SUMMARY:

• Cloud Sr. Network Engineer with over 20 years of experience leading network transition teams for installation/de - installation, planning/preparation of projects, within Network Data Centers.
• Cloud Applications Architect that delivers solutions to improve operational effectiveness and increase scalability of team, to manage large numbers of strategic design of network, security and capacity on a global Management to Cloud basis to deploy new concepts that will help grow the install base and revenue with a focus on the client experience. Leverage the right tools and responsibilities, like AppsZero for Windows Server Migration Tools with automation Software.
• Architecture, implementation and deployment of both Private and Public Cloud, Microsoft Windows Server 2012 W/Hyper-V Server 2012, Microsoft provides a End-to-End, Network-to-Client enterprise management Cloud solution in Microsoft System Center, SMS Clustering with Servers Farms, that includes supporting on-Demand access, rapid scalability, for Jenkins, IAAS, PAAS, SAAS and Cloud Foundry work flow automation.
• Maintained responsibility for delivering reference architecture, briefings, and Visio documentation to the client.
• Work with large team to collaboratively implementing ITAAS, Cloud/Data Center Builds Cloud solution UCS Unified Computing Systems - Virtualization, Switch Fabric, FCoE, and Management Software.
• They need me to reduce cost of ownership and improve scalability by integrating the different components into a cohesive Clustered platform that can be managed as a single unit. .
• Vendor Management. UCS Unified Computing Systems - Virtualization, Switch Fabric, FCoE, and Management Software.
• They need me to reduce cost of ownership and improve scalability by integrating the different components into a cohesive Clustered platform that can be managed as a single unit.Vendor Management.
• UCS Unified Computing Systems - Virtualization, Switch Fabric, FCoE, and Management Software.
• They need me to reduce cost of ownership and improve scalability by integrating the different components into a cohesive Clustered platform that can be managed as a single unit.Vendor Management.
• They need me to reduce cost of ownership and improve scalability by integrating the different components into a cohesive Clustered platform that can be managed as a single unit.UCS Unified Computing Systems - Virtualization, Switch Fabric, FCoE, and Management Software.
• They need me to reduce cost of ownership and improve scalability by integrating the different components into a cohesive Clustered platform that can be managed as a single unit.
• Experienced with Troubleshoot wire connections from switch to server and back to the security Cloud connection.
• Capacity planning with DR Intermediate, Virtualization Concepts and proven experience with VMware, vSphere Client, Citrix - XenApp and NetApps.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Memphis, TN

Network Support - Operations Manager

• Supported Data Center Equipment (Servers, Routers, and Switches in a Network Infrastructure).
• Configured destination IP addresses, WAN design and deployed distribution. Maintained various spreadsheets and documentation. With, in depth knowledge of TCP-IP, BGP, OSPF, MPLS, DNS and IP strategies. DevOps - Leverage advanced functionality of virtualization tools, such as converting legacy system to VMs. We used SDN to solve security problems, to transition from client server to the cloud.
• Windows 2012, Hyper-V and VMware configured as a cluster node that run Virtual Machine in ThyssenKrupp, network layers to leverage the ACI power of SDNs, versus heavy vLAN and physical devices. I worked with the implementation for future Google Cloud Infrastructure installations.
• Experienced in providing support/setup installation, for networks, of all hardware/software, including
• Managed and monitored ThyssenKrupp network infrastructure, providing first, second and third level troubleshooting including Cisco switches 3960, 4507, 6500, 5500, 5505 series.
• Responsible for doing site surveys - defining, designing and implementing network solutions.
• Pre-Sales Engineer, where I delivered fast, repeatable and predictable solutions to the end customers.
• Operations Manager in the planning, designing, installations, testing, and troubleshooting of LAN/MAN/WAN Networks that utilized abilities in cabling infrastructure and network technologies to meet customer needs and expectations.
• Used, discretion and judgment in the performance of my work objectives.
• Participated in new and ongoing system evaluations to ensure technical systems remained optimized to meet business objectives.
• I took responsibility for the approval of Technical Review documents as part of the project and fiscal plans of management.
• As a Operations Manager, I interacted with all personnel, both internal/external to the Information Systems Department. I also, needed to interact with vendors and consultants. I was able to operate with substantial latitude, making decisions and resolving network issues.
• The Team worked to help coordinate system upgrades and updates to ensure technologies remain current and placed special emphasis on integration of all network information.

