PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Network Administrator

Confidential, Lexington, KY

Responsibilities:

• Day to day management of Cisco and HP network infrastructure, to included routers, switches and firewalls.
• Installation and management of a multi - site Sourcefire Intrusion Detection System. This is a CentOS Linux based system.
• Interface with vendors for circuit management for over 70 sites, to included a primary and hot backup Data Centers, financial institutions, Health Care facilities, Broadcast and print media, as well as Legal firms and retail locations.
• f help desk personnel to industry standards for cable plant installation and troubleshooting.
• Rotating weekly on call schedule to include after hours support.
• Network Performance analysis with Open source and commercial protocol analyzer products.
• Design, installation and deployment of Open Source router and switch configuration management system with Bash scripting and expect.
• Design, installation and deployment of new routers and switches for a 15 site health care network.
• Design, installation and deployment of router and switch update project for over 30 financial institutions across the state of Kentucky.
• Design, installation and support of a new banking retail site.
• Design, installation and support of three new financial lending office locations.
• Sourcefire IDS

Aircraft Mechanic

Confidential, Meridian, MS

Responsibilities:

• Forward deployed to Confidential Confidential .
• Depot level repair of the Ballistic Armor Protection System (BAPS) for the Confidential UH 60 Helicopter.
• Loading and unloading of Confidential Aviation helicopter assest from air transport at Ali A Saleem Air Base, Kuwait
• Perform installation and removal support of BAPS hardware on deployed aircraft.

Computer Systems Analyst III,Networking

Confidential, Lexington, Kentucky

Responsibilities:

• Administer and configure PIX/ASA firewall to accommodate for new technology and requirements.
• Design, Administer and configure Cisco Network Access Control (NAC) Solution.
• Maintain VoIP system, diagnose and troubleshoot VoIP related issues.
• Maintain the reliability, performance and scalability of the network.
• Serve as network technical lead and second to the Net Ops manager.
• Review and update TI’s to comply with SOX guidelines.
• Ensure Network devices (servers, switches, routers, VoIP) are up to compliance with Department of Defense (DoD) Secure Technical Implementation Guides (STIG) and Information Assurance Vulnerability Alerts (IAVA).
• Acquired the Security+ to meet DoD 8570 requirements
• Perform on-call rotational support.

Computer Systems Analyst III, Networking

Confidential, Lexington, Kentucky

Responsibilities:

• Installed and administered over fifty Redhat and SUSE Linux servers.
• Migrated Edirectory from Netware 6 to SUSE Open Enterprise Server
• Installed and administered Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP) servers
• Installed and administered over thirty Windows 2003 and 2008 servers.
• Installed and administered Cisco routers and switches.
• Installed and administered Cisco PIX and ASA firewalls.
• Install and maintain Cisco VoIP system, diagnose and troubleshoot VoIP related issues.
• Install and maintain XEN virtualization solution
• Install and maintain VMWARE ESX virtualization solution
• Ensure Network devices (servers, switches, routers, VoIP) are up to compliance with Department of Defense (DoD) Secure Technical Implementation Guides (STIG) and Information Assurance Vulnerability Alerts (IAVA).
• Maintain the reliability, performance and scalability of the network.
• Perform on-call rotational support.

Sr Field Engineer, Engineering

Confidential, Lexington, Kentucky

Responsibilities:

• Support Production and Engineering effort in construction of 7 million dollar helicopter maintenance device for the Presidential Helicopter Squadron (HMX-1) at Quantico,VA
• Ensure High Fidelity of device.
• Monitor and administer test plan for final delivery of device for customer.
• Interface with Software Vendor on changes made to Redhat based system Maintain reliability, performance and scale-ability of the network.
• Review and complete device operations and maintenance manuals per contract requirements.

Field Engineer, On Site Aviation contractor

Confidential, Lexington, Kentucky

Responsibilities:

• Support Production and Engineering effort in construction of 7 million dollar helicopter maintenance device for the Presidential Helicopter Squadron (HMX-1) at Quantico,VA
• Ensure High Fidelity of device.
• Monitor and administer test plan for final delivery of device for customer.
• Interface with Software Vendor on changes made to Redhat system
• Maintain reliability, performance and scalability of the network.
• Review and complete device operations and maintenance manuals per contract requirements.

Systems Engineer

Confidential, Lexington, Kentucky

Responsibilities:

• Performed Network Analysis services for clients.
• Supported multiplatform networks, to include Windows, Netware, UNIX, Linux.
• Performed enduser as needed on computer systems.
• Performed pre sales technical support for sales group
• Perform telecommunication duties, such as installing new phone lines, running network cable, etc.
• Install new servers, switches, routers, etc…
• Performed rotational on call service for all clients.

Systems Engineer

Confidential, Spartanburg, South Carolina

Responsibilities:

• On site support for Enterprise and al clients across the states of South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia
• Remote support for Enterprise and al clients across the states of South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia.
• Performed Network Analysis services for clients.
• Supported multiplatform networks, to include Windows, Netware, UNIX, Linux.
• Performed enduser as needed on computer systems.
• Performed pre sales technical support for sales group
• Perform telecommunication duties, such as installing new phone lines, running network cable, etc.
• Install new servers, switches, routers, etc.
• Managed Computer Systems Support group.
• Performed rotational on call service for all clients.

Systems Engineer

Confidential, Greenville, South Carolina

Responsibilities:

• On site support for Enterprise clients in the upstate region of South Carolina
• Remote support for Enterprise clients in the upstate region of South Carolina.
• Performed Network Analysis services for clients.
• Supported multiplatform networks, to include Windows, Netware, UNIX, Linux.
• Performed enduser as needed on computer systems.
• Perform telecommunication duties, such as installing new phone lines, running network cable, etc.
• Install new servers, switches, routers, etc.

Systems Engineer Volt/Maintech

Confidential, Lexington, Kentucky

Responsibilities:

• Sole on site support for three hundred operator positions at customer site in Lexington, Kentucky
• Remote and on site support for Spanish speaking operator center in Tampa Florida.
• Remote and on site support for BSD Unix systems at seven locations across the Southern US states.
• Performed Network Analysis services.
• Performed system maintenance and upgrades on DOS workstations
• Performed system maintenance and upgrades on UNIX servers
• Performed systems maintenance and upgrades on four Windows NT 3.5 servers
• Performed user as needed
• Performed Preventative maintenance on all hardware.
• Performed systems maintenance and upgrades on Wellfleet routers (over 70 routers total between the 10 sites that comprised the network)
• Secondary support on Tandem mainframe.
• Supported moving Tandem mainframe from Lexington, Kentucky to Data Center in Ft Wayne Indiana.