SUMMARY

• Highly motivated Information Technology Specialist and Network Engineer Professional, with exceptional, long - term and multi-facetted
• Experience and capabilities, seeking to utilize Implementation, Monitoring and Maintenance of IT Systems in a challenging assignmentCore Competencies
• Project Management ~ Software/Hardware Installation & Removal ~ Troubleshooting/Problem Resolution ~ End-User Technical Support ~ Help Desk System Development ~ Domain Administration ~ Network Design ~ Contract Negotiation ~ Budgeting ~ Purchasing ~ Security/User Access/Permissions Policy
• Career background in providing Information Technology expertise and Program Management for organizations from various industry sectors; proven success in leading teams through critical functions while maintaining focus on business deliveries
• Continually utilize subject matter expertise in directing network administration and engineering, skillfully analyzing problems/issues and developing methodologies for maximizing assets through in-depth knowledge of programs, interfaces and hardware
• Expertly develop organizational performance capabilities focused on controlling operating costs; highly experienced in designing and implementing various servers to increase efficiencies and environmental security
• Demonstrate exceptional strengths in multiple roles, such as domain administration and network design/implementation; exceptional skills in contract negotiation, budgeting, new equipment/services purchasing and determining organizational policies covering security, user access and permissions

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Technology: Fortinet, SonicWALL and Cisco Routers Juniper Switches NAS Cloud Storage Systems SSL and IPSEC VPNs Windows 9x/XP/7/8/10 RHEL 4 - 6.2 Windows Server 2008 MS Office LAN/WAN VLANs with Layer 2 and 3 Switching Help Desk and Network Administration Network Engineering Database Creation and Management LDAP VM Ware Telecom Administration Active Directory CCM and CUC trained Air Magnet ESXi 5.5 DNS Server SharePoint Server Netgear Ready Data Bugzilla and Spiceworks Servers

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Systems Administrator/Network Administrator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• As the single member of the companies IT Department, held comprehensive responsibilities for meeting needs of organization.
• Expertly utilized ESXi 5.5 to virtualize 20+ hardware-based servers and was successful in saving operating costs; also administered three Windows 2008 servers, implemented an Active Directory server to replace LDAP in support of a more secure environment, implemented an internal DNS server and served as Windows domain administrator.
• Skillfully designed a SharePoint server that allowed organization to have its own webpage with domain authentication as well as a searchable wiki page that supported easy file searching by company personnel; also installed/configured Netgear Ready Data that allowed Dropbox-like functionality within company.
• Steered network design/implementation/administration including VPN access and content manager using Dell and Cisco switches; also administered Bugzilla and Spiceworks servers to assist with Help Desk resolutions.
• Led contract negotiations as well as equipment/services purchasing and budgeting activities, and set policies regarding security, user access and permissions.
• Formerly used EMC Syncplicity for NAS storage needs. Downgraded to Netgear ReadyData to save cost.
• Infrastructure is Enterprise grade and is designed to support 200-300 users.
• Windows Server environment with 3 domain servers used for Active Directory, Group Policies, and print servers.
• Network environment is Cisco layer 3 SG series switches with a CISCO ASA Firewall.

Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• In this short-term, contract assignment, successfully met array of organizational taskings.
• Successfully employed Air Magnet to conduct wireless surveys, drove network expansion to new office location, worked with CUCM to diagnose/resolve various internal voicemail issues/problems and performed assigned field work for an E-rate public works project in Pomona.

Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• For this e-rate program, federally-funded construction company/contractor for Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), largest in US, worked on 40 schools in a single year and skillfully performed installation, configuration, troubleshooting, testing and inspection; successfully passed audit inspection.
• Tasked to evaluate and utilize network communications devices, i.e. Cisco routers, switches, wireless access points, among others; also evaluated and employed various network management tools to monitor and assess network performance.
• Oversaw work performance of up to ten personnel including scheduling/delegating assignments and performed Quality Control inspection of work; served as point-of-contact at multiple field sites.
• Analyzed networks to ensure maximum performance as well as cost-effectiveness; also managed purchase, installation and support of LAN/WAN systems.
• Capably resolved operability problems/issues to gain operations across all platforms, i.e. email, file transfer multimedia and teleconferencing, among others.
• Over 2500 Cisco Catalyst switches, 40+ Cisco 4451 ISR Routers with WAAS integration, and 5000 Cisco Access points with host controllers, configured, installed and passed inspection in 1 year.
• User counts: 200-300 per site average.

Systems Administrator/IT Specialist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities included network administration/engineering; was successful in re-building network infrastructure to serve 34 separate branch locations.
• Successfully oversaw authorizing/configuring of all mobile VPN users, launched/managed Help Desk system, troubleshot/provided end-user technical support, expertly migrated network from SonicWALL to Juniper which facilitated POE for VoIP, and was responsible for directing planning/purchasing/deploying of new projects that included a new VoIP system, servers, switches, routers and on-site NAS Cloud storage systems.
• Network overhaul for VoIP project consisted of planning, configuration and deployment for over 500 phones, 50+ switches and 34 routers