OBJECTIVE:

A 14yr plus seasoned professional seeking a position in a results - oriented company for continued growth and advancement in implementation, support or deployment of networking technologies.

SUMMARY:

• Strong experience on Cisco and Juniper routing MPLS/VPN solution. IOS, NX - OS and Junos platforms.
• Confidential 7750 & 7450 SR router for IPTV Mediaroom MS server support.
• Load Balance Administrator. F5 Local Traffic Manager 3600 & 6800 (ASM & APM).
• Automation and scripting on Unix/Linux platforms for tracking and provisioning of large corporate network entities for auditing and scaling of network router and switch scripting (Tcl & PHP).
• Checkpoint FW R61-R75. Juniper SRX and Cisco ASA FW support.
• Vast understanding of Network Protocols: IP, OSPF, ISIS, BGP, IGRP, RIPv2, IGRP, IP Multicast. Also, using tools for testing such as Sniffer Pro, Smart bit 2000, Smart bit 6000, Patch Panels, and SecureCRT, Telnet and SSH, Circuit Vision, Nota, TCP/IP, Ws Ftp, Adtran
• Network Perl Scripting of Corporate network elements ranging from Cisco Routers and Switches (12000s, 7200, 2900, 3600s, 2600s) to Junipers (SRX and ESX) for management and monitoring.
• Installed and IOS reload for Cisco 2600, 7200, 7513, Cat 5000 and 6500 series, GSR 12008, 12016. Configured Backbone router such as Juniper M5, M20, M40 and M160 routers to communicate
• Unix System Administration to include proficiency on systems FreeBSD, Red Hat Linux, Solaris, Windows 2000, XP, DOS, HP Openview, Cisco Works, project coordination and rollout. Unix and Microsoft Engineer proficient
• Understanding of technologies in GSM, CDMA, TDMA, GPRS, DS0-DS3, E1-E3, SONET STS-1 OC1, STS-OC3
• Eager for understanding of new and emerging technologies including LTE, Broadband and wireless technologies. Understanding of ranged computer literacy - can quickly learn new software on Unix platforms. Design and manage engineering implementation of MPLS tag switching networks.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Network Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for network design, projects and support across the globally co - located data center networks, WAN/MPLS and ISP edge networks around the world.
• Install and manage all DC firewalls and legacy load balancers.
• Work hand in hand with the core and web systems teams on building/provisioning/troubleshooting all levels of network issues and projects.
• Built custom scripts for more easily generating repetitive network configurations as well as fixing/maintaining existing network mgmt tools.
• Migrated subnets, equipment and firewall rules/policies from the colo being decomm d to other, still active colo s
• Responsible for handling customer escalation issues and putting together after action reports when necessary

Confidential

Senior Network Security Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved as a hands - on role in projects as well as provide communication to project management for customers on a range of IT services. Responsibilities also include integration and knowledge transfer of project timelines and documentation of solutions.
• Lead engineer responsible for implementing new systems, such as F5 Load Balancers, Cisco ASA firewalls, site, client and B2B VPNs.
• Provide Tier-3 troubleshoot support on all managed devices and supported technologies
• Responsible for handling customer escalation issues and putting together after action reports when necessary
• Resolved application problems using WireShark, OpNet, and other network analysis tools requiring an understanding of TCP protocols and state analysis (e.g. three-way handshake, four way close)
• Developed network discovery tools to inventory routers, switches, servers, and specialized automation equipment at US sits as part of short term project to upgrade the network to support document imaging
• Managed test and acceptance of remote network cutovers using vendor and internal support resources

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Senior Network Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Senior Network Consultant involved with projects ranging from architecture to deployment of Cisco/Juniper/F5 network solutions for premier clientele.
• Involved as a hands - on role in projects as well as provide communication to project management for customers on a range of IT services.
• Responsibilities also include integration and knowledge transfer of project timelines and documentation of solutions.
• Manage all facets of the corporate DNS, DHCP and IP Management service including integration with cloud server management teams
• Coordinate and manage the corporate wide DNS, DHCP and IP infrastructure using Infoblox product suite and DR scenarios
• Network optimization activities involving identifying opportunities to reduce outage events, MTTR, and improve overall performance
• Participate in projects as both a technical implement and knowledge resource

