OBJECTIVE:

Seeking a Solutions Architect or Pre-Sales Systems Engineering position with a leading technology firm that is focused on delivering Real-Time Enterprise Services, Network Security and Data-Center Virtualization.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Over Seventeen years experience in Systems Engineering, Network Engineering and Architecture, and Pre and Post-Sales Consulting.
• Strong technical design experience from concept to implementation to lifecycle support ongoing maintenance of software, hardware, security and networks solutions.
• Strong communication skills with a focused around customer account management.
• Primary liaison between the customer and sales and technical organizations managing communications and technical roadmaps.

Operating

• Systems: JUNOS, Cisco IOS, Cisco Catalyst OS, PIX IOS, Cisco ASA, Cisco Wireless Controllers, Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Palo Alto PanOS, Windows Servers and Workstations, VMWare ESX, Linux, Unix, DOS, and Mac OS
• Hardware: LWAPP and IOS based Wireless Access Points, Juniper routers, firewalls, and switches, Cisco Call Manager and Unity,Cisco Routers and Cisco Switches, Aruba Wireless Controllers, Brocade/Foundry switches, EMC, NetApp, and HP SAN Storage systems
• Protocols: SIP, SCCP, MGCP, WCCP,EAP- TLS, EAP-TTLS, EAP-PEAP, LEAP, LWAPP, 802.11i, 802.1x, ISL and 802.11a/b/g, 802.1q and Q-in-Q Tunnels, Wireless Layer 2 Encryption, VRRP/HSRP, VTP, CDP, ADP, TCP/IP, OSPF, EIGRP, MPLS, RSVP, LDP, IPSec, UDLD, CEF, BGP, RIP, IS-IS, SNA, IPX, and Fibre Channel.
• Languages: Bash Shell Scripting, ADSI, Visual basic Scripting, Windows Script Host, HTML, Windows Interface Language, and COBOL

EXPERIENCE:

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Sr. Network Engineer SAIC

Resident Systems Engineer

Experienced Sr. Network Engineer responsible for Level 4 Engineering and Architecture support of NASA Wide Area, NASA Campus LAN, NASA Data-Center, and NASA Firewall teams. Responsible for designing innovative technical solutions to solve NASA's complex business requirements. Provide complex network configurations, architecture, topology designs, and serve as a Senior Network Engineer for project implementations. Lead Engineer responsible for all Backbone MPLS and L2VPN designs. Lead Security Engineer focused on Next Generation firewalls with Application Identification and IPS

Significant Accomplishments:

• Lead Engineer responsible for NASA WAN Backbone refresh Architecture and Design.
• Lead Engineer responsible for the testing and evaluation of NASA's Next Generation Firewall platform.
• Designed a QoS structure to support real-time services across NASA's backbone.
• Researched, tested, and recommended a Next Generation Firewall platform for the entire NASA Agency.
• Implemented NASA data-center cloud computing architecture which included: Cisco ACE Load Balancers, Highly available Cisco Nexus 7k, 5k, 2k switching fabric and secured virtual server farms
• Designed and implemented NASA Smartcard VPN. Two factor authenticated VPN access using Smartcards, LDAP, and OCSP Certificate validation.
• Assisted NASA Wide Area Engineers in rolling out OC-192 MPLS backbone across all NASA facilities.
• Deployed Out-of-band network infrastructure for remote access to WAN network devices.

Consulting Systems Engineer

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• Consulting Systems Engineer Pre-Sales and was directly responsible for driving over 5 million dollars in new revenue. Earned 2008 ATS President's Club award for booking 23 million in hardware sales and services revenue in FY -2008. Presented APPTIS current capabilities to customers, at marketing events and with OEM partners. Provided technical expertise to qualify opportunities and scope customer needs. Facilitated communication between customer and sales organizations to ensure proper solutions delivery.
• Provided designs, configuration assistance, and benchmarking systems to ensure technical compliance specific to:
• US Army Redstone Arsenal, AMRDEC, SMDC, Army Material Command, Missile Defense Agency, NASA: Marshal Space Flight Center, US Army Reserve Command, US Army: Mississippi National Guard Head Quarters Command, Veterans Administration, and FEMA

Senior Network Engineer

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Provided Level 4 Architecture Support to DOC organization within Missile Defense Agency MDA . Created IP Scheme and configuration files for Cisco 6509 switches for the VBII complex on Red Stone Arsenal. Directly responsible for the creation of Detailed Engineering Design Plans, Implementation Plans, Test Plans and Back-out plans for multiple high-risk projects.

Senior Network Engineer

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Provided pre and post sales engineering support to customers for the purpose of identifying complex problems, suggesting and/or implementing solutions to resolve these issues by means of new implementations, updates, configurations, and/or networks and systems performance enhancements. This position also required the ability to grow existing services contracts by recommending other products and solution service deliverables not covered under the original purchase agreement.

Network Engineer

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Provided pre and post sales support to sales force of LCSI consulting firm. Identified new opportunities at that developed new revenue. Extensive experience in designing and implementing Microsoft Server 2003 Active Directory domains. Supported the migration of Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2000 and Exchange 2003 platforms for multiple customers. Engineered and implemented a Local Area Network infrastructure for a local University.

Lead Network Engineer

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Created and enforced Network Service policies and standards, while maintaining a stable networked environment. Served as Data Engineer for the Sears Data Implementation team. Designed, engineered, and managed the implementation of multiple fast Ethernet networks for Sears Roebuck and Company. Analyzed business needs and developed appropriate processes. Supervised the development of Enterprise LAN configurations for Cisco's Supervisor IV Route Switch module including VLANS, inter-vlan routing, IP schemas, SNMP and other Cisco's best practices. Provided 3rd level LAN/WAN support for Sears Enterprise. Experienced in total network rollouts from engineering design to implementation. Severed as a member of National LAN WAN support team, where I was directly responsible for supporting Cisco Switches and Routers for over 18 call-centers within the Sears Enterprise

Communications Specialist

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Communications Specialist

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