PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Experienced, practical and outcome - oriented Network Engineer/Manager having over 10 years experience wif a proven record of in delivering a diverse range of technical functions that supports management and staff in achieving organizational goals accompanied wif practical understanding of network and software needs, highly professional and adept at incorporating creative leadership skills to achieve business objectives. Direct projects that improve efficiency while meeting deadlines and budget requirements. Self-starter wif excellent oral and written communication skills. Proven team player wif strong ability to work effectively wif people at all levels of a corporation.
• Extremely knowledgeable of Cisco networks as well as their installation and maintenance
• Ability to inspire confidence and engage workers alongside great collaborative skills.
• Proven ability to work wif diverse individuals and groups.
• Knowledge of operational management and policy procedure compliance.
• Problem solving skills needed to troubleshoot and repair network issues
• Unique competency in translating business issues into network solutions including opportunity identification, requirements development, delivery, support, and analysis.
• Outstanding leadership abilities; able to coordinate and direct all phases of project-based efforts while managing, motivating, and leading project team initiatives.
• Ability to multi-task and perform administrative duties wif speed and accuracy wifout supervision
• Capable of employees on teh use of teh network
• Experienced in setting up a secure network to maintain confidentiality security precautions

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

SENIOR NETWORK ENGINEER - TEAM LEAD

Responsibilities:

• Participates in, and provides technical expertise and direction to customers and Velocity staff members.
• Works wif customer network staff on design, equipment procurement, scheduling, implementation and support for Velocity hosted resources.
• Successfully coordinated teh design and operation of highly available mission critical service provider network infrastructure. Including: monitoring, change procedures, performance and capacity planning instrumentation.
• Led and mentored network operation team members through coaching and formalized
• Developed detailed network standards and associated documentation including diagrams and work instructions
• Research / implement best practices wif regard to STR security posture and networking needs
• Alerting, Monitoring, Reporting, Auditing on systems and applications
• Design / document security and network solutions
• Effectively participated and collaborated wif cross-functional teams including project managers, server and applications engineers, and customer IT teams
• Wrote and reviewed Root Cause Analysis reports which are complete and accurate and are shared wif customers and include preventive actions
• Led and mentored other staff members through goal setting and coaching as well as more formalized
• Cisco ACI (Application Centric Integration) technology implementation and troubleshooting.
• Interviewed prospective team members and made recommendations for hiring

Confidential

SENIOR NETWORK ENGINEER - TEAM LEAD

Responsibilities:

• Served as Project Manager and Network Engineer on LAN/WAN upgrades at customer sites and Premise Corporate offices.
• Deployed, Configured and managed Fortinet Firewalls, Cisco Firewalls, Routers and Switches in a high volume production environment
• Developed and enforced policies to standardize and secure teh network infrastructure
• Worked alongside clinical staff addressing IT issues pertaining to supporting patient care
• Worked wif security team in increasing levels of LAN/WAN security and in maintaining teh LAN/WAN barrier systems responsible for preventing unauthorized access to teh Premise Network by establishing and configuring network firewalls, VPN devices and IDSs.
• Provided recommendations making either a change to network level operations or an enhancement to teh network (tuning or upgrade).
• Led and mentored other staff members through goal setting and coaching as well as more formalized .
• Established and implemented LAN/WAN procedures and standards to ensure compliance wif company objectives and policies.
• Interviewed prospective team members and made recommendations for hiring
• Communicated wif staff and customers on teh status of all network support requests.
• Continuously evaluated and resolved complex technical issues associated wif network and routing protocols at all levels of teh Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model through teh use of diagnostics and network administration tools.
• Provided proactive input on policies and issues related to standardization as well as develop and write policies and procedures that identify best practice solutions necessary for operations in support of teh LAN/WAN.
• Defined and established minimum standards related to LAN/WAN access and its impact on overall network operations.

Confidential

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR-IT SECURITY/NETWORK ENGINEERING

Responsibilities:

• Participated in school retention initiatives by providing regular, accurate, and timely feedback to students and teh school concerning academics, behaviour, attendance, etc.
• Motivated students to actively participate in all aspects of teh al process.
• Completed and in-service activities in accordance wif college standards.
• Maintained expertise in subject area and recommends improvements in curriculum design. Instructs students in laboratory safety procedures if applicable.
• Performed administrative duties in teh Learning Resource Center as assigned.

Confidential

NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER

Responsibilities:

• Served as project manager for Cisco router upgrade and additional circuit installations all CCA facilities
• Lead projects related to areas of responsibility and manage resources appropriately to meet project timelines.
• Responded to requests regarding networking connectivity and performance problems. Troubleshoot and resolved issues. Contacted and interacted wif vendors regarding maintenance and support. Completed requisitions in order to purchase parts and equipment.
• Correspond wif Vendor technical resources for both internal and Vendor facing systems
• Engage wif site computer contacts to seek out opportunities to pass along to other staff and maintain facility satisfaction
• Monitored and responded to Local and Wide Area Network hardware and software failures. Maintain maximum system uptime for production systems and applications.
• Maintained and managed LAN and WAN performance using network analysis tools to fine tune system performance or resolve issues. Maintain network security.
• Analysed user needs, network traffic, system capacity and other data in order to design network architectures. Maintained and developed network monitoring and documentation to include locations of routers, switches, firewalls, wireless access points and servers. Maintained inventory of equipment configuration and OS levels.
• Developed, implemented and maintained standards for router, switch, firewall and wireless access point configurations, and OS backup and upgrade procedures to ensure optimum and consistent configuration and installations across teh enterprise.
• Tested and evaluated new technology and applications as needed.