SUMMARY:

Network engineering consultant with more than ten years experience in leading, maintaining, and supporting large, complex network environments for the federal government and private sector. Extensive experience with Quality of Service (QoS) mechanisms, engineering oversight, large - scale LAN and WAN deployments, converged networks, and integrating multi-vendor network management systems. Excellent network diagnostic skills along with strong hands-on knowledge of Cisco, Foundry, cloud infrastructure, Microsoft networking and voice, video, and security solutions. Outstanding customer service recognized via numerous awards and commendations from clients and team members.

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES:

Internetwork Hardware: Cisco ASA,Cisco ACE, Cisco Routers (2800, 3800, 4000, ASR), Cisco Switches (2900, 3500, 3700, 4500, 6500, Nexus 5K, Nexus 7K), Juniper SRX, Fortigate, Citrix NetScaler, Arista switches, Arista routers, Motorola MBT 5000, Broadcom (Brocade/Foundry) BigIron, FastIron, NetIron

Wireless Hardware: Cisco 4100, TLC-Chamonix (Cranite) WirelessWall, 1200 Access Point, Aironet

Video Hardware: VBrick H.264 Distributed Media Engine (DME), 7000 Series H.264 Encoder, VBrick Multi-Format Set Top Box, VBrick Video-On-Demand -Windows (VoD-W), Cisco codecs C20, C40, C60

Servers: IBM Blade Server, HP-C7000, Cisco UCS, SUN, Dell

Protocols/Standards: BGP, OSPF, IGRP, EIGRP, IS-IS, RIP, HSRP, VRRP, ARP, PPP, SMTP, SNMP, ICMP, VOIP, MPLS, HTTP, FTP, WEP, EAP, EAP-TLS, LEAP, PEAP, IPSEC, DNS, SSL, SSH, LDAP, SIP, VTP/Spanning Tree, 802.1q, RPC, 802.11, TACACS +, RADIUS, VPN, QoS, SDLC, DDR, SS7, H.323, ISDN, PRI, T1, T3, FDDI, HSSI, DSL, HDSL, Frame Relay, TDM, DHCP, HDLC, TKIP

Software: Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CallManager), CiscoWorks, Cisco VPN, Cisco Anyconnect, Cisco Jabber, Cisco TelePresence Management Suite, Cisco Expressway, WireShark Protocol Analyzer, VMware vSphere, NetCool, SolarWinds Orion Network Performance Monitor, HP OpenView, MRTG, Foundry IronView, VBrick Enterprise Media System Mystro, BIND, Ghost, Remedy, Symantec (Veritas) Backup Exec, MS Visio, MS Office, MS Exchange

Operating Systems: Linux, Cisco IOS, Microsoft Active Directory, Windows Server (2000, 2003, 2008, 2012)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Network Engineering Consultant

Confidential, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Directly interfacewith the Departmentof Homeland Security ( Confidential ) and US Citizen Immigration Services (USCIS)customersto ensure that network quality of service and requirements are met.
• Perform engineering oversight, needs assessment, and resource management.
• Integrate, manage,and support data network infrastructure and voice and video solutions.
• Mentor and provide leadership, training, and technical direction to unified communication engineers.
• Advise on and review network requirements and proposed solutions to determine if the solution adheres to the unified communication network schema and USCIS network design.
• Identifyand troubleshoot possible network issues and recommended improvements.
• Advise engineers and managers on network design best practices and standards,in addition to setup of QOS policies.

Sr. Network Engineer

Confidential, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Configured and maintained multiprotocol network infrastructure for customer, Department of Justice (DOJ).
• Maintained DOJ trusted internet connection infrastructure.
• Built, deployed, and supported multisite Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS) transit hubs in support of twelve DOJ components.
• Maintained virtual private network (VPN), spam filter lists, and both Cisco ASA and Fortigate firewalls in support of network security operations.
• Performed network system verifications, system upgrades, and service relocations to new data centers.
• Interfaced with and facilitated communications between various components and software/hardware venders to obtain critical and technical information needed for securing and maintaining network infrastructure.

