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Sr. Network Engineer Resume

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Deefield, IL

SUMMARY

  • Highly competent and experienced network engineer with twenty plus years hands - on design, enablement, installation, and support experience in large-scale IP networks and extensive general experience in network design and support.
  • Skilled in all facets of WAN, campus, and data center design, including compiling requirements, hardware and software configuration, cost justification, detailed design proposals, project planning and implementation, installation, and documentation for ongoing support and change management.
  • Broad background in direct interaction with large corporate customers in technical sales support and network consulting.
  • Proficient in configuring and troubleshooting BGP4, EIGRP, and OSPF in large scale multi-protocol networks
  • Highly knowledgeable and experienced in WAN transport design and support including MPLS, Frame Relay and PPP.
  • 15 years expertise in data center, call center, and campus switching design and support utilizing Cisco Nexus 9000 and 7700 and Catalyst 6500 and 4500 switches
  • Have had in-depth training in and have some hands-on experience with Cisco ACI
  • Broad experience in design and implementation of VPN networks including DMVPN, IPSec LAN-to-LAN, and IPsec Remote Access
  • Hi proficiency in firewall rule configurations on firewall platforms listed and skilled in firewall troubleshooting
  • Highly skilled in troubleshooting all WAN and LAN problems.
  • Highly motivated, thorough engineer who insures that all assigned projects are completed on time and within budget, meeting all user requirements and expectations and are documented in detail for support organizations.
  • Team player who regularly assists less-experienced team members in solving problems or design issues.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sr. Network Engineer

Confidential, Deefield, IL

Responsibilities:

  • Focused on new switching/routing and server installations and ongoing maintenance Confidential two large data centers.
  • Responsibilities include planning for all new network hardware installations consisting of floor and rack space planning, necessary cabling diagrams and spreadsheets, and generation of all switch/router configurations..
  • Life cycle management for all networking hardware is another key focus so that older hardware that has come to end-of-life and end-of-support can be retired proactively before outages occur.
  • Accountable for capacity management and planning within the data center infrastructure and for WAN links coming in to the datacenter.
  • Troubleshoot all network problems within the data centers limited to the switching and routing infrastructure
  • Assist in the compilation, review and approval of all network changes in the data center.

Sr. Network Engineer

Confidential - Elk Grove Village, IL

Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for installation of network connections and hardware for new customers Confidential Forsythe’s state-of-the-art data center. This work entailed making all necessary cross-connects from carriers and configuring the Nexus and Catalyst switches to support these new connections.
  • Accountable for troubleshooting of all network issues and support of all customer equipment
  • Senior Engineer in Forsythe’s Cisco First Call program that provides 2nd and 3rd level Cisco support for a broad range of Cisco hardware and software including Cisco Nexus platforms, Cisco wireless controllers, ASA firewalls, Cisco Prime Infrastructure, and Cisco Identity Services Engine.
  • Worked closely with customers via Web Ex conferencing to try to solve their Cisco hardware, configuration, or software issues and then worked with Cisco Technical Assistance Center if further assistance was needed to ensure customer problems were taken care of in a timely manner.

Technical Specialist

Confidential - Hoffman Estates, IL

Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for all facets of network engineering projects for Sears remote locations as well as the Hoffman Estates data center and the Hoffman Estates campus. Tasks include working with Sears’ businesses to develop network requirements, solution engineering, cost estimations and justifications, capacity planning, hardware acquisition, and configuration, installation, and support. Data center engineering responsibilities include firewall and load balancer design/planning and implementation/support.
  • Worked closely with application development and support in debugging and troubleshooting application issues ranging from F5 load balancer issues, firewall rule problems, and routing/switching problems.
  • Assisted in reviewing and approving all network change for all areas of network change(ie: F5, firewall, switching, etc)
  • Designed network infrastructure and switching layout for Sears’ large Hadoop cluster and designed and implemented a high-performance 36-node Hadoop cluster using Mellanox Infiniband switches
  • Served as the primary support contact for Sears data operations for the majority of network problem escalations due to extensive support experience while an Confidential &T engineer on the Sears account.
  • Solely responsible for engineering and enablement for all of Sears non-mall retail locations and Home Services locations.
  • Developed all of the engineering and router configurations for a broadband roll-out to 150 locations in 2011 using a redundant DMVPN design and utilizing dynamic 3G failover for backup.
  • Accountable for design and implementation of all wireless networks in Sears non-mall retail locations utilizing Cisco 1242 access points and Aruba 110 and 220 Instant AP’s
  • Became the first Sears engineer to implement an IOS zone-based firewall configuration for Internet security as a standard for all broadband-based retail locations.
  • Performed all of the engineering, configuration, and enablement work for a new 250 seat call center in Cleveland in 2010 and the relocation of the Sears 300-seat accounting center in Dallas, Tx.
  • Served as the primary engineer responsible for the implementation of the majority of business partner and vendor connections into the Hoffman Estates data center, including IPSec LAN-to-LAN using ASA5500 and 3030 concentrators, as well as leased line links to off-shore vendors, mainly located in India.

Senior Staff Network Engineer

Confidential - Arlington Heights, IL

Responsibilities:

  • Senior staff network engineer in the IP transport department in Confidential 's CDMA engineering and development organization.
  • Responsible for reviewing customer requirements for new system features, developing third-level systems engineering requirements to be used by development, and testing organizations for these features
  • Maintained all updates, handled change control, and performed preliminary testing of all Cisco router and switch configurations to support new features being implemented on Confidential 's CDMA infrastructure.
  • Tracked and drove to resolution all IP transport-related system requirements and Cisco device configuration issues affecting downstream development, and tested all configurations prior to software release delivery.
  • Identified and developed system requirements for new SNMP alerts and alarms for all Cisco devices in Confidential 's CDMA infrastructure, including MIB and trap analysis and alarm definition database work for SNMP management servers.

Senior Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

  • Senior network engineer and team leader for Confidential &T and IBM (IBM Global Network sold to Confidential &T in 1999) on the Sears, Roebuck, and Co. account for seven years; the Sears network is a large 2,500-site IP/SNA network that supports all Sears retail and service locations.
  • Responsible for design, cost estimate development, implementation, and rollout coordination of a frame-relay-based IP network for all Sears locations in 1998.
  • Redesigned network to support migration of Sears locations to the Confidential &T HSPS frame network from the IBM frame network.
  • Team leader for five support, design, and enablement personnel on the account.
  • Approved and coordinated all changes on the Sears network
  • Provided fourth-level router support to Sears network support organizations
  • Project manager and tech support on IBM account team for Sears from 1992 to 1997.

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