SUMMARY:

Senior/Lead Cloud/Network/Security/VOIP/Video Architect/Engineering Professional - Project managed, develop, write, architect, engineer, and implement policies, standards and procedures for clients from any industry or size business incorporating network issues, policy issues, physical environments, personnel issues, organizational issues, and technology issues to provide a practical, cost effective, business requirements based NexGen Private or Public Cloud security/network/VOIP/UC solution.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Software: Confidential ACI, SDN, Confidential ASA 55XX, Palo Alto Firewalls PA- 7000/5000/3000/500/200 series, Panorama, Fortinet Firewalls, SonicWall Firewalls, Meraki, Confidential Nexus 7K/6K/5K/3K/2K/1K, Confidential Prime, Confidential AnyConnect, Confidential Unified Communication Manager 11.x/10.x/9.x/8.5/7x/6x/5.x/4.x/3.x/2.x, Unity Connection, Unity 7.x, CUMA, CUPS, CCME, Confidential Telepresence, CiscoTanberg, Windows 2012/2008/2003/2000 , Active Directory, Windows 7/8/10, XP, 2000, ME, NT 4.0, Windows 95/98, Windows 3.1, Novell NetWare 3x, 4x, 5x, UNIX, Solaris, SUSE Linux, UBUNTU Linux, Redhat Linux, Apple IOS, Macintosh 8.5, 7.1, 7, 6.1, 5, Confidential IOS, SQL Server 6.0/6.5/7.0,Oracle7, 8i, 9i, 10i, 11i, Compaq Smart Start 4.6, Zero Administration Kit, MS DOS, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access 2.0/95/97, MS Project, Project workbench, Solomon 4.0, ClickNet 4.0, SMS 1.2,2.0,Laplink, PC Anywhere, ControlIT 4.5, Remotely Possible, Seagate Backup Exec 7.0, 7.2, Veritas Backup Exec 7.3, 95/NT, Exchange 5.0/5.5/2000/2010 , AS400 computer operations, Trend Scanmail for Exchange, McAfee Netshield, Norton Antivirus, Norton Ghost, Windows NT Option Pack; IIS 3.0/4.0, ACE Server, BubbleNet, FTP, DNS, DHCP, WINS, Telnet, Steel Belt Radius, Confidential Service Connection Manager, ARP, HP OpenView, WindRiver WinPOeT, Enternet 300, RADIUS, WhatsUP Gold, IP Monitor, Viso 4.5, 5, 2000, Citrix Winframe 1.8, Back Office Server 3.0/4.0, Tivoli Security Manager/Policy Director/Netview/Workload Scheduler/Enterprise Console, OpenNet, Nokia IPSO/Voyager, Confidential Call Manager, Compaq Storage Works, Confidential Network Registrar, Confidential Secure, SNORT, Tivoli Storage Manager, Tivoli Security, NMAP, ISS, Visual Pulse, Visual Route, RAT, Ncircle, Tripwire, Project Server, LDAP, Confidential Secure TACACS+, SolarWinds, Nagios, Cacti, Rancid, etc. PCI Confidential 1.X, 2.X, 3.2

Protocols: TCP/IP, IGRP/EIGRP, GGP, EGP, XTP, OSPF, AppleTalk, IP, DCAP, GDP, HSRP, RIP, BGP, PPP, X.25, IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, DLC, RS232, PPPOE, PPPOA, ATM, MGCP, SIP, H.323, LDAP, LDAP3, MGCP, SIP, Skinny, etc

Programming: Python Scripting, C++, Visual Basics 5.0/6.0, HTML, Java, Assembly Language, AS400 Command Line language, RPG/RPG3; etc.

