TECHNICAL SKILLS

Cisco: Cisco IOS 11.X - 15.X ASA 8.X - 9.X NX-OS 6.X - 7.X

Juniper: Netscreen 6.X, JUNOS 9.X

Force10: FTOS 9.X

Microsoft: Windows OS intermediate skills. Visio, Excel, Word, PowerPoint

UNIX and Linux: Intermediate skills

Atlassian: Confluence and Jira

Cisco AnyConnect:

Content Filtering: WebWasher, Cisco CSC, McAfee Web Gateway7

Packet Analysis: Endace CACE Pilot, Psytechnics, WireShark

Network Monitoring: Hobbit, MRTG, NetOmnia, OpenView, Solarwinds, Cisco Works, SevOne, Check MK, Splunk

DDOS Protection: Arbor Pravail, A10 TPS, Flowtraq

IP Quality of Service: CBWFQ/LLQ, WRR queue, policing, ip-prec-dscp, etc.

LAN technologies: Campus and Datacenter design fundamentals and principles

Multicast: AutoRP, CGMP, mVPN, IGMP, MDT, PIM (SM, SSM)

Management: DHCP, DNS, HSRP, VRRP, NAT, NTP, SMTP, SNMP, Syslog

Routed: TCP/IP, IPV4

Routing: BGP, EIGRP, ISIS, MPLS, OSPF, VRF

Security: IPSec, ISAKMP, 3DES, PPTP, RADIUS, TACACS+, NAC, AAA

Switching: 802.1Q, CEF, GLBP, ISL, LACP, MST, STP, VTP, VPC, VDC, VSAN, OTV, FEX

LAN: 10/100/1000BASE T, 1000BASE SX/LX, 10GbE (802.3ae), VLANS, Wireless 802.11b, 802.11g & 802.11n

WAN: DS1 - DS3, Frame Relay, Metro Ethernet, IPSEC VPN (Site to Site), SONET OC3 & OC12 (POS), Dark Fiber, CWDM, DWDM

Routers: Cisco 2600-3800, 3900, ISR 4000, 4500, 7500, 12000, ASR9K, Juniper M10, 4350, 6350, MX480/960

Switches: Cisco 2900, 3550, 3560, 3750, 3800, ME3800, 4500, 4900M, 4948, 6500, 7600, Nexus 7000, 5000, 3000, 2000 (FEX), Dell Force10

Firewalls: ASA 5500 series, Juniper NS208, 550 & ISG 1000, Palo Alto

IPS/IDS: Cisco IPS/IDS for ASA, PA Threat Detect

Load Balancers: A10, Brocade

Wireless: Cisco and Aruba controller based implementations

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Itasca, IL

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Supports teh overall global network-engineering framework, including operations, design and deployments utilizing routers/switches, firewalls, load balancers, etc. in a 24x7 environment.
• Teh network infrastructure consists of mainly Cisco equipment which is deployed in data centers, customer premise and internal offices.
• Design and implement short and long term capacity needs for existing and future requirements.
• Support and maintain telephone and video conferencing systems.
• Strong understanding of network security practices and tools. Network Security (firewall policies, rules, best practices, VPN, IPSEC)
• Negotiate and manage all telecommunication contracts and oversee teh invoice and billing processes.
• Work wif telecom vendors to ensure proper provisioning and installation of circuits, as well as troubleshooting and resolving circuit maintenance and performance issues.
• Researched and negotiated wif various vendors on network equipment costs and services.
• Develop and maintain TEMPeffective working relations wif vendors and service providers.
• Perform weekly and monthly network maintenance when required.
• Redesign and deployment of MPLS network consisting of redundant carriers and routers from data centers to USA and international customer locations.
• Network redesign and implementation of Kansas City, MO data center.
• Design and implementation of Gurgaon India, Madrid Spain and Mexico City, Mexico offices for network connectivity wif teh global network.
• Teh project resulted in expanding teh Support and Managed Services departments for global customers and off hour expansion.
• Design and assist wif teh deployment & optimization of a Cisco Unified Wireless Architecture utilizing WLC controllers along wif various Cisco access points.
• Redesign load balancer configurations and migrate to new A10 load balancers in data centers.
• Network design, implementation and project management for teh test and turn up of new corporate office move.
• Network design, implementation and project management for two new data centers in Amsterdam/Zwolle Netherlands.
• Working noledge of and participate in PCI and ISO20K compliance audits and comply too their requirements, change management process and best practices.
• Work closely wif Linux, database and application development teams.
• Project management
• Wrote and updated network documentation including physical and logical diagrams, network inventory, and IP addressing.
• Develop and maintain an TEMPeffective working relationship wif users, vendors and other department personnel.
• Assist in budget preparation, cost analysis and long-term planning including proactively assessing teh network infrastructure needs and providing recommendations.
• Participate in POC’s, stay current wif technologies trends/best practices and attend conferences.

