SUMMARY:

• Manager/Architect with 21 years of Information Technology (IT) and business management experience with key emphasis in infrastructure management, architecture, telecommunications, vendor management and program/project management .
• Project types include but are not limited to: traditional routing and switching, Cisco Nexus, security and audit, cloud computing and virtualization; A highly motivated and self - disciplined directing leader with excellent communication skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Project Management, Change Management,Audit: IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management, Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence and Detailed workflow, PCI, SAS70, SOX, HIPAA audit and compliance, Jira

Routing & Routed Protocols, Networking & Security: BGP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, RIP; Muliticast; Security, ISAKMP/IPSEC, GLBP, NAT/PAT, WAN/LAN Administration, provisioning, configuration, troubleshooting, Network Engineering & Systems Administration, Network and System security, VoIP configuration and Design (Cisco and Avaya), Firewalls, VPN, ASA, IDS/IPS, WiFi 802.11 a,b,g,n

Cloud and Transport: AWS (Amazon Web Services), Microsoft Azure, ServcieMesh Agility, Express Route, AT&T NetBond, Aviatrix Cloud VPN, CIphergraph Cloud VPN

Systems and software: All Windows platforms Server and clients. Unix/Linux, Mac OSX, Cisco IOS, NX-OS (Nexus), Arista, Juniper, Cisco ASA and ASA-X, Checkpoint and other types of firewalls, Knowledgeable with many different software applications and systems

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Austin TX

Senior Network Architect and Acting Scrum Manager

• ALL routing, switching, VPN, firewall, Cisco, Cisco Nexus, JunOS, configuration, implementation and support for global online Gaming environments and all connectivity for both Data Centers in Dallas and Frankfurt as well as various AWS availability zones
• Live environments for - Elder Scrolls Online, DOOM, The Elder Scrolls Legends, Quake Champions
• Development, QA, Test environamnts for - Fallout 4, Fallout Shelter, Dishonored2, Prey
• Provide business architecture, lead and define application analysis for infrastructure design, capacity planning, monitoring and operational requirements
• Provide project leadership and ownership over all aspects of service delivery, and support multiple projects simultaneously
• Define technology roadmaps and infrastructure direction.
• O rganize and facilitate daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos and other Scrum/Kanban-related meetings.
• Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress, maintain process documentation.
• Ensure that the teams are practicing/following core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility.
• Update agile tracking system (Jira) to provide transparency on Product & Backlogs; Recommend improvements and assist in changes to best practice; Support Development Managers and Project Leads as necessary.
• Ensure capabilities delivered align with original business objectives, service levels, IT strategies and design intent.
• Architecture for hybridized cloud environment with AWS
• VPC’s, Security groups, IAM roles, VPN cponnectvity into and VPC peering
• Data Center Consolidation
• Convert from many slower circuits to fewer Higher capacity ones; Shrink overall physical footfrint while actually increasing density while still lowering costs

Confidential, Austin, TX

Network Architect Lead

• Led team of 12 engineers responsible for ALL routing, switching, VPN, firewall, Cisco, Arista, Nexus, JunOS, configuration, implementation and design for anything in eBay Global Corporate Network environment.
• Follow Strict ITIL change management standards
• Scrum master for all Architecture initiative agile and kanban
• Lead team by making appropriate commitments through story selection and task definition; Identify and remove impediments; prevent distractions that interfere with the ability of the team to deliver the sprint/release goal
• Participate in identification and proposal of departmental initiatives, including defining requirements and implementing projects.
• Define and manage team expectations regarding scope of work and responsibilities
• Directing arcitecture team members, developing and managing project/program schedules, scope and budgets

Confidential, Austin, TX

Principal - Network Architect and PM

• ALL routing, switching, VPN, firewall, Azure, AWS, Cisco, Arista, Nexus, design, configuration, implementation and support for anything in regards to the Cloud Labs and Agility Product environments.
• Pre-sales for all new and potential customers - determine customer needs based upon technical requirements and available customer budgets - build SOWs and BOMs
• Architecture, design, configuration, implementation and Tier 3 support for the WebScale/BizCloud Hyper Converged product environment.
• Principal Architect and scrum master for the WebScale/BizCloud Hyper-Converged team
• This is an SDDC (Software Defined Data Center) initiative
• Prinicipal architecture and 100% of the design for network, and VPN connectivity at the Austin TX1 DC location ServiceMesh and CSC
• F acilitate daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos and other Scrum/Kanban-related meetings Scrum master and for multiple projects at once including technical delivery of many of the associated tasks
• VCE VBlocks rollouts, HybridCloud networking with TX1 site and AWS - Azure - Google, AT&T NetBond Project with AWS and Azure, MPLS core rollout

