SUMMARY:

• 20+ years of experience in active IS environment
• VOIP - Telecom and video/teleconferencing experience - Cisco and Polycom. Certified as Polycom engineer for video conferencing. Experience with CISCO Telepresence videoconferencing product.
• Sr. Network Engineer- L2/L3; OSPF, BGP, EIGRP
• Cisco router CLI experience setup up VLANs, and forwarding IP traffic accordingly. Experience with Cisco 1000, 2800 and 3000 series routers.
• Extensive experience with Sonicwall TZ series firewalls and VPN-site to site hardware. Implemented, managed ASA 5500 Cisco Firewall Services for Site to Site VPN WANs. Worked with Barracuda NG Firewalls.
• Security Applications:    Snort IDS/IPS, McAfee Intrusion Prevention System, ArcSight SIM, Retina Security Scanner, DISA Platinum/Gold, CORE Impact, Netflow, Symantec Mail Filter for MS Exchange, TCPDump, Symantec NetRecon, ISS RealSecure, Cisco PIX Firewall, CompuSec Toolbox, Harris STAT, MS Software Update Server
• LAN/WAN Technologies: Frame Relay, Ethernet, E1/T1/DS1/DS3, X.25, VLAN
• Security: Access Lists, SSH, 3DES, RAIDIUS/TACACS, PIX, IPSEC
• Telecom skills, Punch block MGT, toner skills and pair scanner.
• Experience employing ITIL control procedures in problem management methodologies through the lifecycle of incident and change and release management. Deployment of imaged workstation to VIP Level clients.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Desktop: HP, IBM, Dell, Gateway, white box

Laptops: HP, IBM, Dell, Toshiba, Panasonic

Servers: HP, Dell, IBM, Gateway

Mobile Device management: IOS (iphone, IPad, Andriod, & laptops)

Router/HUBs/Switches: CICSO, ADTRAN, Quitum, Linksys, HP

Security Appliances: Fortigate 110, Sonicwall TZ170

Printers: HP, Dell, Lexmark, Epson, IBM, Panasonic

Phone VOIP and Digital: Avaya, Nortel, Panasonic, Samsung, Shoretel, CISCO, Quintum, Adtran

Infrastructure: Nortel, Adtran, 3Com, Intel, Cisco, RAS, Async

Topologies: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Fiber SX LX, Fiber-Channel, Arcnet

Cabling: Can cable, punch down and terminate all topologies, from 66 blocks to patch panels. Tone, butt set and pair scanner tool proficient

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Telecommunications Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Performed adds,
• Moves and changes to telephones and LAN connections- Punch downs,
• crossconnects and patch management for an organization with over 1000 VOIP points.

Confidential, Mequon

Network Engineer

• Installation of End-point Windows OS Devices in a network of over 1000 devices. Office 365. Telecom Specialist (Avaya), Proficient with all network and telecom hardware for over 1000 users phone/data and tools-punch tools, tone generator and pair scanners worked with over 2000 pair blocks combined phone & data patch panels. Cisco telepresence Teleconferencing expertise w/ Certs.

Confidential

Implementation Engineer

• Managed deployment of over 1000 Dell Laptops-installing Windows 7 using Microsoft SCCM, Office 2013, Symantec Encryption Desktop with access to SAP for VIP clients at Rockwell-MIlwakuee & Mequon.
• Field support engineers (FEs) across US, Mexico, NA, SA, EMEA and APAC.
• Managed user accounts for MS Active Directory and MS Exchange.
• Also directed Education and Certifications for FEs.
• Telecom specialist (Avaya), Proficient with all network and telecom hardware for over 2000 users phone/data and tools-punch tools, tone generator and pair scanners worked with over 8000 pair blocks combined phone & data patch panels.
• Cisco telepresence Teleconferencing expertise w/ Certs. Provided Executive level support for Cisco Telepresence teleconferencing using Crestron production hardware.

Confidential, Sullivan, WI

Owner

• Owned, operated, and managed systems integration and hardware deployment company, Confidential .
• Worked with a variety of small to medium and large sized companies.
• Designed and implemented LAN/WAN turnkey systems for all manners of businesses from the construction industry to insurance companies and independent agencies, law offices, dental offices and DataCenters.

Confidential, Bensenville, IL

Network Engineer

• Installed SonicWall LZ170 remote office VPN-Site to site for Machine Shop and Pattern Shop.
• CISCO - IP design, switching, routing load-balancing and route selection systems as well as establishing network fail-over capabilities between components.
• Knowledgeable with NAT schemes.
• Providing detailed schematics of design.
• Work with other engineers and service providers to provide an overall topology.
• Responsible for testing, deployment as well as training operations personnel as part of turn-over.
• Responsible for documentation. Visio depiction.
• MPLS experience for optimally routing IP traffic.
• Installed latest Symantec Backup Exec 12 software. Updated Exchange environment to accommodate McAfee GroupShield for Exchange. Setup EPO - E-Policy Orchestrator on workstation rollout.
• Reevaluated APC UPS line and re-engineered wiring scheme for entire server configuration.
• Performed migration of Microsoft Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2008, Active directory migration.
• Arno Rouse - Setup Windows Server 2003. Turnkey install from Servers, switches to workstation. Cabled and terminated full system. Backup Exec installed. Domain Registration and Web presence.