Objective:

I am seeking a rewarding, part-time, and flexible remote-access position involving Information Technology Administration, Network Security Management, or Systems Administrator, among other cutting-edge technological IT fields. Contractual and/or temporary work is a strong possibility as well.

Skills

• SAN/NAS: Unified Storage Area Network/Network Attached Storage
• EMC2 VNX: Unified SAN/NAS with UniSphere Management System
• Cisco UCS Platform: UCSM, VLAN, VSAN, VNIC, Service Profiles, Server Pools, Fabric Interconnects, Fabric Extenders, Boot from SAN, etc
• Virtualization: VMware, ESXi Hypervisor, Vmotion, VSphere, and Oracle VMBox
• Data Center: FCoE Fibre Channel over Ethernet , SCSI, iSCSI, and Fibre Channel
• Cisco Access, Core, and Distribution L2/L3 Switches and Routers: Cisco 10K CMTS Cable Modem Termination System , Cisco ASR9K Autonomous System Router , and Cisco 7200.
• Diverse Vendor L2/L3 Switches and Routers: CASA 10G CMTS and Huawei X3 and X8 Routers, ZTE OLT, Huawei MA5600T OLT, CTDI OLT, and Alcatel-Lucent OLT.
• Windows Server 2003 2008: Configuration and Administration, Active Directory, DNS, Certificate Authority, Web Server, File Server, etc
• Network Management: SNMPv3, NetBrain, and Solar Winds
• Security: Cisco ASA Firewall, Microsoft ISA Server, Retina Network Vulnerability, Norton Anti-Virus, Symantec Anti-Virus, Qualysguard, ACLs, Port-Based Security, NAC, DAC, IPS and IDS systems.
• Remote Access: VPN, SSH, AES128 Encryption, Cryptography, Cisco ADS and Cisco ADSM
• Routing Protocols: EIGRP, OSPF, iBGP, eBGP, IS-IS, RIPv1, and RIPv2
• Data Center Redundancy: RAID Configurations, Active Directory Site-to-Site Replication, and VERITAS Backup Manager
• ISP Internet Service Provider Technologies: Optical, OLT Optical Line Terminal , MPLS, MEF Metro Ethernet Forum , Cable Labs Specifications, DOCSIS 2.0, PON Passive Optical Networks , HFC Hybrid Fiber Coax Networks , EPON Ethernet Passive Optical Network , DPoE DOCSIS Provisioning of Ethernet Passive Optical Networks , WDMPON Wavelength Division Multiplexing Passive Optical Network , CPT Cisco Packet Transport , MPLS Core, VoIP, BSoD Business Services over DOCSIS T1 Line Replacement , Metro Ethernet E-LINE, E-TREE, and E-LAN topologies, RFC 2544 Testing, and SPIRENT Test Center.
• RF Radio Frequency Technologies: IP via SHF Super High Frequency Satellite Communications, IP via EHF Extremely High Frequency Satellite Communications, UHF Ultra High Frequency Voice Circuits, Multiplexers, Couplers, and SATCOM planning systems.
• Cryptology: Key Management Systems, Proper Destruction of Classified Materials, Key Accountability, Key Tapes, Key Transmission, Proper Secured Storage of Classified Materials, TS-SCI Government Clearance Top Secret, Special Compartmentalized Information .

Work History

Confidential

IP Engineer II Testing, Security, and Network Design

• -Lead IP Engineer involved in DOCSIS Provisioning over Ethernet DPoE testing via Passive Optical Networks PON involving multi-vendor devices including Huawei MA5600T OLT, ZTE 5600 OLT, CTDI OLT, Finisar SFP ONT, and CTDI D5200 ONTs ensuring vendor inter-operability in conjunction with Cable Labs standards.
• -Migrated over 1,000 remote access TACACS network devices from Cisco ACS version 4 to Cisco ACS version 5 ensuring security policies and procedures were in place for mobile access to the company network in accordance with Mediacom company policies.
• -Lead IP Engineer involved in Gigabit Passive Optical Network GPON and Ethernet Passive Optical Network EPON PON solutions including Fiber-to-the-Home FTTH solutions such as Ethernet over Passive Optical Network over coax EPOC .
• -Lead IP Engineer involved in Business Services over DOCSIS BSOD testing certifying: CASA 10G CMTS, 100G CMTS, CISCO 10K CMTS along with Spirent Test Center validations involving RFC2544 and 802.1q Double-Tag features.
• -Technician involved in new Data Center implementation for Mediacom.

Confidential

Classified Systems Administrator

• -Individually installed, wired, and performed initial setup procedures for over 10 UCS 5100 Chassis, 80 UCS B-Series Blades, 13 UCS C-Series Blades, 4 UCS 6100 Fabric Interconnects, 2 UCS Fabric Extenders, and 4 Cisco Nexus Layer 3 Switches providing IP connectivity for multiple classified government programs.
• -Individually installed, wired, and served as lead storage system administrator for a classified government network involving a hybrid file/block EMC2 VNX5500 SAN/NAS implementation incorporating various technologies including virtualization, 10Gigabit Ethernet, Fiber, and SAS.
• -Created and managed 3 Block/File storage pools, 2 file systems, 10 RAID groups, and 50 LUNS for EMC2 VNX5500 SAN/NAS system consisting of 120 SAS/FLASH/NL-SAS HDD drives, 2 Storage Processors, 7 DAEs, and 2 X-Blade enclosures totaling over 5,000 Petabytes of classified government data.
• -Successfully conducted incremented firmware upgrades to over 100 pieces of Cisco UCS applicable hardware in an active operational environment.
• -Utilized Microsoft PowerShell and Cisco UCS Power Tool to create automated server scripts, inventory system hardware data, and monitor UCS system functions.
• -Devised enterprise-level MAC pool, UUID pool, IP address, WWNN, WWPN, Dynamic VNIC and Dynamic VHBA address schemes for the successful implementation and connectivity of over and 500 Virtual Machines, 93 servers, and SAN/NAS spanning three geographical sites.
• -Provided critical IT helpdesk support to MIT Lincoln Laboratory Space Surveillance Division 93 team members involving the installation, operation, and troubleshooting of high graphic-intensive space surveillance/tracking software.

Confidential

Classified Systems Administrator

• -Managed, operated, and optimized 4 Cisco Routers, 6 Alcatel Switches, 10 Microsoft 2003 servers, one UNIX server, and over 250 workstations aboard a ship of 360 users in a high-stress environment.
• -Maintained, administered, and troubleshot 4 separate LANs: Secret LAN, Unclassified LAN, NATO Coalition LAN, and a UNIX based NTCSS LAN ensuring that over 360 users could perform critical tasks.
• -Managed the local Cyber PMS instruction that involved over 100 checks weekly ranging from network vulnerability scanning and monitoring to ensuring anti-virus definitions were current according to Naval Information Systems IA Doctrine.
• -Served as the lead SATCOM satellite operator for Extremely High Frequency EHF and Super High Frequency SHF systems, ensuring that WAN radio frequency paths were easily accessible and stable to allow off-ship internet IP connectivity for over 360 users.
• -Utilized Microsoft ISA server, router access control lists, switch-port security, USB scans, and Retina scans to increase overall network security allowing the ship to have zero major security violations in accordance with strict Naval Networks Doctrine for both Classified Secret and Unclassified networks.