Confidential, Naperville, IL

Principal Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Supports teh overall network-engineering framework, including large-scale design/deployments for Internet, video, telephone and data center services utilizing routers/switches, firewalls, etc. in a fast paced Linux, Solaris, Windows 24x7 environment.
• Design and implement short and long term capacity needs for existing and future requirements.
• Support and maintain corporate telephone services.
• Extensive meeting and dialog wif technology teams, application owners, and project managers as they strive to attain their goals
• Responsible for maintaining efficient and trouble-free operations of all local and remote data communication as well as maintaining up-to-date documentation of network design, operations, and procedures.
• Provide project management and participate in teh design, implementation, and support of teh network infrastructure including coordinating projects wif other departments and external organizations. Provide direction during teh implementation of projects to technical support teams. Negotiate exact technical requirements wif vendors.
• Manage a team of Network Engineers wif strong noledge of network engineering and industry best practices.
• Hire, train and assess performance of direct reports according to corporate policies, procedures and human resources practices.
• Provide mentorship to peers and technology leadership to teh group.
• Work wif telecom vendors to ensure proper provisioning and installation of circuits, as well as troubleshooting and resolving circuit maintenance and performance issues.
• Researched and negotiated wif various vendors on network equipment costs and services.
• Develop and maintain TEMPeffective working relations wif users, vendors, and other department personnel.
• Managed telecommunication services and infrastructure equipment (firewalls, switches, and routing gear) wifin teh enterprise to meet teh business and technical requirements of teh company.
• Assisted in budget preparation, cost analysis and long-term planning including proactively assessing IT Infrastructure needs and providing recommendations.
• Monitored telecom and infrastructure equipment purchase orders and service contracts for accuracy. Resolved any invoice or billing discrepancies wif vendors.
• Advised and negotiated on vendor contracts negotiations and renegotiations.
• Acquired competitive quotes for telecom service contracts and infrastructure equipment.
• Provided recommendations regarding standardization of network equipment to control service contract cost.
• Promoted three times in teh eleven years wif teh company.
• Maintained under budget each year for teh Network Engineering department.
• Redesign and deployment of teh LAN architecture from Marconi ATM to Cisco Catalyst switches.
• Teh project resulted in greatly expanding network capacity and fault tolerance as well as simplifying management and growth.
• Enhanced teh organization’s business-critical applications while securing data assets and internal operations.
• Redesign and deployment of teh WAN architecture from frame-relay to an OC3 MPLS ring.
• Teh project resulted in expanding network capacity to centralizing teh voice mail platform in one market, creating fault tolerance as well as increasing throughput.
• Redesign and deployment of teh WAN architecture from an OC3 ring to a 10G Ethernet ring.
• Teh project resulted in greatly expanding network capacity for video and Internet traffic between markets.
• Teh ability of transporting video and Internet traffic between markets simplified management and reduced cost.
• Planned, designed, and implemented an IP Multicast Infrastructure for TV video utilizing teh following technologies: IGMP snooping, PIM SM, RP& mVPN protocols.
• Planned, designed, and implemented VPLS on WAN to achieve voice mail server redundancy between two markets for high availability.
• Design and assist wif teh deployment & optimization of a Cisco Unified Wireless Architecture utilizing WLC controllers along wif 1142N AP’s.
• dis TEMPhas had a significant impact on employee productivity in areas dat were not easily network accessible.
• Allowed increased support for additional SSIDs.
• Provided support for 802.11a - 802.11n - teh additional channels minimize interface and teh additional capacity allow for additional wireless devices and increased throughput.
• Stronger encryption algorithms such as AES can be deployed.
• Standardization of Access Point hardware - which offered teh organization consistent firmware on AP's and more consistent performance.
• Researched, planned and implemented a multi-homed redundant connection to teh Internet utilizing multiple service providers and using BGP routing protocol between our AS routing domain and providers.
• Coordinated BGP configuration wif connecting ISP’s and peering partners, including configuring inbound and outbound route filters on Cisco routers.
• Tested and optimized Internet fail over and recovery.
• Met objective of obtaining reliable and highly available Internet services for business, communication, and research purposes.
• Implemented and managed Firewalls and VPN access.
• Configured and managed firewalls
• Planned and established inbound, outbound and DMZ security rules.
• Planned, configured and managed site-to-site IPSEC VPN tunnels to reduce WAN costs.
• Developed network security and management strategies.
• Strong understanding of network security practices and tools. Network Security (firewall policies, rules, best practices, VPN, IPSEC)
• Defined, configured, and revised security standards, including access-lists, firewall rules, remote access policies, authentication, and authorization across teh network on routers, switches, TACACS servers, and firewalls to ensure appropriate access to network services, resources, and applications.
• Participated in initiatives to proactively identify potential network problems and improve teh availability of teh network infrastructure.
• Comprehensively review teh data network in all markets for inefficiencies and potential single points of failure.
• Implement configuration management system (Cisco Works) dat archives all device configurations and tracks changes made to different network elements.
• Configure and deployment of Cisco ACS for user authentication, authorization and accounting.
• Redesign and assist wif teh network deployment for server high availability and throughput.
• Wrote and updated network documentation including physical and logical diagrams, network inventory, and IP addressing.
• Implemented proactive monitoring by using monitoring management software, and viewing hardware and software logs on a daily basis.
• Kept current wif technology, best practices and market trends.
• Participate in POC’s evaluations and attend technology conferences.

