SUMMARY:

• Network Architect & Senior Engineer with a strong background in the design, construction, operations and maintenance of defense, federal and enterprise data networks, network security, network management and administration, systems administration, service desk operations, cloud technologies and data center virtualization.
• Patent submitted & pending for a new Alert Management process.
• Extensive Experience in Data Center Network Management and Virtualization.
• Designed, constructed and maintained several networks for multiple Federal clients, including several DoD projects.
• Experience with deploying, developing, and administering the Tivoli & Netcool Suite of tools for incident monitoring and management.
• Experience with deploying, developing, and administering EMC Ionix and IBM Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager to support configuration management and compliance.
• Created and implemented SNMP configuration and monitoring standards for use with EMC Ionix and Netcool ITNM/ITNCM.
• Extensive experience in identifying, troubleshooting and resolving network communications issues on local and global scales.
• Experience with coordinating between several contracted entities and vendors working on systems enhancement projects, architectural support, or major engineering & operational issues.
• Experience designing, deploying and maintaining a modular virtual infrastructure for cloud computing using VMWare ESX and Cisco Nexus network hardware.
• Extensive experience with the Cisco family of network routers, switches (Catalyst and Nexus), and applicable protocols.
• Experience with the BNT family of data center switches.
• Experience configuring and troubleshooting firewalls from multiple vendors.
• Experience configuring and troubleshooting load balancers from multiple vendors.
• Experience in the deployment and maintenance of workstation, server and networking systems in field and enterprise environments.
• Planned and participated in the first real - world fielding of General Dynamics TACLANE encryption devices.
• Authored Standard Operating Procedures and Policies for Network Operations and Monitoring Tools Management.
• Experience with data center network engineering and deployments.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Core Competencies: Network Architecture, Network Engineering; Systems Administration; Information Assurance; Policy Adherence and Enforcement; Data Integrity/Recovery; Disaster Recovery Planning; Wide Area Networks; Local Area Networks; Network Management Tool Administration;

Platforms: Cisco IOS, Cisco CatOS, Cisco NX-OS, Microsoft Windows, Linux (Suse, Mandrake, RHEL), F5 BigIP, Netscreen, ASA, ACE, ESXi, VMWare.

Networking: TCP/IP, Ethernet, PKI, SSL, Cisco network devices, VoIP Telephones, Active Directory, Routing Protocols, TACLANE, IPv4, Ipv6, VMWare VDS & NSX, Network Security, Network Virtualization, Encryption.

Tools: CiscoWorks, Netcool Omnibus, Tivoli Network Manager, Tivoli Nework Configuration Manager, Tivoli Integration Portal, Tivoli Webtop, Tivoli WebGUI, EMC Ionix (Voyence).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Network Architect

Responsibilities:

• Re-designed and re-built LOGSA's virtual data center using up-to-date hardware, and a logical architecture designed to meet DoD and DISA security standards.
• Provided training to on-coming and incumbent operations personnel on how to operate, maintain and troubleshoot their new environment.
• Coordinated activities across multiple administration teams to ensure all parties understood the intended design and how best to operate it from a technical and non-technical perspective.
• Provided on-site and remote support to the LOGSA Network Operations team for troubleshooting serious issues.

Confidential

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Member of the team responsible for the design, development and deployment of a mult-tennant virtualized cloud environment known as the SmartCloud for Government.
• Assisted with the FedRAMP certification for the SmartCloud for Government, supporting network and security design.
• Designed and deployed a multi-tennant network for a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure supporting Federal clients.
• Designed, Configured and deployed mult-context load balancer appliances to provide load balancing services for a multi-tennant virtualized environment.
• Re-designed, planned, staged and executed a complete rebuild of the FIMS network infrastructures, reducing annual data center costs by reducing the overall hardware footprint.

Confidential

Network Engineer & NMS Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the deployment, operation and maintenance of the FDC Core, DMZ networks and hosted customer environments supporting many clients.
• Responsible for the operation, development and maintenance of network management systems such as IBM Tivoli Netcool (Omnibus, ITNM, TIP) and EMC’s Ionix (VoyenceControl).
• Designed and implemented a custom event enrichment system called TQBS for Netcool Omnibus to set and control automatic ticket generation with BMC Remedy. A Patent for this process has been submitted and is pending.

Confidential

Sr. Network Engineer & Sr. Tools Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for monitoring, early identification, troubleshooting and resolution of global LAN and WAN network connectivity and security problems.
• Responsible for the maintenance, updates and development of IBM Tivoli Netcool for enterprise systems monitoring.
• Created and executed project to standardize SNMP settings and logging for network devices across the USCIS Network to improve network monitoring and management capabilities.

Confidential

Information Technology Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the maintenance, tracking, security, and troubleshooting of unit IT assets
• Served as a Brigade Systems Administrator, Unit Security Manager, Information Management Officer, Information Assurance Security Officer, and as Unit Training NCO.
• Oversaw the procurement, configuration and deployment for sister detachment’s IT assets - Received Army Achievement Medal
• Provided American Red Cross with critical connectivity during adverse environmental conditions - Received Certificate of Appreciation and Letter of Commendation.
• Configured and deployed Cisco Routers and Switches in the largest Mobile Subscriber Equipment Network ever fielded by the United States Army - Received Army Commendation Medal.