SUMMARY:

• Seasoned Information Technology Professional with hands - on extensive experience in all aspects of design, implementation and support of complex network and computer systems.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Technical Skills: Extensive knowledge of Cisco switching, routing, security, voice & wireless technologies.

Cisco IOS, NX: OS, CLI and ASDM management interfaces.

Cisco Routers: 1841, 2851, 3845, 2921, 7206VXR, MSFC2, MSFC3A, ISR-4331, ASR-1001X, ASR-1004

Cisco Catalyst Switches: 2960, 3560, 3650, 3750, 3850, 4507, 4510, 6506, 6509E, 6513E

Cisco Nexus Switches: 2248, 2348, 4000i, 5548, 5596, 5672, 56128, 7018, 7710

SAN FiberChannel Switches: Brocade SilkWorm 2800, 3900; Cisco 9140, 9216, 9506, 9513

ASA Firewalls: 5505, 5508, 5510, 5515-X, 5516-X, 5540, 5550, 5580, 5585, Virtual Contexts, IPS

Cisco VoIP Technologies: Communication Manager, Unity

Wireless LAN Controllers: 4402, 4404, 2504, 5508

Wireless Access Points: 1130, 1232, 1242, 2702, 3602, 3702

Network Switching: Spanning Tree, VTP, VPC, OTV, QoSNetwork Protocols: TCP/IP, RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, HSRP, MPLS

IP Enterprise Management: Infoblox IB1410

Network Load Balancing: Citrix VDX8200, SDX18500

Network Monitoring: Cisco Works 2000, Cacti, NetScout, nGenius, HP OpenView, Scrutinizer, SolarWinds

Strong knowledge of Microsoft technologies: MS Server 2003R2, 2008, 2008R2, 2012, 2012R2Exchange Server 2003, 2007, 2010, SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2012, ISA Server 2006

Server Technologies: Active directory, DNS, DHCP, WINS, IIS, HA Load Balancing & Clustering Services

Cloud Technologies: MS Azure, Google Applications

Remote Access: MS Terminal Server, Citrix Metaframe, NFuse

Virtualization Products: VMware ESXi 5.1, 5.5, 6.0; MS Hyper-V Server 2008R2, 2012R2

IBM System X & Blade Servers: 3650M1, 3650M2, 3650M4, HS23 blade server

HP ProLiant Servers: BL260, BL460, DL360, DL380, DL580, ML370, ML530, ML570

Cisco UCS Servers: C220M3, C240M3

SAN Products: HP MSA2000, EVA5000, SanSymphony, FalconStor IPStore, EMC DMX, IBM StorWize

Backup Products: Arcserve 11; Symantec Backup Exec 2012, 2015, NetBackup 6

Technical Project Management: Advanced skills in development project plan, change management, and version control using industry standards tools and best-practices - MS Project, Visio, and Microsoft Office Suite.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Network Engineer

Confidential, RYE, NY

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities include planning, design, installation & upgrade of network infrastructure in company global & regional HQ and remote offices. Implemented network infrastructure upgrade in AVON HQ utilizing Cisco Nexus 7018, 56128 switches and 2248 fabric extenders. Upgraded WAN Edge Infrastructure utilizing ASR-1001X & ASR-1004 routers. Migrated standalone ASA 5550 firewalls, to a fully redundant ASA 5585-X firewall appliance bundle utilizing virtual contexts. Upgraded Wireless network infrastructure utilizing high performance Cisco WLC 5508 & AP 3702 wireless lan controllers & access points.
• As a result of this projects AVON has new efficient, resilient, fully redundant Core, Edge and Wireless network infrastructure.

Network Engineer

Confidential, NYC

Responsibilities:

• Planned, designed and implemented Network Infrastructure upgrade in the new Data Center utilizing Cisco Catalyst 4510, Nexus 5596 and 4000i switches, 2691 routers consolidating network infrastructureinto redundant, high speed and capacity capable infrastructure making an optimal platform for provisioning applications and services.
• Upgraded wide area network infrastructure from sonic wall firewalls and disperse ISP providers to the Cisco ASA 5515-X firewalls and standardized on Cogent and Verizon ISP simultaneously achieving performance increase, redundancy, network stability & savings.
• Designed and implemented wireless network infrastructure based on Cisco 2504 wireless controllers & 3602 access points allowing users, firm tenants and visitors fully independent protected and secure wireless access.
• Administered & supported firm phone system infrastructure utilizing Cisco Communication Manager and Unity systems.
• Consolidated firm server infrastructure from disperse server systems into high capacity IBM blade server systems providing highly capable server platform for mission critical applications.
• Upgraded storage from a direct attached to a multi-tiered SAN storage environment, creating scalable highly redundant storage system, providing security and protection of snapshots and
• Planned and implemented secure redundant remote access solution based on Cisco SSL VPN & MS 2012R2 remote desktop services virtualized server farm, providing firm users secure dual authentication remote access to the firm’s applications & services.
• Designed and implemented firm virtual high availability environment based on VmWare ESXi 5.5 and Microsoft 2012R2 Hyper-V servers that resulted in increased application uptime & reduced administrative overhead.
• Upgraded E-Mail system from standalone Exchange 2003 environment to the high availability clustered, virtualized Exchange 2007 servers environment, building clustered server farm for the mailbox, hub transport & edge servers.
• Implemented Cloud based Email redundancy, protection & archiving utilizing Google Applications Continuity & Vault services allowing users continue to use email during email maintenance, access to archived email & protection against email malware & viruses.
• Upgraded firm mission critical multi-tiered document management system consisting of DM, MS File and SQL servers from a standalone system to redundant clustered virtualized environment.
• Implemented firm backup and Disaster recovery infrastructure utilizing Symantec Backup Exec & IBM StorWize SAN creating two-tier onsite and offsite hierarchical backup system allowing for a quick backup and restore of mission critical files and applications and long-term archiving.

