NETWORK ENGINEER SECURITY ADMINISTRATOR

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• I am a Cisco network engineer and security administrator, with a strong background in the IT and Electrical and Electronic Engineering fields, a multi-disciplinary career that spans over twenty years. My specialty in Network Engineering is primarily in the area of Switching and Routing. Specifically, I am skilled in planning, designing, and implementing Local Area Networks using VLANs, Network Security using IOS provisions and standalone firewalls, Troubleshooting, Load Balancing, and/or High Availability services using redundancy, among other things.
• Over the years, I have been privileged to manage Engineering Infrastructure for many employers, trained and supervised technicians, and mentored colleagues. I have taught Engineering and other majors, led teams, and will be a valuable asset to your company. My communications skills are strong, in part, because I am also a writer. I am available immediately for permanent or contract hire.

SKILLS/TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES SUMMARY

• LOAD BALANCING
• Cisco CSS
• Cisco CSM
• HSRP, VRRP GLBP
• Channel protocols: LaCP and PaGP
• Spanning-Tree VLAN Load Distribution/Balancing
• Etherchannels Dynamic Routing Protocols using variance adjustments

NETWORK SECURITY/DATA SECURITY

• Checkpoint Firewall
• PIX FWSM
• ASA Firewall ASDM
• Private VLAN's
• Layer 2 Layer 3 IOS Security Port-based security, VACL, Access-lists
• TACACS RADIUS Servers
• DMZ Design and Implementation
• Spanning-tree Toolkit Portfast, Root Guard BPDU Guard, Loop Guard, UpLinkFast
• PORT AUTHENTICATION using IEEE 802.dot1x
• VPN's: L2L VPN, REMOTE CLIENT, ETC.
• Spoofing security
• Password Configuration and encryption i.e. SSH
• Familiar with HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley SOX , PCI-DSS, GLBA, Directive 95/46/EC

ROUTING

• Policy-based routing differentiated traffic routing and forwarding
• Route-maps
• Dynamic routing protocols: EIGRP, OSPF, RIP2 1, BGP
• Route Filtering Summarization
• NAT-ing
• QoS
• Traditional routing methodologies i.e. static, default, and normal router behaviors

LOCAL AREA NETWORK LAN SERVICES

• High Availability/Redundancy
• Planning Designing
• Network Implementation Verification Cisco Routers Switches Configurations
• Network Documentation
• DHCP DNS
• Spanning-tree Protocols PVSTP , RSTP, RPVSTP, MIST
• Layer 2 Protocols i.e. CDP, VTP, DTP
• VLANS
• NAT/PAT
• Cisco IOS CatOS
• Subnetting Supernetting
• IPv4 IPv6
• TFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, TELNET, ETC
• Customer relations skills
• Wireless LAN
• Some Voice Support

WIDE AREA NETWORKS

• WAN Data Link Protocols Advanced
• WAN Physical Layer Protocols Media Advanced
• WAN Wiring Standards Advanced

TROUBLESHOOTING

• Wireshark Packet sniffer/network protocol analyzer
• NMIS
• 3-Step Method
• OSI Model Divide-and-Conquer Approach
• Experience/Technical sense
• Commonsense

NETWORK MONITORING

• CiscoWorks
• SNMP server
• Syslog server
• Solarwinds

COMMUNICATION

• Interpersonal
• Written i.e. I am a writer
• Big-Picture view
• Detail-oriented

OTHER

• Teaching/Educator
• Leadership
• Experienced mentor
• Electrical engineer
• Certified electrician Commercial Industrial
• Telephone systems

RELEVANT PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE

Confidential

Network Engineer/Security Administrator

• Implement firewall and NAT rules on Checkpoint Smart Console for more than 5 different distinct firewalls integrated into one system
• Implement firewalls policies on PIX/FWSM
• Configure load balancers for High Availability Services using Cisco CSS and CSM for more than 3500 servers running more than 10,000 web-facing applications
• Use Smart Tracker to troubleshot firewall-related problems
• Troubleshoot and resolve other clients' network connectivity issues using tools such as Wireshark, etc.
• Work to serve and support both a great network security team and our clients
• Receive Remedy Incident Tickets, evaluate customer needs through the use of Co-Location documents, create a Change Management Request that outlines the technical solution to the request, and implement it to resolve clients' problems
• Do follow-up communications with clients to ensure proper testing and validation were done of the solution I had put in place, and to close ticket
• We use policy-based routing and High-Availability access logics to determine traffic routes and make it predictable

