TECHNICAL SKILLS

Firewalls: Check Point P1, Cisco ASA 5515/5585, Cisco FWSM, ForcePoint, Juniper SRX Authentication Cisco ACS 6, Bay Software, Juniper UAC, RSA SecurID

Routers: Cisco 4300 / 2900 / 3700 / 3800 / 3900 / 7600 series

Switches: Cisco 3750 / 4500 / 4900 , 6500 series, Nexus 5010 / 5020 / 7010 series, Cisco BS 3020/3120 Load Balancers F5 BIGIP LTM, Citrix Netscaler

Monitoring / Reporting: Ciscoworks, SolarWinds, NetQOS, Nagios, Splunk, HP Network Automation

Wireless: Cisco WLC, Ruckus

DDI: Infoblox, IPControl, ISC bind/dhcp

Server Environments: Windows Server 2008 / 2012 / 2016 , RedHat Enterprise, SUSE, CentOS, Ubuntu

Virtualization Environments: Vmware, Microsoft HyperV, Nutanix Acropolis

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Saint Paul, MN

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Change MPLS network to hybrid WAN, replaced with Cisco iWAN deployment for office and jobsite locations.
• Virtualization and storage swapout from Vsphere 5.5 + Lefthand storage environment to converged Nutanix Acropolis deployment.
• Update office locations with Cisco 4331 routers, consolidation of VMware ESX servers.
• Nasuni Filer deployment to office and jobsite locations
• Move on premise infrastructure to two regional datacenters.
• Management of perimeter firewall infrastructure (Cisco ASA 5515 - X Firepower firewalls).

Confidential, Roseville, MN

Network Security Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Migration from legacy CheckPoint firewalls to Cisco 5515-X ASA Firepower firewalls.
• Retire CheckPoint SecuRemote VPN client. Deploy Cisco AnyConnect 4 client for Win7 32/64 and iPad endpoints.

Confidential, Bloomington, MN

Network Security Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Administration of network security infrastructure; Check Point P1 (R75.40), Firemon, Cisco ACS 6, Cisco Security Manager 4.3, IBM Proventia, LogLogic, Websense Manager
• Focused on the build, implementation, operation, and monitoring of corporate network security systems.
• Management and configuration of network and security devices: firewalls, intrusion prevention, proxy, web filtering, third-party connections and secure remote access.

Confidential, Plymouth, MN

Network Security Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Management, configuration, and deployment of security equipment related to UHG mergers and acquisitions; Juniper SRX 240H / 650 firewalls, Cisco 5580, 5540, 5520 ASA firewalls, Cisco 4240, 4255 IPS firewalls.
• Firewall and IPS policy configuration and support.
• Develop and refine security plans and procedures to proactively respond in securing corporate network.
• Provide a process driven approach to ensure accuracy and consistency within firewall change requests.

Confidential, Bloomington, MN

Network Engineer Leader

Responsibilities:

• Management of network infrastructure; IPControl DNS/DHCP, F5 Big IP LTM, Cisco ACE, Cisco 4400 WLAN controllers, RSA SecureID 7, McAfee firewall enterprise 7.1,8.0, Cisco 5540 / 5520 ASA firewalls, Cisco 5540 VPN concentrators (Cisco VPN client 4/5, AnyConnect), Cisco routers/switches.
• Lead and coordinate the maintenance of complex data, voice, and video network hardware and systems; investigate and resolve complex network and hardware matters of significance; research, analyze, isolate and resolve errors; assess and evaluate current and future systems.
• Evaluate and test data, VoIP and unified communications technologies to establish their potential use. Design appropriate testing routines or scripts; conduct more complex testing to meet specified requirements.
• Design, implement and maintain complex LAN, WAN, or Voice Systems in accordance with specified requirements.
• Analyze data, voice or video network documentation and assist in communicating to management regarding the current operational status of network.
• Provide consultation, support and guidance to organization and client. Develop and conduct training as needed or appropriate. Participate in team meetings, both internal and with the client, regarding project decisions and project direction. Manage client expectation and balance the needs of organization and client to ensure satisfaction for all relevant parties.

Confidential, Roseville, MN

Network Security Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Consolidated existing trading partner and vendor connections (VPN or circuit) to Confidential datacenters from previous mergers and acquisitions (PacifiCare, AmeriChoice, Oxford Health Plans, UMR).
• Determined appropriate firewall rules (CheckPoint, Cisco ASA) for connectivity with trading partners and vendors based on Confidential ’s Information Risk Management (IRM) requirements/guidelines.
• Coordinated network changes and updates with various departments; change management, project manage­ment, information security services, risk management to identify and resolve connectivity issues/concerns with trading partners/vendors connections (VPN or circuit).

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Migration of existing physical servers ( Windows 2003, RedHat Linux ) to VMware running on multiple IBM blade centers
• Supported a variety of network technologies; routers / switches, load balancers, SSL offloaders, VPN concentrators
• Coordinate/create networks into two different headquarters locations during rapid growth phase in 2004 through 2007.

Confidential, Bloomington, MN

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Participated in the creation of all aspects of the enterprise architecture, including global addressing standards, interior and exterior routing architecture (routing environment includes BGP externally, OSPF & EIGRP internally), and complete network equipment and protocol selection.
• Participated in the creation of all standards for implementation, including enterprise switch and router configuration templates, engineering standards documentation, and network troubleshooting methodologies.
• Support several network management and monitoring applications (Openview, Netcool, Nervecenter).
• Implemented CiscoWorks 2000 for change management and monitoring routers in the enterprise environment.

Confidential, Minnetonka, MN

Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Performed day to day administration such as systems administration, transports, spool administration, batch jobs, user administration.
• User Management and implementation of Authorization concept, Security Administration (Assigning users the requested authorizations, activity groups, profiles, etc).

Confidential, Saint Cloud, MN

Network Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Manage network infrastructure supporting corporate, manufacturing, and distribution facities.
• Work with SAP America and CSC to deploy SAP R/3 implementation to re-engineering sales, manufacturing, and distribution system.