SUMMARY

• Veteran Network/Security Engineer with 15 years of technical design, resolution and security auditing
• experience. Proven leader in project management; documented CEU in Network and Security. Excellent
• candidate for position requiring a professional IT specialist with business acumen and customer satisfaction.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Providing day to day operational support for mid - size enterprise environment (Solar Winds, load balancing);
• Providing project management and cost analysis, specifications and detailed schematics for network
• architecture
• Providing detailed recommendations for hardware and software selection;
• Implementing best practice techniques for efficient scalable business needs (BGP, QoS);
• Conducting testing of network design;
• Documenting equipment/system installations and/or modifications (Expert MS Visio, Excel, Word);
• Coordinating, installing, configuring and maintaining WAN connectivity for remote production branches
• (WAN Design, Vendor Management);
• Providing on-call support during both normal hours and after hours;

Confidential, Plano, TX

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Providing infrastructure design consultation to remediate enterprise into more efficient and predictable
• network environment
• Managing environment for users to perform work function;
• Utilizing BGP in WAN MPLS and EIGRP in LAN (7200, Nexxus, 6500, 3800, 2800, 3750, 3560)
• Administering and maintaining Ciscoworks;
• Designing, upgrading and maintaining day to day operations for security vpn and firewalls (CheckpointCiscoASA)
• Documenting equipment/system installations (Expert Visio, Excel, and Word) and/or modifications;
• Conducting testing of network design;
• Assuring network interoperability and reliability;
• Preparing legacy network for VoIP implementation; prepping VLAN and call trunks;
• Supporting networks and users remotely via telecommuting;
• Communicating with vendors to further rapport and support for network device upgrades

Confidential, Southlake, TX

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Building EPC components (Cisco/Juniper) to support 4G LTE growth for nationwide network organization;
• Writing documentation to support adds, moves and changes to NNO;
• Leading initiative to stabilize and secure edge infrastructure from unauthorized access;
• Building team relations for continuity in business communications;
• Working with onsite vendor to further rapport and support for network device upgrades

Confidential

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Building LAN/WAN infrastructure based on acquired equipment design;
• Managing environment for users to perform work function;
• Supporting desktop to server connectivity in mission critical environment;
• Producing documentation (expert Visio, Excel, Word) to support inventory, disaster recovery and run book functionality;
• Providing leadership and training to subordinate personnel

Confidential

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Performing audit on Cisco specific devices in preparation for Information Assurance inspections;Designing CoPP (QoS parameters utilizing ACL like filters to define secure traffic on backplane);
• Supporting day to day operations in NIPR/SIPR environment utilizing NMS (NetSight Suite, Ciscoworks)
• and ticketing systems (Remedy);
• Utilizing NAC in a Radius environment for secure network access to DoD Security specifications;
• Designing, hardening and maintaining new functionality for Cisco equipment (6500 with 720, FWSMIDSM, NASM mod)
• Documenting equipment/system installations (Expert Visio, Excel, Word) and/or modifications;
• Designing and deploying Layer 3 access for DoD installation (Cisco ASA);
• IASO certified;
• Providing leadership and training to subordinate personnel

Confidential, Chester, VA

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Designing, planning and maintaining Cisco network communications systems;
• Utilizing BGP in WAN MPLS and OSPF in LAN (7200, Nexxus, 6500, 3800, 2800, 3750, 3560)
• Providing project management and cost analysis, specifications and detailed schematics for network
• architecture (requirement gathering)
• Providing specific detailed information for hardware and software selection;
• Implementing best practice techniques for efficient scalable business needs;
• Administering and maintaining Ciscoworks multi-server environment;
• Designing and deploying Opnet suite for Capacity Management strategyAdministering and maintaining InfoBlox DHCP server and Syslog-NG
• Conducting testing of network design;
• Documenting equipment/system installations and/or modifications (Expert MS Visio, Excel, Word);
• Working in team environment to do cost analysis for Cisco Call Manager/Unity (also Unity Express)VoIP
• solution for enterprise;
• Analyzing data and providing technical recommendation through utilization of NMS (Ciscoworks, OpnetCacti);
• Providing leadership and training to subordinate personnel

Confidential, Richmond, VA

Network Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Installing, configuring, maintaining, and supporting network equipment and network operating systems
• (Cisco 4500, 6500 backbone);
• Planning, designing and engineering network installations to meet information processing and traffic needs
• and to meet industry and Hospital standards (F5 Firepass design and implementation, NAC Access);
• Preparing end systems (supplicants) and network (L2 access) for installation of Cisco NAC
• Assuring network interoperability and reliability;
• Determining network architecture, topology, equipment and transmission media appropriate for
• installations (requirement gathering);
• Acting as technical liaison for network product and system vendors, intra-departmental teams and utilizing
• previous employment experience to fulfill coalition role with University;
• Coordinating, installing, configuring and maintaining WAN connectivity for remote HMO offices (WAN
• Design);
• Managing WAN accounts payable and receivable, cost analysis saving over $22,000 for the department
• (year 1 returns);
• Documenting equipment/system installations and/or modifications(expert MS Visio, Excel, Word);
• Providing on-call support during both normal hours and after hours;

Confidential, Richmond, Virginia

Network Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Preparing legacy network for VoIP implementation; prepping VLAN and call trunks.
• Responsible for coordinating the management, change and documentation of University networks;
• Developing standards and guidelines to support architectural direction;
• Assuring network interoperability and reliability;
• Planning, designing and engineering network installations to meet information processing and traffic needs
• and to meet industry and University standards;
• Determining network architecture, topology, and transmission media appropriate for installations;
• Acting as the technical liaison for network product or system vendors;
• Documenting equipment/system installations and/or modifications(expert MS Visio, Excel, Word);
• Installing, configuring, maintaining, and supporting network equipment and network operating systems
• (e.g., routers, switches, firewalls, VoIP, intra-building and inter-building wireless);
• Providing network connectivity, ensuring appropriate integration of data, voice, and video networks;
• Providing on-call support during both normal hours and after hours;
• Providing leadership and training to subordinate personnel;

Confidential, Richmond, Virginia

Communication Technician, TECH

Responsibilities:

• Answering incoming phone lines and maintaining ticket list for Fortune 500 company trouble resolution
• (Helpdesk)
• Maintaining and provisioning of OC3, DS3, DS1, DS0 and analog services, Expertise in ATM, IP/VPNFrame Relay services;
• Troubleshooting WAN telephony and Cisco L2/L3 modulars;
• Resolving escalation issues for external and internal AT&T customers to ensure satisfaction with out of
• service and new turn up trouble reporting;
• Directing and negotiating local exchange carriers (LEC) to isolate and resolve CFA transport errors;
• Providing detailed documentation through use of Oracle based ticketing system, to include technical
• documentary, customer communication logging and escalation tracking;
• Utilizing proprietary software/engineering database testing systems;