SUMMARY:

• An accomplished network professional with in - depth hands-on experience and a solid work history working in an enterprise environment designing, configuring, implementing and troubleshooting network connectivity.
• Possess a successful track record of work Ethics that generates optimal productivity for both project and personnel alike.
• Demonstrated history of proficiency deploying testing and writing implementation plans for a variety of hardware platforms; Confidential ’s CATOS, IOS, NX-OS, ( Confidential ), Brocade and Confidential products.
• Knowledgeable of various network management tools; including Ciscoworks, Solarwinds, NetView, Confidential Open, NetScout, Wire Shark, Network General, Ethereal and Smarts.
• Experience working with protocols; RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, MPLS, SONET, VOIP, TCP/IP, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, 802.x, Spanning Tree, Layer 2/3 switching, Inter VLAN Routing, FR-Relay, PPP, SONET, ATM, ISDN, VPN, Metro Ethernet, T1/T3, Optical Carrier and other technologies include Gigabit Ethernet over copper, coax and fiber.

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE:

• 10 years Datacenter Technologies 5 years Project Management 15 years Routing Protocols 8 years NX-OS 15 years IOS & CAT-OS 15 years Integration & Migration 15 years Network Management
• 10 Years Design & Configuration 10 years Change Management 15 years WAN Technologies
• 10 years Virtual Switching Technology 15 years LAN/WAN Management 15 years LAN Technologies

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Switching, CCDE/CCIE Lab current study. Vender; Confidential, IBM, Alcatel, Fore Systems, Protocols; BGP OSPF EIGRP IGRP RIPV2 MPLS VRRP TCP/IP IPSec ATM Frame Relay PPP 802.x Radius TACACS Multicast SONET VPN ISDN VLANs, ELANs DTP VTP Wireless VOIP Hardware; (Layer 2/3) Confidential 700, 800, 2900, 3550, 3750, 4500, 5505, 6506, 6509, 6513, 7200; Confidential 7010, 7018, 5596, 5548, 5020, 2248, 2232, 1010, - Confidential 8600 — Confidential Procurb IBM, Forerunner ASX . Other Hardware; Bluecoat Proxy Servers, F5’ Load balancers, Confidential C class blade server, IBM P Series, WAN Accelerators, Content Switches. Microsoft Office 2003/2007; Word, Excel, Project 2000, Visio, PowerPoint Outlook and Front Page, Windows server NT4 & 2003, VM ESX

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Atlanta, Georgia

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the build-out migration and refresh of multiple areas across the Confidential environment including fire-stations courts, Jail, Parks and recreation and SWAT.
• Coordinated daily activities with team members to ensure assigned projects met critical timelines.
• Work with external vendors and contractors to validate design and configuration and troubleshoot failed components.
• Maintained a broad knowledge of current and emerging technologies that relates to implementing the Confidential 9K product line in preparation for ACI compliance and deployment.
• Conducts equipment inventory and perform pre-deployment checks to ensure accountability and operation went smoothly.
• Implement and troubleshoot Layer 2/3 protocols EIGRP, Spanning Tree, Vlan, 802.1q Trunking and wireless.

