SUMMARY

• Competency in translating business issues into network | telecom | security solution including opportunity identification on delivery support and analysis.
• Talent for identifying, planning and implementing systems solutions in direct support of targeted objectives.
• Very good at leading projects, resolving escalated issues, coordinating designs and release documentation.
• Hands - on experience leading all stages of system analysis efforts, including design, architecture, testing and support.
• Main point of contact over several projects with Network/Security Corporate group.
• Vulnerability Assessments, Penetration Testing, Intrusion Detection Prevention.
• Ability to easily translate the business needs to technical requirements.
• Capability driven to build cost reduction strategy.
• Capacity for effective Teamwork and Supervision groups.
• Excellent collaboration and negotiation skills.
• Multitasking focus problems solver.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating System: Windows NT Workstation, 7/8/10 Professional, Server 2008/2012, Linux Red Hat, MandrivaNetworking OS, Cisco IOS, ScreenOS, Palo Alto PAN 5,7,8, Aruba 8.x, AriWave 8.x, CPPM6.5.5, Junos Pulse, UniFi, Fortinet, Avaya, vSphere 5.5, Cisco CUCM 10/11.

Hardware: Cisco 2960XR, 3750, 3900, 4500, 6800, Series Routers 4451, ASA, Cisco IP 79xx, NetgearServers (Dell, IBM) SAN EMC (Clarion / VNX), Intermec, Nortel ERS 8600, 470, 4500, RAID 5-6SCI, Aruba 2400, 3600, 6000 Series, IAP 205/225/305/325 , Black Box, Palo Alto 200, 500, 8805500, Juniper ISG/SSG.

Software: Exchange 2005, Active Directory, Windows Terminal Server, MS ISA Server, MS SQL 20xxCisco IOS, MS Office Suite, Visio, MS Project, Device Manager, Polycom, vSphere, SAPMicrosoft SCCM, Ethereal, Wireshark, Cisco Network Assistant, VisiWave Site Survey.

Network/Protocol: LAN/WAN/WLAN, TCP/IP, RADIUS, WINS, DNS, DHCP, SMTP, FTP, TELNET, SSH, VPN IPSec, GRE, ICMP, NAT, DMVPN, EIGRP, TFTP, Ethernet, VRRP, VSS, SMLT, RSMLT, MLT, LACP, VRF

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Senior Infrastructure & Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Perform local administration and operations functions as appropriate in according standards, policies, and procedures.
• Provides strategy, budgeting and disaster recovery continuity planning to offices and staff in multiples operating.
• Perform complex software/hardware troubleshooting, patches and re-installations in cooperation with the Enterprise Helpdesk and in accordance with established SLAs.
• Responsible to administers and maintains information technology systems (Including LAN, WAN, WLAN complex environments such Ubiquiti & Cisco).
• Provide IT Operation functions for hardware, software, and voice/data network solutions standards.
• Main responsible for purchase, installations, and life cycle maintenance of PCs, Servers network connectivity Equipment.
• Acting as primary point of communicating between IT and operating, business including functional units.
• Performed application results by conducting system audits of technologies implemented through change control process.
• Responsible of local inventory maintenance and software license management O365, Active Directory, Endpoint Clients, ManageEngine.
• Collaborate to security compliance in accordance with IT standards policies and procedures.
• Responsible for procurement, installation and life-cycle maintenance of IT hardware and software (includes PCs, peripherals, Servers, Support Services)
• Contribute and perform escalated technical support that requires an on-site presence (Server, NAS, network or PC equipment failure), including data backup recovery.
• Perform Meraki G, Z, H, model installations for new sites apertures.
• Perform Fortinet Technology over more than 6 remote sites supporting VPN IPSec model design.
• Architect LAN / WAN solution design according business requirement.
• Manage CITRIX Environment for multi-application support.
• Responsible to maintain ShoreTel & Avaya PBX controller including hosted PBX, PSTN, SIP, DID configuration.
• Responsible of QoS using telecommunication carrier in order to establish and enforcing organization standards.
• Provided 24x7 response and resolution to network, server and security alerts supervising 1 engineers 2 Sys Admin and 1 technician over my leadership.
• Responsible to provide extremely services for Security platform pfSense, Fortinet and Palo Alto firewall.
• Direct technological research by studying organization goals, strategies, practices, and user projects.
• Conduit projects by coordinating resources and timetables with user departments and data center.

