Network Engineering and maintenance utilizing BGP, OSPF, EIGRP and RIPv2, PBR, traffic shaping and route filtering using prefix lists and route maps with BGP attributes
• Maintained working technical relationships with customers in the Anaheim data center, including consultation, analysis, engineering and implementation of redundant, load balanced web infrastructures utilizing f5 BigIP, Aeropoint and Cisco CSS 11000 series loadbalancers
• Senior Lead Technical Account Manager for Anaheim datacenter
• Held the datacenter record for over 70 billable hours for professional services in one week s time, increasing profitability margins
• Assisted in the instruction and advancement of junior engineers resulting in one of the largest staff of certified individuals in the company
• Project Management
• Managed the Data Test and Turn - up team