Network Architect Resume
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Houston, TX
TECHNICAL SKILLS
- LAN
- WAN
- SDWAN
- VLANs
- Access Control List ACL
- NAT
- Routing Protocols (OSPF, BGP, EIGRP and BGP )
- PPP
- MPLS
- VRRP
- HSRP.GLBP
- VRF light
- SLA
- QOS
- VPN
- DMVPN
- GRE& IPsec Tunnels
- Cisco AnyConnect
- PPP
- DNS
- DHCP Snooping
- Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN)
- AAA
- RADIUS
- Cisco Call manager (CUCM v4. 3, v8.6)
- Shoretel VoIP phones Director
- Cisco (ASA 5510, 5520, 5585)
- Firepower 4200,9300
- Palo Alto 5000 Series
- Checkpoint (Gaia R77)
- FortiGate Firewall (80CM, 300CM)
- Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS 3.0)
- Cisco Wireless Controllers 5508,7500,8500
- Access pointe, 3600,27021,28021,37021
- Cisco Meraki Appliance MX (400, 80, 60)
- Meraki wireless Access points (MR66, MR18)
- Vipron2100
- Vipron2400
- Windows 2000/XP/7/8
- Windows (2003, 2008, 2012) Server
- Microsoft Office 2007, 2010, 2013
- Visio
- VMware ESXi 6
- Symantec Backup Exec 2012
- Acronis backup & recovery 11.5 servers
- Solarwinds Orion
- Cisco Works
- HP Network Node Manager
- Cisco Prime Lan Management solution
- Network Flow Analysis
- NetQoS
- Infoblox
- Wireshark
- Help Star
- Altiris
- Trackit
- Service now
- HP Service Manager
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Confidential
Network Architect
Responsibilities:
- Managing and troubleshooting Cisco firepower 9300 in cluster design
- Managing troubleshooting Cisco ISE 3595, 3495 Radius and TACACS
- Managing troubleshooting F5 Viprion 2400 LTM/GTM across two data centers
- Planning and designing the security of the DCT
- Managing and troubleshooting Cisco switches, routers and ACI Fabric nexus switches (Leaf and Spine)
- Managing and troubleshooting Cisco Wireless controllers
Confidential, Houston, TX
Sr. Solutions Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Designing, configuring, Implementing/Testing, Troubleshooting and Supporting multi - site critical network environments that consist of multi-vendor Routers, Switches, Wireless LAN, WAN Accelerator and Firewalls.
- Supporting and troubleshooting Cisco site-to-site VPN/IP Sec functionality and Any connect
- Providing remote and on-site LAN/WAN support.
- Managing and troubleshooting F5 LTM/GTM load balancing
- Managing and troubleshooting Firewall technologies including general configuration, security policy, rules creation, URL filtering, File blocking, Data filtering of Cisco ASA, Check point
- Performing 802.11 site surveys by using Air Magnet to determine optimal Access Point location and configuration
- Managing and troubleshooting Wi-Fi (Cisco wireless controllers, Cisco Prime infrastructure, Cisco APs, and Cisco Meraki products)
- Managing and troubleshooting Cisco Routers, Cisco Catalysts and Nexus switches
- Planning SD WAN projects
Confidential, Houston, TX
Sr. Network Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Worked on migration and integration project to add the new acquisitions sites to Confidential Corp, My responsibility is IP Address allocation, hosts re-addressing, LAN Refreshing including (Voice, Wireless and Security) devices.
- Configured and installed LAN Gear (Cisco catalyst 3560, 2960X) and Cisco Aironet (2721)
- Re-designed the new sites according to SE policy and covering all the applications requirements.
- Administered and configured WAN Optimizer (Riverbed SteelHead 1050)
- Reconfigured Enterasys switches (C3G124, S 130) and HP switches(3400cl,2824)
- Configured of (Cisco, Juniper and HP) Equipment across LAN, WAN, VLAN Environments.
- Managed firewalls deployment, Migration and Administration check point firewall rules (SG4400-NGFW)
- Re-addressed and configured Juniper firewall (SSG140, SSG5)
- Re-addressed Avaya Phone system.
Confidential, Houston, TX
Network Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Level 2/3 sites support (GNOC2) for the North and South America, Europe, Eurasia, Sub-Saharan, and Africa consistent
- Responsible for the day-to-day operation of network infrastructure including hardware/software
- Managed and troubleshot data center Confidential ’s data center environment.