Confidential, Naperville, IL

NOC Network Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Supports teh overall network-engineering framework, including large-scale design/deployments utilizing routers/switches, firewalls, etc.
• Implemented and supported network infrastructure of customers.
• Designed models for IP addressing and naming of network devices and hosts systems (servers and workstations), both for teh LAN and WAN.
• EIGRP routing protocol used for Layer 3 route summarization and load balancing.
• Responsible for network connectivity (configuring, testing, and on-going maintenance) between corporate network, datacenter and remote offices using T1s, ATM, OC3, OC12 and SONET technologies.
• Continuously worked wif telecom vendors to ensure proper provisioning and installation of circuits, as well as troubleshooting and resolving circuit maintenance and performance issues on ISDN and T1 circuits.
• Monitored teh health, availability, and performance of applications, network equipment, and server hardware; analyze performance problems and recommend solutions to enhance functionality, reliability and/or usability.
• Provided overall vision and direction for strategic server architecture, and application management.
• Windows and UNIX Server builds, on-going maintenance, and performance management.
• Kept abreast of technology, best practices and market trends.
• Provided mentorship to peers and technology leadership to teh group.
• Wrote and updated network documentation including physical and logical diagrams, network inventory, and IP addressing.
• Implemented proactive monitoring by using monitoring and management software, and viewing hardware and software logs on a daily basis.

Confidential, Addison, Illinois

Network Support Manager and business partner

Responsibilities:

• Provide project management, design, configuration, installation and upgrades for clients in UNIX and Windows server environments.
• Support Client network, server, desktop and printers via phone, remote access or on-site.
• Extensive meeting and dialog wif clients and application owners as they strive to attain their goals.
• Researched and negotiated wif various vendors on network equipment costs and services.
• Develop and maintain TEMPeffective working relations wif clients, vendors, and department personnel.
• Managed and provided hardware and operating system technical support to Field Engineers.
• Management responsibilities included, hiring, terminating, yearly performance reviews, delegating projects/work load and arranging training.
• Manage and run teh business wif partners.