Confidential, Boston, MA

Sr. Infrastructure Architect

• Cloud suite, with Redhat-7 and Ubunto to configure Openstack, with Controller, Network and 3 Compute HP servers infrastructure, its components for deployment, orchestrational, operations across multiple data centers and Google cloud providers, for Core Coverage.
• Cloud-Specific Infrastructure and Openstack Systems and Architecture Open Stack + VNF Integration capabilities.
• L2/L3 switching routing,   troubleshooting using Wireshark
• Cloud Planning. Installed and Leverage, Public/Private SAAS IAAS PAAS in a Google Cloud Infrastructure models, vCenter Mgmt and with Windows servers 2000, 2003, 2003R2 and 2008 and 2008R2 - 2012R2, Design VM with Openstack fortigate software and this is where we use heat to deploy and customize instances .
• Configuration knowledge of Openstack Kilo, with operations across multiple Data Centers and Cloud providers, for Core Coverage, Cloud-Specific Infrastructure with Viptela vEdge POC, using Virtual IPs.
• Traffic Flow Technology, TeraVM and VNF Openstack/KVM Systems and Architecture Cloud Planning.
• Installed and Leverage, knowledge of Public/Private SAAS, IAAS, PAAS, ML2 plugin/API, Open vSwitch plugin, for both internal and external networks in a Cloud Infrastructure models, Cisco iWAN MPLS VPN
• Office load, vCenter Mgmt and Design VM with fortigate software . Configure WAN tunnels/policies and all physical BRs & MCs. Servicing Chaining, using 2 VNFs (IPSec Hub + FW) for integrated service management. Red Hat Storage as a storage back-end for open stack services, to manage networks based on VXLAN, VLAN

Confidential, Centennial CO

Sr. Configuration Engineer/ Cloud Architectural Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Provision, for deployment, orchestration, and operations across multiple data centers and cloud providers, Core Coverage, Cloud-Specific Infrastructure and Systems and Architecture Cloud Planning.
• Installed and Leverage, Public/Private SAAS IAAS PAAS in a Cloud Infrastructure models, vCenter Mgmt and Design Cluster Migrations. I im plement changes to vCloud suite and infrastructure its components.
• Configuring Cisco UCS Platform Automation - for cluster A-00, cluster B-00, management ports
• Utilized Lync for remote sessions VPN, or IM session communications and VMware Virtual Switch, ESX.
• Lead integration to support end to end Cloud environment for CDN/POD architectural delivery Platforms.
• Build and deploy virtual machines and environments using openstack, vagrant and virtual box, X1 App
• ECI - Elastic Google Cloud Infrastructure, Leveraging highly optimized IAAS on a large computer models
• Utilized all Core Web Infrastructure procedure, Base Scripting, NAS-CIFS and NAS Storage Clustering
• DevOps Integration, focused on operating, maintaining and upgrading of customer provided Cloud IAAS
• Cassandra automation data, experience with Physical and Virtual Firewall and Load Balancer Platforms
• Experiences working with Cassandra, vSphere, vCloud, vCenter and Netapps blade installation
• Knowledge of Netscaler Language, bash/puppet, and splunk - chef Perl, Python/ Ruby.
• Knowledge of Openstack/Cloud Platform, code for Nova, Neutron, Swift, Glance, Keystone Cinder
• Installed and configured ndvr/uscm/netapps/vcenter/vsphere/vclous and Transcoders, arris recorders, with Web-Base Zenoss, and SNMP Monitoring Zabbix. AWS Specilist w/Cloud Foundry - where I work worked with on-premise installs running over VMware’s vSphere virtualization infrastructure, although deployment to openstack is the other option, using internal controllers using BOSH to get to the underlying infrastructure to spin up virtual machines to run container on.
• Utilized UCS configuration development - vCenter, vSphere, and UCS manager version 2.2(1b/3b), KVM
• Using cisco ucsm system component, netapp fas2240-2 storage system using cdvr linear and jetp packages. Working with video recorders, Transcoders, Envideo, Arris Recorders, and cdvr/upgradeds: Cloud Integration, Execute Migrations using tools like Cdot, Data ONTAP and DB-SQL and Scrum calls.
• Working with 6296 fabric interconnects with Windows Azures, for migrating VM’s between local Data Centers. Worked with 2200 series FEX, b200/4400 M3 blade servers, Chassis for both channels and troubleshooting all blades drives. UCS, Hardware, Management Suite for Developer of AWS Cloud Migration Specialist, OpenStack, VMware and Xen Vertualization for a Cloud Solutions Platform.
• Experience -with Cisco 7000 series, c220/c440 Blade servers. HP Servers-LVM, MSA, LUM, SAN, Linux.
• Configuring UCS Manager chassis for both A and B NetApps blade servers Manage Sev 1/2/3 & MySQL.
• Working with Developer of, vCloud Direct, CloudTV Platform, vmware 5.0, 5.1 and 5.5 versions
• Working with Bandwidth at 300 gbits, 4.3 Petabyte /Exabyte storage, ITaaS, and Data Center Builds.
• Support all components of vCloud Management suite: vCAC, vCO, vCOps, NSX, vCenter, LogInsight
• Support for all components of POD infrastructure: Jenkin, NodeJS, network, storage, compute.

Confidential

System Engineer/ Configuration Engineer (Fort Worth, TX)

Responsibilities:

• The Presage Solution Company had DNS looping problems in their network.
• Hands-on working with Architectural and integrated storage area networks, using Cisco UCS NetApps.
• Worked with Windows Azures in their SOC-Security Operations Center, vRealizes Manager
• Hands-on with Checkpoint firewall, Cisco UCCM, Unified Communications Contact Center Systems.
• Hands-on with SAN configurations and Network infrastructure, with knowledge of Dell-Sonic-Wal
• Installed F-5 Big IP Suite - with LTM/GTM application Delivery Network System,

Confidential, Memphis, TN

Configuration Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configured some Cisco 2600 Wireless Controllers, Cisco Catalyst 2960-24 POE Wireless devices, Cisco Catalyst 3750-12X Core Switches default with port Trunk Encapsulation for dot1q and their DHCP Traffic issue.
• Experience implementing and supporting Citrix, XenApp, XenDesktop and Provisioning Servers.

