SUMMARY

• Multifaceted Senior IT professional with distinguished background architecting, installing, managing and enterprise network architecture and operations.
• Proven individual and team performer with comprehensive architecture experience. I’ve engineered and managed engineering teams in the design, re - design, troubleshooting, optimization, and management of fully redundant and scalable Cisco networking solutions.
• I am a savvy, dependable and reliable performer with old-school work ethics. I consistently deliver excellence in enterprise management systems and IT network operations and guide my teams to deliver the same.
• Enterprise Network Optimization and Re/Architecture Network Analysis, Design, Troubleshooting and Management Cisco Routing & Switching Capacity Planning Network Automation Disaster Recovery Routing protocols, including BGP OSPF EIGRP QOS VPN STP Cisco Nexus VP/DC Cisco ASR ASA ASDM Infoblox DDI Riverbed PCI Compliance Tufin Firemon AlgoSec Security Architecture Gigamon NetOptics Solarwinds What’s Up Gold NetBrain Scrutinizer Netflow Bluecoat configuration standardization

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Sr. Principal Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Rebuilding an operational platform for Information Technology. Focusing on site standardization, improving benchmark performance, increasing service delivery and eliminating inaccuracy. Developing auto-remediation infrastructure to support enterprise standards.
• Developed Solarwinds and Infoblox reference architectures, rebuilding deployments to dependable status. Automated discoveries and device information and extended self-service to various teams. Mentoring design capabilities extending ROI benefits to organization.
• Rebuilt Solarwinds with NPM, NCM, SAM, NTA. Adding QOE analysis sensors at every site, cloud connect, remote poller and EOC. Design spec allows for full packet analysis from core to core across the world-wide WAN. Developed two-way ticketing from Solarwinds to Service-Now API with Everbridge escalation. 400%+ increase in monitored node count while reducing priority alerting 67%. 7/19 Recognized as a CHALLENGER by company leadership for service improvements.
• Rebuilt and relaunched Infoblox DDI, consolidating IPAM, automating discovery with NetMRI integration and re-engineering NTP to best practice architecture. Developing secure/anycast DNS migration plan and initiating NetMRI automation.
• Re-engineered global IP scheme standardizing remote-site addressing. Designed and standardized new site architecture.
• Developing Infrastructure Datacenter Recovery plan to meet auditing standards. Rearchitecting critical infrastructure to improve DR capability, service delivery and network performance.

Confidential

Sr. Network Engineer/ Architect

Responsibilities:

• Architecture, installation, management and optimization of global operations. Responsible for improving Solarwinds and Network configuration management. Updated core network documentation, create and implement standards as well as updating NMS with accurate mapping.
• Proposed, tested and implemented new site standard, multi-context ASA design within 6 months of employment, reducing TCO costs, simplifying and standardizing architecture. Implemented domestically to all locations standardizing VPN, routing, policy maps and L1-L3 connectivity.
• Proposed and implemented new device naming standard within 2 months of employment.
• Took ownership of PCI/ SOX compliance assessment. Took network to passing within 3 months utilizing Tufin and Firemon (POC). Updated/ upgraded worldwide firewall IOS levels to consistent standard. Currently POC Firemon, Tufin and AlgoSec as replacement firewall management products.
• POC, analysis, procurement and implementation of network troubleshooting tool utilizing Netbrain. This tool greatly improves documentation, troubleshooting, script deployment and baselines team competency. Expected improvements of over 40% MTTI/MTTR and 50% reduction in rework ticketing.
• POC, Cisco IWAN with DMVPN and WAAS as replacement to redundant MPLS and GRE/IPSEC design. Expectations of higher configuration standardization, easier troubleshooting, faster deployment and reduced MTTR resulting in estimated 30% TCO.

Confidential

Infrastructure Engineer Senior Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for architecture, installation and management of hot-site data center. Manage and provide technical lead for contracted groups in all aspects of architecture, including LAN, WAN, security, access, and DMZ implementations.
• Coordinate with other consultants and company management to ensure timely and accurate completion of all projects. Build, proof, troubleshoot and peer-review config and infrastructure initiatives from various engineering teams.

Confidential

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Designed, configured and maintained 3 hub, redundant Cisco IOS IPSec VPN for nationwide Network Operations telecommuters. Design allowed for auto selection of primary tunnel, automatic failover and Multi-ISP Internet gateway redundancy.
• 100% Cisco powered network. Managed WAN compression utilizing Riverbed Acceleration Engines. Managed network with CiscoWorks, Solarwinds Orion, Scrutinizer and Network Observer. Responsible for all aspects of project deployment, including design, configuration, implementation, testing and go live.
• Managed 65 site, US, Puerto Rico and Mexico deployments simultaneously in various levels of completion on time and under budget estimates. Coordinated with company executives, sub-contractors, leasing offices, municipal permits, unions, telecommunications vendors and site managers. Managed telecommunications vendors to ensure aggressive deployment schedule, SLA accounting and circuit management accuracy.
• Received numerous accolades for project success, end network design and ROI.