Confidential

Department of Information Systems

Network / Telecommunications Engineering Personnel

• Troubleshot enterprise level network issues of all kinds
• Troubleshot configuration inaccuracies and inconsistencies and remedied them
• Designed and implemented functional local and wide area networks with my team
• Supported Data Centers and remedied network link failure issues
• Configured switches, along with routers, using multiple VLANs for medical centers' networks to link up with Enterprise Network using DHCP servers remotely to service hosts
• Configured dynamic routing protocol EIGRP on routers Layer 3 switches and traditional routers successfully
• Configured BGP with colleague and established remote connectivity with ISP systems
• Configured security WAN circuits configuration i.e. Frame Relay, T1, Leased Lines, etc
• Helped to reduce latency and optimize complex enterprise network through VLAN pruning and VTP configuration
• Worked with integrated network technologies of WLAN, LAN/WAN, VoIP services with Cisco Unified Communications gear, etc.
• Tested and troubleshot newly implemented satellite stations networks and resolved issues.
• Used CiscoWorks to monitor and analyze network
• Worked in a team that implemented Wireless Networks, consisting of about 300 wireless access points
• Created documentation using WCS and WLC Wireless Control System Wireless LAN Controller
• A limited knowledge on Cisco VoIP phones using Call Manager
• Designed and simulated production network issues to aid in problem tracking and solving
• Voice mail DN verification and documentation
• Some experience with Checkpoint firewall run on Nokia Appliance
• Audited networks, reported, and discussed configuration inconsistencies with the authorities
• Participated in regular Network Engineering Infrastructure Team meetings on how to make the network a highly available system by summarizing routes at the Core Layer level and redistributing

Confidential

WAN Administrator Professional Development/Training

• WAN Protocols
• Cisco routers/Switches
• Network media
• Network protocols
• Switching and routing
• Troubleshooting WAN/LAN
• TCP/IP and OSI model
• Network Security
• Layer 2 Layer Protocols

Confidential

• Planned, designed, and built this network to train for my Switching Routing and other certifications in addition to network simulators
• I use it to test and train for new technologies
• It is used as a Security, Wireless, Switching Routing, and Voice Labs for Consulting purposes
• Cisco ASA firewalls, VPNs, etc.
• This is a pre-implementation test lab for production networks. This is sound practice

Confidential

Network Engineering Support Staff Telecommunications Engineer

• Supported the administration of the Computer Networks:
• Troubleshot and resolved connectivity issues
• Ghosted and loaded PC Software, installed and maintained them
• Helped to implement hardware systems through CAT5 and Coaxial Cabling
• Ran, harnessed, tested cables for switched network
• Helped in the implementation of TCP/IP network
• Telecommunications/Telephone Plant Engineer:
• Managed Telephone System: Planned, supervised, and implemented the Telephone Plant Networks
• Maintained and upgraded systems components
• Identified and repaired system malfunctions
• Programmed, debugged, and repaired digital and analog phone sets on AVAYA PBX
• Troubleshot and repaired direct-buried cables
• Trained technicians
• Monitored systems components and facilitated purchasing.

Confidential

Electrical and Computer Engineering Sociology

• Electrical Computer Engineering: Prepared course syllabi, lesson plans, and provided formal classroom instruction developed, administered, and graded tests, and facilitated student learning and also provided mentoring and academic guidance as needed and assisted with labs and answered students' questions.
• Sociology: Collaborated with colleague to successfully revise course and plan instructional tasks as needed prepared, taught, and posted lectures for reference provided study guides for tests and exams, as well as critiques and guidance to each student challenged students to apply concepts and principles in their personal lives.

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

• Department Head of Math and Science Departments
• Instructor, Math and Science curriculum
• Developed and revised Mathematics and Science curriculum for grades 5 through 8, and taught classes from grades 6 to 11.
• Classes taught included Basic Mathematical Principles and Concepts, Pre-Algebra, Algebra I and II, and Principles of Geometry and Trigonometry. Science classes included Life Science, Earth Science, Physical and Space Science.

Confidential

Field Services Engineer Electrical, Biomedical, Telecommunications Systems

• Managed a major sector of the institution's engineering infrastructure
• Trained and supervised technicians as support personnel
• Installed, monitored, and repaired medical, electrical, and telephone equipment
• Advised leadership on technical matters for sustained and uninterrupted service in every area of the infrastructure

Confidential

Hospital Services and Field Engineer Electrical, Biomedical, Water, Telephone Systems

• Managed the institution's biomedical, water, and telephone systems and served in a support role for the electrical infrastructure served as point person to administration and the public for all matters related to electrical, biomedical, telephone, and water systems
• Designed and built processes for these systems to make them highly available and reliable
• Managed new outside plant projects by planning, hiring, supervising, monitoring, and approving project completion
• Designed and built incinerator to consume surgical and other debris.

Confidential

• Industrial Commercial Electrician Electrical Biomedical Equipment Technician
• Oversaw the smooth operation of all biomedical equipment and electrical infrastructure belonging to government hospitals Implemented inventories and developed processes that improved reliability and availability of equipment
• Served as the point person for the Ministry on all technical matters