SUMMARY:

• Accomplished IT professional with experience in design, implementation and administration of Information Technology solutions. Recognized as an excellent leader, communicator, and organizer with strong technical skills.
• Proficient at working both independently and in a team setting. Able to complete projects on schedule in a mission critical environment.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• CiscoCCNA,CCDP,CCIEWritten,Microsoft
• MCITP&MCSA,ComptiaA+,N+,Security+,Project+,CIW;Riverbed,Fortinet
• CiscoASA/PaloAltoFirewalls;IDS/IPS/SDM/ASDM,Arubaand
• CiscoWirelessControllersAPs,NAC,ClearpassandISE,Cisco
• CatalystandNexusswitches/1000,2500,2600,2800,3600,3800,4000,7200,Series
• Routers;VPN;VLANS;NBAR/PBR/EIGRP/BGP/OSPFWindows2000/2003
• Server,IManage,VMware,ActiveDirectory,ExchangeServers,DNS,DFS,DHCP,ISA,IAS,SQL
• Symantec Hierarchy, MS Office Suite; Citrix, Service Center, Magic, LAN
• Desk, Qualys, NetScan, WSUS, Cacti, GFI - LanGuard, SolarWinds Orion, Castle Rock, MRTG.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential — New York, NY

Lead Network Engineer / Supervisor

Responsibilities:

• Implemented network and voice monitoring KPI’s to proactively decrease outages and negative systems and user impact;
• Recommended global office bandwidth reduction for vendor contract renegotiations saving ($8K per month);
• Recommended device removal on vendor support contracts eliminating waste and cost ($250K per year);
• Selected as Lead Architect and Project Manager on new, cost effective global Cisco to Palo Alto Firewall and VPN ($150K project) and Cisco to Aruba WiFi and NAC migrations (design saved the Firm $175K globally).
• Re-designed Firm’s accounting, firewall and DMZ infrastructures protecting and securing company assets, saving thousands;
• Served as Lead Architect responsible for design, project and vendor management on global standard network design featuring: 3 Datacenter CO-LO Cisco Nexus 7K/2K and UCS migrations; QoS and multicast re-design; unifying Data and VoIP networks; fully-meshed redundant core, Datacenter and Disaster Recovery failover design GLBP and Riverbed Active / Active MPLS WAN Optimization.

Confidential — New York, NY

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Architected and implemented telecommunications and data system integration solutions within the telecommunications or data network arenas, including routing/switching infrastructures, transport technology, and network protocols;
• Designed and deployed enterprise network infrastructure solutions, either working alone on specific tasks or as part of a large-scale financial services network infrastructure Team, including LAN/MAN, Market Data, and WAN technologies;
• Implemented and tested solutions based on project scope and design/engineering specifications;
• Resolved issues proactively that arose during project implementations or during operational assignments;
• Participated in the Change Management Process, Design Reviews, and other client interactions to ensure client satisfaction;

Confidential — New York, NY

AVP Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Senior Team Engineer responsible for designing, troubleshooting and solving production impacting issues for Confidential Global BGP/MPLS WAN, routing/switching, firewall, fiber and wireless network technologies;
• Assisted Business Development and Engineering Teams with re-design and implementation of LAN / WAN Infrastructure;
• Administered,configuredandmaintainedCisco 4500,4900, 6500switches, 3600,3800, 7200 Routers, 1500 ONT and Ciena Optical Devices, 4400 Wireless Controllers and 1200 WAPS, Cisco ASA/Fortinet/Checkpoint Firewalls, F5 BigIp Load-Balancers, Infiniband Voltaire Grid 9024 switch;
• Responsible for troubleshooting and resolving all production issues including: BGP,EIGRP, QoS, Multicast Pim-SM / DM, Cisco ONT/Ciena DWDM, 10 Gig-E, F5 Load-Balancers, HSRP, CEF, NET-FLOW, NAT, STP-RPVST+,Port-Channels, Access-Lists, neighboring/adjacency issues, IOS upgrades, CDP, CRC/ Input errors, flapping routes and interfaces, VPN IPSEC ISSUES, added, dropped and dead routes, collisions, connectivity and other daily issues;
• Performed deep packet analysis to rectify multicast data feed, application, latency, server and circuit issues with NetScout, Infinistream, Niksun, Wireshark, sniffers, and NetFlow;
• Configured, enhanced and operated the enterprise network infrastructure, diagnostic tools, automation, and recovery systems using standard or proprietary scripting and utilities;
• Participated in firm-wide IT projects including committees, work groups, and other planning and deployment efforts.

Confidential — New York, NY

Lead Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Led a team of engineers in the design and implementation of servers, Riverbed WAN accelerators,Cisco routers and switches across seven U.S. locations;
• Worked closely with management and partners for all information technology assets, including servers, routers, switches, software, hardware, peripherals, telephone equipment and emerging technologies;
• Assisted on Network Infrastructure budget, requirements and projections and was depended on to scope new technologies and designs to enhance network, firm wide performance and firm market competition;
• Createdthedevelopmentofstrategyandrecommendationsforthefirm’sserver/networkinfrastructure from L3 MPLS to L2 MetroEthernet and RiverBed WAN Accelerators as well as Call Manager, IP Phones and Voice Router specifications;
• Drovearchitecture,administered,andmaintainedCiscoWirelessControllers,WAP’s,NAC,ACS,CSM,MARS,3750,4500,6500switches,2500,2600,2800,3600,3800Routers,CiscoPix515E/ASA5510, IDS/IPS, MPLS BGP /EIGRP/ OSPF, HSRP, RADIUS, ACS, Cisco Network Assistant, AAA, CEF, NETFLOW, Ether-Channel, SSH, VLANs, 802.1X, NAC, Dot1.Q, STP, VTP, load-balancing Access-Lists and VPN;
• Managed, configured and monitored 40 daily servers in Active Directory 2003 environment;
• Performed server process including backups and updates for Servers, Domain Controllers, Exchange Server 2003, Blackberry 4.0 Server, Citrix MetaFrame Server and Access Gateway, I-Manage Server, Trend-Micro Server, VMware ESX 3.1, File Servers, Orion Solarwinds, DNS, DHCP, IIS, SQL 2000, WSUS Servers, etc.;
• Maintained, administered and tracked new security risks and took action with code, or updates to servers, firewall, routers, switches, NetApp SAN and related Domain Controllers and all Member Server systems.