SUMMARY:

• Proven track record of increasing responsibility in security design, systems analysis/development and full life cycle project management.
• Well versed in connectivity with mainframe, microcomputer, routing, switching, and firewalls
• Excellent communicator with strong leadership skills and the ability to build cohesive, productive teams while fostering and encouraging creativity and individual expression.
• Earned Microsoft MCSE, Microsoft MCP+1, Cisco CCNA and Novell CNA.

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

Networking: TCP/IP, IPX, DLC, VLAN, VTP, Trucking Protocols, 802.1Q, Port Channeling, Mac Filtering, Load Balance Port Channels, Radius, TACACS+, Supervisor 720, ISO/OSI, SNA, SMS/SQL, Ethernet, PSTN/ISDN/PRI/T - #/OC-#/ Trunk groups, ATM, Frame Relay, HDLC, High-Level Data Link Control, Layer 1, Layer 2, PPP, T1, T3, WAN FRAME, T1SONET, FDDI, ATM, HSRP, BGP, RIP, OSPF, PTP, Static, TACACS, Routing, VPN, SSH, Secure ID, PGP, SSL, HIPPA, CFR-11 and PKI

Hardware: Dell Power edge, IBM AS400 & P series, Cisco GSR,7200, 3800, 2600 routers, Cisco 3500, 3750, 3500, 2900 switches, Checkpoint and Ace firewalls and B2B vpns, Compaq Proliant and MSA1000, HP Net server and EVA, Avaya Definity, Nice log and Intuity equipment, EMC Clarion, Info trend Raid, ADTRAN wan equipment, Phoenix and Tbird layer 2 devices, Bay routers, HP switches, Nortel switches, Packeteer, Avocant, Powerware & APC 12-20KVA, Liebert UPS and Air Conditioning, MGE system, Toshiba systems, SquareD, Onan Cummings generator, ADT and Hub man

Software: Microsoft Windows Sever NT/2000/2003/Web edition/Terminal Edition, Citrix Com+, .NET, Citrix 1.7/1.8/XP Load Balancing, Linux (Red Hat, Debian, Slack ware, B), UNIX (AIX 4.3, 5.2 and Solaris), Sun SPARC, Cisco OS/PIX/VPN, Exchange 5.5/2000/2003 , Lotus Notes/Domino, IIS 4/5/6, SQL 6.5,7, 2000 & 2003; HP MSA SAN Manager; EMC Clarion Navisphere/ Snap view/ Power path; Lotus Notes R5, 4.6; Netscape; Border Manager; Cisco VPN Client; Tarantella, Oracle, Tuxedo, EMC Clarion Navisphere/ Snap view/ Power path, HP MSA SAN Manager, Widows Sever NT/2000/2003/Web edition/Terminal Edition, Linux (Red Hat, Debian, Slack ware, Universe 9.5/9.6/10.04/10.10 , MAS90&MAS200, Windows 95/98/NT/2000 and XP

Tools: CSPM2.3/3, Cisco Security Analyzer, LAN guard Network Security Analyzer, TBIRD and Phoenix telecom tools, Network Associates Sniffer, HP Open View, Nagios, What s-up Gold PIX, Cisco Works 2000, Blue Ocean Track-IT, Symantec Enterprise Gateway 6/7/8.6, Symantec Host, Web sense, Packeteer, Symantec Enterprise Anti-virus/ Network Associates/ McAfee /Trend Micro, Veritas Netback up 3.4/4.5, Veritas Backup Exec 8.5 & 9, CA Bright store and Arch server

Telecommunications: Avaya Definity GR3 8/9.5, ASA, GSA, Call Manager, CME 7,8 NICE, INTUITY UDIX, Right Fax and Facsys

