Principal Network Engineer Resume

SUMMARY:

Led operations teams of 7 and trained informal, mission - specific teams up to 30. Served as a
Director of IT, a Network Architect for a startup LTE ISP initiative, a Senior Engineer for two large MPLS Service Providers and consulted for a federal agency as network architect and project manager.
Oversaw OPEX and CAPEX budgets up to $450,000. Planned $2.5M datacenter.
Turned around a failing IT department and modernized infrastructure 2 years ahead of peers.
Managed and oversaw WLAN upgrade projects for DC-area Medstar hospitals.
Continuously identified new opportunities and optimized resources and operations.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

CLOUD: Amazon Web Services (AWS) VPC; AT&T NetBond DirectConnect

MPLS: LDP, RSVP (MPLS-TE), L3VPN (VPNv4/VPNv6), 6PE, 6VPE, L2VPN, VPLS, CSCATOM Pseudowire, T1/T3/ATM Circuit Emulation

ROUTE: IPv4/IPv6, MP/BGP, OSPFv2/OSPFv3, IS-IS, EIGRP; QOS; CWDM/DWDM

CISCO: JUNIPERT1600, MX480/960, M-series, EX4200/EX4300, SRX (JunOS); NetScreen (ScreenOS): ENCRYPTSSL VPN, IPSec S2S and GroupVPN; VTI; MACsec, DMVPNGeneral Dynamics KG-175 TACLANE Type-1 encryptorsSafeNet CN6010/6100 and ViaSat SEC-1170 Type-3, Layer-2 encryptors: TOOLSIxia ix

Network; HP/Opsware; Solarwinds NPM; Kiwi Syslog;: WLANCisco LWAPs on WiSM/WiSM2/WLC 4400; Ruckus APs, w/ Zone Director: Wireless bridges; meshed deployments

VOIP: Cisco UCM (CallManager), Unity Connections, Unity Express

VIRTUAL: VMWare ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V; Sun VirtualBox

CODE: C, C++, VB, ASP/VBScript, JavaScript, EXPECT, TCL

MSFT: Active Directory (MS Server 2003/2008), Group Policy, IIS5-7; Terminal Server, WSUS

NOVELL: eDirectory on Netware 6.5 and OES (Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10); ZenWorks DM

NETWORKS: NIPRNet/SIPRNet (DOD/DISA), OpenNet (Dept of State)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Principal Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Restored AWS Cloud Migration timeline. Connected internal sites to virtual private cloud and introduced production traffic within first month. Re-engineered network for BGP inter-site routing. network team for BGP and MPLS feature set for future capabilities. Currently developing path-forward strategy.

Senior Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Created scale test environments for NIPRNet and SIPRNet customers; designed and validated configurations and topologies for encrypted networks across IP/MPLS backbone to support improvements to the global service provider infrastructure.

Network Architect, Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Directed and lead customer team in implementing three fixed-scope projects: native IPv6 for OMB Mandate compliance, WAN resiliency, and performance and security optimizations.
Generated successful responses to RFI and RFPs to capture work.

LTE Backhaul and Packet Data Network Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Planned suite of new product offerings.
Created plans for multiple markets for individual subscriber, commercial, military and public sector applications.

Senior Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Designed and vetted IOS/JunOS configurations for global DISN IPv4/IPv6/MPLS transport core to evaluate proposed upgrades of customer and provider features for NIPRNET/SIPRNET, software upgrades, threat mitigation, and hardware refreshes.
Saved 2 months of migration of 100+ meshed tunnels by automating config generation. Accelerated peer engineer efforts by introducing automated configuration and analysis.

Senior Network Engineer

Confidential

Provided technical oversight and Tier-3 guidance to 8 National and Regional production datacenters. Created gold configurations for production devices. Created HP/Opsware code logic for config audit and remediation.

Datacenter Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Identified $128,000 in OPEX savings; Realized $200,000 in CAPEX savings
Developed, modernized enterprise security architecture
Provisioned new services during funding pause by repositioning underused resources
Expanded VoIP service/responsiveness migrating to in-house Cisco Call-Manager/Unity system

Director of Information Technology

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Realized $165,000 CAPEX savings for Schools of Nursing and Medicine
Implemented the first comprehensive security architecture for Next Generation Network
Reduced provisioning time for new hires by 80%
Planned shared service model for consolidated multi-department datacenter

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