SUMMARY:

• Network Engineer with 15+ years of experience searching for full time position. I have maintained Netapp filers, Red hat, Linux, Windows 2003/ 2000/ NT 4.0, MS Small Business Servers, Exchange, Blackberry, Vax, and Apple operating systems. My specialties are working with Cisco routers, switches, firewalls, as well as Microsoft products in hybrid networking environments with 24/7 operations.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

SYSTEMS: Windows serversversions2000/ 2003/ NT 4.0/ Small Business Server/ Exchange 5.5 and 2003.Netapp filers (FAS 250 and 2070)Unix (Red hat, Linux, Sun, Ubuntu) Operating Systems

NETWORKING: Cisco 2900, 3500, 3550, 3560, 3750, 4500, 6500, 9200 series, ASR9000, ASA Firewall, and Palo Alto Firewall..Cisco protocols including RIP1, RIP2, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, MPLS, IPv.6.Network monitoring tools include Cisco Network Collector, Solar winds, Gemex, Spectrum,HP Open view, One Sight,and What s up Gold.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Temporary assignment during COVID - 19 to lead in the decommissioning of legacy hardware in the Network Operations Center and Data Center in Rancho Bernardo. Also provided network consulting to the team of Senior Engineer’s on core network upgrades.
• Cisco routers as well some Aruba switches and RF equipment were also used in this environment of SCADA and Non-SCADA devices. Worked with a group of engineers as well as field engineers to provide advanced route and switch solutions in a mixed environment of Juniper, Cisco, and Nokia platforms.

Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Temporary contract during COVID-19 for Alaskan based ISP to assist in core network upgrades on Juniper and Cisco equipment as well as provide administrativeand configuration fixes on Palo Alto firewalls to customer sites.
• Worked with a group of engineers to provide advanced route and switch solutions in a mixed environment of Juniper, Cisco, and Nokia platforms supporting BGP, MPLS, OSPF, STP, VRRP, RSTP, and other protocols. Used Solar Winds for monitoring, Rundeck for automation of upgrades to Juniper equipment, and PAN for Palo Alto administration.
• Involved in project planning, network design, and implementation of wireless networking solutions to locations throughout the United States for US Foods. Works with senior management to provide cost effective and viable solutions to in corporate 5G network upgrades throughout the network.
• Designs include migration of new Cisco Catalyst 9200 network switches, Cisco 5580 Wireless Lan Controllers, and Wireless Access points. Also interfacing with contractorsand cable vendors in providing guidance for installing new fiber and electrical infrastructure as needed in each location.

Confidential

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in project planning, network design, and implementation of data networkingwithin Confidential . From primary and backup data centers using Cisco platforms to remote site expansion at business offices and substations via Internal/Telco MPLS circuits.
• Designs network and security solutions through constant interfacing with appropriate management levels, clients, department, and vendor organizations to ensure a cost-effective and efficient infrastructure environment is available to provide the processing power essential to department operations.
• Configures, installs, and maintains necessary hardware and software for LAN/WAN and wireless technologies to provide asuitable environment to run production applications and to monitor performance and availability of LAN/WAN platforms while integrating a Palo Alto firewall for optimal security.

Confidential

Network Consulting Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Consulting responsibilities include design, support,and implementation of Cisco based routers and switches within Microsoft’s corporate offices, lab environments, and data centers. Projects have included upgrading ASR9K routers, switches, and Cisco ASA firewalls throughout Microsoft’s campus and datacenters.
• Team leader in developing procedures and best practices for the U.S. based team as well as the offshore team for projects that were globally impacted by upgrades. Some of these projects also included working with the wireless infrastructure team at Microsoft in which I provided expert-level consulting on Cisco and Aruba controllers.
• Responsible for the design of Cisco based networks within T-Mobile’s corporate environment to include corporate offices, call centers, switch offices and data centers. Focused on architecture, MOP creation and troubleshooting of new network designs as well as provide oversight to implementation team as needed.
• Also responsible for the successful delivery of all new products and services (voice, data and core) to Operations in compliance with release planning guidelines and reliability standards. Manages all operations support documents and ensures that all applicable network management systems are integrated and tested prior to launch. Certifies that all reliability goals are met by reviewing design documents and augmenting the design and operator interfaces if required.

Network Consulting Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Contract position servicing accounts for Microsoft and Ericsson Wireless at the ISP level. Duties include providing advanced route and switch troubleshooting, new network design implementations, and testing new solutions for Nexus hardware in a lab environment prior to deployment.
• Consulting experience includes providing advanced security and network solutions for Storage Area Networks in enterprise datacenters. Cisco solutions include network optimization, network health checks, software management strategy reviews, responding to security alerts, tool administration, and performing audits.
• Ciscosecurity services that I have performed consulting duties for include the ASA5585 firewall, and installed services to support VPN, IDS and IPS. Routing Audit and recommendations, LAN switching audit and recommendations, ASR9K Platform Audit and recommendations, and Nexus 7K/5K/1K platforms.
• Deliver to current client requirements and generate additional consulting work by understanding the client's needs and showing them the justification for new technologies that fit their business.
• Knowledge of TCP/IP, Ethernet, LAN and WAN topologies, Wi-Fi, WAP, firewalls, routers, switches, hubs, VPN, IPsec, DHCP, DNS, WINS, SNMP, network monitors and protocol analyzers.

