SUMMARY

• Currently I am looking for opportunities under PMO (Program/Project Manager), or as a Network Architect.
• Throughout my career I have worked on projects that include Project Management, Design, Develop and present final Network Solution Architectures along with maintaining customer environments, Performed testing, documenting networks, and Coordinate Change Management.
• I have been providing Data Center Build Out, Local Area Network (LAN), Wide Area Network (WAN), data, Voice over IP (VoIP), Network Security, Risk Assessment, Disaster Recovery, and Telecommunication solutions to Government customers.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Principal Engineer/Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed vendors to deploy equipment at Confidential datacenters and within USCIS environment
• Managed teams to support the production environment after project go live date
• Tracked budget and burn rates for each project
• Worked with vendors to get quotes for professional services and for the hardware
• Worked with teams to create shopping carts to order equipment
• Updated all project documents including Project plan, Open Action Tracker, Risk register, Weekly & Monthly reports and reports on all the issues
• Coordinated Change Management
• Coordinated all the changes within Confidential datacenter and USCIS environment
• Created change requests on behalf of Network and Security teams
• Reviewed all the changes requested by Network, and Security teams with Change Management board to get approval
• Monitored the change effort and closed the CR’s after confirming with teams and stake holders to document change was completed successfully
• Provided USCIS weekly and monthly reports on systems and tickets using Solarwinds and ServiceNow
• Worked with teams to do Pre and Post Go Live testing including UAT (User Acceptance Testing) with USCIS
• Conducted weekly calls with USCIS and vendors
• Conducted PMR (Project Monthly Review) with the customer
• Conducted weekly calls with vBrick & TMS helpdesk teams to review tickets in Confidential queue, and any ongoing issues
• Coordinated calls to review designs and security documents with engineering and security teams.
• Provided weekly & monthly meeting minutes to USCIS
• Provided AAR (After Action Report) when needed to USCIS
• Scheduled and worked with team member and vendors to do maintenances on vBrick systems, TMS and VCC projects
• Worked with USCIS and Confidential teams to review scan reports, upload on Confidential secure portal and distribute to the team to review and work with all the teams until the remediation is done
• Prepared firewall change requests CR's for Firewall Rule changes for USCIS Firewalls
• Prepared Transition documents for Confidential NOC OPS
• Prepared KM's (Knowledge base articles) for USCIS
• Updated Confidential ServiceDesk with all equipment and contract information
• Created and update Change Requests under USCIS & Confidential Service desk
• Worked with USCIS and Confidential teams to complete all tasks on time, and work with engineers to resolve all technical issues.
• Worked with vendors to update maintenance contracts for all the devices in Culpeper & Richardson datacenters. This task is crucial to update the list of inventory and keep track of maintenance contracts and timely renewals.

Network Architect/Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Prepared Project Charter, Project Plans including Work Breakdown Structure WBS, Define Scope,
• Prepared Risks register, action tracker and project plans to tack the main milestones
• Worked with Business Unites to gather information for Strategic Network Planning
• Performed Risk Assessment
• Managed the deployment of resources
• Prepared Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Plans
• Prepared Deployment and implementation plan
• Prepared Test Plans
• Evaluated at least three vendors for the design
• Prepared Bill Of Material BOM, and work with vendors to get pricing
• Updated CIO and upper management with project progress and during execution phases
• Coordinated with different teams involved “Network, Security, Systems, Application/Database” to gather requirements and setup milestones for each team
• Coordinated Change Management
• Evaluated and provide support for all sales proposals being submitted
• Interacted with teams to understand project scope, deliverables and timelines and ensure standards are being followed
• Performed Annual performance reviews
• Prepared Project closing documents, and hand over to the customer The following duties also required for this role:
• Designed Data Center/LAN/WAN using MPLS/Frame Relay/OTV
• Planed and prepared High/Low Level Network Design based on FlexPod using Cisco Nexus, Cisco UCS, NetApps, Cisco Firewalls, Cisco Load Balancers
• Created and maintain Visio Drawing to show Layer 1 - 3 Connectivity
• Prepared and review all the configuration templates with teams involved
• Configured Core (Nexus 7018’s, 7010’s, 5548’s, and 2248’s) including ASR 1002-X, Cisco 6513’s 6509’s and 4510’s equipment
• Defined IP scheme for the new environment using IPv4 & IPv6 addresses where necessary
• Reviewed configurations (non production)
• Deployed the network
• Tested and validated the new network before integration into Production Network
• Trained junior engineers

Lead Network Architect/Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Prepared Project Charter, Project Plans including Work Breakdown Structure WBS, Define Scope,
• Defined Risks and milestones
• Worked with Business Unites to gather information for Strategic Network Planning
• Reviewed Risk Assessment
• Managed the deployment of resources
• Prepared Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Plans
• Prepared Deployment and implementation plan
• Prepared Test Plans
• Evaluated at least three vendors for the design
• Prepared Bill Of Material BOM, and work with vendors to get pricing
• Updated CIO and upper management with project progress and during execution phases Coordinated with different teams involved “Network, Security, Systems, Application/Database” to gather requirements and setup milestones for each team
• Coordinated Change Management
• Coordinated all the changes within datacenter and Customer environment
• Created change requests on behalf of Network and Security teams
• Reviewed all the changes requested by Network, and Security teams with Change Management board to get approval
• Monitored the change effort and closed the CR’s after confirming with teams and stake holders to document change was completed successfully
• Evaluated and provided support for all sales proposals being submitted
• Interacted with teams to understand project scope, deliverables and timelines and ensure standards are being followed
• Performed Annual performance reviews
• Set goals and ensure staff training and certifications is up to date
• Prepared Project closing documents, and hand over to the customer