SUMMARY:

• Solarwinds Orion Applications Administrator
• Project Management
• Cisco Switch and Router configuration, installation and troubleshooting
• Brocade Switch configuration and installation
• IP v4 Implementation
• Windows Server 2008 installation and deployment
• Unix VM Ware Server installation
• Windows 2003 Server Installation
• Windows Vista XP and 2000 Desktop installation, deployment and troubleshooting
• Novell Netware Server Installation (All versions)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior Network Engineer

Confidential, Goochland Va

Responsibilities:

• One of several Network Engineers responsible for maintaining the Nationwide Carmax IT network infrastructure under the Director of IT Network Support Services.
• Responsibilities include configuring and installing new Cisco switches and routers as part of a system wide hardware refresh of almost 200 sites, resolving problems with existing infrastructure, and configuring and preparing new infrastructure hardware for new stores that are scheduled to be opened.
• This role also included the rollout and/or expansion of a site - wide WIFI implementation at all Carmax locations including the two corporate offices in Virginia and Florida.

Senior Network Engineer

Confidential, Richmond VA

Responsibilities:

• Managing Administrator of the worldwide Solarwinds Orion network monitoring system to include adding, deleting and updating all Solarwinds databases of monitored network equipment for all corporate sites around the entire globe affecting thousands of employees and users.
• Responsibilities include adding, deleting modifying Orion nodes for over 3000 network infrastructure devices in nearly every country around the world. Also responsible for managing the almost 20 Orion Polling Servers and their intranet based consoles located in the four primary regions, America’s, Asia, Middle East and Europe.
• Also in charge of managing the Enterprise Operations Console located in Europe. Other tasks surrounding Solarwinds include, but not limited to, device configuration backups and restorations, report writing using Report Writer and Orion Report Builder, database recovery whenever a failure occurs, and Alert Management.
• Communication with the global IT staff was handled via Remedy and Service Now ticketing systems, Microsoft Exchange 10 and Skype For Business 2016.

Project Manager/Coordinator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Network Optimization equipment, Windows 2008/2012 Servers. Responsible for configuration and problem solving of TCP/IP/v4 protocols to include DNS, DHCP, and WINS networking protocols just to name a few as well as the coordination and tracking of all supporting personnel and procedures using Microsoft Sharepoint and ticket tracking applications such as Remedy.
• A large percentage of the management of these projects was handled remotely using Q Enterprise Messenger software as required to resolve network connectivity problems or to implement network change request as per the client while adhering to the procedures under the governance of the Change Management process.
• As a Project Manager I would orchestrate the transition of National and International client’s network infrastructure to include servers, routers, switches and all connecting equipment under contract to AT&T/IBM.
• This would require coordinating the efforts of internal AT&T and IBM network engineers as well as outside vendors and service providers. Responsibilities include fully documenting each event that is opened by the client using a project specific
• Excel spreadsheet embedded into Sharepoint and shared throughout the 24x7 Migration Support Team and via the Change Management process.

Network Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Installation of Cisco and Netgear network switching and routing equipment, Windows 2003/2008 Servers, desktops and the integration of wireless networking infrastructure.
• Responsible for configuration and problem solving of TCP/IP/v4 protocols to include DNS, DHCP, and WINS networking protocols.

Confidential - Herndon, Va

Senior Network Deployment Engineer

Responsibilities:

• On contract to Department of  confidential to deploy several thousand Dell workstations and servers throughout the country.
• Responsibilities include imaging of all workstations with Microsoft Windows 2000, imaging of all servers with Novell Netware 4.x and 5.x, data migration from all existing machines onto new equipment.
• Other responsibilities include mapping out Network Data Centers and reconfiguring as necessary to optimize performance.
• This position required significant travel to many national border cities and international airports to perform scheduled deployments. My most recent responsibility was the imaging and shipping of several hundred new Dell PC Customs locations as part of the US Visit Project.

Confidential - Wash. DC

Senior Network Deployment Engineer

Responsibilities:

• On contract to the  confidential Security to deploy several thousand workstations and network servers throughout the country for the ICE division.
• Responsibilities included building Netware 4.x servers and Imaging Dell workstations with Windows 2000 at the warehouse in Greenbelt Maryland and repacking them in their containers to be shipped to the various ICE sites throughout the country.
• Other responsibilities included serving and maintaining the integrity of the Ethernet and T1 network topologies as well as the network infrastructure, servers and workstations at various ICE offices in the Washington DC area.

Network Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Installation of Win 2000 Server, Back Office 2000 Server, Active Directory and the migration of existing NT4 Servers into the Win 2000 Active Directory Structure. Configuration of ISA 2000 Server and MSSQL 2000 Server.
• Troubleshooting of Win 2000, NT4, Novell 4.x and 5.x networks, and Win95 to Win XP desktops and laptops.
• Configuration and problem solving of TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, and NetBIOS protocols to include DNS, DHCP, and WINS.