CAREER SUMMARY

To acquire not just a job but an experience in the IT network and or information security arena that allows for growth and creativity, is challenging and face paced with a variety of responsibilities. I'm searching for an opportunity that permits flexibility to be a leader and part of a team, where I can exercise my skill set to help build the organization and myself stronger. I want to pursue a company that perceives their people as family and not just as employees and one that encourages involvement in daily decision making.

EXPERIENCE

Corporate Network Engineer

Confidential

Principle technical advocate for LAN, WAN, WLAN, Network Security and IP phone system supporting Corporate office and seventeen remote testing labs and equipment distributors. The LAN and WLAN infrastructures are managed centrally from Corporate office in Troy MI. Their infrastructures consist of a collection router, switches and AP's including Cisco, Adtran, and Unifi. The remote labs and distributors connect to data center by a VPN B2B tunnel or Checkpoint Endpoint client then access email, ERP apps and files shares from Troy. WAN circuits range from 10 meg to ATT Uverse, ISP manages circuits and MPLS . Security rules, IPS and QoS is managed and monitored through Checkpoint applications including Dashboard, Monitor and Tracker riding on Nokia IP series hardware and Edge N devices. Firewalls and polices are managed centrally as well and two sets of firewalls are running as VRRP clusters. IP Phone network utilizes ShoreTel which contains ten locations with ShoreGear 50v, 90V and 120V voice mail servers as well as ShoreGear T1. The devices and IP phones IP230, IP530 and IP115 are managed through ShoreTel Director. Projects instrumental on: Troy MPLS/IPFlex migration and failover , Corporate office circuit upgrade to 10meg, ShoreTel VoIP installation at Cleveland, Zeeland and New Jersey locations, core infrastructure upgrade, create BYOD paper policy, and Scale Cluster VM implementation. Other duties: Work closely with ATT on WAN circuit billing, provisioning, maintenance and reporting, installing and troubleshooting of POTS lines, ShoreTel phone administration, add move and changes, upgrades and support ShoreTel Communicator software. Implemented security change control process, corporate security awareness through monthly educational emails as well as writing articles for company quarterly newsletter.

Lead Network Engineer Macomb Region

Confidential

Primary technical contact for twenty Henry Ford Health System clinical sites including three hospitals, over three thousand user community combined. Accountable for assessing and managing any data communications systems in both LAN and WAN environment. Work with Voice group implementing and managing any telecommunication systems as well as T1's and voice drops. Provision clinical site layer two and three devices for VoIP implementation, providing QoS, VLAN and POE configuration or upgrade hardware when necessary, also assist with VoIP phone configuration and installation during rollout. Work with AT T in troubleshooting OptEman circuit matters. Monitor network health examining current trends and benchmarks, gathering historical data for future incidents. Monitoring to analyze present day network/circuit bandwidth consumption for future installation of new systems or applications. Provide assistance to other Macomb field engineers during network maintenance, help with configuration difficulties and offer suggestions on troubleshooting techniques. Participate in change control process create form, seek customer and manager approval, represent change at Network Architect and Tech review meetings, then implement change and back out change if needed. Coordinate and manage the installation of data and voice cabling review and suggest location for drops with customer, submit work with vendor relaying customer needs, then validate customer satisfaction once work completed. Resolve customer trouble tickets, create and maintain network documentation.

Network Engineer

Confidential

Subcontractor to Siemens Enterprise in Rochester Hills Mi. on the Henry Ford Hospital account. Configured and deployed layer two devices at various Henry Ford Health System clinical sites or hospitals. Network team member on West Bloomfield hospital expansion project, provisioned over two hundred layer two devices for go live. Project lead on Cottage Hospital switch refresh replacing legacy switches with Nortel 5520's in ten IDF's. Cottage Hospital and clinical site network engineer supporting and maintaining a five hundred user community. Switch code upgrades, resolved customer trouble tickets, worked with other network engineers and participated in the change control process when network maintenance was needed.

Network Administrator/Architect

Confidential

Primary technical contact for a global web base Human Capital Management application for Global 1000 companies. Accountable for facilitating and improving corporate Unix dominant network by consolidating Dell server platform running network services and/or introducing a Cisco solution. Data center redesign was foremost enhancement adding a Cisco core 6510 creating hub and spoke topology with 3524's edges. The design eliminated preexisting daisy chained 3524's, allowed the ability to create both application server and storage farms and permitted centralized routing. Support Unix base network services DHCP, DNS, routing, firewall. Deployed and maintained Branch office LAN and WAN environments, maintained border router Cisco 7204 access rules and routing. Code upgrades and security patches on layer two, three and servers on Windows and Unix platform. Edited and ran system Unix scripts during change control for application upgrades.

LAN Administrator/Network Analyst

Confidential

Principal contact for technical issues for all local Health System networks in both LAN and WAN setting. Deployed, configured and supported all Cisco layer two and three products including VLAN, firewall rules, routing and VPN connections. Managed and supported all telecommunication circuit T1, T3 and gigaman, deployed and supported Frame Relay, SMDS and PPP WAN infrastructure. Lead on IP conversion project migrating to class B network tasked involved coordinating schedule with departments, PC techs, and Physician office Managers and handled DHCP and DNS configuration. Deployed and administered data center servers both Novell and Windows platform performed hardware and software upgrades when needed. Websense administrator, DHCP/DNS administrator, NDS and Windows user account administrator, and purchased hardware.

LAN Administrator

Confidential

Performed software and Novell server support, scheduled and maintained server backups. Assisted other LAN administrators with critical system outages, software upgrades and work overload. Deployed network PCs and printers, PC support, and maintained network documentation.

Technical Analyst/PC Specialist/Computer Operator

Confidential