SUMMARY

Confidential offers 15 years of IT experience. Confidential provides excellent training, customer service, and troubleshooting skills. He provides excellent leadership skills as well as team player.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Sr. Network Engineer

• Cisco routing/switching and Firewalls software including Cisco IOS, CatOS and ASA OS, and NX-OS
• Advanced services modules for the Catalyst 4500 and 6500 series switches, Nexus series switches including the Nexus 7000, 5000 and 2000 series.
• ASA High Availability HA solutions
• Configuring and troubleshooting VPN issues on different types of IPSec endpoints including Cisco Firewalls, Cisco VPN Concentrators, and Cisco Routers.
• Configuring and troubleshooting firewalls including Cisco ASA Firewalls in a single and multi context environment.
• Layer 2 technologies, including Spanning-Tree, VLANs, VTP, UDLD, VDC, and CDP
• Layer 3 technologies, including IPv4, BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, IPv6, HSRP, GLBP and VRRP
• Experience working with Network Monitoring and Troubleshooting tools including SolarWinds and Wireshark.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and able to work as a Lead and a productive member of a team
• Ability to coordinate multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Manages time effectively and according to priorities
• Technology proficient and skilled to implement, integrate, and deploy VPN technologies including MPLS, VPN, SSL, VPN, and Cisco AnyConnect.
• Hand on experience with Cisco Routers ASR, ISR , Switches Catalyst, Nexus , Cisco ASA, McAfee Sidewinder FW , BlueCoat, and NAC CAM, CAS .
• Working with IA Team to get the Network Infrastructure accredited ATO .
• Howard Community College Present
• Cisco Network Academy Instructor / Adjunct Professor
• Teach CCNA and CCNP courses
• Plan instructional activity including lecture, class discussion and demonstration.
• Act as occasional career adviser for the students

Confidential

Sr. Network Engineer

• Architect, design, develop, and deploy infrastructure and configuration changes in a
• global network based on BGP, EIGRP, and OSFP routing technologies
• Act as the technical team lead for integration projects
• Provide Tier III support to deployed systems.
• Create migration, deployment, implementation and test plans, installation/configuration guides, technical specifications, technical diagrams, and white papers as required
• Coordinate many project activities and logistics with Worldwide IT Staff.
• Communicate regularly to government POCs regarding project activities and status
• Create CRs and FABs

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Sr. Network Engineer

• Implementation Manager attending Change Request and approval meetings. Creation of CRs and Implementation Plans, and coordination of CR approvals and meetings with various program offices. Remedy, Sharepoint, and Dimension applications were utilized.
• Implementation engineer for various CBP Data Center technical projects which involves Cisco, Brocade, and Sun Routers, switches, Juniper firewalls, F5/ BigIP Load Balancers-- Configure, Install, upgrade, and manage network devices.
• Network Management Application--Ironview
• Training co-workers
• Level 3 On call support engineer

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Network Engineer

• Designed and implemented the data network for new DHS sites.
• DHS HQ network engineering deployment team which was responsible for the design and implementation of the data network for all new DHS sites.
• Administrated the DHS HQ network routers and switches in the HQ network consisting of over 100 network devices.
• Deployment engineer for several highly technical projects and attended Engineering Meetings.
• Configure, Install, upgrade, and manage VOIP Devices.
• Performed detailed Site surveys for existing and new DHS Network Sites.
• Responsible for drafting technical documents such as BOM, ROM, and System Design as well as generating CRs.
• Routing Protocols BGP and OSPF

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Network Engineer

• Evaluated, designed, documented, implemented, tested, and performed problem isolation and resolution and monitors, tunes, sets standards and maintains a range of computer network components and systems. Performed these functions across some physical media, protocol stacks, hubs, routers, bridges, gateways, and network management components.
• Install, upgrade, and manage/administrate VOIP Devices
• Provided client consulting and training on the interface and use of the network facilities. Plan researched evaluated and recommended new computer network equipment and utilize new technologies. Used monitoring, performance analysis, network management, software and hardware equipment to troubleshoot and isolate problems gauge network performance and trace data and protocol activity. Devised solutions to operational problems within the capacity and operational limitations of installed equipment.
• Develop and executed contingency plans for network software and hardware failures including isolated and major outages.
• Provided internal consulting, technical guidance, information and support to application developers computer operations workstation support company management and departmental clients.

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Adjunct Professor

• Teach CIS Courses.
• Plan instructional activity including lecture, class discussion and demonstration.
• Act as occasional career adviser for the students
• Genco Systems IBM-DHS Project , September 2008 March 2009 Lead Network Engineer
• Lead a team in the Site Survey, Network architecture design, and installation implementation of new redundant networks at CBP sites.
• Configured on-site Cisco 45XX and 3750 switches to be installed in a layer 3 environment, full redundant network
• Updated and reconfigured switches currently installed at sites to a new layer 3 environment incorporated in the new network design
• Tested newly installed network for operation and full redundancy. Perform fail-over testing of the WAN connections.
• Installed Riverbeds.
• Created as-built documentation for the entire newly installed network.
• Troubleshoot and performed problem resolution of the newly installed network.