Hardware: Compaq, Dell, Sun, HP, IBM, Foundry, Juniper, Mac, Nokia, Cisco: Workstations, Servers, AC/DC circuits, motherboards, hard-drives, floppy-drives, CD-ROM drives, video cards, network cards, RJ 45 cables, FIDDI cables, phone switches, PBX, SCSI cards; SCSI drives, PC computer repair, circuits, hubs, routers, Confidential Catalyst 29XX, 35XX, 4XXX, 55XX, 65XX 72XX, 75XX, 10,000 switches/routers, Confidential AS5300, DSU/CSU, modems, frame relay, ISDN, DSL, ADSL, T1, T2, DS3, OC3 Fort Knox Firewall, Check Point Firewall-1, Confidential Pix Firewall, UPS back-up; RAID0/RAID5 backup drives; DSLAM, CPE, access concentrators, AC120, Lucent CBX500, F5 BIG-IP Load Balancer, Confidential PIX 510/520, Confidential IDS, Compaq RA8000, Netscreen 1000/500/100 , Confidential AVVID Technology, VG routers, Juniper SA, Confidential Nexus 9K/7K/5K/2K switches, Confidential MDS, Confidential, Confidential ASA 5585-X/55XX series, VMWare/VCenter 4/5/6

Security: ISO 13485:2016, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 17799, HIPPA, SOX, SSAE 16, SOC 1 & 2 Type 1 & 2 Audits, FIPS-140-2

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Confidential, Hayward, Ca

Senior Cloud/Network/Security/UC Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Reporting to founder and CEO of Confidential a Professional Services, Staffing, and IT consulting firm
• Confidential ACI, Datacenter network and Security Audits, PCI Confidential 3.2 Audits, assessments, scanning, and mitigations.
• CheckPoint, Palo Alto, Fortinet, SonicWall Confidential ASA firewall management, implementation and support.
• Multiple large enterprise and ISP level Data Center migrations, implementations and support.
• Responsible for architecting, designing, planning, engineering, and operational support of Enterprise network infrastructure both on premise and in cloud (AWS, Azure, etc.) Python Scripting and automation.

Confidential, Pleasanton/Vacaville, Ca

Lead Cloud Architect

Responsibilities:

• Member and Team Lead for the Company s Cloud Engineering and Confidential Group
• Project Lead and sole resource for all SCIF Confidential FlexPod Environments
• Project Lead for Company s Big Data Infrastructure Implementation.
• Project Lead PCI Confidential Compliance
• Project Lead Company's new Private Cloud Engineering Group
• Project Lead to implement Company's Flexpod Cloud Engineering Confidential based Infrastructure. Python Scripting and automation.
• Project lead for Confidential ISE/802.1x deployment and upgrades
• Helped migrate existing infrastructure and applications to new private cloud infrastructure
• Provided Tier 3 support for Network/IT Unix/Linux/Storage/VMWARE
• Operations and support Confidential
• Project Lead Network Segmentation using Palo Alto Firewalls and Panorama management
• Palo Alto Firewalls PA - 5000/3000
• Advisor/Mentor Confidential /CE/Unix/Linux/Storage members on Team
• Helped resolved various production problems
• Define standards/Policies and procedures for the
• Confidential /Linux/Unix/Storage/CE Team
• CheckPoint, Palo Alto, Fortinet, Confidential ASA management
• Datacenter migration and implementation to DR site

Environment: Confidential FlexPod, Confidential, RHEL4 - 6, VMWARE 5.x HP-UX 11.31, NetApp Filers3270, Hitachi AMS 2500/USPV, Nexus, Brocade san switches 5100 series

Confidential

Senior Network/Security/Wireless Consultant

Confidential, Pleasanton, Ca

Senior Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:

• Senior Data Center Infrastructure engineer responsible for the deployment, maintenance and support of the Unified Communications and Collaboration as a Service ( Confidential ) system.
• Integration of Confidential services into the data center shared infrastructure the design, build-out and maintenance of Unified Communications Systems ( Confidential ) infrastructure for Voice over IP Customers.
• Data center Confidential capacity planning
• Firmware/hardware upgrades for Confidential Unified Computing Systems ( Confidential ) chassis, blades, v1k switch and management system
• Confidential and VCenter VM maintenance, upgrades and administration
• Confidential and Unified Communications system backup and replication system infrastructure design and support
• Confidential VCenter and Confidential systems access, roles and Active Directory management
• Tier-3 responder to Confidential data center issue resolution, including Confidential, MDS, Nexus, VCenter, and SIP trunking
• Data center migration
• Hardware systems include Confidential N20-B6625-1 servers with Palo CNAs, 2104XP fabric extenders, Confidential Nexus 1kv switch, Nexus 7k switches, MDS 9222 FC switches, VCenter VM/Active Directory operations, and Acme SIP session border controllers.
• Build-out of customer enterprise networks as cloud services within the shared hosting center.
• Responsible for network design and implementations for 1) web hosting, 2) customer and 3) WAN infrastructure implementations.
• Implementations include Nexus 7k, Confidential 12410 GSRs, 65xx switches, Confidential FC MDS 9222, Confidential security appliance (5580, 5520) configurations, in layer 3 and transparent modes, single and multi-context.
• Provide highest escalation for customer network related issues CheckPoint, Palo Alto, Fortinet, Confidential ASA management

