SUMMARY

• IT Professional with over 7 years of experience in engineering, administration, implementation, configuration, optimization, escalation support, change management, analysis and troubleshooting for various network technologies for medium to global enterprise environments which includes proficiency in routing, routing protocols, switching, security, firewalls, load balancing, wireless, voice and data center technologies.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

WAN/Routing Technologies: BGP, MPLS, IPSec, GRE, NHRP, OSPF, EIGRP, Route - maps, Prefix-lists, VRF, ACLs, NAT/PAT, Static Routing, Stub Routing, TCP/IP, IPv4/6, ARP, TCP, UDP, Cisco ASR 1004/1002-HX/1001-X, ISR 4451/3845/2851 , Cisco IOS XRv, Meraki MX 450/100, Juniper SRX 340/210, Juniper vSRX, Cisco IOS XE.Datacenter/Core Switching Technologies - Cisco ACI, VPC, VXLANs, VSS, VLSM, StackWise, HSRP, VRRP, VLAN Trunking, SVI, DNS, Portchannel, STP, VTP, Portfast, BPDU Guard, UDLD, F5 Big-IP load balancers (LTM/GTM), Nexus 9K/7K/5K/3K/2K, Catalyst 6500/4500/3850/3750 X, Meraki 410/210/220, JunOS, Juniper EX4200/2200, DHCP, CDP, ACL, QoS, SFP+, QSFP, NX-OS, IOS XE, Linux, RDP, SolarWinds, PuTTYnd, Wireshark, Cacti, Nagios, Remedy, ServiceNow, SNMP, FTP/SFTP

Security/Firewall Technologies: Cisco Firepower, Cisco ASA 5555-X/5508-X/ASAv/5510, ASDM, Meraki MX 450/100, Cisco IPS/IDS, Cisco ISE, Juniper SRX 340/240, Juniper vSRX, Palo Alto 850/220/VM, Panorama, SSH, IPSecVPN, SSLVPN, MPLSVPN, DMVPN, DMZ, AAA, TACACS+/RADIUS, 802.1x Authentication, Port Security.

Wireless/Branch Technologies: Cisco WLC 5500/3504, Cisco vWLC, Cisco 3702i/1852i/3602i/1142 APs, Cisco Meraki MR 42/33/20 APs, Cisco ISE, TACACS+/RADIUS, 802.1x Authentication, 802.11, WLAN, WAP, SSID, LWAPP, SMTP, VoIP/SIP, QoS, CUCM, Avaya, UCCX, Cisco Meraki Cloud-based Dashboard, UPS & PDUs.

Cloud Infrastructure/DevOp: AWS ( EC2, AMI, Cloud9, Cloudshell, CloudFormation, Cloud Watch, EBS, ELB, Auto Scaling, Lambda, Route 53, Direct Connect, S3, Snowball, IAM, VPC, Transit Gateway, AWS CLI), Azure, GCP, Terraform, Backend,JSON, APIs, Ansible, Bitbucket, Kubernetes, CI/CD Pipelines, Vagrant, Git, GitHub, Bash, VS Code, Jenkins, Docker, SAFe Scrum Master, Jira, Confluence, Slack, Discord, VersionOne

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Nashville, TN

Network Engineer Contractor

Responsibilities:

• Engineer in a team IT Specialist responsible for upgrade, backups, configurations, change management, administration/service requests, implementation, deployment, migration, escalation support, ticket resolution and analysis of Enterprise Networks.
• Technologies handled include Routing, Switching, Wireless, Voice, monitoring, NAC, Cloud and Firewall/Security.
• Specific Technologies handled include: Cisco ISE 2.7.9/3.0.0 , AAA, Policy Sets, Permissions, 802.1x authentication, RADIUS, TACACS, Cisco WLAN controllers, Cisco Firepower FMC/FTD 6.6.5-81, Cisco DNA Center, Cisco ISR 4331/KP, Cisco 2960C/X/CG/CX, Cisco 3750X/3850, Cisco 9300/9500, NAT, ACLs, URL Filtering, IPS/IDS, IPSec site-to-site VPNs, Zone-based firewalls, Stackwise and Stack Power, NX-OS, VSS, VPC,MLAG, VxLAN, DHCP/Snooping, DNS, VTP, 802.1q Trunks, Port Channels, PAgP, PVST+, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, VRF, Prefix-list, Route Maps, Class Maps, Policy Maps, Service Templates, Device tracking, Static/Summary Routes, HSRP, GLBP, VRRP, FEX, SFP, SFP+, Optical and Copper-based cabling, MobaXterm, MS Visio, TrackIT, Avaya Voice, IPAM, MFA, Cisco Smart Licensing, Cisco Anyconnect, SNMP Traps, SolarWinds, Wireshark.

