PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:

• Seasoned IT Professional and Network Engineer with over 15 years of overall IT experience, network engineering and administration.
• Familiarity with all aspects of the TCP/IP protocol stack.
• Experience in installing, configuring, troubleshooting, and upgrading Cisco IOS devices, including (2600/3600, 800/1800/2800/3800 , CUCM 4.x, 5.x, 6.x, VG’s, ATA’s, (UC500), and Catalyst Switches (2950/3550/3560/3750/6500 ), Nexus 7K, 9K.
• Cisco IOS 12.x, 15.x, XR, and NX - OS, Routing protocols: OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, Multicasting PIM, and IGMP.
• Experienced with WAN circuit configurations/troubleshooting (point-to-point Serial, Frame Relay, SONET, MPLS-VPN, interfacing with PSTN service providers, T1, DWDM.)
• VRF, GRE, MPLS-VPN, MPLS Traffic Engineering, DMVPN.
• VLANs, VTP, 802.1Q, DHCP Relay, EtherChannel, Pruning, L3 Switching.
• VSS, VPC, VMware ESX, Riverbed steelhead, F5 Big IP, Juniper switches & routers.
• Meraki Wireless, Cisco Wireless, wireless controller 5500, autonomous and lightweight APs, CAPWAP, ASA 5500 series, high availability, IPSec, VPN remote site and site to site VPN, AnyConnect, ISE 2.1, F5 LTM, GTM, NetScaler, LiveAction.
• Knowledge in troubleshooting and configuring Branch Exchange (PBX) connection types which include Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Primary Rate Interface (PRI), Foreign Exchange Office (FXO), Foreign Exchange Station (FXS), (E&M), T1 Channel-Associated Signaling (CAS), Common Channel Signaling (CCS).
• Experience in most Microsoft products: Exchange, IIS, ISA, Active Directory, and SQL Server, Office, Visio.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Tier3 daily network operation & support (BGP, MPLS, EIGRP, QoS, WLC, F5, RiverBed, ASA, IronPort, ISE, wireless, SolarWind and VoIP).
• Implemented Cisco SD - WAN iWAN technology to connect all remote sites to main corporate site using, Prime, APIC-EM.
• Managed security corporate wide using IronPort, ASA, ISE, and ACLs.
• Redesigned and refreshed multiple remote sites.
• Re-mapped Confidential corporate network completely including multiple international sites using L2, L3 Visio diagrams.

Confidential, Miami, FL

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Architected and designed a complete redundant and resilient Office 365 SSO solution using F5 (GTM/LTM/APM) between two Datacenters according to F5 best practices.
• Implemented QoS corporate wide across the Confidential & Confidential MPLS network to support voice & Data communications.
• Datacenter integration with Azure and AWS cloud.
• Deployed a RiverBed solution between 70 sites including two Datacenters.
• Tier3 daily network operation & support (BGP, MPLS, QoS, Meraki, F5, RiverBed, and Nexus).
• VoIP telephony integration using CUCM, Shoretel, NetFortress and S4B with QoS support.
• Design and Integration of over 300 remote sites to corporate network using Meraki MX600 concentrators in two datacenters for redundancy and disaster recovery.

Confidential, Pittsburg, PA

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Network implementation engineer to assist in internal company split for the IT infrastructure into two MPLS networks on the Confidential & Confidential infrastructure.
• Assist in connecting company’s remote sites across the globe, third party vendors to the Confidential MPLS network using static & dynamic IPsec tunnels, static & dynamic GRE tunnels, mGRE, GRE over IPsec, multipoint IPsec, IPsec on VRFs.
• Migrating half the wireless infrastructure’s APs to a new infrastructure with new controllers, auto anchoring guest traffic to a new anchor controller in the DMZ area, spinning new centrally and locally (FlexConnect) switched WLANs.

Confidential, Topeka, KS

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Lead wireless engineer on USD 501 wireless project that span multi locations with deployment of 1900 Cisco 3600 APs, including survey, installation, configuration, implementation and support for the whole project using two WLC 8500 for high availability.
• Identify, design, implement, and support different technology solutions for many customers including LAN, WAN, Nexus 7k, 5k, 2k, wireless Assessments, Air Magnet Site Survey.
• Design, implement, and support multisite networks for the banking sector using different VPN technologies including DMVPN, site to site VPN.

