Summary

Network and Systems Manager / Engineer with extensive experience in network, cable and telephony infrastructure environments, data operations and systems support centers. Product knowledge spans LAN/WAN, OCAP TRUE TWO WAY CABLE, Telecommunications, Network Engineering, telephony, PPP, OSPF, BGP, ATM, MPLS, QOS, Frame Relay, connectivity, computer services and hardware. Related areas of expertise are:

• Training and Development
• Project Management
• Extensive knowledge in the computer field with troubleshooting and repair of networks
• Product Engineering, Design and Implementations
• Ascertained a broad range of technical experience over the past 28 years
• Quality Control
• Productivity Improvement

Software Supported

Experience with most diagnostics proprietary and non - proprietary utilities and applications. Operating systems such as DOS, Windows, Novel, UNIX, Linux AIX VMware and Hyper V Virtual machines and applications. Exchange, Lotus Notes and mail distribution software, Outlook, Network and SNMP trap monitoring software like Net cool, Cisco works, Solar Wins. All routable and non routable protocols such as TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, HSRP,VRRP,SNMP,BGP,STP,MPLS, OSPF, PPP, RIP, ARP, HTTP, FTP, ICMP, IPSEC, VOIP, TCP, UDP, SSL, SIP, SCCM, MGCP, TFTP, RTP, and others. Diagnostic, virus checking and bench mark utilities includes Symantec, Check-it, Norton's anti-virus, ASA, ACS Cisco UCS and VM platforms. Radius, Mc-Cafee, F-prot, Ghost and Imaging software, Microsoft Office, and Back-Office products, Outlook, Lotus notes, Corel, other types of office suites and applications like SharePoint. Experience with remote messenger service software SMS, PC- Anywhere, Net meeting, Visual Basic, Citrix Meta-frame, VERITAS Net backup, MS Project, VISIO, Apature, ProComm Plus, Direct Connect, WebEx, Meeting Place Connect Wise and Mobius . Network and remote administration software like Altiras, Tivoli, Dame ware, Carbon copy. Network monitoring software like Sev one, Spectrum, Solarwinds, Cisco Works, HP Openview, Remedy, Ticketing and service manage software like HP Service Manager, Service Now. Familiar with such packet gropers' and analyzers like Ethereal, Wire shark Win PCAP.

Hardware Supported

All Cisco, Avaya, Brocade, Hewlett Packard Octel, Bay, 3-Com, D-Link, Switches, Routers, Hubs, gateways, Bridges, repeaters, and catalyst and the following Models Nexus 7000s, 5000s, 2000s, Cisco 6500s including 6509E and 6513's, Cisco 4500, Catalyst and 3750 s, Cisco 5500 Series wireless Controllers along with, Cisco ASR 1001 to 1006 7200 BSR's, Layer 2 and 3 technologies Compaq, IBM and Clone brands of desktops, mini towers, DELL BLADES, laptops, DNS, DHCP, NAT, WINS, TFTP, domain, member, file and print, RAS, and exchange servers,, Nortel Wintel-based Hardware Platforms, Other Network Telephony and Telco circuitry both voice and data includes LAN, WAN, MAN, VLAN, WLAN, WMAN, WIFI, Gateways, Point to point, Aruba Wireless, Ethernet, Broadband, RS232, dial up, peer to peer, and hybrid networks. Serial, Synchronous and asynchronous devices and systems ATM, PSTN, ISDN, CDMA, TDMA, GSM, Video Streaming, Frame Relay, TI, T3, DS1, CSU, DSU, DTE/DCE, NIC, NIU, Fiber Channel, FDDI, Sonnet RF components like Spectrum Analyzers like SUN, JDSU, Marconi, Allied Telesyn, Wiltron sweep testers, adapter cards and boxes for voice and data interfaces, channeling multi-plexing and inverse multi-plexing. Have design and hands on experience with all types of cabling and Backbones CAT5,6 and 7, 100 1000 base T Fast Ethernet and GIGE, Fiber, Com-scope, peripheral interfaces network testing and monitoring equipment as well as mainframe 3270/5250 connectivity and emulation, Monroe and Trialithic EAS Generators. Proficient in working with Checkpoint, Pix, ASA appliances and Radius and LDAP security devices and firewalls.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Network Analyst

• Analyzed LAN/WAN traffic and made recommendations for realignment and restructuring.
• Consulted with Network Management and Net-ops team in the NOC and International DATA Centers to optimize all global enterprise network components and monitoring tools including Cisco, Juniper, Avaya and F5 routers, switches, firewalls and load balancers. Worked with products like Solarwinds, Reporting tools and Visio Diagrams to adhere to PCI compliance and be cost efficient in the international market place.