Network Engineer

Confidential, NY

Responsibilities:

• As member of engineering team implemented major upgrade in Confidential school’s network infrastructure utilizing Cisco Catalyst 6509, 6513, 3560 and 3750 series switches, 3745 and 3845 routers, ASA 5510 and 5520 firewalls, 4402 and 4404 Wireless LAN controllers and 1242 series wireless access points. As a result of this project DOE schools have new cost-effective, fully redundant CoreWired and Wireless network infrastructure.

Senior Network Engineer

Confidential, Tarrytown, NY

Responsibilities:

• Designed and implemented LAN upgrade in headquarters using Cisco 6509, 3560 and 3750 series switches allowing gigabit network access to the servers in the Computer Room and user’s desktops, providing increased uplink bandwidth from the access to the core switches, redundancy and high availability at the network core.
• Upgraded firm internet access infrastructure from 2 separate T1 lines to 6 T1 lines multilink bundle increasing 3 times available bandwidth, allowing much improved remote access and web hosting.
• Designed and implemented B2B site to site and remote access VPN solutions utilizing Cisco ASA 5520 firewalls allowing business partners and sales and marketing groups secure redundant high speed access to the corporate applications and services.
• Planned and implemented in headquarters and satellite offices wireless access solution based on Cisco 1130 access points working in conjunction with cisco wired infrastructure allowing marketing representatives and remote users roam between offices and have seamless wireless access to the network applications and services.
• Upgraded and consolidated firm stand-alone MS SQL 2000 servers into high-end redundant MS SQL 2005 cluster systems resulting in less overhead, better utilization and increased availability.

Senior Network Engineer

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

• Planned, designed and implemented entire LAN infrastructure upgrade in NY headquarters and remote offices utilizing Cisco 6513, 6509 and 4507 series switches allowing gigabit network access to the user’s desktops, providing redundancy and high availability to the network core, utilizing MSFC modules and HSRP and EIGRP routing protocols, that resulted in increased productivity due to much improved network up-time and quicker application and data processing.
• Designed and implemented firm-wide fully meshed VPN network utilizing Cisco 2651, 2691, 3745 routers and PIX515E and 525 firewalls allowing remote offices to have a redundant path to the headquarters and other remote offices, giving benefit of secure local internet access w/o saturation of WAN bandwidth with Internet traffic.
• Planned and implemented secure redundant remote access solution utilizing Cisco authentication-proxy, Cisco Secure server and RSA radius server, giving users secure redundant token based remote access solution to the Citrix, Exchange and Elite (Accounting) servers.
• Designed and implemented Enterprise based Infrastructure monitoring solution based on CA-Unicenter Cisco Works LMS, NetScout and nGenius applications, allowing proactive monitoring and timely addressing of network, storage and applications performance issues.
• Designed and installed MS ISA 2004 server farm utilizing MS ISA array and network load balancing cluster technology providing users with the high capacity redundant, load-balancing internet access solution.
• Planned, designed and implemented E-Mail upgrade from MS Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2003 environment building clustered server farm for the database back end servers and NLB clusters for the Exchange bridgehead servers, that resulted in increased productivity due to improved serversuptime and quicker application and data processing.
• Replaced Stand Alone dispersed tape backup solution with the centralized staggered backup system utilizing MS Storage Server, Symantec NetBackup & BacupExec with SanSymphony & MSA 1000 Fibre-channel system, allowing fast SAN based scalable backup solution for the servers & applications.
• Designed and implemented Firm-Wide wireless network utilizing Cisco 1200 aironet access points and wireless vlan and trunking technologies, working in conjunction with cisco switches allowing Willkie users and firm clients while working together on a project secure, independent wireless access to their respective network environments and applications.

System Administrator

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

• Migrated File and Print services from Novell NetWare to Windows NT servers.
• Migrated E-Mail from Lotus CC.Mail to MS Exchange 5.5 server.
• Improved E-Mail connectivity to company subsidiaries by utilizing direct e-mail connectivity viaMS Exchange to Lotus Notes and CC.Mail connectors
• Upgraded mission critical server’s hardware standardizing on industry leading Compaq Proliantserver line.
• Upgraded backup software from various vendors to CA Arcserve standardizing across Windows NT and Novell NetWare platforms.