CAREER SUMMARY:

• Highly motivated, enthusiastic, and versatile Confidential Certified Network Professional (CCNP) with extensive experience in various routers, switches, firewalls, virtual private network (VPN) and other security devices in an Internet Service Provider network.
• Additionally, experience includes extensive cyber analyst experience using diverse government database tools for analytic research.
• I am self - disciplined to work well in a rapidly changing technological environment and have the ability to work under pressure or within deadlines.
• I am seeking to work in an environment which strives to be team players, willing to share responsibilities and advance my skill level.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Optical Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Network provisioning knowledge related to the activation and optimization of transport and data circuits in support of the Confidential OME 6500, to include but not limited, installation, testing, turn-up, circuit pack changes and upgrades application.
• Knowledge and working experience in SONET/OTN optical communications networks, 802.3 Ethernet networking standards, Ethernet switches, and real world network topologies.
• Performs circuit provisioning through the cross-connection of SONET, TDM, DWDM, and OTN 

Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Assist in implementing plans for deploying new services in a highly available and automated environment.
• Configure and maintain various Confidential, Confidential Bladecenters and Arista Switches.

ISP Network Engineer/Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Assist in a networking team troubleshooting network problems and Tier 3 technical support for operation & maintenance activities.
• Review network orders for activation/deactivation of routers, switches, KG175s, and ports.
• Upgrade and modernize routers to updated operating systems, hardware, and routing protocols configurations to ensure end-of-fiscal year peak network demands were met in an ISP environment.
• Migrate static routing to BGP and OSPF networks according to customers’ specification.
• Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot routers ( Confidential and Juniper) to create a redundant, reliable network infrastructure in a BGP and OSPF network.
• Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot VoIP and circuit emulation circuits (CEM), connectivity and routers configurations.
• Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot Ethernet, Serial, and ATM interfaces on Confidential and Juniper routers.
• Configure various protocols like BGP, HSRP, and OSPF to address various client needs.
• Monitor network devices through HP Openview, Network Automation, Node Manager, Ciscoworks, Opnet, Traffic Sentinel, and various network applications.
• Manage Confidential 1900, 2514, 3725, 3745, 3745, 7613, 7200, 7206VXR, and 6500 series routers and switches.
• Configure and maintain Confidential ASR 1006 and CSR-1.
• Manage Juniper M10i, M320 and M40e routers.
• Lead, direct, and manage junior engineers at local and remote locations

Senior Intelligence Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for intelligence analysis and network engineering using digital/global/network analysis tools.
• Supported a national intelligence agency in fast-paced high- profile mission.
• Provided a wide range of network analysis, network intelligence analysis, GIS, and SRTD.
• Researched network topologies, protocols, communications applications
• Performed technical analysis against target systems and networks
• Characterized target network capabilities
• Identified targets using network technologies
• Profiled target communication systems and life patterns
• Analyzed and created technical reports on routers, switches, and various technologies.

Architecture and Design Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Configuring and managing, Confidential routers, switches, and Firewall Modules.
• Monitor network devices through HP Openview, Ciscoworks, and various network applications.
• Manage Confidential 2950, 3550, 2600, 4000, 4500, 6500, 7200 series, and 6500 series routers and switches.

Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Configured, managed, and implemented more than 5,000 routers, switches, and VPN devices.
• Assist tech control, remote engineers and users, Internet Service Providers in troubleshooting routers, switches, or entire post on complex network issues.
• Monitored network devices through HP Openview, Ciscoworks, and various network applications.
• Managed Confidential 2950, 3550, 2600, 4000, 4500, 6500, 7200 series, and 6500 series routers and switches.

Senior Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Configured Taclane for transmission of data.
• Implemented, managed, and troubleshoot various complex firewalls and VPN configurations and issues.
• Managed Confidential 3550, 2600, 4000, 4500, 6500, 7200 series, and 6500 series routers and switches.

Senior Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed Confidential routers and switches: 3500, 4500, 6500, 3600, 3700
• Configured Taclane and GEM Encryptor devices for transmission of data.
• Implemented, managed, and troubleshoot existing network and system environments, and supporting a variety of hardware to include routers, switches, firewalls, VLAN, STP, EIGRP, AAA/TACACS+, VPN, ACL, NAT and encrypted devices for a large enterprise on a diverse subnetted high bandwidth, high performance LAN, WAN, and ATM network.
• Implemented, managed, and troubleshoot various complex firewalls configurations and issues.
• Troubleshoot network issues with management software to include but not limited to Ciscoworks, HP Openview, HP Performance Insight Monitor, NGenius
• Work within tight-knit team of network engineers and network research engineers to maintain, monitor and troubleshoot high availability production networks.
• Resolved problems calls escalated by Network Operations Center (NOC) Controllers
• Troubleshoot time-critical and mission-critical network problems.
• Analyzed and corrected network troubles and performance issues
• Evaluation of new network technologies, management, and analytical tools

Network Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Administered and performed daily and weekly backup of agency’s network servers using autoloader tape storage/backup device.
• Assisted in migrating entire agency from a token ring environment to an Confidential routed gigabit network.
• Setup, configured, and rollout Windows 2000/NT/95/98 in an Ethernet environment with Confidential and Dell Servers and 300+ client PC's and laptops.
• Responsible for the daily administration, planning, maintenance, and enhancements for Windows 2000\NT infrastructure and Exchange 5.5/2000 systems.
• Administered, diagnosed and corrected problems with Active Directory, TCP/IP, DNS, WINS, and DHCP.
• Diagnosed and corrected users’ problems with software applications.
• Researched advanced technology to improve agency wide communication and users’ job proficiency.
• Administered and maintained enterprise accounts, network shares, backup, firewall, and anti-virus protection.
• Provided phone support when needed to our remote users.
• Evaluated, tested and implemented new operating systems, software, and hardware.
• In-depth research of several IDS software for implementation.
• Ensure equipment availability, engineering capability, and adaptability to the network.
• Enterprise applications that were implemented and maintained: Norton Anti-Virus, Raptor firewall, Symantec backup

Network Services Technician

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Solely responsible for providing software and hardware installation and support for more than 100 workstations.
• Extensive knowledge installing, diagnosing and repairing personal computers, peripherals, servers, hubs, modems printers, scanners, telephones and other peripheral equipment.
• Troubleshoot and corrected network and telephone connectivity problems.
• Created and installed cables from network patch panel to the workstations.
• Created and installed phone cables from phone panel to the workstations.
• Assisted in maintaining quality standards for all telecommunication installation activities.

Computer Operator/Data Systems Coordinator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Programmed computers to maintain operation of state buildings.
• Created, monitored and maintained backup system.
• Build and modified existing database according to specification.
• Maintained positive customer focus relationship.

Computer Supervisor

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Supervised the overall working performance on a shift.
• Operated highly sensitive electronic systems to receive and transfer data.
• Processed and transmitted time-sensitive information of highest precedence to national level agencies.
• Analyzed and reported results of classified data.
• Interpreted and rendered spot analyses of critical situations.
• Reviewed completed products for accuracy, adequacy, and compliance with instructions.
• Applied security techniques to preclude unauthorized access to sensitive data or misuse of resources.
• Administered corrective actions when was needed.