TECHNICAL SKILLS:

ROUTE: Cisco 1800, 2800, 3800, 7600; ASR1K, ASR9K (IOS - XR); Ixia ixNetwork Juniper M10i, M320, MX480/960, T640/1600; OSPF, IS-IS, MP/BGP; MPLS-TE, LDP, RSVP;

SWITCH: Cisco C2960, 3750, 5500, 6500/7600; Juniper EX3200, EX4200 series; Fore ASX (ATM)

SECURITY: Cisco PIX 500, FWSM, ASA 5500, SSL and IPSec VPN; NAC/Clean Access 3310; Juniper SRX650, NetScreen 650M; SonicWALL NSA, E-class; Nokia Checkpoint IP350

VOIP: Cisco UCM (CallManager) 5.1.3, Unity Connections 2.1; Unity Express

WLAN: Cisco WLC 4400, WISM2, WCS; Ruckus Zone Director

VIRTUAL: VMWare ESXi 4/5, Microsoft Hyper-V; Sun VirtualBox

STORAGE: HP MSA 1500 SAN (Fiber Channel); HP MSA 20 (DAS); Dell MD3000 (SAS/SAN); D-Link DNS-323 (NAS); QNAP 659+ PRO (NAS/NFS/iSCSI), EMC VNX 5300 (design only)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Network Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed high-level architecture, initial deployment and evolution roadmaps and use-case topologies for the creation and implementation of a purpose-built Internet and VPN Service Provider network using
• 4G/LTE as the last-mile access technology, for various international and regional markets where physical cabled infrastructure is unavailable or impractical, to support individual subscriber, commercial, military and governmental applications. Developed small-scale modular architectures using CWDM and microwave backhaul technologies for LTE-in-a-Box and distributed EPC models.

Confidential, Crystal City, VA

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Supported DOD global MPLS core. Regression tested IOS and JunOS code for IPv4 L3VPN and 6VPE P/PE infrastructure. Generated and validated Cisco ASR and Juniper M/MX-based MPLS-TE/L2VPN Martini and Kompella pseudowire configurations for T1/ATM/Ethernet circuit transport. Scratch-built lab environments (IS-IS/BGP/ LDP/RSVP/MPLS-TE) to support validation of same for IPv4/IPv6.
• Compiled P/PE hardware and configuration profiles for DISN Core. Wrote configuration guides for ATM infrastructure testing. Drafted and incorporated migration test plans and reports. Developed EXPECT and VBScript scripts referencing Excel data sources to automate CLI diagnostic harvesting and the generation of configurations for infrastructure migrations for a hundred tunnel meshed nodes.

Confidential, Lanham, MD

Project Manager, Commercial IT Services

Responsibilities:

• Project Management for WLAN Deployments for 10 Baltimore-Washington area Medstar hospitals; for area universities and public/government institutions. Developed timelines and work requirements; supervised and verified deployments. Led meetings and interfaced with client management. Drafted SOWs, bid proposals and project plans.

Confidential, Herndon, VA

Sr. Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Provided instruction, technical oversight, and Tier-3 assistance for field and regional engineers particularly focused on datacenter operations. Developed and reviewed documentation to optimize implementation change and troubleshooting efforts. Developed and implemented processes, procedures and code logic (for HP/Opsware) to audit switch and router configurations throughout 8 National and Regional production datacenters.

Confidential

Network and Datacenter Architect

Responsibilities:

• Developed and documented detailed and comprehensive specifications for $2.5 Million (projected) datacenter, focusing on scalable integrated systems; generated initial bill of materials for vendors and cost estimates and projections for stakeholders; generated floor plans, network layouts, SAN/storage architectures, and deployment and phase schedules. Developed and expanded security architecture. Planned and implemented network refreshes for datacenter and satellite locations. Identified $128,000 in annual savings by eliminating redundant and unused network connections. Saved $200,000 for datacenter build out by using Juniper network infrastructure.

Confidential

Independent Trainer and Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Developed and conducted custom Intermediate-level curricula for formal on-site covering network infrastructure (i.e. routers/switches/security), Active Directory implementation and administration, virtualization using Hyper-V or VMWare ESXi, and other topics. Evaluation of networks and recommendation of improvements. Intermediate and Advanced-level troubleshooting. Direct and assisted implementation of new systems.

Confidential, Rockville, MD

Lead Cisco Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Tiers 2 and 3 escalated support for Confidential engineers and clients primarily concerning network infrastructure including routing, switching, wireless and voice issues. Evaluate and recommend clients network designs to optimize networks and manage network upgrades and migrations. Support for clients with 10-20 WAN locations using VPN, Point-to-Point and MPLS. Support for clients with a variety of QoS needs ranging from VoIP and HD Video optimization to rate-limiting and blocking of restricted traffic.

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

Acting IT Manager, Network Architect, Senior Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Migrated department to Microsoft Active Directory from Novell eDirectory
• Re-engineered, expanded and hardened Next Generation Network, introducing VPN remote access and Gigabit-to-the-Desktop
• Reorganized server center, consolidating physical machines on Hyper-V; migrated and replaced majority of Windows NT/2000 servers with Windows 2008 equivalents;
• Managed $100,000 operational budget and $345,000 capital budget
• Consulted informally as a subject matter expert with various UCLA departments concerning firewall migrations, SAN data store implementations, and general upgrades of enterprise network environments.