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Principal Network Engineer

• Responsible for network design, configuration, implementation, deployment, management, troubleshooting, integration of network applications, and programming. Represented the company interacting with various Vendors to find solutions to different project requirements. Worked independently and as a member of group on various projects. Worked on Cisco Routers, Cisco Switches, PIX Firewalls, MPLS, Access Control Server ACS , HP OpenView ASDM

Confidential

Principal Network Engineer

• Responsible for network design, configuration, implementation, deployment, management, troubleshooting, integration of network applications, and programming. Represented the company interacting with various Vendors to find solutions to different project requirements. Worked independently and as a member of group on various projects. Worked on Cisco Routers, Cisco Switches, Check Point Firewalls, Access Control Server ACS , VPNs, vBNS, Cisco works, Fluke Network Analyzer, Opnet ACE, IT Sentinel, IT Guru, Nessus, Nmap, snort, QoService for Video Conferencing. Routing Protocols: EIGRP OSPF

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Sr. Network Engineer

• Responsible in network design, configuration, implementation, deployment, management, troubleshooting, integration of network applications, and programming. Represented the company interacting with various Vendors to find solutions to different project requirements. Worked independently and as a member of group on various projects. Worked on all the platform/series of Cisco Routers 1600,1700,2500,2600, 2700,2800,3600,3800,4000,7200,7500 except Cisco 12000 Series Routers. All the platforms/series of Cisco Switches 2900,3500,3700,4000,4500, 6500 , Cisco Pix Firewalls, Check Point Firewalls, load balancers, and Installed and configured HP OpenView 6.31. Day to Day working knowledge with Cisco Works/MRTG/CACTI/. I also work on UNIX SUN Solaris 7,8, 9 and Windows NT, 2000, Windows XP. Routing Protocols: EIGRP, OSPF, BGP Configuring GRE Tunnels, Hot Standby Router Protocol HSRP , Virtual Private Networks VPN , VPN over PIP Networks for various scenarios/requirements on various projects.
• Provide Engineering support for Network Security to comply with NIST and NSA standard --design, development, and implementation of information security policies and procedures, apply solution to mitigate vulnerabilities, hardening the network Devices such as Routers, switches, Firewalls, and Remote Access systems by creating the security baselines. Attended CSRC and Patch board Meetings.
• Attended various Technical and non Technical meetings Engineering, Configuration Management, IDS, Patch Board Meeting, Disaster Recovery Exercise Meeting DR , Continuity of Operations COOP with Internal, External Customers, and third party vendors.
• Worked closely with Network Operations Group, IDS Group, Software Application/Development Group, MainFrame Group, Unix Engineering/Operation Group and etc. Represented both Network Engineering and Network Operation as the Lead Network Engineer for the Disaster Recovery Exercises and Network Scanning Projects. Utilized various Network Troubleshooting Tools Such as Ethereal, SolarWinds, Fluke, and some Cable Testers. Microsoft Visio was utilized for various projects. Team Leader. Administrative work for a group of 10 or more IT Personnel.

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Network Engineer

• Responsible in network design, configuration, implementation, deployment, management, troubleshooting, and integration of network applications. Represented the company interacting with various vendors to find solutions to different project requirements. Worked independently and as a member of group on various projects
• Cisco Routers - Cisco 700, Cisco 1700, Cisco 2500, Cisco 2600, Cisco 3600, Cisco 7200. Following LAN/WAN Technologies, Access-list, Multicasting, Router protocols, and Routing protocols were configured on these Cisco Routers. Routers were also configured for Route Redistribution to learn routes from one routing protocol to another.
• SBN Technologies VSAT, WAN Technologies, Frame Relay, T1, X.25, ISDN BRI, ISDN PRI, LAN Ethernet, Layer Four/Three Protocol, TCP/IP and UDP,Layer Two Protocols, PPP, SLIP, HDLC, Frame Relay, X.25, Routing Protocols - RIP, OSPF, BGP, IP Multicast Unicast, Remote Access configurations, Access List, Policy Based Routing, Route Redistribution, Frame-Relay traffic shaping, Network Address Translation NAT
• Cisco Switches - Cisco 1900 and Cisco 2820. These switches were configured for VLAN, VTP, PortFast, Port Mirroring, Enable Multicasting, and other switch functions. TFTP Server - Install and use to upgrade Cisco IOS and save Cisco IOS
• Visio - Use for System designing and documentation purposes.
• Applications Integration - Internet, Intranet, Kencast, Chariot
• Kencast - Installed and integrated with Existing Network for File Transfer Over Satellite using Multicast and Unicast with Forward Error Correction Chariot - Install Chariot Console and Endpoints. Configure Network to implement Chariot, test application capabilities, write test plan, and deploy Chariot. Alteon Switches Layer 2-7 - Configuring for Different fail over scenarios - spanning tree, load balancing, and etc.
• IDC Receivers - SR2001, SR2001A, SR2001B, Superflex, Netmanager, IP Filtering, Firmware upgrade, etc.
• Use Windows Media Player, Encoder, and server for Streaming contents and Install Windows Media Load Simulator on Windows 2000 Server to perform Peak Test and Stress Test on Windows Media Server, and also to Call/Page appropriate personnel when Windows Media Server reach certain thresholds.
• Naviscore Reflection Managing and monitoring ATM and Frame Relay switches
• Sniffer Shomiti Surveyor - Install and configured to Use For Trouble shooting Networks
• HP OpenView Sun Solaris 2.7 - Install and configure.
• CPS 1600 and DS1800 - Configure and Install SW for Local and Remote access to Servers, Switches, and Routers.