Confidential, Bentonville, AR

Cloud Solutions Infrastructure Security Engineer

• Delivered Solutions to improve Cloud architecture, deployment for AWS Private and Public Cloud, SMS Clustering with Server Farms, Suse Linux Red Hat Linux, Fedora and CentOS, VCenter Management and VMware. Manages vendor relationships and contracted for products and services.
• Reduce cost of ownership and improve tech support configuration, scalability, deployment and diagnostic.
• Network Security Design Methodology, Windows 2008/Windows 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2012 R2.
• Experience designing, implementing and supporting Cloud Foundry and Cloud Infrastructure solutions.
• Utilized engineering/architecture with Infoblock/Cisco Architectural Design and Implementation.
• Virtual Routing Forwarding (VRF) - Rackspace Custom Image/APIs Tools, SQL Server 2012/SQL 2014
• Developed, worked with open source infrastructure as a service IAAS, NAAS, SAAS, PAAS
• Responsible for delivering reference architecture, briefings, and documentation to the client.
• DevOps –. Utilized DevOps tool to manage Operating Service Level for UCS - Hardware and Mgmt Suite.
• Working knowledge of Sumologic and Splunkstorm, search monitoring software, for the Cloud system.
• Work with a larger team to collaboratively implement all Cloud Solutions Architect with EMCCA and SSD
• Worked with scripting Automation for JavaScript, Linux/Unix toolbox, Python, Peal, Bash, Ruby, Puppet, Chef, Git, Github, Jenkins and Data Center, ESX, VMware Virtual Switch with Design/Implementation.
• Perform root causes for troubleshoot switches, servers, directly back to secure Cloud connection.
• Contributed to capacity planning for DR, Consolidated Management, with bandwidth at 300 gb back bone
• Set up PIX Firewalls to send syslogs to syslog server on the inside with an IP address like a Web server.

Confidential, Reston, VA

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Managed Open Source and distributed License data center in a Cloud Infrastructure (AZURE).
• Support CORE Infrastructure, for Front-End/Back-End Installations/Routing via IP and DNS protocols.
• Responsible for documenting to maintain this environment their technology solutions. Experienced with Troubleshoot wire connections from switch to server and back to the security Cloud connection. Capacity planning with DR Intermediate, Virtualization Concepts and proven experience with VMware, vSphere Client, Citrix – XenApp and NetApps.
• Switch/Router operation, device configuration and network connectivity using utilities to: ping, traceroute, Telnet, SSH, ARP, Netstat, ipconfig, Dell Sonic-Wal and vRealizes Operation Manager.
• Combined OpenStack technology with Red Hat Suse Enterprise Linux scale the AWS infrastructure, Jenkins, VMware 7k, 5k and 2k. HP Servers - iSCSI, Linux, Load-Balance/Redhat.
• Supported Banking for Zurick Bank, Banks of America and Military contracts in a DR type Data Center
• Executed ACS policy-based security Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) services to the network in a WiFi /Wireless/VPN environment.
• Supported - Solaris T3, Layer 2 and Layer 3 Configuration, Perl VB Scripting, Linux, UNIX, Citrix, IBM Lotus Notes/Realtime Software. Knowledge of Wireshark, Tracert, Snort, Kismet, TCPDump, Netflow and Solawind Scout Software, Juniper MX5s – VFR. Routing VRF firewall directly to the top of MXs.
• I have an in depth knowledge of BGP, OSPF, IP strategies, and all aspects of F5 service deployments.

Confidential, Provo, UT

Home Security Installation Technician

Responsibilities:

• Installation and Setup of Home Wireless Security Systems

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Provide Level 2 Field Service Network/Support and Security Administrator Support, for both NWA/Delta Global Enterprise Networks. Supporting both NWA/Delta Global Enterprise Networks in the Field Service Analyst/Support and Security Administrator for both Aircraft Hanger and Airports, in the southeast regions. Supported Data Center Equipment (Servers, Routers, and Switches in a Network Infrastructure).
• Configured destination IP addresses, WAN design and deployed call distribution. Maintained various spreadsheets and documentation. With, in depth knowledge of BGP, OSPF, MPLS, DNS and IP strategies.
• Windows, Hyper-V and VMware configured as a cluster node that run Virtual Machine
• Experienced in providing support/setup installation, for networks, of all hardware/software, including
• Managed and monitored NWA network infrastructure, providing first, second and third level troubleshooting including Cisco switches 1900 to 2000 series, 3750, 6500, 5500, 5505 series.
• Responsible for doing site surveys - defining, designing and implementing network solutions.
• Pre-Sales Engineer, where I delivered fast, repeatable and predictable solutions to the end customers.