SUMMARY:

• Technical hands - on experience Engineering, implementing, configuring, deploying and providing maintenance to voice/data, video and wireless networks
• Lead a Team of Engineers in the support of customers’ relocation into a data center environment, writing responses to technical RFPs’, defining IT procedures and project plans
• Project Management experience, worked closely with other departments to facilitate the development and completion of projects involving voice and data, completion of change control and other associated processes
• Proficient with the collaboration of other IT professionals as needed on various external consultant’s/vendors contracts. Roles’ included a variety of tasks: conceiving and implementing new system deployment; administering networks, remote administration, training and supporting end-users.
• Provided Pre-Sales technical support to the Sales team, providing technical presentations and documentation to customers in response the requirements of the Sales Team requirements

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Cisco Routers: Cisco 7609, 7606, 3900, 3800, 3700, 3600, 2900, 1900

Routing protocols: EIGRP, OSPF and BGP

LAN Switching Technologies: Cisco Nexus 7K, 5K, 2K, Cisco 6500, 4500,5545. 3750, 3550, 2960, 2950

WAN Technologies: ISDN, Frame Relay, T-1, ATM, MPLS, PSTN, Riverbed

Voice Technologies: PBX, H323, SIP, VOIP, Call Manager, Call Manager Express

Network Security: CISCO ASA, VPN Tunnels, Desktop Client

Network Utilities: Solar Winds, Net scout, What’s up Gold, Sniffer. Air Magnet

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Houston TX

Senior Network Engineer

Customers Supported: (IBM, Direct Energy, Net Scout, Merge IT)

Responsibilities:

• Provides Network Engineering, implementation and documentation of Wi-Fi, VOIP/ LAN and WAN networks using CISCO access points, wireless controllers, routers and switches in support of Global Network Operations.
• Responsible for the standardization of ongoing network technical documentation and network drawings.
• Support of Wireless Network site surveys, recommended Wireless hardware and software, configured Controllers and Access Points to provide Wireless Network connectivity, security and access.
• Configured and supported Cisco ASA firewalls to provide network security using the ISP data circuit, (remote LAN-LAN connectivity, VPN Tunnels and end-user desktop application).
• Wrote Network section of the Disaster Recovery plans for a Data Center that provides the replication of networking hardware (Nexus 2k, 6k, 7k, F5 Load Balancer, Riverbed, Cisco ASA firewalls, Cisco routers and switches) that would replace one of the two production Data Centers in case of a disaster..
• Completed studies in the preparation of network audit reports that included the findings, recommendations, and instructions for proposed network system implementations and upgrade solutions.
• Used and configured Network Management utilities to provide network monitoring of remote and local network equipment, data circuits and the overall health of the Network.
• Supported the migration of 22 remote customer locations from Cisco CM Express into Cisco CMU (preformed the site survey, preconfigured the router, switch and phones for deployment to the remote sites).

Confidential - Houston TX 

Specialist Project III

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for providing support services associated with Industrial Process Control Networks using Wireless communication hardware and software.
• Conducted Industrial wireless site surveys which was used to create a BOM that specified the equipment required to implement a wireless network for each Customers facility.
• Supports the updates/Implem4entation and Project Management of Confidential network standards using Cisco equipment, (access points, wireless controllers, firewalls, router and switches)
• Provided the test and evaluation of Wireless hardware/software to determine efficiency, reliability, and compatibility with existing systems
• Documentation of technical deployment plans and descriptions for the Wireless Network with the integration of new networking equipment into existing networks
• Collaborated with of other IT professionals as needed on issues regarding the support of Customer Networks.

Confidential - Houston TX

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Cisco level 3 technical support, including the configuration, maintenance, and installation of Cisco routers/switches.
• Managed the technical duties of the LAN/WAN, desktop support, telecommunications and Network Administration Groups.
• Implementing routing protocols including BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, IP Multicast over MPLS networks.
• Presented a technical overview of topologies and made network up-grade recommendations to the customer based on bandwidth and network capacity limitations.
• Analyzes and defines agency disaster recovery responsibilities and procedures.
• Provided network security using CISCO ASA firewalls, ACL’s, VPN Tunnels and remote uses network access.
• Technical support for the closure and auditing of Security Network issues, implementssecurity hotfixes and patches to all Network Operating Systems belonging to the Customer.