SUMMARY:

• Extensive experience and success in upgrading and modernizing technologies for high - profile, global organizations. A dynamic expert in the design, implementation, maintenance, and transformation of large-scale enterprise networks.
• Skilled in business analysis, strategic planning, and operational controls design. Talent for identifying risks, revenue generation, and cost reduction opportunities as well as efficiency and quality design improvement areas.
• Proven leadership skills to execute projects collaboratively across teams and external customer groups. Proficient in mentoring and staff members of all skill levels to facilitate success.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Design & Deployment: Cisco 7600 and 1200 ME3400 switches NEXUS 7K, 5K, ASR 1K, ASR 9K and CRS-3 Switches Aruba 8320 Core Switch running Aruba VSX and access layer 3810M Switches ArubaOS-Switch 16.08 and Aruba OS 8.4

Devices/Systems: Palo Alto NGFWS Panorama & HA Panorama Virtual Devices (Azure Cloud)

Networks: Versa SD-WAN VNFs supplemented with Riverbed Steelhead VCX WAN Optimization VNFs orchestrated on ADva Connector Openarack-based Hypervisors Adva Ensemble NFV MANO & Palo Alto Next-Gen Firewall network virtualized functionality Viptela and Velocloud SD-WAN elements (vManage, vBond, vSmart, vEdge, and vCO)

Architecture/Environments: End-to-End Enteprise SD-WAN Networks on Azure AWS-VPC

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Houston, TX

Network Architect

Responsibilities:

• Customer/User Support: Provide complete service lifecycle support for the customers, sales teams, and partners, including planning, design, implementation, migration, and optimization. Simulate customer issues within the lab.
• Documentation & Reporting: Generate high/low-level design documents based on customer requirements.
• Environment: Aruba 8320 Core Switch running Aruba VSX and access layer 3810M Switches. Aruba CX8, ArubaOS-Switch 16.08 and Aruba OS 8.4. Aruba Series Mobility Controller. Aruba Clear Pass 6.8, Aruba AP555/Aruba IAP-315s

Confidential, Houston, TX

Network Architect

Responsibilities:

• Automation: Established a fully automated network lifecycle management system via client-side, DevOps-supported tools.
• Multi-Vendor Management: Collaborated and integrated five vendors to facilitate knowledge transfer and site handover.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Senior Consultant, Network Solutions

Responsibilities:

• Leadership: Spearheaded the development of standards, architectural governance, design patterns, and IT practices.
• Installation/Deployment & Integration: Managed the installation of the Enterprise Server. Responsible for ISE deployment, configuration, and upgrades, such as ISE integration with third-party MDMs and external identity sources.
• Enterprise Solutions: Designed, built, and monitored the Large Cisco WIFI Meraki Solution.

Environment: Viptela SD-WAN elements (vManage, vBond, vSmart, vEdge), Cisco, SD-WAN networks on AzureAWS-VPC environments Software Define Access DNA Center running latest code 1.3.3 vWlc-9800 IOS-XE, Cisco ASA and Cisco FTD.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Senior Consultant, Network/Cyber Security

Responsibilities:

• Network/Cyber Security: Participated in forums and projects to identify and eliminate cybersecurity threats. Reviewed malicious code/threats in a controlled environment. Updated Next-Gen technology to enhance external traffic control.
• Project Management: Led a critical architecture review migration and consolidation project (replacing 5060 with 7080).
• Migration: Ensured a successful migration of the old legacy checkpoint and ASA to Palo Alto. Effectively migrated a different zone to the new security architecture based on 7080. Designed and migrated AWS from VPN to Direct Connect.

Environment: Cisco ASA and Check Point, Palo Alto NGW /3020/3060/5060, AWS Direct connect, EC2, ELB, RDS, Route53 & S3, NEXUS 7K, 5K, ACI, NSX.

Confidential

Senior Security Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Deployment: Led multiple, concurrent deployment projects. These included a VM-Series firewall services VPC with multiple Availability Zones and AWS Internet Gateway (IGW), three subscriber VPCs with a VGS for VPN peering, and VPN tunnels from subscriber VPC VGWs to VM-Series firewalls.
• Senior Consultant, Network Solutions
• Customer Communication: Interfaced directly with customers and internal stakeholders for pre-sales activities, including requirements gathering and solutions delivery to position Juniper Networks as a contender in a competitive industry. Generated incremental revenue opportunities through customer engagement.

Confidential

Senior Network Consulting Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Enterprise Project Execution: Led the datacenter network design and migration project from a legacy to a state-of-the-art network; built up a 3-tier core, aggregation, access architecture, and migration strategy to transfer 200+ servers with minimal service impact.
• Process/Procedures Documentation: Prepared single, end-to-end documentation for PoC, datacenter design, testing, implementation, and operational support for the Saudi Hollandi Bank.
• Risk Management: Performed gap analysis and recommendations to mitigate risk and improve efficiency and throughput.
• Environment: ASR9K/CRS/NCS/7600/ME3400, Cisco 7600 and 1200 ME3400 switches, NEXUS 7K, 5K, ASR 1K, ASR 9K and CRS-3 Switches

Network Consulting Engineer/Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Service Management: Resolved and troubleshot highly complex issues on an MPLS Network. Added new Cisco platform.
• Network Performance Monitoring: Remained actively involved in network planning and audits for QOS and Performance Parameters. Performed root-cause analysis and recommended resolutions.