Confidential, Austin, TX

Infrastucture Manager

• Managed team of 4 responsible for all Network, Security, Voice, design, configuration, implementation and deployment in a multi-tenant hosted VoIP environment
• Pre-sales for all new and potential customers - determine customer needs based upon technical requirements and available customer budgets - build SOWs and BOMs
• Manage, maintain 2 datacenters in all aspects from circuit delivery, power, ALL non server device configs, Capacity planning, Vulnerability assessments, Wifi engineering for office and DCs

Confidential, Plano, TX

Principal Network Architect

• Configure, Engineer, Architect, Design, implemention
• Routers and switches, Firewalls, VPN, IDS/IPS, Wireless, Virtualization
• Pre-sales for all new and potential customers - determine customer needs based upon technical requirements and available customer budgets - build SOWs and BOMs
• Mentor junior team members, and make design, config, and implementastion suggestions and changes as needed
• Confidential Datacenter migration from Memphis to Plano
• Cisco 6500 to Nexus conversion 7K, 5K, 2K fabric extenders, and 1000v virtual switches
• Cisco ASA upgrade project including IOS upgrades to 335 firewalls as well as ACL cleanup of unused ACLs and object group creation to simplify ACL entries
• Hotel acquisition environment merger project - merging non Hilton networks into Hilton corp environment
• Confidential ( Confidential ) - Data center move and consolodfation project - Moved their data center from Boise ID to Plano TX

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Lead Architect and Project Manager (Hands-on)

• Led team of Network, Server/Storage and Voice engineers on-site and remotely
• Hands-on design and configuration of route/switch/telephony/security/server/storage
• Make design, config, and implementastion suggestions and changes as needed
• Define and initiate projects in multiple technology disciplines and act as scrum master for all projects

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Manager Retail Test & Turn-up

Duties:

• Managed team of 7 engineers responsible for Test and Turn up and support for retail connectivity division
• Pre-sales meetings with potential clients to address any technical concerns during sale presentations, as well as design recommendations
• Time tracking, payroll, disciplinary actions, employee reviews and assessments
• Ensured team was responsible for maintaining Network stability and managing resolution including physical plant restoration
• Ensured team delivered on schedule and technically sound circuit provisioning
• In corporate project deliverables requirements from all stakeholders including customer and business stakeholders
• Develop and maintain project plans and effectively manage project change
• Vendor management of all 3rd party equipment and service providers and Work with vendor partners to track and manage ongoing product enhancements and coordinate software/firmware updates
• With support from engineering team identify equipment and materials suppliers and alternates
• Manage deployment projecst from contract signing through install/deployment
• Served as day to day contact for all issues regarding deployments and ensure team resolves issues in a timely manner

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Senior Engineering Project Manager

• Define and initiate projects, and assign Project Managers to manage cost, schedule, and performance of component projects, while working to ensure the ultimate success and acceptance of the program.
• Track and communicate team velocity and sprint progress, maintain process documentation, backlog grooming and prioritizing projects based upon company initiatives and are inline with departmental and company roadmaps
• Maintain continuous alignment of program scope with strategic business objectives, and make recommendations to modify the program to enhance effectiveness toward the business result or strategic intent.
• Coach, mentor and lead personnel within a technical team environment in Network Engineering and design
• Scrum Master responsibilities including organizing and facilitating daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint planning, demos and other Scrum/Kanban-related meetings.
• Adapting project scope, schedules, and resource assignments as required throughout projects to respond to emerging requirements and risks.

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Manager Retail Customer Engineering

• Supervisor for network engineering team of 10 supporting retail and wholesale customers
• Team Project manager agile for 2 week sprint and kanan for problem management taks as they arise
• Time tracking, payroll, disciplinary actions, employee reviews and assessments
• Team responsible for trouble management for xDSL ATM Backbone and Point-to-Point WAN connection remote Administration ADSL, SDSL, IDSL, DS1 and DS3 circuits for retail and wholesale customers
• Active team contributor with Various types of router and switch configs from E.U. to backbone
• Network Monitoring, Network Administration, System engineering
• Vulnerability assessment and traffic shaping & firewall administration (Cisco and Checkpoint)
• Vendor Management and circuit orders, contract negotiating with numerous LECs

Confidential, Fort Worth, TX

Supervisor Network Team

• Supervised team of 6 Network engineers for dial internet access and ADSL connectivty
• Time tracking, payroll, disciplinary actions, employee reviews and assessments
• Testing, Tracking, deployment, and installation of network hardware implemented by FlashNet
• Troubleshooting, installation, repairing, and upgrading on site and remotely
• Network/System Administration installs, support and Secure traffic shaping
• Provide 3 rd tier support for Identifying Network Vulnerabilities, Firewall, Router and Switch configurations
• Mentor Junior team members
• Documentation with Visio and Excel