TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Skills: Troubleshooting, Cisco routers, Cisco switches, NXOS, OSPF, RIP, RIP, BGP, BFD, EIGRP, GRE, VPN, IPSec, DMVPN, MPLS, VRF, Virtual LAN, WAN, Ether Channel, DHCP, CDP, LLDP, VTP, Spanning - Tree, Redistribution, IPv4, Telnet, SSH, HSRP, Wire Shark, F5 load balancers, Checkpoint, Cisco ASAs, VPC, IAM, Route 53, EC2, S3, Security groups, Elastic load balancer, Direct Connect, IGW, VGW, Viptela, SD-WAN, AWS, Microsoft Office

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Assessing the Client s Business Requirements, design scalable and cost - effective Network Solutions to support existing and future applications/technologies.
• Assist in driving the Client s organization strategic initiatives and successfully address the business requirements.
• Resolve issues, and recommend best practices in Cisco, Arista and SD-WAN Enterprise Class Routing and Switching platforms
• Configure and troubleshoot OMP, DMVPN,ONP, OSPF, BGP, QOS, TCP/IP, IPSEC, MPLS, GRE,VTI, STP etc.
• Perform root cause analysis, problem management, remediate design issue and implement permanent solution.
• Interface with Client Partners and Vendors to continuously improve the Client s Network performance, deploy innovative solutions, best practices and reduce operational cost.

Confidential

Network Cloud Engineer (AWS)

Responsibilities:

• Assist Cloud Architects to provide operations and migration services that enable VA to tailor the availability and delivery of cloud computing services based on business and technical requirements
• Utilize the future VA Enterprise Cloud Operational Tools (VAECOT), CSP native portals and tools, and/or other VA TRM - approved tools necessary to provide operations and migration support
• Assist with upgrading, installing, and configure monitoring solution for AWS for Windows and Linux servers
• Assisting with reporting on current infrastructure status, and planning for future usage
• Configure and support backbones GSS connection over DirectConnect (AWS), ExpressRoute (Azure), and a variety of direct BPE connection handled over CSR1000
• Maintain allocation of IP CIDR block, perform maintenance involving modification of VNET, VPC within respective CSP
• Verify and action on events aggregated from network monitoring tools and Web Application Firewall using VA approved tools
• Designed AWS Transit Gateway - Migrated from Transitive VPC to Transit Gateway VPC attachments & VPC VPNs
• Troubleshoot and determine root cause of issues
• Apply network system updates, patches, configuration changes Plans network layouts and configures systems to user environments

Confidential, Alpharetta, Georgia

Senior Network Engineer III

• Reporting directly under Architect manager mitigating infrastructure flaws
• Supporting ACI Fabric adding ports, and assisting end users with management and troubleshooting of APIC controller
• Designing SD-WAN Viptela Solution based on current infrastructure
• Creating templates for current Campus Refresh infrastructure refresh (6509 to Nexus 7ks)

Confidential, Alpharetta, Georgia

Build and Release Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Network Design - Creating and Designing transport links for various Business units with various protocols from BGP, MPBGP, VRFs, and MPLS
• Cloud transports - Working with cloud providers on initiating links between Data center to cloud edge infrastructure (AWS, Azure, RackSpace)
• SD-WAN Deployment - Responsible for Viptela Control Plane Deployment within AWS infrastructure built and design control plane for 3500-location deployment
• Maintaining and updating route tables, prefix lists, route-maps, and proper advertisement.
• Deploy new infrastructure equipment from LTM to GTMs in remote data center
• Designing and implementing IPSEC connectivity from Site to Site VPN to DMVPN
• Work with multivendor equipment, Cisco ASR, Catalyst, NXOS, VDCs, VSS, F5 Viprion, ASA
• Deploy EC2 virtual machines and set up apache servers for application team
• Utilizing Linux
• Maintain multiple environments from 3rd party connections to GE core network

Confidential, Alpharetta, Georgia

NOC Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Network Monitoring - Ensuring that all circuits are operational, contacting Internet service providers if any issues appear in monitoring tools.
• Responsible for Network flow, and maintain routing for routing protocols for BGP, OSPF, and EIGRP.
• Load balancing - creation of VIP for Big IP appliance as well as SSL s, creating appropriate profiles with coordination of the application development team for local traffic management.
• Troubleshooting firewall issues with Checkpoint and Cisco ASA’s, creating and resolving reported incidents.
• Applying change requests deriving from applying routes to specific routers, and changing physical hardware from datacenter.
• SageNet

Network Engineer

Confidential, Marietta, Georgia

Responsibilities:

• Monitor the availability and performance of hub components using third party tools such as Net Cool/Cacti, as well as maintenance of these tools so they measure equipment status properly. Perform routing and RF related work, as well as handle communication with the customer for hot standby network rolls, between Marietta and Chicago facilities.
• Manage Firewall rules on Cisco ASA maintain Access-Control lists
• Manage network devices - Routers, Switches, VPN installation, configuration and troubleshooting. Duties also include software and hardware troubleshooting responsibility.
• Perform route and switch changes for various customers, in an MSP environment

Network Analyst

Confidential, Norcross, Georgia

Responsibilities:

• Maintain Cisco routers including configuration changes/updates, track over utilization issues, monitor interface, routing, and processor issues and errors. Performed local or remote configuration of WAN equipment, security devices, and wireless infrastructures.
• Coordinate with the Cisco field support technicians on-site performing the hands-on work (configuration, wiring, racking of equipment at customer premises. Continuously maintained detailed documentation during installations, configuration changes, and troubleshooting steps regarding all issues and resolutions.