SUMMARY

Goal-oriented IT professional with over 17 years in the IT industry. Has the ability to effectively prioritize and manage multiple tasks independently. Proven abilities in IP network competencies and security implementations. Experience in leadership roles, customer service, and process improvement. Ability to work in a diverse environment as a team member or team leader.

SKILLS

Network Technologies

• TCP/IP, IPSEC, GRE Tunnels, VPN Solutions, OSPF, EIGRP, Spanning Tree Protocol, Trunking Technologies, Ethernet 10/100/1000 , Wireless 802.11x DNS, DHCP, WINS, x.25.

Network/Client Operating Systems and Vendor Hardware

• Cisco routers, 1700, 3600, 7200 series L2 and L3 switches 2900, 3700, 6500 series PIX firewalls VPN Concentrator ASA5500 Local Directors Fortinet UTM Firewall Palo Alto firewalls Juniper EX-Series switches and M-Series routers Infoblox DNS/IPAM Opengear Remote Access Device Windows2003 Server/Windows XP/Windows 7/Windows 8.
• Network Monitoring
• WhatsUp Gold, SolarWinds Engineering Edition/Orion, Unix TCPDUMP, Wireshark Ethereal

EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Senior Network Engineer

• Lead network engineer for Engineering and Operations at the Defense Health Agency in a multi-tenant classified environment utilizing virtualization technologies from vendors such as Juniper Networks, Palo Alto Networks, Cisco, and Infoblox.
• Troubleshoot network anomalies from layer 1 through 5 with software such as Wireshark.
• Nework monitoring utilizing Solarwinds to guage overall network and equipment health.
• Implement and/or address any and all TASKORD and IAVA compliancies.

Confidential

Senior Network Engineer

• Team lead for the deployment of a classified DoD IP network infrastructure for the Defense Health Headquarters DHHQ utilizing multivendor equipment to include Juniper, Cisco, Palo Alto, Infoblox and Opengear.
• Team lead for a government contractor supporting the Force Health Protection Readiness FHP R IP network infrastructure for connectivity/security to the SIPRNET, NIPRNET and public networks.
• Experience using packet capturing tools for traffic analysis and problem resolution.
• Implementation of DoD CTO 10-065 Internet-NIPRNET DoD DMZ Engineering Plan .

Confidential

Senior Network Engineer

• Senior network engineer for a government contractor supporting the NIPRNET and public networks.
• Secure and configure Cisco layer 2 and Layer 3 switches VLANs, trunking, port security and ACLs .
• Configure, secure and administer Cisco 7204VXR edge routers.
• Configure and administer Cisco PIX515, PIX525 and ASA5520 firewalls IPSEC, ACLs .
• Troubleshoot connectivity and security issues utilizing Wireshark packet analyzer.
• Monitor network health and efficiency to include bandwidth analysis, device availability, and IP traffic flow.
• Administration of a secured wireless 802.11b/g network.
• Document procedures and processes.

Confidential

Senior Network Engineer

• Senior network engineer for the Operations and Engineering departments of Wireless Matrix Corp, a provider of data services for satellite and GPRS networks.
• Implement frame relay and VPN solutions in a hub and spoke topology for corporate and customer networks.
• Install, configure and maintain redundant IP infrastructures utilizing Cisco's EIGRP and HSRP protocols.
• Configure and manage Cisco layer 2 and layer 3 switches and enterprise routers.
• Configure and manage Cisco, Netscreen and Fortinet security appliances.
• Troubleshoot corporate and customer networks utilizing various packet analysis/sniffer tools such as Unix TCPDUMP and Wireshark/Ethereal.
• x.25 router configuration.
• Monitor network health and efficiency to include bandwidth analysis, device availability, and IP traffic flow.
• Design and deployment of a secured wireless 802.11b/g network.
• Document procedures and processes.

Confidential

Senior Network Engineer

• Senior Network Engineer for a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Company Operations and R D Departments .
• Design, support and manage highly redundant scalable network infrastructure in datacenter environments to provide minimum 99.97 availability to clients worldwide, which includes design integration of Cisco routers, switches, load-balancers, and firewalls.
• Ultimate responsibility for problem resolution of all network anomalies, to include circuit anomalies, hardware failures, troubleshooting and analyzing TCP/IP traffic using IP packet analyzers.
• Implement high level security solution such as firewalls and access lists.
• Monitor network availability and performance such as bandwidth analysis, device health, and traffic IP flow.
• Document procedures and processes

Confidential

Systems Engineer

• Team/technical Lead for site surveys and migration teams.
• Design aggressive plan for implementing Windows NT 4 and MS Exchange 5.5.
• Performed Banyan Vines to MS NT migration Air National Guard Project .
• Performance tuning of Cisco network devices.

Confidential

Network Administrator

• Managed TCP/IP network.
• Administered user accounts and MS Exchange mail delivery system.
• Responsible for disaster recovery.
• Troubleshoot hardware and software anomalies.