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Sr. Network Administrator

• Provided Lead Engineering support for Tivoli Network Management System and Cisco Routers and switches.
• Designed, installed, maintained and coordinated the use of the network system,evaluated hardware and software and peripheral equipment for networks.
• Manages network performance. Troubleshoots and resolves complex problems to ensure quality transmission service on the network Maintains, create/deletes user accounts, maintains and updates system security plans on all platforms.
• Implements and coordinates network policies, procedures and standards. Enforces security procedures
• Supervised and scheduled the Network Engineers and train users -Tivoli Framework TMR Installed TMR on IBM RS6000 and Managed Nodes or Gateways on Windows NT Platform. Created and managed different Tivoli Policy Regions and profiles -Tivoli Desktop Installed. Created, and managed Tivoli Desktops for Help Desk Engineers. Created and Managed Administrators user accounts with appropriate privileges/roles.
• Tivoli Software Distribution, installed and created Autopacks and File Packs. Distribution of Microsoft Project, WordPerfect using Autopack.
• Y2K special Project - Creation Distribution of SP5, MDAC, Extra File Packs to 1500 Endpoints 3 different sites connected via WAN .
• Tivoli Remote Control used for configuration and management of Tivoli Managed or Gateway nodes and End Points -Tivoli NetView and Cisco Works Install and Configure Tivoli NetView and Cisco Works Generate weekly Reports/Graphs using Tivoli NetView - WAN Link Bandwidth usage, Error Rate, InOctect, OutOctect, monitor MIB Values of different Cisco and other Systems Create Traps and Thresholds. Load Vendor Proprietary MIB Values to monitor different Systems Write scripts to accomplish certain tasks as necessary -IBM RS6000 AIX UNIX 4.3 Perform System Administrator function- Installing software and patches. Install and configure application to Page or call appropriate personnel when IBM RS6000 reaches certain thresholds -Oracle Database and Remedy Help Desk Perform Administrator Function -Hummingbird Software Install, configure, and use of Hummingbird software to export Tivoli Desktop GUI to Windows Workstation -Perform daily maintenance of Tivoli Server and Managed Nodes -Contact and Coordinate with Departments Head POC prior to Tivoli Software Distribution -Meeting with Department heads POC weekly basis -Documentation and keep track of licensing information -Contact Vendor Supports as necessary POC -Configuring, Managing, and Troubleshooting Cisco Routers and Switches AS5300, Cisco 3600, Cisco 2600, LS1010, Catalyst 5000
• Installed and configured Cisco Works, upgraded IOS and HW on Cisco Routers and Switches.

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Network Engineer

• Provided technical support for Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System AWIPS .
• Monitored 200 sites via HP ITO /OpenView
• Analyzed customer calls, open tickets using Remedy, interact with third party vendors, and dispatch hardware repairs
• Administered and troubleshoot HP-UX 10.02 for K-series servers, J-series workstations, custom made Communication Processors using HP-RT, Cisco Routers, Demodulators, Modems, Switches, Ethernet, FDDI, Wide Area Frame Relay Network, SNMP, and SBN.
• Operated Informix 7.02 Dynamic Online Database
• Troubleshoot and administer AWIPS WFO-Advanced software.
• UDC-SPPARC, Washington Research Assistant January 1995 May 1997
• Assisted researchers with testing, training, and installation of software on PC's and Super Computer, DAP610C

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Computer Programmer

• Carried out system design, programming, technical support on FAMAS 400 Business Package and Integrated Human Resources Management Software IHRM . Provided training for customers and staff on IHRM.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

Network Engineering, Network Management, Systems Administration, Cisco Routers, Switches, Firewalls, VPN Concentrators, Load Balancers, Remote Access Servers, TACACS, DNS, HP Open View, CiscoWorks, Visio, SDM, ASDM, LAN/WAN, TCP/IP, Routing Protocols-RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, WAN Technologies-PIP, Frame Relay, ISDN,X.25, T1, T3, LAN-Ethernet, Token Ring, FDDI, LAN/WAN Technologies-VPN, VLAN, VTP, HSRP, NAT, PAT, LAN/WAN Troubleshooting Tools-Fluke, Windows Unix Operating Systems , Microsoft Office Suite.