PROFILE:

• With electrical engineering academics background, has over 23 plus years of data networking and systems experience mostly within large financial institution infrastructure setting such as Morgan Stanley and Confidential .
• Extensive hands on experiences with product sets from Cisco, 3Com, and Confidential .
• Harnesses formidable technical - analytical skills to provide timely resolutions to a complex issues related to hardware specific operating environments that adheres to industry standard interoperable protocols.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Cisco IOS expertise on both routing and switching; VMWare, Cisco 5508 Wireless Controller, Cisco 29XX ISR, Cisco ASR1001, Cisco ASA5505, Cisco 6509 - SUP32/720, Nexus 7K. Expert level Confidential Communication Manager knowledge from DEFINITY R9 & R10, MultiVantage 1.0, CM 2-5.12, & Aura 5.2; thorough knowledge of VDN/vector programming using Expert Agent Selection-based skills; expert knowledge of 3Com NBX VOIP products; trained on BT/Syntegra Trading System; Day to day operational knowledge of Veramark's VeraSMART CDR system; fundamental routing and switching knowledge such as RIP2, EIGRP, OSFP, and BGP; operational knowledge of SpeakerBus Enterprise intercom system;

CURRENT EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Wake Forest, NC

Lead Network Architect

• As a Lead Network Architect, responsibility includes assistance with the design and tier 4 support for the implementation of Pr Confidential & Whitney s new Hosted Data Center solution using Cisco Data Center products such as Nexus 9K s, ASR1K s, and F5 LTM4000 Load Balancers.

• Successful build out from initial design phase to day 2 support model Feb 2017. In addition, provides on - going design and reconfiguration support for SP s Tier 2 Internet edge ASR9010 s for IBM including the successful design and implementation of IPv6 service on 6 data centers across U.S. Provide Tier 4 escalation support for issues on Cisco ASR9010 and Catalyst 6509VE platforms.
• Design support for BOSCH with Next Generation E Confidential yption (NGE) hub and spoke model using most secure algorithm currently available for authentication and data e Confidential yption.
• Provide Tier 4 support for General Dynamics with MPLS hub and spoke design working closely with MPLS core engineers and LECs.

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Network Architect

Responsibilites:

• As a technical lead for Enterprise Network Engineering team, provided technical prowess of implementing a new Cisco 5585X (code rev. 9.4.1) Based SSL VPN solution via Load Sharing (12 appliances total across two data centers) using Cisco Any Connect.

• Engineered the solution from beginning to pre - rollout phase to provide services to over 50,000 VPN users in load shared across two geographically separated data centers in the U.S.
• Each data center consisted of 6 ASA appliances in total in load shared configuration using TLS 1.2 and Compression.
• SME level engineering / design support with vast knowledge and experiences in multiple technical disciplines.
• In addition, as a technical lead for domestic LAN refresh project, deployed over 4 Juniper QFX / and 150+ EX spine / leaf with using EX4300 Virtual Chassis configuration for Herndon VA location; total number of floors migrated 15, with two main aggregation points with dual 10Gig egress to national data centers.
• Provided expertise on all existing products such as Brocade FastIron SX800 and Cisco ASR9010.
• Deployment also included two Top-of-Rack server farm switches for the data center.
• Full design/implementation of IPv6 across the campus tied to national backbone via ASR 9010 core router pairs off of dual data centers using IS-IS as the peering point routes with BGPv6 to route IPv6 traffic from/to Internet using Global Unique /36 space. Planned and migrated legacy Brocade/Foundry core and collapsed them into the new Juniper QFX cores.

Network Architect

Responsibilites:

• As part of Cisco Wireless Refresh team, assisted with the design aspects of WiFi coverage analysis, deployment methodology, and execution plans.

• Implemented Air Magnet passive wireless spectrum surveying tool to analyze current condition in conjunction with Cisco Prime to pinpoint location of the new Cisco AP s on office spaces and factory floors.

Confidential, Roseland, NJ

Network Architect

Responsibilites:

• Assisted with getting Forescout Network Access Control (NAC) project which was stalled due to technical challenges for ADP in terms of capacity and configuration such as SNMP and Cisco port span filtering.

• Provided assistance with Spirent lab simulation testing of UDP based DOS Confidential acks on ADP Internet routers; discovered issues with IOS codes that has severe vulnerability to such Confidential acks and recommended course of actions.
• Provide assistance with configuration of lab devices for beta testing of Cisco 5508 WLC s in the Roseland Lab.

Confidential, NY

Network Architect

Responsibilites:

• Providing network re - design and optimization efforts primarily with MPLS and LAN.

• Currently providing support for VOIP rollout which utilizes the MPLS WAN for hub to spoke dialing. Also providing support for the SonicWall FW at the DR location which terminates on Fortinet FW at the LIC hub location.

