SUMMARY:

Sr. Network Engineer/Architect position in which I will be able to continue to develop my customer focused, business, and technical skills in designing and delivery of quality Data & Voice Network solutions in support of business goals.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Plano, TX

Sr. Engineer / Consutant

Responsibilities:

• Design and implementation of SDN (Cisco ACI) network in multiple datacenters
• Support all tasks that are necessary to migrate all applications to new SDN infrastructure.
• Configuration of all EPG’s, BD’s, L3Outs, to ensure that all applications, devices, and WAN connections are resilient / redundant
• Support Confidential 7K / 5K / 2K infrastructure including analyzing business requirements and implementing required solutions to meet client needs

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Network Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Support client deployments on new Cisco equipment.
• Work directly with client NOC on any issues that may arise during implementation.
• Gather statistics and relevant data prior to implementation in the event that rollback is required.

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Sr. Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Support and Design of Confidential 7K / 5K / 2K infrastructure including analyzing business requirements and implementing required solutions to meet client needs
• Data Center Migration - Assessment and Implementation plan to move current datacenter in real-time production environment
• Support 200+ remote sites over MPLS WAN - Involved in optimization project that addressed SPOF in current design and reduced network outages (BFD, BGP, QOS, and GLBP implemented)
• Support F5 Application load balancers LTM (multiple clusters), APM, and GTM, troubleshoot application connectivity issues as necessary including protocol analysis with wireshark.
• Support ASA Firewalls, VPN/RAS, and P2P tunnels, troubleshooting including assessment, design, and implementation of new clients/ acquisitions to meet business needs

Confidential, Plano, TX

Network Design Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Lead Architect on MPLS WAN migration project - Involved in all efforts to consolidate multiple VRF’s and Business units on Cisco LAN/WAN infrastructure
• Providing mentoring of junior engineers on Cisco network concepts and technologies
• Network architect in transitioning legacy hardware infrastructure to Cisco Confidential 7K/5K/2K implementation
• Supporting multiple global datacenters in customer builds/design and implementation to support business growth

Confidential, Irving, TX

Sr. Technical Support Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Part of support team involved in troubleshooting and implementation of Cisco and Juniper switches, ASA, Fortigate, and PIX firewalls, Citrix and F5 load balancers, and determining root cause analysis on daily issues

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Part of design team involved in developing scalable network design to support multiple data-centers.
• This includes researching and developing Cisco Confidential 7000 and Cisco Confidential 5000 solution to support virtual server implementation.
• Configuration and troubleshooting of Cisco switches, F5 LTM’s, and Juniper EX switches
• Support all LAN / WAN / VPN / RAS / and DR solutions.
• Involved in daily projects involving Checkpoint and Cisco ASA firewalls.
• This also includes managing the vendor and client relationships and performing all configuration, troubleshooting, and determining root cause analysis

Confidential, Plano, TX

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Designed and implemented Cisco Infrastructure including data center migration planning and implementation. This involves supporting large enterprise customer with 160+ sites and international presence.as part of a multimillion dollar outsourcing contract
• Designed and implemented Enterprise VPN/RAS solution while meeting deadlines and access control requirements via Cisco, Checkpoint, RSA, and Juniper platforms. This includes configuration and support of all hardware and software.
• Team leader on VPN migration project involving project management, implementation planning, client/vendor relationships, and meeting client deadlines.
• Act as Level 3 support in troubleshooting and meeting client SLA’s while supporting large Enterprise infrastructure and determining root cause analysis

Confidential, Oakbrook, Illinois

Sr. Engineer / Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Designed and implemented Cisco routing / switched solution including Cisco Catalyst 6509 & 3550 switches. Supporting VOIP on all catalyst switches. Facilitated vendor activity for migration project.
• Designed and implemented Wireless LAN and EAP standards on Cisco Aironet access points and Bluesocket gateway. Performed Wireless assessment and tested all connectivity
• Perform network analysis using packet capture utilities. Apply access control policies to increase network performance and reduce latency

Confidential, Riverwoods, Illinois

Sr. Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Provides centralized systems operational support, administration, installation and maintenance of complex enterprise-wide networks (ATM, Frame Relay, OSPF, telecommunications, UNIX operating systems, LANs, WANs, alignments, DNS, and DHCP
• Identify and resolve complex network problems utilizing structured troubleshooting methods, techniques, and tools (Acterna, Concord, Netscout, and Netview)
• Communicate and work effectively with a variety of CxOs, customers and engineers in a large (worldwide) enterprise. Develop and enhance solutions to meet immediate and future business needs.

Confidential, Chicago, Illinois

Sr. Engineer / Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Implemented a new communications data center for Confidential Corporation (including configuration / testing of all network components - Cisco 6500’s, 3600’s, and 2600’s, VPN, and Cisco PIX
• Designed VPN tunnels to accommodate multicast data for Confidential
• Designed BGP strategy to accommodate dual-fed ISP Failover / redundancy for trading firms at the Chicago Board of Trade and Chicago Mercantile Exchange
• Implemented and maintained Cisco 7200 DS-3 ATM to supply remote traders with Cisco 00 ‘s

Confidential, Chicago, Illinois

Sr. Engineer / Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Assisted in the design of a MAN Logical Optical Design for Northern Trust using Nortel OPTera Metro 5200 DWDM with CNT extenders and Cisco gear.
• Optimized Data Sharing, Disaster Recovery to enable SAN over WAN.
• Interviewed technical staff and provided assessment of client ‘s current infrastructure (Cisco, and EMC,). Planned for migrating to optical infrastructure including distance requirements, link budget, and support for
• FIBRE CHANNEL, SRDF, ESCON, FICON, IP, RIP, OSPF, Cisco EIGRP, and ATM protocols.
• Presented company overview and value proposition (SAN over MAN) to potential prospects and partners.
• Performed client workshop / training sessions on Cisco switches, routers, and optical technologies.