Confidential, Atlanta, Georgia

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the design build-out and migration of multiple Datacenters across the United States and overseas.
• Responsible for the implementation and configuration of Confidential NX-OS, IOS, IOS-XR and CAT-OS platforms; Confidential 9504, 9508, 9516, 9336PQ, 9396PX, 9396TX, 7718, 7710, 7706, 7018, 7010, 7004, 6004, 5010/20, 5548 i, 3164, 2248TP/PQ, 2232. Catalyst; 6504, 6506, 6509, 6509E, 6513, 7609, 7613, ASR 1001/1002/9001/9006/9010/9912 Routers.
• Architected and designed TOR and EOR solutions using Confidential & ASR platforms 5596, 2248TP, 2248PQ, 2232, 3164, 9006, 9010 creating virtualization while using technologies such as LACP, VPC, L2VPN, Port-Channel, Fabric Path and OTV.
• Perform Core migrations upgrades and aggregation refresh from Confidential Catalyst hardware (6504, 6509, 6513) to Confidential hardware (5548, 5596, 6001, 7004, 7010, 7018, 7706, 93128, 9504) using 1/10/40 Gigabit Ethernet.
• Responsible for fiber channel and FCOE implementation and configuration using; Confidential hardware, SAN/Storage MDS 9513 supporting IBM Flex Systems using 4, 8 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet over both copper (twinax) and fiber.
• Troubleshoot and implement F5 load Balancers, Confidential ACE, ASA firewall, TACACS, Routers and carrier class equipment.
• Install and manage L2VPN services for various customer; Home Depot, Wall-Mart, Best Buy, Macys, Apple and Game-Stop using the ASR 9001 and 9006 across Verizon and AT&T MPLS cloud via Routing Protocols BGP, OSPF and EIGRP.
• Managed multiple project simultaneously and respond rapidly to meet deadlines with sustained accuracy and paramount
• Work closely with various Telco’s Performing scheduled circuit installs over ASR 9000 platforms
• Work with server groups; (Netapps, VMware, Data-Domain San/Storage, UCS, UNIX and AIX) and Telco to design and deploy best practices and standardization for LAN/WAN Optimization and virtualization.
• Responsible for the implementation and build-out of Disaster Recovery environment using Confidential 7Ks & 6Ks over Fabric path using VPC, VDC, VRF, VPC+ LACP and Port-channel while meeting the requirements of a new federal regulation.
• Managed and deployed Confidential hardware using TOR and EOR solutions to support new and existing requirements
• Managed WAN Circuits via protocols BGP, OSPF and MPLS using Confidential ASR 1001/9001/9006 , 2901 and 3800 routers.
• Serve as focal point to corporate on various Datacenter Services including Build-out, implementation and design.
• Learn and develop new technologies and new approaches to current technologies while improving on performance.

Confidential

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the implementation and configuration of both Confidential and Catalyst platforms including Confidential 9336,PQ, 9396PX, 9396TX, 7718, 7710, 7706, 7018, 7010, 7004, 6004, 5010/20, 5548 i, 3164, 2248TP/PQ, 2232. Catalyst; 6504, 6506, 6509, 6509E, 6513, 7609 and 7613 Routers including wireless LAN Controllers.
• Architected and designed Top of the Rack solutions using Confidential hardware 5596, 2248TP, 2248PQ, 2232 and 3164 creating virtualization while supporting IBM Confidential and Fujitsu Blade center technology with Confidential B22 and 4001i blade switch.
• Perform Core migrations and aggregation refresh from Confidential Catalyst hardware 04, 6509, 6513) to Confidential hardware (5548, 5596, 6001, 7004, 7010, 7018, 7706) using 1/10/40 Gigabit Ethernet, VPC, VDC, LACP, OTV and FCOE.
• Responsible for fiber channel and FCOE implementation and configuration using; Confidential hardware, SAN/Storage MDS 9513 supporting IBM Flex Systems using 4, 8 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet over both copper (twinax) and fiber.
• Troubleshoot and implement F5 load Balancers, Confidential ACE, ASA firewall, TACACS, Routers and carrier class equipment.
• Managed multiple project simultaneously and respond rapidly to meet deadlines with sustained accuracy and paramount
• Work Telco and Confidential Advances Services to design and deploy best practices and standardization for WAN Optimization and virtualization using the ASR 9001/9004/9006 and 9912 platforms over Gigabit Ethernet, OC3/12/48/192 and L2VPN.
• Implement multiple projects providing high availability, redundancy, failover, resilience and fault tolerance.
• Managed WAN Circuits using protocols BGP, OSPF and MPLS over hardware; Confidential ASR 1001/9001/9010 Routers.
• Learn and develop new technologies and new approaches to current technologies while improving on performance.

