SUMMARY:

• Confidential - level Network Engineer/Architect with over 18 years of high-level network and security architecture experience in Confidential 500 and military enterprise network environments - areas of expertise include translating business needs into cost-savings and robust technical solutions, Project Management, Network Security, Routing and Switching, Firewall/Intrusion Prevention, SIEM, Monitoring and Support, Service Provider, fostering productive relationships.
• Prevented active hacking attempt by employing swift response to firewall events and SIEM monitoring - identified, researched, and interpreted the malicious code in order to protect the company and scripted adaptive firewall rulesets and procedures.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Networking Protocols: TCP/IP, LAN/WAN, 802.11 WLAN, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, HSRP, Multicast Routing, Access Control Lists, SNMP, Cisco IOS, Cisco NX-OS, CATOS, STP, VLAN, Voice Over IP (VoIP), Wireless VoIP, QoS, DNSDHCP, Port Security, Metro Ethernet, T1/E1, T3/E3, ATM, SONET, 802.1x, TACACS+, RADIUS.

Cisco Router Platforms: 2500, 2600, 2800, 3600, 3745, 3800, 7200, ASR 1001.

Cisco Switch Platforms: 2960, 3550, 3760, 4500, Nexus 5500, Catalyst 6500.

Cisco Wireless Platforms: LWAPP, WCS, WiSM, Wireless Controller, Location Appliance, WLSE, WLSM.

Network Security: Cisco ASA Firewall, Checkpoint Firewall, Cisco FWSM, Cisco VPN Concentrator, Cisco VPN Software Client, Juniper SRX Firewall, Juniper SSL VPN Secure Access, RSA SecurID Tokens, Cisco Secure Access Control Server, Cisco Security Agent, TACLANE KG-175 Encryptor.

VoIP: Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Cisco Call Manager Express, Nortel WLAN Telephony Manager and Open Application Interface Server, Vocera Hands-free Wireless Communications Badge and Telephony Solution

Network Management and Services: F5 LTM & GTM load balancers, Solarwinds Orion Network and Configuration Manager, OpManager, Cisco Prime, CiscoWorks LAN Management Solution, CiscoWorks QoS Policy Manager, HP Openview, Microsoft DHCP and DNS, Infoblox DHCP and DNS, Vital QIP DHCP and DNS.

Desktop Applications: Microsoft Visio, PowerPoint, Project, Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, and Citrix.

Operating Systems: Windows, Microsoft Server, MAC OS, Linux OS

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Owner/Principal Network Architect/Project Manager, Colorado Springs, CO

Responsibilities:

• Saved client $200K in three months by renegotiating vendor and ISP portfolios and providing post-sales design and engineering solutions.
• Secured client’s public-facing internet presence and brought the enterprise architecture up to current Confidential and SOX compliance standards - technical lead of cross-functional project teams.
• Provided managed network services, network infrastructure engineering, IT planning, budgeting, resource management, change management, wireless and VoIP engineering, configuration validation, software upgrades, network operations, technical writing. DoD Compliance.
• Tier 4 technical support escalation for over 100 sites across US and abroad.
• Data Security - Engineered, tested and implemented a high-available Cisco Catalyst 6500 Firewall Services Module solution that secured e-commerce transactions - ensured Payment Card Information Data Security Standard ( Confidential ) Compliance and protected customer data from breach.
• Designed and engineered security concept that created a more secure IPSEC VPN tunnel by utilizing RSA certificate authentication.
• Teamwork centric - Collaborated with and led 50+ project teams in over 20 enterprise environments with projects up to $1 Billion dollars in scope.
• Led Cyber Security Operations Teams in security incident response and remediation planning.
• Cooperated with external security audit team by resolving network security vulnerabilities and developing hardened network architecture and authentication methods.
• Authored root cause analysis and network audit reports to ITIL standard.

Confidential

Sergeant, Fort Carson, CO

Responsibilities:

• Earned Confidential Commendation Medal for Meritorious Achievement as 2008 Soldier of the Year for 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division during deployment to Baghdad, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
• Awarded Confidential Achievement Medal for Exemplary Service with 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment during Operation Iraqi Freedom deployment 2007-2009.