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Cisco Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Install, Manage, and Troubleshoot Cisco UC520, 540, 3000 and CME based Routters. Install Unity Express and Pri, FXO and FXS circuits
• Install, Manage, and Troubleshoot Cisco ASA 5505 and 5510 firewalls
• Build and Maintain IPSec VPN cleints and tunnels
• Design and Engineer Site Surverys for Cisco Wireless Campus using WLC 4400 and WLC2500 Cisco Lan Controllers for AP 1040, 1131,1141,1231 and 3602 access Points
• Engnineer Spanning Tree and Layer 3 switch network for multiple clients with IP phones and PC
• Cisco 2900, 3500, 3750 switch networks with Cisco 3800, 2900, 2800, 1800 routers
• Maintain WAN connections for multiple large firms with over 70 locations.
• Troubleshoot, Engineer, Upgrade MPLS, Frame, 56k, 128k, 256k, T1, DS3, and OC4 Private leased Connections
• Build, Troubleshoot B2B IPSEC VLAN Connections with GRE Wrapper.
• HSRP, BGP, RIP, OSPF, and EIGRP working with Internet Service Providers(Sprint, QWEST, COX, AT&T, and Verizon)

WAN Enterprise Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Manage Fiber 10 gig backbone, Multilink T1, and Fiber Wan Connections
• Troubleshoot, Engineer, Upgrade MPLS, Frame, 56k, 128k, 256k, T1, DS3, Private leased Connections
• Reengineer WLC, WCS, Cisco Wireless LAN Controller 4400, 14 WAP Mesh across three warehouses to authenticate to Radius and Active Directory 2008
• VLANS, NATs, Double dog NAT’s, VPN IPSEC Policy, and ACL's
• Troubleshoot Filter Routes OSPF, BGP, I-BGP, E-BGP, and EIGRP
• Manage Distribution and Neighbors CDP, OSPF, EIGRP, and BGP
• Cisco Secure Access Control Server 5.0 Upgrade and Authenticate Cisco TACACS+ and Radius to Active Directory 2008
• 10 gig, 2 gig, 1 gig GBIC, Multimode Fiber, Single mode Fiber, Testing and Termination
• Upgrade FIBER Switch Network for NAS and Port Replication to Core Channels on Cisco 6509
• Purse VTP table and verify VLAN Networks modify VTP and Transaction Zone with BGP for secure commerce authentication.
• Build Transaction Zone and pass FTPS, Active Directory, and secure transaction to Web and secure Trans Action Zone
• Build Switching Network with Fiber Array to Cisco 3700, 4009, and 6509 Switch Network and apply to Core
• Build Topography Map Visio and apply to Cisco Network Assistant and Cisco Works
• Cisco IDSM-2, Cisco ASA 5500 Series IPS Solution, and Cisco IPS 4200
• Cisco Intrusion Detection System (IDS) module IDSM-2 configure threshold’s, triggers and alarms.
• Tuning for valid and invalid packets
• Cisco IDS Device Manager (IDM) and IDS Event Viewer (IEV) local management capabilities and CLI support
• Troubleshoot, Configure Upgrade Pix505, 510, 520, ASA5505, 5510 and 5520 Firewalls

Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed clients from Mainframe to customer premises (high end customers)
• Route, Summarize, and Troubleshoot Routes OSPF, BGP, and EIGRP
• Troubleshoot, Engineer, Upgrade MPLS, Frame, 56k, 128k, 256k, T1, DS3, and OC4 Private leased Connections
• Build, Troubleshoot B2B IPSEC VLAN Connections with GRE Wrapper.
• HSRP, BGP, RIP, OSPF, and EIGRP working with Internet Service Providers(Sprint, QWEST, COX, AT&T, and Verizon)
• Manage Distribution and Neighbors CDP, OSPF, EIGRP, and BGP
• Configure Client Firewalls ASA 5505, 5510, 5520, Net Screen, Sonic wall, Zywall, Watch Guard
• 10 gig, 2 gig, 1 gig GBIC, Multimode Fiber, Single mode Fiber, Testing and Termination
• Engineered and implemented upgrade to corporate B2BVPN infrastructure as part of the Next Generation Network Cisco 6504 switch network and 7200 router grid. networking used HSRP, and configured the ASA module slot on Network Cisco 6504, VLAN, NAT translation, BGP, EIGRP and OSPF (6-6504 and 8-7200GSR's) Platform capable of 1500 B2B Clients
• Monitored Nokia Checkpoint R70 & R65 Smart Center and Provider-1 platforms for B2B VPN and NAT translations
• Migrated of Legacy North East and South East ATM platforms from Wilmington Delaware to Omaha NE and Chandler Arizona. Motorola routes, Cisco 2900 and 3500 switch networks, Cisco 3600 routers, and 7200 GSR’s. Using VLANS, DWLS with SNA, frame, EIGRP, RIP and OSPF (was approximately 24000 ATM’s)
• PIX compliance of legacy Sprint frame customers to MPLS and GRE encryption for FDR sprint frame legacy customers using EIGRP and OSPF
• VLANS, NATs, Double dog NAT’s, and ACL's on the ASA slot card on the COW 6509 switches
• Scrub of FDR assets and verification for conversion to new Remedy platform. set up ASA to 7200 routers VPN for business
• Pix505, 510, 520, ASA5505, 5510 and 5520, and Nokia Checkpoint Firewalls R6 and R7
• Created VLAN,s and NAT translation of Cisco 6509 and 6504 TLI network
• Upgraded 400 Cisco routers to new IOS,NAT ACL, IP Routing, TACACS and NPT servers
• HSRP, BGP, RIP, OSPF, and EIGRP EIGRP and OSPF were our primary routing on the edge routing OSPF and BGP on the core routing.