Confidential, Fort Worth, Texas

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for design installation configuration deployment and migration across multiple enterprise Datacenter Environment using Confidential and Catalyst Hardware; 9K, 7K, 6K, 5K, 4K, 3K, 2K, and 1K.
• Ordered hardware and made configurations to compliment the design of three major datacenters using DCI technologies.
• Work with Telco and other vendors to build, test, turn-up and validate Circuits from end-to-end including configuration and troubleshooting of carrier class hardware; Ciena 6500, 4200, 2000, and Confidential 8000 Platform.
• Serves as technical lead and mentor for migrations, expansions and upgrades using Confidential 9000 family supporting 40G.
• Perform implementation and configuration on Confidential B22 Series virtual switch for Confidential /Fujitsu supported in Dell Chassis.
• Worked closely with the server build team to design and deploy a unified methodology and standard for virtualization.
• Successfully led various Build-Out migrations projects that stayed within scope while meeting strict timelines.
• Provide off hours support for activities such as upgrades, preventive maintenance and changes in a 24/7 environment.
• Conducted and participated in pre-sales research for new Products while staying abreast of new technologies.
• Designed and build layered switching architecture using various layers of the OSI model and protocols; LACP, VPC, VDC, STP, RSTP, MSTP, RIP, BGP, OSPF, HSRP,VLANS, PIM-SSM, PIM-SM, 801.1d/q/w/p, TCP/IP, and FCOE.
• Currently exploring the design and configurations options of Confidential ’s Fabric Path and Overlay Transport Virtualization
• Serves as interface to various department and groups regarding LAN/WAN technical issues and problem resolutions, involving connectivity and design of the following technologies, NetApps, Data-Domain, UCS, FCOE, SAN and VMware.
• Lead a team of 4 skilled engineers to asses build and test strategies to improve the current infrastructure involving VMware, Netapps and Data-Domain on Windows, UNIX, AIX, and Solaris servers.

Confidential

Lead Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Implement designed and managed LAN/WAN connectivity across an enterprise environment using next generation data center technologies; Gig Ethernet, Coax, fiber channels, VPCs, Port Channel and LACP.
• Responsible for the configuration and troubleshooting of various Datacenter hardware; Confidential and IOS, 7000, 6000, 5000, 4000, 3000, 2000, and 1000 including Confidential ’s 3020 Blade Switches, SAN Storage 9222I’s PIX/ASA, ACE and FWSM
• Demonstrated the ability to respond to frequent pressure to meet deadlines with sustained accuracy and paramount
• Perform Server load balance configuration, upgrades and migration using CSS, PIX/ASA, ACE/CSM and F5.
• Troubleshoot and configure STP, VTP, VPC, DTP, 802.1q,w/d and ISL Trunks, Ether Channel, Port Channels, Fiber Channels, VSAN, VLAN, VPLS, VPN, MPLS, GRE/IPSEC Tunneling, TACACS and RADIUS.
• Write configuration scripts and make recommendations regarding hardware and software installs and changes
• Track and coordinate activities through change management ensuring assigned projects meet critical timelines.
• Managed customer’s network providing device configuration for Remote Access, TACACS, Radius and Failover.
• Work with Telco, Confidential TAC and server engineers to test implement and finalize new installs and upgrades.
• Design and build layered switching architecture using Access, Distribution, Services, Aggregation and Core layers.
• Maintain current documentation of topology, IP subnets and hardware changes using Microsoft Visio and Excel.
• Stayed current on technologies and vendor products in response to customer applications and business processes.
• Perform scheduled and emergency maintenance changes during off hours