Confidential

Lead Network Infrastructure Engineer/Project Manager, Boston, MA

Responsibilities:

• Increased wireless VoIP user capacity 20% by ensuring optimal wireless access point location, minimizing neighboring radio emitter interference & re-performing site survey - ensure the success of new oncological center for cancer treatment and innovation center of research excellence.
• Lowered operating costs by reducing access point installation from 2 hours to 30 min & quadrupled network capacity by leveraging Cisco unified wireless architecture - saved time, money and man hours.
• Coordinated threat response team to mitigate computer virus attack that affected platforms at 13 sites. Identified malicious code using McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator and repaired using Microsoft security tools.

Confidential

Lead Network Engineer/Project Manager, Worcester, MA

Responsibilities:

• Subject matter expert in routing, switching, VoIP, and wireless technologies.
• Delivered professional network services comprising healthcare project management, network engineering and operations, network security, IT strategy, and disaster recovery for Confidential Memorial Healthcare’s 13,000 users, 90 remote clinics and offices, 15 Confidential vendors, and over 500 network devices.
• Designed, implemented and supported a high-available, multi-vendor, wired/wireless solution for Confidential Lakeside Level One Trauma Center expansion project, which was a 240,000 square foot wireless coverage area spanning 6 floors and required switch port capacity for over 5,000 users. Ensured HIPAA Compliance.
• Enhanced revenue by improving healthcare asset tracking capability through integration of Cisco centralized wireless management system with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and location services that monitored asset position with Cisco 2710 and Aero Scout RFID tags.
• Improved patient care teams’ coordination and communication capability by integrating VoIP phones with Emergin centralized event management platform.

Confidential

Senior Network Services Engineer / Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Optimized and managed a $15 million Metro-Ethernet network system and a $7 million Secure LAN.
• Acting Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge.
• Upgraded 300 devices ATM backbone network to Gigabit Ethernet, which resulted in a 40% bandwidth increase; completed the $2 million project two years ahead of schedule.
• Designed a $500,000 network architecture upgrade for 2,000 devices network, employed Cisco VPN and Gigabit Ethernet technologies to enhance access to network resources.
• Recognized as 379th Expeditionary Communications Squadron’s Performer of the Month while deployed to Middle East in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.
• Led project team to design and implement VTC network for Confidential South Commander/Admiral.

Senior Network Infrastructure Engineer / Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed the deployment of 20 network solutions for Aviano Air Base - largest military construction project in the Confidential ; ensured that the $540 million network infrastructure projects met Confidential and DoD compliance.
• Architected and implemented Cisco Dynamic Multipoint VPN (DMVPN) security solution for 20 Confidential and Confidential bases throughout Europe.
• Engineered a robust Cisco HSRP and PVST+ hybrid mesh topology; reconfigured Cisco 6500s within prescribed change control windows.
• Directed a device configuration and software management program that improved network stability and decreased the number of network outages.

Telecommunications NOC Specialist / Technical Controller - Shift Supervisor

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Administered the fault isolation, restoration of service, and status reporting for over 40 Confidential Global Information Grid wide-area network circuits for Confidential Technical Control Facility ( Confidential ) supporting both non-secure and classified computer networks.
• Led operations center and service restoration efforts while engaging with cross functional teams throughout Europe, the Mediterranean, and Middle East.
• Conversational fluency in Italian and Spanish in order to work with Italian and other European vendors and ISPs.
• Scheduled active and passive quality control testing and carried out performance monitoring for 50 Confidential networked systems ensuring minimal circuit downtime and maximum reliability.
• Ensured high availability for vital Confidential European military reporting system by reconfiguring faulty hardware.
• Installed a user-friendly computer terminal to interface with data, voice, and video multiplexer, which streamlined technicians’ workflow by reducing circuit troubleshooting preparation and outage response time from 15 minutes down to 1 minute - saved time and money.
• Provided mentorship and training to junior technicians.