- Troubleshot and remediated high-level network infrastructure issues globally that included VPN Tunnels, Multilink, PPP, DMVPN, QOS, BGP, and OSPF.
- Configured Remotely Cisco routers, switches and ARUBA access points
- Troubleshot Cisco Nexus switches 5k,7K
- Analysis network performance including availability, utilization, throughput, and latency
- Configured & troubleshot Cisco WAAS
- Managed Aruba wireless access controllers and troubleshooting Aruba Access points.
Confidential, Houston, TX
Network Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Designed and implemented Confidential warehouse’s upgrade project
- Managed and controlled Cisco firewall ASA (5580) and ACS server (TACACS+)
- Participated in various circuit related MPLS activities
- Configured Fortinet (80CM) via FortiManager (3000C)
- Installed and configured Cisco Catalyst (3850) Stackable Switches for the warehouses project
- Installed and configured Meraki (MX80, MX60) Appliance via Meraki MX400 Cloud
- Installed and configured Cisco Meraki (MR66,MR18) wireless Access points in the warehouses
- Installed and configured Cisco Routers (2921) for MPLS warehouses project
- Configured and troubleshot MPLS, BGP, EIGRP, VPN, VLANs, STP, VTP, Trunks, DNS, DHCP
- Troubleshot Cisco routers, APs, Switches, Fortinet Devices, and Meraki appliances
- Maintained network operations reliability and the Internal Services Processes
- Converted outdated IPSEC VPN technology to global MPLS network and DM-VPN topologies
- ShoreTel VoIP Administration;
- Installed ShoreGear IP Voice Switches
- Managed ShoreWare Director System Management
- Installing and servicing ShoreTel VoIP telephony systems
Confidential, Houston, TX
Network Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Resolved computer hardware and software issues
- Administered HP ProLiant Servers (G7,G8) and printer management server
- Configured and Installed Cisco routers & switches Models (2851, 2960, 3758)
- Installed Cisco phones Model (7960G)
- Configured and Installed cisco Aironet access points (1141) and added them to the cisco wireless access controller Model (5508)
- Managed and controlled RTI extrusion Domain controller for the windows 2008 server
- Managed and controlled VMware ESXi 6 on HP G8 server
- Maintained HMI interfaces and SCADA system issues throughout the plant
- Maintained backup programs and hardware for all critical equipment controls and programming
Confidential
Sr. Network Engineer & Network Team Leader
Responsibilities:
- Managed and coordinated Network (NOC) team
- Resolved IDN (Iraqi ministry of defense) network problems by determined the causing of the problems and select the best solution
- Installed and configured Cisco equipment’s IOS updates and troubleshooting LAN/WAN issues for the internal and external clients
- Changed Firewall (ASA 55xx) and router configuration (28xx) as per the business requirement
- Installed and configured 6509 Core switches with HSRP protocol for redundancy
- Installed and configured Wi-Fi Cisco Aironet and UBNT PowerStations 5
- Provided technical assistance and support for incoming queries and issues related to Networks, equipment’s
- Sites Survey to install and upgrade network equipment
- Evaluated network performance, including availability, utilization, throughput, and latency
- Administered Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) V4.3 over 4500 Cisco IP phones
- Designed and implemented new Network (UCIDN) infrastructure from ground to up, which included domain controllers (DNS, DHCP), Routers, Switches, and Wireless APs
- Installed and configured Solarwinds Orion server
- Developed and documented network diagrams and procedures
Confidential
Desktop Support & Instructor
Responsibilities:
- Trained Iraqi Ministry of Defense IT Staff by giving them Different courses (CCNA, Microsoft Windows XP & 2003 Server, CompTIA A+, and Network+)
- Installed computer Images by Symantec (Ghost)
- Monitored network performance and Managed (2003 AD)
- Monitored IDN Sites via Solarwinds Orion software
- Updated ticketing system and NOC outage reports
- Provided technical assistance help and support for incoming queries and issues related to the computers systems, software’s, hardware’s, etc.; alternatively, escalated/assigned tickets to the appropriate IT staff
- Installed racks and network equipment
- IDF/MDF standards management/implementation (APC PDU/UPS, Fiber, and Copper cabling)