Senior Network Engineer

Confidential, Omaha, NE

Responsibilities:

• Managed information technology development team of 30 direct reports.
• Designed server consolidation methods to reduce datacenter space by 50%.
• Reengineer WLC, WCS, Cisco Wireless LAN Controller 4400, MESH RAP, MAP, Public and Private Zones
• Tier 3 support for Nortel routers to HSRP, BGP, RIP, OSPF, and EIGRP working with Internet Service Providers(Sprint, QWEST, COX, AT&T, and Verizon) from April 2005 thru June 2006 over 1000 Nortel Clients
• Directed migration from Active Directory 2000 and Exchange 2000 to Active Directory 2003 and Exchange 2003.
• Monitored Nokia Checkpoint R55 Smart Center firewall platform for B2B VPN, client IP’s and NAT translations
• Level 3 support for NAS with over 1000 Clients from April 2005 thru June 2006
• Oversaw the development, testing and approval for production for new products.
• Initiated and revised business continuity and risk mitigation solutions.
• Planned and engineered Microsoft Active Directory implementations.
• Implemented Microsoft core server IIS, Active Directory, SQL, Exchange, SMS, applications.

Senior Network Engineer

Confidential, Omaha, NE

Responsibilities:

• Setup 8 dual PIX firewall with Intruder Detection Services on 2.3 Cisco Secure Policy Manager and Cisco Works
• Upgraded from hub network to VLAN switched network on CISCO 3500 switch network
• Upgrade from RIP to EIGRP on WAN network 2800 routers
• Configured QOS over Wan network.
• Migrated from NT to Active Directory 2000 to Active Directory 0 client network)
• Upgraded exchange from 5.5 and Exchange 2000 to Exchange 0 client network)
• SQL 2000 server and clustering SQL
• Supported Netbackup support on 1 terabyte SAN
• Engineer EMC CX400 with 1 terabyte and dual fiber switching
• Directed migration of entire business unit from desktops to Citrix 3.0 based applications.
• Developed job descriptions and evaluated employees on a regular basis.
• Designed and implemented procedures and performed risk based analysis.
• Collaborated and communicated with senior management and senior development staff.
• Developed curricula and trained management and employees on various software, computer technologies and procedures.
• Researched and evaluated new technologies, presented information to management and negotiated contracts.
• Managed staff of four including three helpdesk staff and one telecommunications administrator.
• Initiated and revised enterprise wide information, security and business continuity programs.
• Controlled $1 million annual equipment and software budget.

Local LAN Administrator

Confidential, Omaha, NE

Responsibilities:

• Overhauled Contracts Administration System for all contracts between the company and vendors.
• Supervised two separate domains for user and machine accounts.
• Developed detailed action plan to rebuild personal computers during system overhaul.
• Created user, group, machine and resource objects on both NT and Novell servers.
• Managed end user support including a team of up to 40 and ensured quality and availability of support services.

End User Support Specialist

Confidential, Omaha, NE

Responsibilities:

• Provided technical support for corporate operation and remote offices on setup, password, network connection, profiles and print queues.
• Developed and support desktop and applications.