SUMMARY

• Over 14 years of Network Engineer experience and Cisco.
• Skilled in troubleshooting complex network issues on 6000+ site global enterprise network.
• Strong background with F5 load balancing products (LTM & GTM) and various Cisco IOS - based platforms. Experience with F5 load balancing since 2005.
• F5 Expert in LTM and its components iAPP, iRule, Virtualized Clustered Multiprocessing on BIG-IP LTM version 9 thru 11.
• Relationship development with existing clients & Cisco Engineering resources
• CCNP, MCP, NCDS.
• Secured configurations and service of Cisco routers and other equipment in LAN/WAN architectures.
• Cisco Router Platforms (1600, 1700, 2500, 2600, 2800, 3600, 3700, 6500, 7200, 10000, Nexus 7K, 5K, 2K, Fex modules and CRS series).
• Cisco Catalyst Switching Platforms (2950, 3524, 3550, 3750 series).
• Strong experience with Protocols - HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, VPN, TCP/IP, FTP, TFTP, SMTP, OSI Model, IEEE Standards, QoS, VoIP, OSPF, MPLS, ACL's, BGP /e-BGP, Spanning Tree, Policy Based and Static routing, Fiber Channel over Ethernet, Virtual Device Contexts & Port Channels
• Excellent communication skills.
• Maintain and update network documentation including network diagrams and configurations, prepare white papers, training documents, or technical presentations as required.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Oxford, MI

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Skilled in troubleshooting complex network issues on a global enterprise network.
• Known for the unique ability to identify and analyze potential problems, implementing and documenting solutions according to best practices.
• Strong background with F5 load balancing products (LTM & GTM) and various Cisco IOS-based platforms.
• Monitors performance, availability and capacity of all equipment and identifying/reporting potential concerns to management.
• F5 Expert in LTM and its components iAPP, iRule, Virtualized Clustered Multiprocessing, and version 9 thru 11.
• Gather network requirements by interviewing agencies, client staff and other contractors.
• Analyze data to determine elements of the network design.
• Work with vendors, carriers, and other staff and team members to arrive at the final design using industry best practices.
• Produce presentations, engineering design guides, migration plan, NOC procedures and other documents as directed by management.
• Present design solution alternatives with cost-benefit trade off information along with supporting materials to senior management.
• Follow established change procedures and implement the changes.
• Validate and verify the proper functioning of the network.
• Train and mentor other junior engineers in design, troubleshooting and maintenance activities.
• Process-driven and customer-centric, expert in change management utilization communication, documentation, and technical skills across the system life cycle.
• Relationship development with existing clients & Cisco engineering resources.
• Produce utilization reports and present results to client engineers.
• Monitor network uptime and utilization stats to insure that metrics were in sync with Service Level Agreements.
• Perform initial setup; mining and expert analysis for sniffer captures using Infinistream and wire shark applications.
• Utilize Solarwinds, HP Openview, CIC, HPNA and other network monitoring tools.
• Assist in planning and implementation of all proposed changes affecting the network infrastructure.
• Security and compliance experience, assist the security team in DDos mitigation and IDS/IPS exercises.
• Work with Cisco call manager, Unity, NCS, WCS, ACS.
• Wide-Area network technologies, DS1, DS3, ATM, PPP, HDLC, SONET.
• Voice Protocols: H323, SIP, SCCP, PRI, Q931, MGCP, FXO, FXS
• Qos technologies: LLQ, CBWFQ, PQ
• Cisco Router Platforms (1600, 1700, 2500, 2600, 2800, 3600, 3700, 6500, 7200, 10000, Nexus, and CRS series).
• Cisco Catalyst Switching Platforms (2950, 3524, 3550, 3560, 3750 series)
• Cisco IP Phone 7000 Series Wireless and wire line.

Confidential, Southfield, MI

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Design, troubleshoot and service networks including but not limited to Motorola 700 MHz - 900 MHz channel structure, EBTS, Lucent 1.25 MHz IS-95 channel structure (upgrading to EVDO), Nortel CDMA 2000, DOM scripts, QoS routines, frequency allocation.
• Secure configurations and service of Cisco routers and other equipment in LAN/WAN architectures.
• Strong knowledge in all levels of the OSI model (layers 1 - 7), TE1, MFRM-2. TE2, NT1, NT2, TA, SS7, DMS 100 - 500, protocol stacks, experience with routers, concentrators, PIX, F5 scripting, switches, ISDN, frame-relay, Unix scripting, Microsoft, Cisco Works, HP Openview network node manager, Optivity, Check point, VoIP, SQL, MD5, H.323, SIP, RTP, VPN, PPP, CDMA, SNMP, ATM, CDM, TDM, PDU, DHCP, ARP, STP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, SSL, FTP, RMON, SMTP, IPSEC, ISAKMP, GRE, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, RIP, EIGRP, BGPv4, MPLS and OSPF.

Confidential, Southfield,MI

Implementation Engineer IV

Responsibilities:

• Perform installation, general maintenance, upgrades, preventive maintenance, and service activation/de-activation associated with transport infrastructure switching infrastructure, and IP/ATM networks.
• Perform Field Services or outside plant work on an as-needed basis.
• Interface with customers, field service technicians, technical support personnel, and other telecom professionals.
• Install, maintain and repair the local market transport network (Optical networks for local distribution, customer access and long haul network appearance Sub-optical rate transport circuits, DACS, Nortel Access Nodes, Lucent Anymedia Ciena).
• Install, maintain and repair the local market equipment associated with the IP and ATM networks.
• Demonstrate a strong sense of operational urgency associated with service repair and new service implementation.
• Participate in the continual improvement of operations environment through the completion of test & acceptance for new installations and the diligent execution of established maintenance procedures.
• Participate in the execution of special projects.
• Interface/cooperated with internal/external customers in a professional manner.
• Test circuits with spectrum analyzer, Sunset and T-berd test sets.

Confidential, Southfield,MI

Sales Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the implementation and maintenance of all network infrastructures as well as the installation and provisioning of customer services over network infrastructure.
• Perform installation and maintenance of network elements associated with the delivery of high speed services such as Multiplexers (SONETand Asynch), Digital Cross Connect Systems (DCS), Loop and Digital Carrier (SLC &D4, etc.), Adtran, Motorola, Alcatel, Nortel Contivity, Passport 7000/ 15000 and other associated equipment.
• Continuously monitor equipment performance according to published standards and conduct routine installation, maintenance, and repair to facilities as well as test equipment or parts.
• Provide protection service for outside plant facilities.
• Install and maintain CPE and fiber electronics, splice fiber optic cable in installation and restoration environment.