SUMMARY:

To leverage experience as a senior wireless network engineer on an enterprise level, including design, implementing, supporting and maintaining the latest Cisco network technologies in a wireless environment; to providing leadership qualities along with cost effective and efficient world class services and availability. Areas of expertise include Confidential

EMPLOYMENT:

Wireless Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Performed predictive analysis of various hospitals to determine optimum placements of new wireless access points using Ekahau.
• Determine, based on requirements the best hardware for the wireless deployment and implementation: controller and access point type.
• Travel to hospitals to manage and participate in implementations
• Configure new 5520 controllers; upgrade code where necessary
• Upgrade Prime and MSE
• Manage Stanley Aeroscout tags
• Trouble shoot voice issues; Ascom and Cisco phones.
• Provide ongoing day to day end user support for critical issues.

Wireless Network Engineer, Durham, NC

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Traveled to various customer sites as needed to perform site surveys using Airmagnet Site Survey Pro and Spectrum Analyzer. Used the “AP on a stick” methodology to determine optimal AP placements
• Assisted Presales and Marketing where applicable. Specifically supporting the team with validation of solution designs, bill of materials, statements of work, and labor estimate when appropriate.
• Performed assessments, planning, design, configuration, installation and support of the solutions offered by the practice.
• Provided detailed reporting, in length, of the results of the surveys.
• Provided Builds of Material
• Served as team lead; managed team of engineers to meet strenuous and critical deadlines.

Wireless Network Engineer, Washington DC

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Performed current state of wireless network review and recommended the design for the next generation wireless network to support all healthcare critical wireless devices; Vocera, wireless phones, Carts on Wheels, and Apple devices.
• Performed troubleshooting and root cause analysis of instability of wireless network and end user’s experiences.
• Upgraded code on controllers from 7.6 to 8.0.131 without disrupting the environment.
• Worked solo and interacted with the client’s network team.
• Performed predictive survey’s using Ekahau and Airmgnet for remote hospital sites.
• Constructed Buildings of Material from survey results, received and installed new controllers, and Cisco 3700 series access points.
• Redesigned guest access for better end user experience
• Updated expiring certificates for Guest access on all production controllers
• Served as the lead for all wireless connectivity and production issues: resolve client connectivity, interference, authentication, and coverage issues.
• Assisted in preparing cost estimates for projects

Wireless Network Engineer, Sterling, Va

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Assisting Hospital with wireless upgrades at various campus sites: including controller configuration for best practices, controller code upgrades, switch capacity planning, including POE and port density, as well as estimating controller ap license counts for net new AP's.
• Converting sites from local controllers to flex connect.
• Migrating APs from local controller to central (including AP groups, AP descriptions, etc.)
• Creating necessary VLANs on switches for WIFI networks
• Reconfiguring switchports for APs local or flex mode, access port or trunk
• Configuring switchports for APs
• Configuring APs
• Testing/confirming internal and internet access
• Adding sites to Prime
• Taking floorplan and using Ekahau to design AP layouts - predictive analysis
• Priming APs (includes labeling, descriptions, AP groups, etc)
• Testing/confirming internal and internet access

Sr. Wireless Engineer, Morristown NJ

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed wireless infrastructure for hospital environment to support critical voice and data deployments, including Cisco 7925 wireless phones and Vocera badges.
• Installed Cisco 8510 and 5508 Wireless Controllers to support 3000 access points.
• Installed Cisco MSE for location and asset tracking of clients and devices.
• Installed Cisco ISE for 802.1x authentication, Cisco EAP - FAST, EAP-TLS and BYOD.
• Upgraded switch infrastructure to support 802.11ac, Gigabit speeds.
• Deployed "Guest Wireless" to support up to 4096 wireless clients, using Cisco's DMZ, anchor controller design.
• Deployed Cisco AVC (Application Visibility Control) to provide insight and metrics to management on wireless usage.
• Used AirMagnet to do site surveys, predicative analysis, active and passive surveys as well as trouble shooting of RF.
• Acted as Team Lead when necessary to manage various vendor responsibilities

Sr. Wireless Engineer, Jersey City, NJ

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Used Ekahau as the primary tool to perform predicative analysis, active and passive surveys as well as trouble shooting of RF as well as Cisco Prime to expand wireless coverage in the branch banks.
• Designed wireless infrastructure for the Banking environment to support critical voice and data deployments, including Cisco 7925 wireless phones and mobile banking tablet platforms.
• Maintained Cisco 7510 Flex Controllers, 5508 and 4400 Wireless Controllers to support 15000 + access points in both local and flex mode.
• Deployed and configured approximately 1500 Cisco Access Points to the Retail (branch) banks in flex mode. Configured and trouble shot the switch ports for flex connected AP s making sure that the native vlan was correct. Configured the AP vlan mappings on the controller for flex mode AP s, correctly mapping each SSID to its corresponding vlan.
• Preformed extensive lab and certification testing, documenting the process to upgrade Cisco Prime to version 2.0.
• Helped redesign the "Guest Wireless" network. Changed the WLAN security typed from open to shared key. Documented the process and trained first level support on how to manage the changed. Performed extensive lab testing on competitive Guest Wireless solutions.