Confidential, Cincinnati OH

Network Engineer Contractor

Responsibilities:

• Member of a team of professionals responsible for administration/service requests, implementation, deployment, escalation support, ticket resolution and analysis of Data Center Network Operations, Branch offices, and WAN Links.
• Specific Technologies handled include but not limited to Cisco ISRs/ASRs, Meraki MXs, Cisco Catalyst/Nexus Switches, Aruba Switches, H3C Switches, Brocade Switches, Cisco ASAs, Juniper EXs, Cisco WLC, F5 Load Balancers (LTM/GTM), Cisco APs, Cisco ISE, AAA, Remedy, Slack, JIRA, Nagios, PuTTYnd, Wireshark, VMware, VoIP/SIP, CUCM & Cisco Unity, AWS cloud infrastructure and DevOps
• Implemented a wireless network infrastructure providing access to wired LANs to increase mobility and productivity utilizing the following network elements: Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) 2106, a Cisco 3550 switch, a Cisco 1130AG series Access Point, and a Cisco 1121G series Access Point.
• Created wireless LANs and configure interface association, security parameters, and radios used. Utilize the Wireless LAN Controllers web GUI to configure and manage the wireless network. Configure internal DHCP scopes for WLANs.
• Prepared infrastructure for AP registration on same subnet as management VLAN and for AP registration on different subnet. Configured AAA AP policies to allow Self Signed Certifications for APs shipped without a Manufacturer Installed Certificate. Implemented AP Grouping to ensure WLAN SSIDs are only broadcast by the APs desired

Confidential, Ann Arbor MI

Network Engineer Contractor

Responsibilities:

• Engineers in a team of professionals responsible for installations, configurations, ticket resolution, and troubleshooting of an enterprise LAN/WAN infrastructure, datacenters, and WAN links.
• Technologies handled include Routing, Switching, monitoring, network security, VoIP, Load Balancing, Network Access Control, High Availability, system re-imaging and remote setup.
• Specific Technologies handled include: Cisco ISE, AAA, 802.1x authentication, Cisco WLAN controllers, Cisco ASA and Juniper SRX firewalls, NAT, ACLs, URL Filtering, IPS/IDS, IPSec site-to-site VPNs, Zone-based firewalls, SSL VPN (Web VPN), Stackwise and Stack Power, NX-OS, VSS, VPC,MLAG, VxLAN, VoIP/SIP, CUCM, Nexus 1000v, VMWare, VTP, Static 802.1q Trunks, dynamic ISL trunking, PAgP, PVST+, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, VRF, Prefix-list, Route Maps, HSRP, GLBP, VRRP, FEX, SFP, SFP+, Optical and Copper-based cabling, F5-BIG IP (LTM), PuTTYnd, Solar Winds Orion, ServiceNow, Wireshark.

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Member of a team of professionals responsible for site surveys, installation, configurations, daily site support, escalation support, and maintenance for Internet and VPN connections, client/vendor relations, and troubleshooting for various LAN/WAN in enterprises in a corporate environment.
• Network Technician responsible for Installation and configuration of MPLS VPN WAN Links for Institutions such as banks, insurance companies, hospitals, and various business enterprises.
• Providing technical support and recommendations to sales department for customer’s technical needs
• Specific technologies handled include, TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, WiMAX 802.16e, MiKrotik SRX Site to Site VPNs and point to point link optimization.
• Proficiency in MPLS VPN, IPSec VPN, DMVPNs, VoIP, VLANs, NAT/PAT, ACL, PPP, PPPoE, Cisco Router 2621; Cisco 891, 1841, 2801, 2851 Integrated Services Router; Cisco Catalyst Switches 3500, 3550, 4500; Cisco ASA 5505, 5510; Cisco Nexus 1k, 2k, 5k; Juniper Routers / Switches; Cisco Aironet 11x Access Point, SFP, SFP+, Optical and Copper-based cabling, PuTTY-nd, Nagios, Solar Winds Orion, Cacti, Wireshark.
• Professional responsibilities included documentation, planning, daily/weekly/monthly/yearly reporting, administration, monthly evaluations, and following corporate policies and procedures and following SLAs.