SUMMARY:

• I have over 24 years of IT experience & have worked/consulted and delivered IT services for many organizations, ranging from small to large organizations, with the focus being more on mid - size to large organizations, such as: Confidential 40 + organizations.
• Some of the IT disciplines have ranged from Microsoft, VMWare, Confidential, & Juniper Networks: routing/switching, VMs, GPOs, VPNs, security/firewalls, IPS/IDS, various routing protocols, such as: EIGRP, BGP, OSPF, and MPLS.
• I have configured and hardened networks with Juniper SRX firewalls/Cisco ASAs & IDS/IPS at organizations, such as Confidential; this includes security at all levels of a network: ingress/egress, internet, intranet, extranet, perimeters, campus networks, and data centers. Have assisted organizations reduce costs/increase sales/revenues as a result of upgrading, streaming, engineering, architecting networks/operations.
• The capacity/roles have varied from consulting, engineering, architecture, data center migrations/transitions, project planning, and strategy.
• In addition to technical skills I have business skills/acumen, and hold an Associates in Computer Science and a Bachelors in Business Administration/General Management.
• Have the ability to communicate/collaborate across all sectors of organizations - at all levels: staff/management/executive. Have lead/managed teams; including domestic, international, & global teams - comprised of internal staff/external staff/contractors/consultants.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Business/Management: MS Office Suite, MS Project, Business planning, budgeting, project management, strategic planning, forecasting, and project & people management/oversight

Documentation: MS Visio, Enterprise Network Architecture/Data Center Design

LAN Technologies:: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet & Gigabit Ethernet, VLANS, VTP, STP, RSTP (802.1W)

WAN Technologies:: Frame Relay, ISDN, PPP, ATM, MPLS, leased lines & exposure to PPP

MultiVendor Equipment:: Cisco Routers/Switches/Firewalls - Juniper Router/Switches/Firewalls

Network Security:: NAT/PAT, Ingress & Egress Firewall Design, VPN Config., Internet Content Filtering, Load Balancing, IDS/IPS

Routing Protocols:: RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP / Infrastructure services: DHCP, DNS, SMTP, SNMP, FTP, TFTP

Platforms/Environments: Cisco IOS, Cisco ASAs/FWSM, Cisco Nexus 1000v/7K/5K/2K,Cisco 7200, 3800, ISR series Routers Cisco Catalyst - 6500 Layer 3 Switch, 4500 series, 3550, 2900 switches, Juniper/Junos OS/Netscreen, Juniper M-MX/T/J/EX Series, Juniper NSM/Junos Space, Windows OS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential,San Antonio, TX / Atlanta, GA

Sr. Network Engineer/Architect

Responsibilities:

• Evaluates existing data center environments, designs solutions that address business issues, and implements efficient and cost saving solutions for customers
• Understand client's infrastructures, their needs and provide expertise and consulting on Cisco solutions.
• Provide design, implementation and support of Cisco Data Center technology (Nexus, UCS, WAAS, MDS, 6500 VSS, PIX/ASA Firewalls, etc.), in addition to non-Cisco Firewalls, such as Checkpoint
• Provide integration of VMware and/or Storage (EMC or NetApp) with Cisco DC technology
• Develop and deliver professional proposals, including design documentation
• Ability to provide management and account team oral and written reports on the client needs, problems, interests, market situations, competitive activities, and potential for new products/services
• Creates and manages the project for key technical deliverables including, but not limited to, capacity planning, implementation, configuration, usage reporting, and allocation to host
• Provides guidance regarding architecture and application processes to the engineering team and the project as a whole
• Provides pre-sales engineering support to sales team to ensure that all needs of any sales opportunities are fulfilled
• Coordinates conference calls for technical issues to provide status of open opportunities and resource requirements to management
• Serves as a liaison between company and the customer regarding the implementation and maintenance of Systems
• Analyses log files, performance issues, and the production environment for mission critical systems
• Provides Level 3 support for all installed platforms and provides operational health of the Open Systems infrastructure and the applications used to control it
• Recommends alterations to development and design to improve quality of products and/or procedures
• Leads technical projects and supervises other team members and/or vendors

Confidential,Southlake,TX

IT Engineer / IT Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Large Scale/Global/Enterprise Network Architecture/Data Center Design & deployments, Cisco (CVOIP), Visio Professional, Frame Relay, DSU/CSU, T1s, RIP, EIGRP, X.25, Cisco 2501 - 4000 routers, Catalyst 5000/5500 switches, Windows Server 2000/2008, Fault Tolerance/Clustering technologies, Active Directory, HP OpenView, Cisco Works, DNS, WINS, DHCP, Sabre Gateways/Clients
• Provided installation and training on all network solutions, cost network platforms, engineering liaison, datacom consulting for airline clients

Confidential,San Antonio,TX

WAN Specialist

• Managed PBX system, Enterprise Network Architecture/Data Center Design, Visio Pro, Frame Relay, DSU/CSU, T1s, ISDN, Cisco PIX Firewalls, RIP, EIGRP, Cisco 2501 - 4000 routers, Cisco 1900 switches, HP OpenView, Cisco Works Windows 95/98, Windows 2000 beta 3, Windows NT 4.0, DNS, WINS, DHCP, Active Directory, Fault Tolerance/Clustering, performance monitor, sniffers, Aironet Wireless LAN/WANs, IBM Netfinity Servers, RAS, VPN,Y2K Lead

Confidential, Confidential, TX

LAN/WAN Specialist

• Enterprise Network Design/Architecture/Data Center Design, Visio Pro, Cisco Routers/Switches, Frame Relay, DSU/CSU, HDLC, IGRP, EIGRP, T1/E1, Microwave comms, performance monitor, data general sniffer, Windows NT 4.0, Win 95/98, DNS, WINS, DHCP, Clustering, Active Directory, HP OpenView, Cisco Works, MS Exchange Server 5.0/5.5, Disaster Recovery Planning, Frontpage 98, Mital PBXs, Project Management, Budgets, Y2K Lead

Confidential, TX

Network Support Specialist

• Netware 4.X, Window NT 3.51 / 4.0, HP Unix 10.01, HP 9000, Solaris 2.4, NEC PBX, call accounting, X.500 Active Directory
• Enterprise Network design/architecture/Data Center Design, Novell IPX, TCP/IP, Cisco Routers/Switches, Systems integrations, HP OpenView, Cisco Works, & structured cabling
• Collaborated with Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation (TGSLC) to develop the first prototype online systems for streamline student loan applications
• Coordinated Fiber and cable distribution systems to interconnect all the campus buildings and computer systems
• Migrated/Cutover from a HP/MPE/IX system to a HP 9000/Unix 10.0 System. Was responsible for the system administration of the HP 9000, writing UNIX code, & Confidential scripting to perform daily backups. The HP 9000 contained all the Universities Administration Division records, student records, and financial records

Confidential, TX

Point of Sale Coordinator/Administrator

• Designed, implemented, and coordinated the computerization of business processes, and scanning systems. Assisted with training, coordinating, and oversight of the cashiers to optimize the computer and scanning systems of the business.

Confidential, TX

Software Developer / Database Administrator

• Applications systems and design projects. Wrote and developed Xenix / Unix computer programs/systems for importing/exporting products, and distribution channels. Also, administered Xenix / Unix operating systems.