Network Engineer | Onsite Contractor Resume Merrifield, VA - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

Innovative and hardware - oriented System Administrator skilled in Active Directory. Supports operations in translating complex technical information for management, engineering teams, and end-users.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Network Design and Engineering
Infrastructure and Architecture
Servers and Routers
Project Planning and Management
Process and System Improvement
Process Automation and Tools
Technical Documentation and Reports
System Migrations and Upgrades
Teamwork and Collaboration

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Microsoft OS (all levels, DOS 2.1 - Windows Server 2016)
Active Directory
Group Policy Object (GPO)
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Command Line Interface (CLI)
PowerShell
Virtualization-Based Security (VBS)
PowerShell Task Automation and Configuration Management Framework
Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
Microsoft Visio (all versions to 2016)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Network Engineer | Onsite Contractor

Confidentia, Merrifield, VA

Responsibilities:

Worked as the sole network specialist in the engineering group for 12 entire years.
Initiated and led the design of the network framework to support the new automated process for all mail sorting.
Prepared and submitted all technical documentation including white papers, a network statement of work (SOW), internet protocol (IP) standards, and Microsoft Visio design drawings for the Mail Processing Engineering (MPE) Network team.
Reviewed the mail processing sites and upgraded 20 sites from 10-BaseThickwire to 100/1000-Base TX switches. Recommended a standard physical switching network to the engineering group.
Prepared a Mail Processing Infrastructure (MPI) presentation with Microsoft PowerPoint for a data access request (DAR) to upgrade all 400 mail processing facilities in support of the new process.
Updated the SOW, expanded the network group, and successfully implemented all upgrades three years later.
Prepared training material and traveled to Norman, OK every two years to instruct management and maintenance personnel in the new network operations.
Created and developed all the Cisco and HP switch scripting templates for all programs.
Upgraded the local maintenance processes at each postal processing site with a local system tool to monitor and maintain the network and different endpoints.
The engineering group designed a Mail Processing Infrastructure Workstation (MPIW) on a per site basis.
Proposed and built an Active Directory for the engineering team under Windows 2000 to support the MPIW, enable a secure login process, and perform backups of each individual site structure to accommodate 340 sites and 2,400 end-users.
This project involved a subsequent migration to Windows 2003 one year later.
After two years it was upgraded to virtual machine.
Successfully migrated the Active Directory from Windows 2003 to 2012 R2 and switched to DFS.
Set up and configured automated backups, WSUS patch support, SYSLOG, and SNMP member servers.
Administered all servers and clients through group policy objects (GPOs) and applied PowerShell Active Directory scripts where possible.
Tasked by Confidential to design an innovative, multi- encapsulating local area network (LAN) router, which achieved increased return on investment (ROI) for the company by 11 million dollars annually, and improved final letter address data sent to numerous Remote Encoding Centers (REC) by encapsulating a non-standard protocol using the postal WAN Intranet to an eventual single Remote Encoding Center (REC).

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