Senior Network Engineer Resume
New York, NY
SUMMARY:
- 8 years experience designing, deploying, and troubleshooting networks within a diverse array of industries
- Equally comfortable in team leadership roles as well as independently owning projects from conception to completion
- Extensive pre - and post-sales involvement liaising between business and technology
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Routing: OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, PBR, PIM Multicast
WAN: DMVPN, MPLS, MP-BGP VPNv4, PPP
Other: Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), UCS Director, Nexus Data Broker, VMware NSX, PAT / NAT, AAA, AnyConnect, IP SLA, HSRP, GLBP, VRRP, DNS, DHCP, SNMP, RMON, SPAN, EEM, NTP, WCCP, NetFlow, VLANS, STP, RSTP, MST, VTP, Trunking, EtherChannel
Cisco Routers: ASR 1000, ASR 9000, 3900, 2900, 2800, 1900
Cisco Switches: Nexus 9000, Nexus 7000, Nexus 6000, Nexus 5000, Nexus 3000, Nexus 2000, Catalyst 6800, 6500, 4500, 3800, 3700, 3500, 2900
Other: ASA 5500 Firewall, IDS, IPS, UCS C-Series, Meraki, ACE, WAVE / WAE / WAAS, Juniper Routers and Switches, Riverbed, Gigamon, F5 LTM / GTM
Tools: WireShark, Python scripting, Postman, Infoblox IPAM, Spectrum, VMWare, Cisco Prime, SolarWinds (NPM, NCM, NTA, IPAM, SAM, UDT, WPM), Microsoft NetMon, Windows Analyzer, OpenNMS, Nagios, Remedy, Salesforce, Kaseya, ConnectWise, Autotask, Visio
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Confidential, New York, NY
Senior Network Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Engineering team lead for refreshing Nexus 2k, 3k, 5k, 7k, and 9k platforms in Equinix data centers for use with low latency trading platforms
- Engineering team lead for project migrating 600+ branch and campus sites to DMVPN hub-and-spoke model for datacenter connectivity
- Created BGP peering design and configuration as well as formulated MPLS routing policy standards for connectivity with B2B clients during migration to Confidential MPLS PiP cloud
- Design and configuration standardization for redesign of New England region datacenters using Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) and UCS Director
- Responsible for design and deployment of trading floor projects throughout Manhattan
- Tested and developed configuration standards and templates for various branch types, including low and high level design (LLD and HLD)
- Design strategy and implementation for new Internet and Intranet DMZ to migrate partners and customers during data center move from NY to PA
- Migrated Solarwinds, SQL, and NTA servers to new physical hardware and created High Availability (HA) pools for polling engines
- Performed initial device discovery, module configuration, polling optimization, and report/dashboard customization of SolarWinds deployment for newly acquired business groups throughout NALA, EMEA, and APAC
- Monitoring & analysis of weekly bandwidth trends across critical WAN links and Internet gateways using various network management tools such as Spectrum and SolarWinds
- Coordinated with governance team in formulating new EBNC network standards
Confidential, New York, NY
Network Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Created migration strategies & runbooks for customers primarily in the finance industry
- Redesign and migration of IGP routing protocols, particularly EIGRP and OSPF
- Built VPN tunnels on routers to integrate public cloud service providers (AWS & Azure) with local networks
- Design and implementation of NAT policies and split-tunnel routing on firewalls and DMZ switches
- Provided level 3 support and participated in bridge calls with clients and vendors for critical network issues
- Performed design, configuration and troubleshooting of networks employing OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, and MPLS protocols
- Pre-staging and benchmarking of network equipment required for rollout of new projects replacing EOL hardware
- Created Method of Procedure (MOP) documentation and worked with change advisory board to approve changes
- Tested IOS software releases and checked against Cisco Bug Search Tool
- Testing and turn ups for copper and fiber leased lines from service providers
- Allocated IP addressing subnets, DNS records, and DHCP scopes for new sites in Infoblox IPAM
Confidential, New York, NY
Network Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Performed protocol migration and implemented OSPF across 15 sites
- Implemented security policies on ASA firewalls to secure DNS, HTTP, SMTP, and other services
- Monitored and optimized network performance using Spectrum and OpenNMS
- Provided level 2 operations support for LAN and WAN break/fix incidents
- Created and resolved hardware and software issues working with Cisco TAC
- Configured and installed 2 Nexus 5000 series switches with layer 3 capabilities
- Installed Cisco routers (7500, 3900, 2900) and switches (6500, 4500, 2900) at remote sites
- Configured Network/Port Address Translation (NAT/PAT) for sharing public addresses
- Configured Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) in order to optimize traffic flow