Network Engineer

Confidential, Tampa, FL

Responsibilities:

• Planned interoffice fiber (IOF) and outside plant (OSP) transport network in Florida region, using various types of equipment and technologies (ROADM, DWDM, CWDM, OADM, SONET, EMUX, and small cell).
• Supported and planned network access orders (DS1, DS3, OC-n, Metro Ethernet TLS, SES and VON and optical wavelength services) for high bandwidth business customers.
• Produced plans that implement equipment, planning, network capacity standards and guidelines for technologies utilized within Frontier's transport network.
• Developed detailed network engineering designs and solutions.
• Assisted with development of electronic bill of materials.
• Interfaced with and facilitated communications between various departments (e.g. Operations, Implementation, OSP, Sales, etc.) to obtain critical pre-engineering information and complete network access orders.

Network Engineer

Confidential, Temple Terrace, FL

Responsibilities:

• Monitored, configured, and troubleshot FIOS network infrastructure.
• Created and configured virtualization environments on HP-C7000 and Cisco UCS blade server platforms.
• Reviewed, approved, and implemented engineering change orders and make recommendations for design edits.
• Researched, planned, and applied network design implementations to in corporate equipment within FIOS network.
• Analyzed equipment data, researched network availability, and performed network upgrades.
• Reviewed method of procedures (MOPs) and Safetime Activity Requests (SARs).
• Scheduled maintenance time and worked in conjunction with VHOs, SHEs and system management teams to perform network upgrades and implementations.
• Implemented URL blacklisting on network and add entries to DNS server.
• Configured and managed SSL offloading.
• Created and maintained firewall entries and create VPN user accounts.

Sr. Network Engineer

Confidential, Falls Church, VA

Responsibilities:

• Integrated, managed and supported data network infrastructure and voice and video solutions for thirteen regional sites under Tricare Management Activity (TMA), a component of the Military Health System (MHS).
• Mentored and provided leadership, training, and technical direction to junior network engineers.
• Enforced adherence to all change control and software release and patch management processes.
• Configured, administered, and deployed Cisco switches, routers, protocols, TelePresence and endpoints, Jabber, and multi-site Cisco Unified Communications Manager.

Sr. Network Engineer

Confidential, Falls Church, VA

Responsibilities:

• Key focus on cost, schedule, and performance requirements that meet quarterly milestones.
• Performed engineering oversight, needs assessment, and resource management.
• Developed cost analysis on contractor bids, proposals, engineering designs, and requests for products and support.
• Managed technology implementation and integration of products into the enterprise environment.
• Point of contact for vendors and certified resellers.
• Developed electronic bill of materials, engineering reports, and network infrastructure designs and solutions.
• Configured, administered, and deployed Cisco switches, routers, and protocols.

Sr. Network Engineer

Confidential, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Directly interfaced with the Confidential USCIScustomersto ensure that quality of service and requirements are met.
• Supervised the successful preparation of LAN/WAN network engineering plans and site installation technical design packages for Confidential Headquarters and 320 USCIS sites.
• SME on hardware requirements and specifications for acquisitions, installations, and deployments.
• Lead comprehensive network design documentation and reports for various phases of project life cycle.
• Mentored and provided leadership, training, and technical direction to junior network engineers.

Lead Sr. Network Engineer

Confidential, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Supervised a team of 15 network engineers and helpdesk staff
• Conducted interviews, performance evaluations, established training and team building plans, and mentorship.
• Designed, configured, and maintained Medical Area Network for Virtual Technology and wireless network.
• Performed tier 3 network support for Confidential .
• Installed proof of concept wireless pilot for transmitting secure medical to, from, and within WRAMC.
• Accomplished full network refresh of Foundry Gigabit network (120 switches and routers) with 0% outage.

Network Engineer

Confidential, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Supported over 30 Foundry FastIron and BigIron LAN nodes for WRAMC.
• Installed and managed components for 10 gigabit Ethernet network, supporting over 6000 LAN users.
• Supported the Army’s Confidential WAN.
• Configured Foundry switches and routers to support VoIP installation, which drove down costs for the customer.