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Senior Network Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Senior Network Consultant involved with projects ranging from architecture to deployment of Cisco/Juniper/F5 network solutions for premier clientele.
• Involved as a hands - on role in projects as well as provide communication to project management for customers on a range of IT services.
• Responsibilities also include integration and knowledge transfer of project timelines and documentation of solutions.
• Support of Checkpoint FW and Cisco ASA FW for client infrastructure and consultation of new services and security designs.
• Installation and support of projects for migration on Cisco platforms (7200 and 6500), Cisco Firewall ASA5580, and 3500XL switches.
• Also worked with NX-OS and IOS (5K and 7K series)
• Installation and support of Juniper platforms (4200 & 3300EX), Juniper SRX Firewall (SRX 240).
• Implement Infoblox DDI (DHCP, DNS & IPAM) for proof of concept and migration in corporate environment.
• Unix staff augmentation for Network Scripting of network elements and configuration changes.

Confidential, Plano, TX

Senior Network Engineer/Architecht

Responsibilities:

• Installation and support of ALU (7750), Cisco Firewall ASA5580, and Microsoft server solutions for IPTV implementation.
• Worked with Wireless network entities from Access points to mobile phone devices for continuity with the Uverse product lines.
• Network solution and project management and engineering of lab environment for support of Uverse IPTV solution for contract with AT&T.
• Network Scripting of Lab equipment for monitoring of network changes.

Confidential, Plano, TX

Senior Network Support Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Maintain network configuration and software platforms for IPTV solutions.
• Deployed Network Management tools for MPLS enabled Confidential routers and switches.
• Maintained Network support for Solaris based IPTV solutions and implemented network managed systems to fully support and integrate response time to critical outages.

Confidential, Plano, TX

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Deployed Solaris servers for network monitoring and scripting. Fluent in Unix platforms for network applications and tools.
• Deployed Network Management tools for MPLS enabled routers and switches for WK migration.
• Involved in Websense deployment for business unit activities and server maintenance.
• Netscaler deployment to replace existing Loadbalancing. (Netscaler 9400, F5 BigIPs)
• Depolyment of Network monitoring solutions on FREEBSD 5.3 servers for site stability and SNMP trending. (Cacti, Mrtg, Nedi, Rancid, RTG, Sguild & Snort)

Confidential, New York, New York

Senior Network Security Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Maintain 24 hour on call site availability for Confidential as primary function as well as support of 300 user based network support for Primedia users.
• Duties include working with border routers (7500s) and switches(6509s) on core routing issues and troubleshooting network stability (BGP OSPF & EIGRP).
• Administer Load - Balancers (F5 BigIPs) on Primedia and Confidential web cluster. Maintained access lists on border routers and Cisco PIX firewalls (FWSM module on 6500s) as well as administration of Tacacs ACS for network accessibility with enterprise servers.
• Also maintained network security on corporate enterprise by deployment of opensource security monitoring software (Sguild + Snort) on FREEBSED system. Finally deployed IPSEC and SSL VPN solution from Nortel Contivity 1740.
• Deployed IPSEC and SSL VPN solution. (Nortel Contivity 1740)
• Deployment of IDS solution for prevention of DDOS attacks on servers and worms on Primedia employees. (SNORT + SGUILD - FREEBSD 5.3)
• Netscaler deployment to replace existing Loadbalancing. (Netscaler 9400, F5 BigIPs)
• Depolyment of Network monitoring solutions on FREEBSD 5.3 servers for site stability and SNMP trending. (Cacti, Mrtg, Nedi, Rancid, RTG, Sguild & Snort)