SUMMARY

• Senior Network Engineer with 7 years of experience installing, configuring, maintaining and troubleshooting networks.
• Experience designing, implementing, configuring and supporting Cisco Nexus 7000 & 5000 series switches.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Proven Route/Switch technologies and able to modify configurations based on standards, create visio diagrams, and communicate concerns effectively.
• Consistent time management and organizational skills to maximize and optimize workflow in a diverse and distributed environment spanning multiple offices.
• Responsible for high - level network planning, design, and optimization.
• Complex interpretation, presentation, analytical and conceptual skills.
• Proven ability to configure Cisco switches, routers, and firewalls according to business and security needs.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft technologies such as Windows OS and Active Directory.
• Expert level troubleshooting skills.
• Proficiency in testing, implementing and supporting enterprise network infrastructures.
• Possess a high level of knowledge of data networking technology including architectures, topologies, protocols, interfaces, associated software, and a wide variety of vendor offerings.
• Active DoD Secret Clearance.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Software: Cisco Wireless Controller, Cisco ISE, ASDM, ServiceNow, Cisco Prime, HP Node Manager. Microsoft Servers Technologies, Infoblox, SolarWinds, Wireshark. Microsoft Office Suite.

Networking Skills: Cisco Routing and Switching. TCP/IP, DHCP, NX-OS, vPC, EvPC, vPC+ (Fabricpath), IOS, IOS-XR, ASA configuration. Cisco ASA VPN & Cisco Router VPN. ASIC, M-Lag, Stackwise, VSS. Network Architectures and Design, LAN/WAN/WLAN and Security. ISSU, Licensing. Data Center technologies. Network Segmentation. Cisco Trustsec, ISE, Static and Dynamic NAT and PAT, Vlan, SFTP, STP, MSTP, VTP, VRF, DNS, Spanning-tree, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, BFD, ACL, SNMPv3, Radius, TACACS, Authentication, Route Summarization, Route-maps, protocol redistribution, Netflow.

Routing Protocols: BGP-4, OSPF, EIGRP, RIP, IS-IS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sr. Network Engineer

Confidential, Virginia Beach, Virginia

Responsibilities:

• Network engineering and administration of Confidential ’s LAN, WAN and Nexus Data Center infrastructure.
• Install, Configure, Manage, Troubleshoot Cisco Nexus 7000, 5000 & 2000
• Multiple vDC, vPC, FEX.
• Manage (MDS) Multilayer Fabric Switch 9148 Fiber Channel.
• Install, Configure, Manage, Troubleshoot Cisco Layer 2 & 3 Switches 6513, 6509, 4510, 4506, 3750 Stack, 3650, 2960.
• Develops strategies and direction for network systems solutions using current and emerging technologies.
• Traffic engineering through manipulation of BGP attributes and best practice in peering
• Plans and recommends network hardware, systems management software and architecture.
• Approves and modifies network design and architecture to ensure compliance.
• Configures and maintains routers and switches for the network.
• Evaluates and recommends new products, maintains knowledge of emerging technologies.
• Proactive in assessing and making recommendations for improvement.

IT Operations Network Engineer

Confidential, Chattanooga, Tennessee

Responsibilities:

• Data center ground builds, migration and 24x7x365 support.
• Plan, document, and implement migration of a hierarchical network infrastructure.
• Implementation, installation & configuration of Cisco Nexus 7000, 5000 & 2000. Cisco 6513 layer 2 / layer 3 switches, Cisco 3750G stackable switches. Cisco 2800, 3600 & 7200 series routers.
• Configured and deploy Nexus 5K Enhanced vPC for the enterprise servers.
• Day-to-day network monitoring using SolarWinds.
• Plan, document, and implement migrations from Avaya access point to Cisco access points.
• Create and maintain support documentation of the enterprise network design.
• Configure and deploy Cisco PoE switches for wireless access points.
• Proactive troubleshooting, identifying and resolving network issues.
• Manage, Troubleshoot Corporate WiFi
• Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers 5508.
• Configured and manage wireless access points via wireless controllers.
• Created and maintained detailed IP address list of all network devices.
• Maintain switch configurations, update and change configurations depending on the organization’s requirements and documentation.
• Created and maintained the Network diagrams to the current infrastructures.

Network Engineer

Confidential, Monroe, Louisiana

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for configuring, analyzing, maintaining and repairing of the OSPF network.
• Responsible for monitoring and identifying the performance issues for LAN/WAN traffic.
• Performs Lag upgrades, circuit re-terminations, and circuit disconnects on Cisco ASR 9000 routers, Juniper and ALU 7750.

Cisco Network Engineer

Confidential, Virginia

Responsibilities:

• Maintain switch configurations, update and change configurations depending on production’s requirements.
• Handle day-to-day network related tickets.
• Manage and troubleshoots LAN connections for a large Enterprise network.
• Created and maintained visio diagrams of infrastructure.
• Setting up LAN/WAN to maintain maximum network uptime.
• Install, Configure, Manage, Troubleshoot Cisco Layer 2 & 3 Switches 6513, 6509, 4510, 4506, 3750 Stack, 3650, 2960.
• DNS, DHCP, Wireshark network analysis, router log analysis and network management tools.

Information Systems Technician/IT Specialist

Confidential, Norfolk, Virginia

Responsibilities:

• Operated and maintained Navy global satellite telecommunications systems.
• Served as admin on mainframe computers in the local and wide area networks.
• Implement micro-computer systems throughout the fleet.
• Provide telecommunications and computer related training.
• Apply diagnostic, corrective and recovery techniques to information systems.