Confidential, Pleasanton, CA

Cisco/CompuCom Lead

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with senior Confidential business and technical stakeholders, and Confidential network engineering team, to design site specific remediation and implementation plans to successfully deploy a multimillion dollar Confidential Voice over IP (VoIP) solution at over 1300 Confidential brand retail stores and 100 supply chain and corporate office locations.
• Design overall program implementation methodology and structure to successfully manage multiple concurrent site surveys and solution deployments across the country.
• Architect all phases of VoIP deployment from site survey, remediation, provisioning, installation, testing, troubleshooting, turn-up and customer sign-off. Datacenter migration from test, staging and then to production.
• Conduct and Lead site specific survey at all locations to assess current LAN/WAN network, PBX infrastructure and develop remediation recommendations to support VoIP solution.
• Develop and direct technical project teams and business stakeholders throughout the project life-cycle to create and deploy custom engineered VoIP solutions to enable specific business requirements.
• Built, tested, and deployed configurations scripts for Voice Gateways, WAN routers, Core, Access, and Distribution switches, and required rules for firewalls. CheckPoint, Palo Alto, Fortinet, Confidential ASA management Escalation point for all technical aspects of the project.

Confidential, Pleasanton, CA

Chief Information Security Officer

Responsibilities:

• Worked with the Franklin Templeton Investments team to deliver a world class unified communications fabric to the FTI business. FTI already had over 5,000 users worldwide enjoying the benefits of Microsoft MOC video, voice and IM collaboration as well as an extensive Tandberg video environment.
• Deployed Confidential Call Manager Express to a number of small offices and established their first regional Confidential Call Manager system as a pilot to support initial technology users and then business users. Managed and worked with Confidential VAR and partner BT for Pilot and deployments globally.
• Fully integrated Confidential CUCM with the Microsoft OCS/Lync UC client and with the Tandberg video products as well as legacy Avaya systems to provide a completely seamless experience for their internal business clients.
• Installed configured and managed Confidential CUBE, Session Manager clusters, CUCM clusters, and Confidential Unity Connection clusters globally on Confidential platforms.
• Converted all remote CCME and CUE across the WAN to SRST Voice gateways and migrated from Confidential to H.323 for centralized management and call processing at the Confidential clusters. Managed and designed all global templates.
• Configured SNR and mobility utilizing the new features in CUCM 8.6.1 and also CUPS and CUCM features based on business requirements. Implemented, designed, and managed Confidential Tanberg servers for Video conferencing globally.
• Implemented industry standard best practices for their Global dial plan.
• Setup naming convention with site code based on location. Implemented standard CoS with line level blocking utilizing CSS’s and Partitions at the device and line level.
• Setup Call Admission Control, Regions and Codec’s with intrasite default g.711 and g.729 for intersite calls.
• Provided ongoing documentation and training to IT Staff on their new Confidential UC and VOIP Architecture.
• Global CUCM, CUMA, CUPS, and Unity design, implementation, and configuration.
• Global dial plan design and implementation
• Global Confidential Tanberg design, deployment and support
• Architect, monitor, and maintain WAN/LAN infrastructure supporting business-critical services
• Support Confidential switches, routers, firewalls, VPN; ASA firewalls
• Build / support connections for site-to-site VPNs and for user remote access
• Troubleshoot and quickly resolve network issues
• Manage and maintain VoIP, video and voice mail services
• Maintain documentation, inventory, and licensing
• Periodic on call duties required (after hours / weekend)