Confidential

Network Security Design Implementation Engineer

• Worked with Global Net-Ops team along with Telecom and ISP Providers such as AT T/ IBM, Verizon and British Telecom to expedite the design processes for the following projects secure tunneling for egress points to implement Office 365, VPN tunneling for Windows 7 upgrades and some migration work as well. Specific infrastructure appliances were Cisco ASA 5540-5580 enterprise firewalls.

Confidential

SR. Network Engineer Contract

• Primary responsibilities are the Cisco switch and device migration and refresh from Cisco EOL 3550 in the IDF's to HP Procurve 3800's and Cisco 3750's infrastructure. Core's being utilized in the MDF s were Cisco 6500 series LAN Switching with VLAN,STP,IOS, HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, SNMP, SSL, SCCM and tagging technologies. Secondary responsibilities were the support of the network LAN/WAN infrastructure and proprietary hospital systems and interfaces for systems like Da Vinci robot, RFID's and others.

Confidential

IT Manager and Sr. Network Engineer Contract

• Utilize ITIL best practices to manage IT department and trained internal personnel to assume the management role when completed. This assignment was a dual position with Network Engineer to technically support responsibilities and implementation of new policies in two offices Pennsylvania and New Jersey . Other responsibilities included RFP and vendor relations, evaluating and supporting a Cisco network consisting of 2800 2900 series routers, 3750 series switches, ASA 5520 appliances with DMZ, Natting, Routing and switching protocols BGP, VLAN, STP, VOIP, SIP, PRI's, H323 and the Microsoft Active Directory 2010 consisted of Exchange, SQL Citrix client and servers, Hyper V Virtual machines double take and Symantec Backup, SCCM, DNS and DHCP Services. Responsibilities included resolving trouble tickets and new implementations and upgrading of network circuits design and solutions for both data/telecom related issues.

Confidential

Sr. Network Engineer

• Primary responsibility was to configure deploy and support Cisco 2951 router's to a lab environment and then move to a production / retail environment with split tunnel IPSEC for Barracuda and AT T web washing capabilities. Routing protocols BGP, OSPF, NAT and ACL utilization Secondary responsibilities was to support the Cisco Data and voice infrastructure

Confidential

Network Data Analyst

• Worked in Telecom department of Vanguard's NOC Primary responsibilities are the Cisco switch and device migration to Brocade MLX infrastructure components secondary is Network LAN/WAN, Infrastructure Aruba Wireless, Nexus, Infrastructure, Network administration and systems support. Analyze and bench mark the existing utilization of network traffic data/Telco and work with the Telecom and Data teams to consolidate and migrate existing Cisco 6513 6509 switches, VLANS and devices to the Brocade MLX implemented design. Secondary responsibilities included builds troubleshooting of Server hardware infrastructure rack mount and blade servers Aruba and Cisco Wireless network along with Cisco Enterprise and Nexus Hardware.

Confidential

Network Engineer Level III

• Worked with Comcast NETO team with the design, implementation, integration, deployment and support of fully functional LAN/WAN Network infrastructure and Cable Head-end environments for IP video streaming in the Tru2way/OCAP and legacy cable industry. Environments utilized Level 2 3 L2 L3 Switches and Routers such as the Cisco 2950 and 3750, 60 and 70 series, Nexus 5000, 2000 1000's along w/ the 7604 7609 cores for CRAN video ULA Two way conduit and VLAN distribution of applications, Content Distribution Network, Foundry load balancing, video streaming and IP provisioning capabilities and utilized the following protocols and technologies NAT, OSPF, DHCP, SNMP, FTP, UDP, TCT/IP, PPP, BGP .QOS,VOIP,CDM,NTP,DNS,TACACS,SSH, ACNS.
• Configured and administered cable modem termination systems CMTS like the Arris C4's, Cisco UBR 7200 and 10K Systems along with the Cisco BACC IPV4 and IPV6 static and dynamic provisioning, DOCSIS, DSG Tunneling, and validation environments, and worked with Motorola Cisco /SA cable and network components - DAC, DNCS, Project managed product development lifecycle processes, procedures and tools, Applications, and product development, integration, deployment and support / End to End and simulated production environments . Vendor Management and IOT testing - work with cable industry.
• Designed Built and configured automated testing equipment, test racks and Video Steaming Head end network for set-top box and application server development and certification this utilized CPA, Shell test scripts and other applications for endurance testing and logging this responsibility and requirement utilized VISIO for design and MS Project for tracking and management.