Confidential

Network Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Providing tier-two network support in Afghanistan to military personnel on SIPR, NIPR, and Centrix.Have completed projects for the U.S. Army to include configuring SANS switches for a VM environment that needed redundancy, high availability, and jumbo frames for faster throughput. Also setup a network of nine Cisco 3750 switches for the U.S. Air force so that fiber links instead of a radar shot were utilized for reliability.
• Duties include monitoring the local area network and six other remote sites on Spectrum, adding new switches, setting up VOIP phones in Call Manager, setting DHCP reservations, IP management, configuring VLANS, verifying connectivity with hosts, and responding to alerts and trouble calls as needed.

Confidential

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• As the team lead for the 1st Marine Division, my duties include providing security-based network support to military personnel and civilian contractorsassigned to the Division for over 1200 classified user accounts on the Secret Internet Protocol Routed Network (SIPRNet).
• The network is comprised of VM environment built with ESXi 4.1, a NetappFAS 2070, Windows 2008 server, and Cisco 3760 switches. The VM environment is completely setup to provide High Availability and Fault Tolerance with approximately 7.2 Terabytes of storage availability. The switching environment has been configured to support layer 2 and 3 fault tolerance with redundant ether channels, truncation, and public and private VLANs.
• Duties also include enforcement of security standards on network devices, applications, and databases,monitoring security logs, perform audits to ensure production environments maintain necessary controls, standards, integrity, and accessibility of data. Analyze vulnerabilities and enforce security standards on network devices, endpoints, (Cisco, VMWare, Windowsservers, UNIX, etc.). on enterprise applications, and databases.
• Configure and monitor security products, such as: anti-virus, web content filtering, IDS/IPS, vulnerability scanners, DB monitors, and e-mail filters.Manage vulnerability management process, recognize and identify potential areas where existing data security policies and procedures require changes, or where new ones need to be developed, and coordinated information between the network team and other departments to ensure security measures are enforced.

Confidential

Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Consulted to clients and worked with Microsoft technology on various issues and client sites such as Scripps Hospital, La Jolla Bank, The Better Business Bureau, and others. Designed Active Directory, maintained email systems, upgraded Domain Controller hardware, joined computers to the domain, file and print services, and provided general network support.
• Provided Cisco telephony and VOIP support to clients. Analyzed customer networks and recommended upgrades of switches, verified VLAN configurations, and memory usage and bandwidth allocation so that the sales department could offer customers a written quote of work to be performed.

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Network Operations Center duties included monitoring, administration, and tier-3 supportof hosted servers and web sites such as Universal Music Group’s “Get Music.com” and Major League Baseball. Ensured that electronic billing processes and transactions were transferring to and from Verizon, IUSAcell, and other customers.
• Implemented custom firewall, routers, and switch configurations to allow remote access to the corporate network which allowed secure access via VPN and IPsec. Utilized HSRP, BGP, SSL, and Https WAN protocols in the network for secure transactions and domain security.
• Used One Sight, Cacti, andHP Open view to monitor networks and websites.
• Provided engineering level support of new handsets manufactured by Nokia, Motorola, Verizon, and AT&T.

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Contract work has included working for the School District in the city of Calexico, setting up and installing wireless access points as a Sub-contractor/ Engineer for Gigakom consulting.
• Performed router and switch installations at various customer sites in San Diego as well as desktop support to clients that are part of the Ingram Micro service area.
• Consultant to the Law offices of Veronica Aguilar providing desktop support, server support, and technical support on PBX system.
• VOIP and telephony consultant to Core technologies utilizing “Asterisk” OS.
• Applied specialized knowledge to conceptualize, design, construct, test, implement and optimize infrastructure systems that enable and support business and engineering functions for the Department of Defense at Port Hueneme, Point Mugu, Lemoore, and Fallon, NV.
• Coordinated and collaborated with others to ensure plans and identified solutions meet customer needs and expectations. Conceptualized, constructed, test, and implemented integrated network hardware and software solutions on distributed computing solutions for the customer and EDS architects. Established and maintained security, integrity, and business continuity controls.
• Secret clearance renewed for employment.

Confidential

SANS Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Assignment to support classified government networks and assist SANS group in final phase of migration from Win2K to Windows 3K Server on military bases nationwide.
• Duties included working SANS solutions such as infrastructure design and setup and writing quality assurance documents for software solutions.
• Working knowledge of Cisco Catalyst series switches, configuring HBA’s, and Dell blade servers.
• Secret clearance renewed for employment.