SUMMARY:

To obtain a position that challenges my Networking skills in the hope of obtaining my CCIE. I wish to utilize my high availability design talents to further my experience in this area.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

 Responsibilities:

• Network Support
• Network Design Cisco 9k 7K 5K 4K
• IOS NX - OS support
• Aruba Wireless support
• Aruba Wireless Architect
• InfoBlox Management
• Palo Alto Firewall Support
• Palo Alto Firewall Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• MPLS support Confidential Core Infrastructure
• SDN deployment
• Confidential Core Nexus build out and support ( Nexus7010 Nexus5548 Nexus2248 )
• Cisco ASR 1000 support design and deployment.
• Cisco IOS and NX-OS support design and deployment on related Cisco Hardware.
• BGP support for Confidential Internet and MPLS
• Wireless Design deployment and support 2 5508 controllers’ 410 Access points.
• Discover and mitigate network related security issues
• Network support Office 365 deployment
• Assist Architects in design work as a subject matter expert in the following areas ( VoIP, Route and Switch, SAN / NAS deployments )
• Assisted in design and deployment of City of Minneapolis Hoisted Exchange environment.
• Wireless design and Implementation Cisco 5500 controller 1140 AP’s
• Design and Implementation QWEST QMOE Metro Ethernet 40 node network
• NEXUS 7K 5K and 2K Design install and support
• T3 Support and network design for 435 Node network City of Minneapolis.
• Design and deploy VoIP network consolidation project City of Minneapolis
• T3 Support and assist with Network design for 415 Node network Maimonides Hospital NY.
• Voice Consolidation network wide City of Minneapolis
• Voice prep work and network readiness design and implementation Maimonides Hospital NY
• Confidential Core infrastructure QOS design and implementation
• Network Refresh of 108 nodes including new core switches 6509’s
• Support on the following devices 6500, 2900S, 3550, 3560,2800, 2900, 3800, 3900, Cisco AAA FW support
• BGP support and design Confidential core network
• Disaster recovery design and execution Multiple Confidential Customers
• Voice QOS set up and install
• Project lead for multiple projects Confidential and Customer facing
• T3 Support Government projects
• Network Documentation
• Train T2 and T1 Network support personal
• IP address storage and Management

Confidential

Network Infrastructure Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Assisted in MPLS VOIP(Verizon) Design and ongoing Support
• Campus Network Design
• Assisted in design of Cisco load balancing solution
• Designed and implemented Guest wireless network
• Ongoing Network support 6509, 4948,3750,4507,4006,2600
• Engineered and implemented SPAM solutions
• Design and Implemented ISA 2006 Firewall Consolidation Project
• Ongoing support for ISA 2006 Firewalls
• Project manager Firewall consolidation high availability project.
• Install Packeteer I Share and Packet Shaper devices
• I am apart of new Campus Building design team
• Set up Switches for new campus building
• Attended VMware training class
• Assisted in implementing High availability Printer environment
• I am ITIL Certified and am apart of our Process implementation team (Capacity Planning, CMDB, Change Control)
• SAN Support IBM 4300 4800.
• Support for AD Environment
• Support Modular Messaging Upgrade
• Support External and internal DNS
• Exchange
• DHCP

Confidential

High Availability Infrastructure Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Windows 2003 Design of core infrastructure for company split (AD, DNS, WINS, DHCP, and GPO)
• Design Domain structure, Global catalog placement Domain controller placement.
• Build out of new infrastructure.
• Install design and configure F5 load balancers 3400
• Install Design and configure Citrix Netscaler 9800 Load Balances
• Evaluate and Roll out of 3 party utility Fastline Migrator 6.0.2
• Implement and support EMC Clariion SAN
• Migration to EMC Clariion SAN CX300,CX600,CX700
• Support and implement IBM Blade Center Boot from SAN
• Evaluate and deploy products as needed (Patch software, Antivirus software)
• AD In place upgrade Windows 2003
• VBScripting
• Data Migration to SAN
• Server Consolidation
• Exchange 2003 build and design.
• Build out of exchange 2003 core servers and OWA
• Assist in exchange design, implementation and roll out using Fastlane Migrator.
• VMWARE support

Confidential, PA

Network Engineer

• Responsible for 24/7 monitoring and troubleshooting of all Switches, Sites, and Routers within the Wide Area Network
• Exchange 2000/5.5 support
• Secure Network resources.
• Secure Exchange 5.5 and 2000 servers
• Support and configuration of world wide WAN infrastructure. Frame Relay, DSL, Router to router VPN, BGP, OSPF
• Monitor IDS and react accordingly
• Secure internal web environment
• Secure over 500 NT win 2K servers
• Setup and maintain virus protection system.
• Router & Switch configuration and troubleshooting of the following devices: Cisco Switches: 1912, 1924, 2912, 2924, 6509 Routers: 2500, 2600
• Work in conjunction with MCI WorldCom to bring up remote sites
• Deployed Cisco 3002 VPN routers nationally
• Experience with Cisco Works, HP Open View, and Concord
• Engineered web hosting infrastructure
• Engineered 10MB, 100MB, 1GB campus networks
• Experience using Packet Analyzers (Network Observer, NetMon2, Ethereal) to find bottlenecks and troubleshoot problems on the network and create network trend reports
• Implemented Exchange 2000 / Windows 2000 Active Directory migration in a worldwide environment: 4000 Users, 9 Exchange servers consolidated into one centrally located Exchange server.
• NT 4.0 Windows 2000 domain consolidation
• Worked with PBX system
• Exchange 2000 administration and implementation
• Establish Active Directory Exchange 2000 Security

Confidential, PA

Network Administrator

• Resolved all issues that occurred within the company-related Wide Area Network including: Windows 2000, NT 4.0, Exchange 5.5, Windows 95, Office 2000, and Outlook clients
• Establish security baseline
• Active Directory Design
• Build firewalls and secure network
• Establish Virus protection
• Responsible for adding and modifying of users, creating and managing of groups, setting up profiles and home directories
• Troubleshoot Cisco Routers and Switches
• Setup Routers for production use
• Set up Active Directory in a Windows 2000/NT 4.0 environment
• Implemented Exchange Server and Outlook 2000 rollouts
• Restored and backed up files company-wide using Arc Serve
• Led company in the implementation of many security features
• Tightened security at the user level, server level and WAN level by implementing a workable security policy; assigning the proper permissions; locking down servers as well as their applications; adding firewalls, access lists, and passwords to Routers
• Proactive in removal of all security holes found by senior management, consulting firm, and auditors
• Instructed classes in Office 2000 and provided phone support as needed

Confidential, PA

Computer Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Traveled to various sights troubleshooting Unix 10.x, NT 4.0, and Windows 95.
• Resolved all issues that customer Network Administrators were unable to resolve in an enterprise environment.
• Upgraded software and restored data from backup within various Raid levels.
• Troubleshot Network problems within local and Wide Area Networks, supplied patches and firmware upgrades to servers, and rebuilt new and crashed servers.