Environment: Avaya. Cisco & Fortiswitch. Palo Alto & Aruba Networks. Ubiquity Networks. Hyper-V. Meraki. Manager Skills.

Confidential, Miami, FL

Senior Network Engineer Advance - Firewall Lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible to planning all deployments of VPLS, Firewall and WLAN (Meraki) CAFEs around global remote sites across (America, Europe, Asia)
• Collaborated on Data Center decommission from Orlando city into Atlanta colocation Data Center.
• Performed Palo Alto administration boxes +80 located at CAFEs, configuration VR and LSVPN model.
• Elaborated Panorama Templates for Seminole Hardrock Casinos model site +10 buildings, deployed over ~15 PAs boxes 4K and 5K model in HA.
• Managed Verizon platform antennas LTE modules across Headquarters at Florida and Atlanta DCs.
• Designed and deployed Clear Pass Policy Manager Policies - Aruba CPPM in order replace old architecture Cisco ACS for all Layer 2 and Layer 3 platform across Hotel and Casinos Data Centers.
• Conducted performance DMZ zones for ASA EazyVPN migration to Global Protect technology for more than 35 franchises sites.
• Managed NEXUS Platform for main Data Center Support Services site.
• Responsible to maintain Cable Management standards IDFs +260 over communication closets across Hollywood Hardrock Hotel and Casino.
• Contributed with Security group with architecture designs focus on USER-ID policies access allowances.
• Maintained backup of defense systems
• Coordinated standards over security Palo Alto policies.
• Responsible to have assessment of CAFEs infrastructure (Routing, Firewall, switching) doing matrix of support and coordinating with local contacts.
• Performed updated design for WAN structure VPLS model distributed over CAFEs sites.
• Maintained IPAM master IP list designed to assign for new Sites, Casinos, Hotels and Cafes.
• Responsible to evaluate new acquisitions and propose action plan to commit deployments.
• Supporting route strategy and design for systems wide solution.
• Managed Wireless Aruba Infrastructure (Master Controller, Airwave, Cluster IAP)
• Ensure Data Centers performance provide 99.9% of availability in order to support application deployments.
• Responsible for LAN Technologies 41xx and new deploys standards over site requirements.
• Provided 24x7 response and resolution to network, server and security alerts supervising 2 engineers and 2 technicians over my leadership, creating complex role matrix management.
• Deployed Class Service policies over voice services across CAFEs sites.
• Responsible to assign and maintain new Network Segments distribution for remote sites.
• Improved Support Services Security policies Panorama for Global Protect implementation.
• Maintained updated Network documentation and monitoring tools OP Manager & Solarwinds.
• Performed design for Stands cabling technologies for UTP and Fiber categories.
• Managed WLAN environment with Aruba Networks gears mobility controllers deploying RAPs, IAP clustering for small offices and integration with HA Airwave solution to monitoring coverage’s.
• Maintained and deployed Guest Portal including all components in terms of configuration (AAA, Roles, Policies, Internal DB)

Environment: Cisco Nexus. Palo Alto 5xxx series, Aruba Mobility Controller, IPAM.

Confidential

Senior Network Engineer (Edge)

Responsibilities:

