OBJECTIVE:

• An innovative and seasoned Senior Network Engineer and Technical Consultant, that is successful in background and crisis resolutions to include, some turn around and start - up situations.
• With more than 12 years of successful and progressive experience in all phases of LAN/ WAN Management Designs, and Network Operations support. As a professional, I’m recognized as a hands-on, pro-active solutions provider and troubleshooter who can rapidly identify system problems, and initiate change and to implement new processes in challenging and diverse environments.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Network Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilites: 

• As a Senior Network Engineer for JCP, I was responsible for upgrading the connection to 1000 stores from using Nortel routers and switches to Cisco routers and switches, along with a 5000 series ASA firewalls.  
• This contract was W-2, and came to a close in November of last year.

Project Manager

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Responsibilites:  

• As a Project Manager, I provided technical project communications services that initiated the installation and upgrades of Cisco routers, firewalls and VPN’s that provided an enhanced solutions to critical areas in the Wide Area Network access.
• The project that I was responsible for included the development of documentation to include templates, risk management plans, Request for Information (RFIs) and Request for Proposals (RFPs) and was promoting and facilitating the assimilation and integration of Methodist Health Systems Clinical Billing and Scheduling Interface Systems.
• In addition this project consisted of producing documentation for users and technical manuals for the support of the Wide Area Network.
• By analyzing logs, and establishing baselines for ensuring that the systems implementation will be completed on time.

IT Specialist

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Responsibilites:  

• Configured and installed Cisco Catalyst Switches and Routers throughout the VAMC in Dallas, TX.
• Troubleshooter of various Cisco Wireless Access Points, for connectivity throughout the VA Hospital in Dallas, and Fort Worth, TX.

Network Engineer

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Responsibilites:

•  Configured and maintained Cisco VPN and Pix Firewalls, in addition to, Routers and Switches in a NOC environment for various companies at Confidential in Dallas, TX. Also, troubleshooted
• All aspects of WAN components to include Frame Relay circuits and routing protocols EIGRP, BGP and RIP v2.

Network Engineer

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Responsibilites: 

•  Major Project is to Design the LAN Backbone and WAN infrustructure for redundancy.
• The Backbone Design consist of a Catalyst 6509 Switch and a Catalyst 6513. The Design featured (MLS) Multilayer Switching and HSRP configuration for redundancy.
• In addition, new Fiber Optic Cabling is being installed at the Parkland Health & Hosptial System for future growth. Maintained the WAN which consist of a 7513, 3620, 7507 Routers and a AS5300 for Remote Dialup, and a Pix Firewall configured for VPN.
• Designed a Serial Tunnel between Parkland Health & Hospital Systems and PerotSystems Plano, Texas.

IT Specialist/ Architech

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Responsibilites: 

•  Configured 300 Windows 2000 Enterprise Servers and Non-Windows 2000 Servers for DNS and Support to Active Directory.
• Managed Windows 2000 Active Directory and DNS for Global Catalog Servers. Managed and Configured 2 Windows 2000 Terminal Servers for Network Load balancing.
• Upgraded Exchange 5.5 Servers to Exchange 2000 Servers for Enterprise and Internet messaging.
• Configured a Wireless Network for the Fort Worth ISD that had a minimum of 200 Wireless Workstations.
• Configured 50 phone lines for ISDN connectivity. Managed 20 Windows 2000 Servers and 500 Windows 2000 Workstations.
• Configured 2 Windows 2000 Servers for SQL Server in a Cluster for fault tolerance. Configured a Cisco Pix Firewall Configured Security Policies and Procedures for Cross Mark, that introduced a new Security infrastructure for VPN usage.
• Configured a Intrusion Detection System that provided Cross Mark a risk assessment system that would better protect against attacks.
• Configured a T1 Circuit for point -to-point connectivity for Edison Schools.
• Configured Cisco 1700, 2500, 2600, 4000 and 7500 series routers for WAN connectivity using Frame-Relay with SMNP for node management using Cisco Works and QoS traffic prioritization for bandwidth management

Test Engineer

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Responsibilites:  

• Experience in Testing Cisco Routers and Efficient Network Routers for connectivity to different DSLAMES; such as Diamond LANE and Alcatel.
• Developed Test plans that met the criteria of all customers concerns. Designed 140 customer locations for ADSL using SBC for ISP access.
• ATM LANE configurations for LEC LECS and LES’s. Configured Cisco 1900, 2820, 3000, 5000 and 5500 Catalyst Switches for VLANs and trunking for better administration of network traffic.
• Tested RIP1 and RIP2 for packet delivery.

Network Engineer

Confidential, Arlington, TX

Responsibilites:  

• Managed Cisco 2500 and 7500 Series Routers and 5500 Catalyst Switch configured for VLANS and trunking.
• Upgraded the Cisco 5500 Catalyst Switch to a 6500 Series Catalyst Switch for more available ports and expandability.
• Reduced Network overhead on routing protocols EIGRP and OSPF with multiple areas. Configured ACL’s for traffic filtering over a Frame-Relay WAN and network security.
• Configured BGP for connectivity to multiple ISP’s for Internet access.
• Managed a Windows NT 4.0 WAN that consisted of 18 domains and 2 WINS Servers that also ran DHCP for the management of IP addresses. Maintained the ecommerce web sight and Cluster 2 SQL 6.5 Servers for the back-end for ecommerce.
• Maintained the Exchange v5.5 Servers for email throughout the WAN. Built a VPN Network for secure connectivity from the Internet.

Network Engineer

Confidential

Dallas, TX

Responsibilites: 

•  Managed Cisco 2501 4000 and 7000 Series routers that were connected of a Frame-relay WAN and using OSPF EIGRP and RIP.
• Designed a Windows NT 4.0 WAN for connectivity over to the Internet while using DNS, WINS and DHCP for TCP/IP management.
• Managed ACL’s on the Cisco 7500 Series routers. Maintained security from the Internet using a Sun Sparc 5 Server with Firewall 1 software.
• Deployed Exchange v5.0 Server to migrate from Lotus ccmail. Managed Novell NetWare v4.11 and v3.12 Servers for WAN SAP advertisement spoofing on all Cisco Routers that used IPX/SPX.

Systems Engineer

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Responsibilites:  

• Re-designed network connectivity from SNA to Frame-relay.
• Reduced network overhead by switching from Confidential Pearls to Bay Networking Switches configured in a stack.
• Deployed Windows NT 4.0 throughout the entire WAN, and redistributed routes from remote offices that were routing in RIP and IGRP to communicate with OSPF routes.