Confidential, Kansas City, KS

Data Center Solutions Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement a new data center using Nexus 7700, 5k and 2k FEX, DWDM, MACSec, VDCs, VRF, VLANs, virtual Port-Channels, EIGRP, SLA, and sub-interfaces to fit strict NERC security requirements.
• Implement best practice design with layered architecture using Nexus 7K, 5K, 2K FEX with vPC configuration for maximum redundancy and high availability.
• Providing support for over 80 + satellite sites connected via DMVPN including adding new sites, routing, supporting and troubleshooting existing DMVPN infrastructure.

Confidential, Overland Park, KS

WAN Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Supporting upgrade/expansion of the Confidential wireless IP network running IS-IS, MPLS, VPLS, MP-BGP, BGP, VRFs, filtering advertised received BGP prefixes and using BGP attributes for routes manipulations to achieve redundancy, load balancing and traffic engineering.
• Design of specific solutions that meet the requirements of multiple wireless service providers on Alcatel- Confidential 7750, 7705 SR.
• Provide support for project related to WAN functions while ensuring maximum network availability and integrity.

Confidential, Alexandria, VA

LAN/WAN Operation Support

Responsibilities:

• Tier 3 network engineer support for the patent campus LAN supporting 14,000 local users and 4000 remote VPN users, and monitoring the health of the network in a 24/7 environment.
• Implement, reconfigure network hardware (routers, switches, concentrators, web accelerators, load balancers), and perform IOS patch upgrades and preventive maintenance as needed.
• Implemented F5 Big IP LTM to load balance different services & applications; web servers, DB servers, Riverbeds’ appliances, load balance VPN traffic across four Juniper VPN concentrators to support 10,000 remote users.
• Configuring F5 high availability, profiles, iRules, iQuery, SSL traffic, monitors, NAT & SNAT, redundant pairs, synchronization.

Confidential, Winter Park, FL

Data Services and IP Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Taking inbound calls in a 24x7 environment from businesses reporting network related troubles.
• Configuration, testing and troubleshooting of network devices and high speed circuits including MPLS, DSLAM, MAN, Ethernet, ATM and Frame Relay.
• Familiarity with Cisco IOS, Remedy ticketing. Adtran, Ciena, Cisco, Juniper.
• Supporting IP multicasting running PIM dense mode, IGMP, CGMP, many to many multicast.

Confidential, Lansing, MI

Voice Services and IPT Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Reactively monitor customer data networks and CUCMs to provide fault isolation and remote troubleshooting.
• Perform routine proactive maintenance tasks on customer networks.
• Reactively troubleshoot and diagnose problems on proprietary IP networks.
• Interact with Carriers and Customers to report events and/or resolution of events.

Confidential, Alexandria, VA

Networking Voice Analyst/Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Design voice networks and integrate telephony hardware and network services
• Assist customers in resolution of telecommunication issues as well as to make recommendations for current and future voice needs
• Set up, configure, and test Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CallManager) Express, Unity Express, Cisco LAN switches, routers, VoIP phones and voice gateways.
• Solve Wide Area Network connectivity issues for various companies on a daily basis.

Confidential, Winter Park, FL

WAN Analyst/Support Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Verified correct IOS and hardware for hardware/software compatibility and performed upgrades
• Analyzed network traffic, debug IOS, and read captured packets for potential problems.
• Assist customers in resolution of connection issues as well as to make recommendations for current and future needs
• Ensured the correct solution is identified to resolve a network issue in a timely manner while offering great customer service
• Provided support for Cisco Routers, Switches, IP Phones, Hubs, and Access Servers

Confidential

Lead Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement a complete network infrastructure using Cisco routers and switches with fiber optics links.
• Implement a complete Microsoft solution including Exchange, NT 4.0, proxy, SQL, IIS, DNS, and DHCP. Implementing VLANs, STP, DHCP Helper, ISDN.
• Troubleshoot, maintain, upgrade, and provide solutions to complex hardware/software problems.

Confidential, Orlando, FL

Network Engineer/Hardware Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Installation and support for FileNet software and hardware including severs and scanners, RAID Arrays, for different state counties.
• Providing support, upgrade and training for a total solution benefit.
• Software support for Identitech Document imaging System
• Integrating FYI Identitech Document imaging System with various applications using visual basic to meet different client needs.