IT Director Resume Lake Geneva, WI - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

I enter every position I take on with the same attitude, to make sure the environment I start with is moved forward in order to allow the business that relies on it to be successful. I’ve worked hard over the last twenty years gaining experience in IT, with the last ten years focused on high level network infrastructure. I have strong skillsets in network route and switch (Cisco Nexus/Catalyst as well as others), as well as enterprise firewall technologies (Cisco/Palo Alto/Fortigate).
I have a proven track record working with project managers and teams to successfully design and implement new infrastructure into existing environments. I’ve been involved in every aspect of IT projects from design to vendor and order management to implementation of the end product.
Firewall platform migrations, from Cisco ASA to Palo Alto as well as from Fortigate to Cisco ASA. Adhered to project timelines while working with teams from multiple global regions to successfully migrate security platforms and meet company requirements. - Brightstar
Configure dynamic routing to ensure continuity of critical connectivity. Designed and implemented dynamic routing so that company internet and WAN connectivity would dynamically fail over in case of circuit failure and/or geographical provider issues. -Brightstar
Worked with global cross functional team to successfully migrate a company’s global MPLS WAN infrastructure from one provider to another. Worked with team while both providers were functional within the network to ensure routing changes were successful as each site migrated to new provider but could still route to sites that hadn’t migrated yet. -Brightstar
Migrated VCenter server and database to a new server in a different datacenter keeping the current configuration intact and adjusting for new physical location - Confidential
Served as local project technical lead to implement new Cisco VoIP phone system to approximately 300 phone users across multiple sites. -Aptar

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Lake Geneva, WI

IT Director

Responsibilities:

Manage small IT team of five people. Act as the primary escalation point for technical issues for both IT staff and NOC staff. Upgraded and modernized infrastructure, both switch/route and server systems.
Manage contracts and relationships with vendors and negotiate better deals for ongoing services and capital expenditures. Acting as primary senior network engineer for the company’s network/security infrastructure.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Network Security Engineer

Responsibilities:

Manage firewall and route/switch infrastructure for customer hosted systems within Security Platform Solutions group. My day to day is managing firewall platforms as well as Cisco Nexus and Juniper routing platforms to properly allow and route customer and internal Confidential traffic.

Confidential, Libertyville, IL

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

Managed US/Canada and Global network infrastructure. Managed (in addition to below): Cisco Nexus platforms 2k/5k/7k, Cisco catalyst switches and ISR routers (2k/3k/4k), Dynamic routing on the global MPLS network as well as regional sites, Palo Alto firewalls. Mentored junior engineers on both day to day and project work. Worked within PCI requirements and change management system to ensure changes met company policies to reduce risk and down time.
Managed US/Canada regional network infrastructure. Day to day duties included managing Cisco Catalyst 3850 switch stacks, Cisco Nexus 7k chassis, Cisco 2500/5500 WLC’s, F5 LTM LB’s, Cisco ASA firewalls

Confidential, Schaumburg, IL

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

Network Engineer for cloud backup and hosting company. Worked on a team of several engineers doing both large project implementation as well as outsourced I.T. work for customers. Became primary contact for any switching, routing or ASA firewall administration and configuration. Managed several client’s infrastructure consisting of Cisco and Meraki based wireless and LAN installs.
Network Administrator for 4 sites located in northern Illinois comprising approximately 500 users. Managed Windows Server and VMWare virtual infrastructure. Manage network environment composed of Cisco 3750/2960 switches and various cisco ISR routers. Administer Cisco Wireless LAN controller with Access Points across multiple sites.

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