Network Engineer/administrator Resume
San Antonio, TX
SUMMARY
- Experienced Network Engineer with expertise in network installation, maintenance, design and configuration for fortune 500 companies, US government, and military.
- Successful in presenting leadership with solutions to Networking, Networking Security, and Routing & Switching needs or requirements.
- Demonstrated expert knowledge of LAN/WAN configurations including experience with routers, switches, firewalls, and intrusion prevention/detection systems (IPS/IDS).
- Provided expert knowledge of DHCP/DNS, subnetting, routing, switching, spanning tree, VTP, power over Ethernet, VoIP, trunking, VLANs, and LAN/WAN technologies.
- Proven ability in fast - paced work environments, maintaining and exceeding client’s networking needs.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to create close interpersonal work relationships and work closely with management and leadership.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Load Balancers: Big-IP F5 3600 & 8900 LTM Load Balancers
Servers: Squid Proxy, Raritan Console, ACS, and Cisco 2821 Terminal servers
Firewalls: Cisco ASA 5540 & 5550, Palo Alto 5020, Juniper SRX650, & SSG550
Software & Systems: MS Office, MS Visio, Skype, Tufin, Mozilla Firefox, Fedora, Ubuntu, AutoCAD, SolarWinds, NetMonitor, NetFlow, pcap, Wireshark, AWS, ServiceNow
Routing & Switching: Cisco 7200, 7000, 3725, 3500, ASR1002, and 2600 series routers. Cisco 6500, 4900, 4500, 3750, 3650, 3500, 2950, Nexus 5596 & 5548 switches
Skills & Protocols: Access Control Lists, DHCP, DNS, LAN/WAN, VLAN Switching, Bridges, Frame-Relay, ISDN, TCP/IP, HSRP, Spanning-Tree, BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, ISIS, RIPng, Linux, TACACS+ configuration
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Confidential, San Antonio, TX
Network Engineer/Administrator
Responsibilities:
- Completed over 100 firewall and switch configuration changes to satisfy over 400 security vulnerabilities findings from network security scanners like TripWire and Nessus.
- Performed over 50 F5 Load Balancer configuration changes to allow server traffic balancing.
- Created and added virtual IPs, pools in F5 Load Balancers and added pool members and iRules to Virtual servers in order to manage and direct traffic for client.
- Became Subject Matter Expert to make Linux changes to Squid Proxy Server, through self-study and delivered training to other Administrators.
- Produced and implemented Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs) that streamlined network activities and provided training material for team members to troubleshoot, install, and maintain VPN access via Global Protect and Cisco Client VPN software.
- Collaborated with Windows and Linux teams to analyze packets and determined and solved server issues such as missing certificates, code errors, or misconfigurations.
Confidential, San Antonio, TX
Network Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Partnered with military commanders and government employees to gather data and form a log of historical knowledge transfer of information to create Technical Data Packages (TDP).
- Mapped existing communications closet current physical layer wiring including copper and fiber for ease of future knowledge transfer or removal.
- Removed all existing CAT5 physical RJ-45 cabling and replaced with CAT5e or CAT6 cabling to increase the bandwidth of trunking from 1Gig to 10Gig trunking backbones.
Confidential, Austin, TX
System/Network Administrator
Responsibilities:
- Configured firewalls to allow or deny source IPs from hostile foreign countries and domestic hackers in response to hits on real-time running logs.
- Blocked malicious and intrusive data traffic by configuring and installing ACLs to company firewalls.
- Identified network degradations using HP OpenView Network Node Manager and collaborated with engineering team to recommend enhancements to system.
- Established VPN tunneling remote network access for home-based employees with laptops and computers to efficiently work-from-home.
Confidential, San Antonio, TX
System Administrator/Specialist
Responsibilities:
- Utilized Unix vi editor to add user and temporary password accounts for employees to access and forced password changes upon login and every 60 days to further secure authorization access.
- Configured 6 VLANs on 13 switches for the Operations Floor renovation and upgrades separating traffic from network monitoring, maintenance, leadership, and training activities.
- Created SOP for daily, weekly, and annually work activities for incoming training and reference for the data center network equipment.