Confidential

Principal Engineer

Responsibilites:

• Confidential, parent company of Confidential Business provides land based as well as wireless communications services, including the former UUNet backbone that spans the globe. As part of the managed services group, provides Confidential Enterprise customers with data networking.

• SME - level understanding and implementation experience with Wide-Area technology such as Frame-Relay, Metro Ethernet, BGP, and MPLS.
• SME-level experience with Gigabit Ethernet technology on Nexus, 6500/3700- Series switching platform with solid experience with RSTP, MST, OSPF, EIGRP, and OSPF (v2 and v3).
• Responsible for the implementation of large scale migration of Balfour-Be Confidential y Investments group migration to Secure Gateway solution leveraging existing Internet access 156 branch locations total. Assisted the migration of Balfour-Be Confidential y s Infrastructure and Rails move away from legacy Cisco ASA 5505 to Cisco 881W with built in Wireless Access Point. Migration of autonomous AP s to centrally managed Cisco 5508 Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) at Culpepper CoLo with Z-Scaler Internet Security appliance.

Confidential

Senior Convergence Solutions Architect

Responsibilites:

• Confidential Subject M Confidential er Expert provided critical technical expertise to senior management to mid - level in-house Confidential engineers with respect to the support of the newly installed Confidential system as well as to provide all technical system deployment expertise to the rollout of new Confidential Media Gateways within the RBS North American infrastructure

• Confidential Contact Center Advisor provided technical details for the deployment of Confidential Expert Agent based Confidential Contact Center with in terms of VDN details, DNIS migration from Nortel Succession based contact center, to the programming details of the newly built vectors. Provided technical overview of the Confidential Call Management System (CMS) and operational guidelines
• Advanced Confidential Product Program Management provided technical deployment strategies and proof f concept to the advanced Confidential VoIP applications such as Confidential Enablement Services (AES) and SIP Enablement Services (SES), and Confidential OneX Communicator, and OneX VPN firmware from initial concept to product deployment. Pilot and implement Vera mark s Vera SMART call accounting which included the individual user chargeback to assigned cost centers.
• Technical Escalation Single Point of Contact 24x7 provided RBS North American Headquarter with unsurpassed in and out of hour s technical support; escalate to Confidential as needed on a case by case basis

Confidential, New York City, NY

Lead Convergence Engineer

Responsibilites:

• Confidential, a global financial services company, provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a range of financial products and services, including consumer banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, and wealth management.

• Confidential has approximately 200 million customer accounts and operates in approximately 140 countries.
• The company was founded in 1812 and is based in New York, New York.Converged Telephony Architect responsible to the design, and implementation of Confidential VOIP enabled systems for Smith Barney Global Wealth Management located at 485 Lexington Ave as well as 787 Seventh Ave location, providing more than 6,000 which include the front office and back office personnel.
• Also provided assistance for the installation of TDM based tie lines to the New York based tandem located at 153 East 53rd Street.
• Provided expert level Confidential telephony programming expertise tothe operations group located at Jacksonville Florida.
• Combined budget for two location implementation exceeded 10million dollars.

Confidential, New York City, NY

Senior Telephony Infrastructure Engineer

Responsibilites:

• Development for a firm wide use by voice perations and deployment groups.

• Exhaustively test the Confidential Communication Manager feature set to be incorporated for the development of a Morgan Stanley voice system deployment template, including a public carrier digital and analog trunk deployment standards.
• Assists branch managers with the deployment of local survivable gateways (LSP) such as G350 and G700, including deployment assistance to ODC (Off Shore Development Companies).

Confidential, Basking Ridge, NJ

Senior Implementation Engineer / Systems Architect

Responsibilites:

• Software Specialist (SS) assisting technicians with programming of Confidential systems from legacy DEFINITY G1, G2, and G3 platforms to the latest S8700/S8300 call servers running MultiVantage 1.0 for Confidential s direct clients.

• S8700/G600 MultiConnect implementation for Reuter s market data service.
• Responsible for the programming of S8700 Media Server with G600 Media Gateways running MV 1.0, with in - house QSIG T1 tie to Nortel Option 81 for a full ISDN feature integration.
• S8300/G700 Standalone Implementation with integration into the existing data network infrastructure.
• Responsible for the initial MV load onto the S8300, as well as all system implementation programming on via IP/SAT access.
• S8300/G700 Standalone Pilot Implementation for Confidential located in Livingston N.J. with DCS/T1 tie to an existing DEFINITY G3r. Also assisted with the implementation of Advanced Speed Access server for Unified Messenger.
• Data Network Design Specialist assisting Confidential s corporate clients with the design of data network infrastructure using the formerly Lucent data switching and routing portfolios.
• Confidential Data Networking Implementation assistance for Hillsborough School District (Hillsborough, N.J.) with deployment and configuration of P580 L2/L3 switching backbone, P333R, P333T, P334T, and P130 stackable switches.

Confidential, Berkley Heights, NJ

Systems Engineer

Responsibilites:

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