Network Engineer Resume
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St Paul, MN
OBJECTIVE
- Dedicated Network Engineer with over 15 years of experience with the design, implementation, and support of modern Fortune 1000 enterprise networking environments. I am looking to join an organization where I can utilize my experience to help achieve their projects goals.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Confidential, St. Paul, MN
Network Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Worked extensively with ASA 5585’s in both CLI and ASDM to implement rule sets and anyconnect VPN
- Performed detailed troubleshooting with ASAs utilizing Packet Tracer and Packet Capture to figure out dropped traffic
- Configured rule sets on Panorama 3000 and 5000 series firewalls including app - id based rule sets
- Utilized Panorama to manage multiple firewalls and utilized templates for ease of scale
- Worked with Solarwinds and PRTG for SNMP and Netflow management of network devices and reporting
- Implemented new F5 requests such as building new VIPs, pools, irules, health checks, persistence and
- Configured Nexus 7010 Core, 5500 Distribution and 2248 Top of Rack within the Data Center
- Implemented new Nexus 9500 spine and 9300 leaf topology within the data center as part of a future initiative to move to VXLAN
- Configured basic AWS VPC and Azure Networks and worked with server team to troubleshoot network connectivity from on premise to cloud environment
- Worked with Meraki and Viptela SD WAN products and migrated away from traditional MPLS for cost saving purposes
- Implemented 6800 VSS Core and 3850’s and Catalyst 9300’s as IDF switches for larger branch offices
- Configured Cisco 4300 and 3900 series ISRs to support MPLS with eBGP with route maps and prefix lists
- As part of a new standard, implemented summarization at the WAN edge via BGP and redistributed BGP into OSPF internally in an Area 0 configuration
- Created new standard for dedicated data and voice vlans for each IDF stack so that trunking was simplified and avoided STP issues related to vlan sprawl
- As part of an M&A tech refresh, performed rip and replace of all legacy routers and switches to be compliant with the new standards. This involved procuring new hardware, staging, parallel build/migrate and Re-IP of DHCP scopes and static devices
- Evaluated firepower and FMC in the proof of concept lab environment along with Palo Alto but decided to standardize on Palo Alto
- Utilized Infoblox for managing IPAM, DHCP and DNS throughout the enterprise
Confidential - Minneapolis, MN
Network Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Configured B2B IPsec VPNs between hospitals along with rule sets to allow traffic
- Designed IP Addressing scheme for Infoblox including DHCP and IPAM for all sites in a HA configuration
- Created VIPs, Pools, Health Checks, SNAT, Auto Map and basic iRules on F5 platforms
- Troubleshot day to day issues that were escalated from Tier1 and Tier 2 support from a route/switch and security perspective
- Utilized Solarwinds for SNMP based management and reporting of all network devices
- Implemented Nexus 7k, 5k and 2k top of rack within the Data Center for all server connections
- Supported the OTV configuration to extend layer 2 over Layer 3 between data centers
- Migrated from T1s to higher bandwidth MPLS at all remote sites along with newer 2800 and 3800 series ISRs with BGP at the MPLS edge and EIGRP internally
- Staged all switches including 6500 Core Switches in HA with HSRP running OSPF
- Created detailed configuration templates for site standards so that configurations could be rolled out seamlessly and in a consistent manner
- Upgraded Supervisor and Line cards on 6500’s to SUP720 and 6700 series line cards for both copper and SFP connections to 3750 and 3850 IDF Switches
Confidential - Minneapolis, MN
Network Technician
Responsibilities:
- Converted from an ATM and Token Ring network to 10/100 for users and 1GB for server Ethernet network. This included coordinating the end user devices swapping out NICs etc
- Implemented Cisco 4500 and Cisco 5500 chassis in a Core, Distribution, Access model architecture
- Performed day to day management and administration of print servers and printers
- Administered and managed Microsoft DHCP, DNS, Active Directory related functions
- Managed rule sets and updated changes on Checkpoint firewalls utilizing the Provider-1 GUI
- Configured ASA 5500 Client VPN with Cisco VPN Client with client pools for internal and contractors
- Migrate from Cisco 5500 with RSMs to Cisco 6509s with SUP1, later SUP2 for better performance
- Managed print servers, drivers and supported printers on Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 server
- Documented all circuits and site contacts in a centralized location so that logistics of troubleshooting and escalating to site contacts was simple
- Standardized circuit orders, QoS parameters, BOMs, IPAM so that all provisioning and orders were consistent
- Designed VPN business partner onboarding form to simplify capturing of all needed information such as Peer IP, encryption, encryption domain etc