Confidential, Redwood City, Ca

Senior Confidential VOIP, Security, Network Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Senior VOIP and Network Consultant brought in as SME for reviewing their current Global Confidential VOIP design and to assist in accommodating their implementation and design for Exchange 2010 and Lyncs Server 2010 deployment for their Global Unified Messaging Solution.
• Consolidated and migrated their existing CUCM 4.1 deployment in RWS to a new CUCM 7.1.3 deployment in RWS and upgraded their CUCM 7.1.3 to the latest version at the time CUCM 8.5.1.
• The licenses from the original 4.1 install were migrated to the newer Confidential model. In addition the software feature license for the CUCM 7.1.3 upgrade to CUCM 8.5.1 was obtained and installed. Converted all remote CCME and CUE across the WAN to SRST Voice gateways and migrated from Confidential to H.323 for centralized management and call processing at the Confidential clusters in RWS. Configured SNR and mobility utilizing the new features in CUCM 8.5.1 and also CUPS and CUCM features based on business requirements.
• Implemented, designed, and managed Confidential Tanberg servers for Video conferencing globally.
• Implemented industry standard best practices for their Global dial plan and migrated from 4 digits extension to 7 digits with first 3 digits indicating location.
• Setup naming convention with three letter site code based on location.
• Implemented standard CoS with line level blocking utilizing CSS’s and Partitions at the device and line level. Setup Call Admission Control, Regions and Codec’s with intrasite default g.711 and g.729 for intersite calls. Configured Confidential Connector and provided post office consolidation support.
• Provided documentation and training to IT Staff on VOIP Architecture. Planning for move from RWS to Sunnyvale
• Global CUCM, CUMA, CUPS, and Unity design, implementation, and configuration.
• Global dial plan design and implementation
• Global Confidential Tanberg design, deployment and support
• Architect, monitor, and maintain WAN/LAN infrastructure supporting business-critical services
• Support Confidential switches, routers, firewalls, VPN concentrators; F5 Networks LTMs; Juniper NetScreen firewalls
• Build / support connections for site-to-site VPNs and for user remote access
• Troubleshoot and quickly resolve network issues
• Manage and maintain VoIP, video and voice mail services
• Maintain documentation, inventory, and licensing
• Periodic on call duties required (after hours / weekend)

Confidential, San Francisco, Ca

Senior Network, VOIP, and Security Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Provided the design, implementation of global voice infrastructure, for their mergers and acquisitions. Provided enterprise security such as network segmentation, application firewall, proxy services, VPN, global build out related to facility, data and voice circuit provision, vendor coordination, and cross functional team dependencies.
• Analyzed, designed, tested, documented, implemented and support of global voice solutions and converged network technologies.
• Analyzed and recommended contemporary and emerging technologies for deployment across the enterprise, including but not limited to MPLS WAN in a dual carrier cloud, QOS marking and policy map
• Subject Matter Expert - IP routing protocols including BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, IP Multicast, MPLS.
• Assisted in the roll-out of hosted contact center technology and integration with Confidential Unified Communication Manager.
• Designed and implemented Confidential IP Telephony applications, including the configuration and deployment of Confidential Communications Manager, Confidential Unity, Confidential Contact Center Express, Confidential Emergency Responder, and Presence.
• Designed and implemented Confidential Voice gateways with Survivable Remote Site Telephony (SRST) for remote sites.
• Designed and implemented Confidential Unity in configurations supporting Unified Messaging with Exchange.
• Configured and troubleshot voice services on all Confidential LAN/WAN hardware including: ISR Router/Voice Gateway, LAN Catalyst switches, and Communication Media Modules.
• Prepare and maintain up to date documentation for internal and external customers detailing configuration of deployed solutions.
• Resolved operational issues involving Confidential Communications Manager infrastructure and Confidential IP Telephony applications.
• Prepared disaster recovery plan for Confidential Communication Manager and related IP Telephony applications.
• Provided 3rd tier support for corporate IP Telephony
• Trained and mentored to develop members of the team and other technical resources, as necessary