SUMMARY

• Management/Implementation of Cisco/Meraki Unified wired and wireless networks
• Planning/Design of wired and wireless networks for data, voice, and location
• Wireless troubleshooting/design utilizing CleanAir, Airmagnet Survey, Ekahau Site survey.
• Implementation and management of VMWare ESX 3.0, 3.5, 4, 5, 6 wif vCenter.
• Use of Cisco Prime Infrastructure to manage/monitor wired and wireless networks
• Implementation and management of Cisco ASA/FTD and Palo Alto firewalls wif IPS/IDS.
• Design and implementation of Cisco ISE
• Implementation of Wireless Location Services using Cisco MSE/CMX
• Design and implementation of Silver Peak SDWAN

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Implementation, management, troubleshooting, design, and support of Cisco/Meraki wired and wireless networks. SME for Cisco Wireless.
• Upgrade and management of Cisco ISE. Installation and management of Palo Alto and Cisco FTD/ASA firewalls wif Panorama and FMC. Installation, management, support, and upgrade of Silver Peak SDWAN solutions.

Confidential

Wireless Network Consulting Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Provide wireless (wifi) consulting to large customers across many verticals (healthcare, finance, hospitality, commercial, industrial, etc.) wif all facets of teh Cisco
• Unified Wireless Network. Troubleshoot Cisco RF and Wireless configuration issues and challenges. Design and implement Cisco Unified wireless holistically utilizing WLC’s, LAP’s, MSE’s, Prime Infrastructure, legacy NCS, and legacy WCS.

Confidential

Engineering Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Management and monitoring of overall IT environments for customers. Design and deploy storage and virtualization and utilizing Microsoft and Vmware.
• Troubleshooting of applications and servers. Interact wif vendors and provide vendor management on behalf of teh customers. Management of customer backup solutions and disaster recovery solutions.

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Management/Implementation of a large Cisco LAN/WAN/Wireless network. Redesign of wireless network utilizing 4400 series controllers wif 1010 AP’s to 5508 controllers wif 3500 AP’s to support data, voice, location and guest access. Implementation, support, and upgrade of Cisco 5508 Controllers and WISM Controllers on 7.x code wif MSE utilizing 1130, 1140, and 3500 series AP's to support data, voice (Cisco/Vocera), and location tracking. Management of teh CUWN utilizing
• WCS as well as upgrade and support of WCS. Implementation of CUWN features consisting AP Groups, Flexconnect/ H - REAP/SE Connect, Wired/Wireless guest anchoring, VLAN Select, Band Select, Load Balancing. Utilization of Spectrum Expert, CleanAir, Airmagnet Survey, Airmagnet WiFi Analyzer, Airmagnet
• SpectrumXT, and WCS for WLAN design and troubleshooting. Management of wireless voice wif Cisco 7921/7925 phones and Vocera badges. Multisite healthcare network wif two large hospitals and 40 plus clinics consisting of EIGRP, HSRP, Etherchannel on 3560, 3750(x), 6509-E, Nexus 5K, 2900, 3900 and 5540 ASAs for switching/routing/security. Management wif Cisco ACS. Monitoring using SolarWinds Orion NMS. Documentation of network using Visio.

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Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Management and upgrade of VMware ESX and Virtual Center from 3.0 to 3.5, and to vSphere 4 wif Virtual Center from 2.0 to 2.5, and vCenter 4. Management of Cisco LAN wif implementation of Etherchannel between closets and teh DR site as well as HSRP for Gateway redundancy. Management and configuration of teh
• Netapp SAN's at Production and DR wif replication. Migration of Lotus Notes email to Exchange 2007. Project and Staff management of teh infrastructure related projects and infrastructure staff. BES server 5.0 implementation and management. Implementation of QOS on LAN wif Interactive Intelligence IP telephony solution. Management of ASA firewalls wif site to site/SSL VPN. ASA IPS/IDS modules and Cisco MARS.

Confidential

Senior Lead Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Installation and configuration of two HP Bladecenter c7000 chassis wif Ethernet/Fiber Channel Virtual connect networking. Creation, resizing, and management of LUN's and CIFS shares via Fiber Channel and iSCSI on Netapp SAN's. Implementation and management of VMWare ESX 3.5 and Virtual Center 2.5. Cisco ASA HA firewall configuration, Cisco ASA SSL VPN configuration wif RSA SecureID
• Cisco ASA site-to-site VPN setup. Designed, implemented and managed a 6 site network wif redundant MPLS WAN. Built a new datacenter at a co-located facility and began migration of services and applications. Management and response to network and systems based management systems. Management of 3 sites UCME and CUE voice systems. Strategically delegated tasks to team of systems engineers to ensure goals where met in a timely manner wifout sacrificing quality.

Confidential

Lead Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Management of Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory environment. Migration of a datacenter due to a divestiture. RSA SecureID server upgrade, management, and token administration. Blackberry Enterprise Server upgrade, management, and Device Administration. External DNS management. Cisco routing and switching.
• Citrix Secure Gateway SSL VPN appliance wif SecureID. Implementation and integration of VMWare ESX Server Enterprise and Virtual Center. Management of existing Checkpoint firewall. Compellent SAN upgrade and administration. Management of Systems engineers and Systems Administrators to create a successful work environment.

Confidential

Network Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Management and projection of a 500+ user network. Microsoft AD, Exchange Server 2003, Routed VLAN's, Symantec Backupexec 10d, McKesson Paragon HIS System, Microsoft ISA Proxy, Microsoft DNS, Watchguard and Cisco Firewalls, Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 Enterprise, Linux Spam Filter/DNS/Web Server,
• Microsoft Licensing, EMC SAN, IBM & HP servers, HP 26xx, 53xx, 54xx switches and 802.11 B & G wireless network. Management of systems administrators' projects and tasks.

Confidential

Network Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Installing, upgrading, and maintaining wide area, local area, and wireless networks. Installation of Cisco, Linksys, D-Link and 3Com 2.4 GHz wireless bridges, access points, routers, PCI & PCMCIA radio cards, and workgroup bridges.
• Installation, maintenance, and deployment of Waverider 900Mhz Non-Line of Site wireless networks. Installation and maintenance of 5.8Ghz wireless backbone links.