• Performed third-party risk assessments of prospective business partners’ access to FLEX's information.
• Implemented Risk assessments enable FLEX to secure confidential information while reducing the cost of business-critical initiatives.
• Collaborated with business to enable migration infrastructure of communications and security to new FLEX Global enterprise.
• Focused on WAN/DC solutions incorporating routing, switching, security, traffic optimization, network management, automation and traffic reporting technologies.
• Managed Policies Security Implementations using (Palo Alto Infrastructure, Juniper, and Panorama) manage Edge M&A VPN Tunnels with high-profile privacy regulation.
• Conducted performance for Internet routers servicing 200K+ end-users Manufacturing Sites. Passed stringent penetration test and delivered 99.9%+ firewall availability, including complex build Content-ID profiles.
• Managed as responsible for new customer implementations for VPN IPSec Tunnels over America’s campus & Europe.
• Contributed with customer Integration EDGE Group to support new acquisitions to FLEX.
• Maintained and support DNS delegation & forwarding zones for new Acquisitioned sites.
• Maintained corporate MPLS circuit from AT&T to local carrier to provide new domain migration to Americas, Europe, Asia to IPOPs, over ~650 subnets connected by VRF combined on Core L3 transporting voice and data information.
• Performed routing protocol EIGRP for Europe & Asia Data Centers.
• Manage as responsible to monitor SSLVPN remote customer’s access and provide sustainable solution for Terminal Services, WEB access and Pulse Client.
• Designed and implementing new Partner Encryption / Authentication IPSec method over secure strategy to protect FLEX network resources.
• Deployed Global Protect new platform for Europe sites replacement VPN cluster by OKTA Authentication method using new Palo Alto portal and gateway box.
• Performed new design to host customers at America, Europe and Asia Data Centers such VICs and Public Pass-through Internet Solutions.
• Responsible to maintain IPAM for new assignation of Public ASA Firewall configuration.
• Managed all Customer Interconnect routers around global sites and perform maintenance plans in order to bring them healthy over sanitary check of period of times.
• Provided and support plans of maintenance for Cisco ASA Firewalls around global Data Centers, strategy must to match with business approval and taking the best not impact time in order to assurance productivity of the customers allocated at remote sites.
• Developed technology road-maps and design specifications for new customers.
• Responsible to provide solution integration along with test plans, implementation plans, and project timelines for various global projects.

Environment: Cisco L2 & L3, Palo Alto Firewall, Juniper SSL VPN, DNS Windows server.

Confidential

IT Infrastructure Network & Telecom Engineer Lead

Responsibilities:

• Elaborated Roadmaps for high value projects that involves infrastructure, application developments, business requirements, financial IT budget.
• Collaborated as active member of Americas & Global group collaboration team, a cross-functional group of business units that solves corporate-wide technology challenges.
• Designed and deploying Clear Pass Policy Manager - Aruba CPPM to allow NAC proposed in order to bring solution of authentication of Mobile and Endpoint user’s devices going though OnGuard feature.
• Performed and Implement Cisco Call Manager migration over ~650 extensions to the new FLEX acquisition.
• Contributed to global Network and Telecom group to support creating critical items matching with production support.
• Conduced Lean proposals, cost reduction initiatives and Six Sigma projects to provide high value ROI with manufacturing areas.
• Perform Project Management Senior level and Collaborate with the business to enable new and reduce business risk and cost on high value projects.
• Ensured production areas relocation over new building at Campus, changes related with cable management, Security assessments, and Infrastructure topics.
• Mentoring IT Staff on conducting WLAN assessment and testing monitor tools used at Data Center.
• Conduct Telecommunication installations to communicate remote sites that supports business process and ERP transactions (SAP | BaaN).
• Managed and support M&A security infrastructure to communicate FLEX Global policies in order to bring solid and leverage solution sustainable.
• Implemented Aruba WLAN Infrastructure over Canada Remote site supporting Licenses assessment and site survey.
• Deployed new WLAN infrastructure from current Aruba Controllers 6000 series by IAP Clustering addition.
• Managed Internet services upgrade up to 100Mbps HA cluster services for main San Luis Campus.
• Design new implementations of Main Data Center located at San Luis site and Asia Data Center opened at FLEX Malaysia.
• Provided continues improvement over 5s + 2s regarding floor installations at New Product Introduction NPI.
• Designed and deploy cable management solution sustainable over new products implementation.
• Performed migration of Temporal domain to Americas domain over all LAN / WAN / WLAN infrastructure, supporting solid architect design used for new acquisitions with replicable capability.
• Managed technology vendors that proposed to add high value to business processes.
• Delivered technical network solutions that have global/regional scope

Environment: Cisco Catalyst / NEXUS. Palo Alto Networks. Aruba Mobility Controller. Green Belt. GPMI.