Confidential

Lead Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Directly responsible for various aspects of TCP/IP functionality in an enterprise environment throughout multiple data centers and challenged with design, configuration, deployment, installation and upgrade of various customers network.
• Managed corporate security infrastructure using Confidential VPN concentrators, Pix/ASA firewalls, IDS and FWSM.
• Maintained internal systems VOIP/PBX, DHCP and DNS configuration, ISDN, T1/T3 and DS3 troubleshooting.
• Performed enhancements and upgrades to systems based on logical analysis and performance of existing infrastructure.
• Troubleshoot application and network performance and provide network monitoring using network analyzers and Probe devices; Sniffer, Netflow monitoring, Ethereal/WireShark, NGenius, Confidential Openview, CiscoWorks and Solarwinds.
• Provided hands on support, upgrades and assessments to ensure operational plans were aligned with strategic demands.
• Performed network segmentation, load balancing and protection against security attacks using Confidential IDSM-2 module FWSM, Confidential Pix and ASA firewall, 3700, 4500, 6500, NXOS; 2000, 5000 and 7000 Switch, CSS, CSM and ACE.
• Planned large scale IT deployments across various distributed environments supporting over 5000 network devices.
• Lead multiple projects simultaneously which formed a team environment comprised of Server administrators, Network Engineers, end users ( Confidential Bank, DOD, and BOA), and electrical contractors.
• Analyzed industry trends and designed services for cutting edge technology that met the company’s strategic goals.
• Maintained up-to-date documentation of network and systems using Microsoft: Word, Visio, Power Point and Excel.
• Designed and Enhanced corporate security measures to provide network connectivity to geographical locations incorporating technologies; VLANs, NAT, Remote Access, IPSEC/GRE and MPLS servicing over 500 customers.
• Managed TCP/IP LAN/WAN connectivity comprised of Layer 2/3 switching, routing protocols; EIGRP, OSPF and BGP, Technologies; Frame-relay, 64K, 256k, FT1, T1/T3, E-1, DS-3, ATM, OC-x), Wireless; 802.11 a/b/e/g .
• Supervised and monitored Data center operation, trouble-ticket escalation and of end customer concerns.
• Worked with Telco to test, turn up, and validate WAN circuits and services according to Service Level Agreements.
• Lead six skilled engineers and 5 technicians to assess business needs, build, test and implement contingent solutions.
• Managed WAN performance and acceleration using compression techniques via Confidential WAAS, and Packeteer.
• Identify and resolved project related issues; technical requirements, cost, efforts, solutions and Project resources.
• Implement multiple projects providing high availability, failover, and fault tolerance, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP and VSS.

Confidential, Atlanta, Georgia

Network Engineer/Lead Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Provided remote and on-site support for domestic and international customers, including network upgrade and migrations for Fulton Dekalb Hospital, Piedmont, Emory and More House in support of LAN/WAN solutions and product support for key accounts of all sizes comprised of Confidential Multilayered Switched Networks.
• Coordinated planning and implementation activities in support of over 5000 devices comprised of various Confidential and foundry Hardware; 2900, 3500, 4500, 6500, 7200, including, mainframes, servers and distributed computing platforms.
• Managed IT infrastructure including vendor interface activities, equipment order upgrade and configuration.
• Ability to research, analyze and implement software patches or hardware changes and upgrades
• Conducted site surveys and consolidated dates for project use; site contacts, project teams and vendor selection.
• Performed implementation and migration of technologies; frame-relay VPN, ATM, Gigabit Ethernet, ISDN, VLANS, ELANS, Remote Access, Confidential ACS and Radius.
• Diagnosed and monitored the performance of the following protocols; Spanning Tree, DTP, VTP, ISL, TCP/IP and IPX.
• Led and trained team of 10 skilled engineers to assess business needs, build, test and implement network security solutions using AAA TACACS, DES, and AES encryption standards, ACL, Policy Routing and VLANs.
• Managed WAN connectivity using routing protocols such as RIPv2, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF and BGP with Confidential ’s hardware optical products connecting across OCxx, T1, and T3, Frame-Relay, ATM and SONET services.
• Managed all technical projects involving IT project time-lines, cost, resources, vendor relation and 3 rd party involvement.