SUMMARY

• Sr.Network Engineer with 20 years’ experience highly analytical self - motivated individual, with MAN/LAN/WAN, firewall installation and trouble shooting skills. Seeking a Network Engineer position with an organization that will offer an opportunity to utilize my professional training and network expertise in a challenging and growth oriented environment.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

HARDWARE: Cisco Routers (29XX, 38XX, 39XX) Cisco Switches (2960, 3560, 3750, 4500-X,3560,3800), Juniper, ASA, Cisco Nexus 1K/5K/7K/2K/9K, F5 LTM, Fortinet FortiGate Cisco Wireless, Meraki

SOFTWARE: Windows 200X Server, Linux, MRTG, Remedy, Wireshark, Check Point, CISCO TACAC, RSA, Call Manager, SolarWinds, JUNOS, ScreenOS, QIP, Riverbed, Cisco Prime, VMWARE/ESXi SPLUNK

PROTOCOLS: TCP/IP, SSH, Spanning Tree, IPSEC, GRE, FTP, DNS, HSRP, SSL, OSPF,VTP,VPC,LACP, BGP, EIGRP, MPLS VPNs, Multicast, SNMP, HSRP/VRRP/GLBP, DHCP, NAT, DMVPN

LAN/WAN: OTV.VXLAN, MPLS, VPLS, DS3, EPL, Site-to-Site VPN

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Supported US Datacenter and collocated clients and provided level 3 support.
• Migrated Datacenter from Cisco Nexus to Juniper MX
• Configured BGP peering from MFX datacenter to support managed clients VRF
• Managed client’s networks consisting of Cisco wireless/ASA Juniper MX, EX, QFX/Fortinet
• Supported AWS Services including VPCs, VGW, IGW, Direct Connect, Transit Gateway Service

Confidential

Network Architect

Responsibilities:

• Develop framework to be used for the fencing end of life servers(2003/2008/Linux)
• Develop architectural strategy plans for the banks global virtualized software defined infrastructure.
• Manage relationships and interaction with vendors and industry analysts.
• Recommend modifications to infrastructure architecture to address specific security vulnerability
• Created python scripts to gather from network device (Cisco, Arista, Fortinet)
• Perform proof of concept and pilot implementation for all next generation hardware / software platforms.
• Work closely with architecture teams to gather and define network requirements

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Firewalls: Checkpoint, create policies, object groups, implementation, and troubleshooting
• Application migration implementing Nexus 7k/5K/2K - implementing Fabric Path
• Modified Python scripts on Unix server to backup Juniper SRX/ASA firewall configurations
• F5 Load balancing: creating and modifying irules, creating nodes, creating policy
• Day to day troubleshooting, and change request implementations
• Wireless installation and troubleshooting, Cisco WLC
• Multitasking multiple projects, and project management
• Troubleshot OTV across colocation DC and Amazon AWS direct connect
• Decommission Cisco ASA firewalls in dealerships to next gen Palo Alto firewalls

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Configure DMZ interface on ASA 5540 to allow VRF vendor routes
• Supported multicast traffic for Gentec Security Center
• Upgraded datacenter for Cisco 6509 switches running in VSS to Nexus 5500
• Deployed cisco 3850 in facilities to support 500 POE security cameras

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Design and determinate standards, implementation, maintenance and operation of network devices.
• Create and maintain documentation as it relates to network configuration, network mapping,
• Configured, tested, and maintained branch sites equipment consisting Meraki firewall/wireless/access point
• Provide support, maintenance, security and planning for a corporate LAN and WAN
• Provide superior customer service to internal clients proactively notifying customers of issues and responding to escalations
• Administered network devices setting and maintaining policies and rights/security within Windows and Linux
• Setup site to site VPNs to core ASA and open ports on firewall to allow access to services in DMZ
• Configure VIP’s on F5 load balancer and renew SSL certs

Confidential

Project Manager Deployment Engineer/Contract

Responsibilities:

• Auditing and applying industry best practices to Port Authority network to mitigate network vulnerabilities
• Deployed Riverbed Cascade to monitor network data flow using netflow
• Preformed IOS upgrade on Cisco 7200/4500/3750 and deployed Cisco 10 gig switches in datacenter
• Managed meetings with vendors to evaluate Proof of Concept deliverables

Confidential

Deployment Engineer/Contract

Responsibilities:

• Assist in the installation and turn up of fiber optic cable, DWDM and SONET equipment
• Upgrade Cisco IOS verified configurations using DIFF and monitor device status after upgrade
• Set up extranet solos to Exchanges/Extranets, Market Data vendors, and financial clients
• Preformed upgrades on low latency datacenter consisting of Cisco 6500E,4900M, Nexus 2k,5k,7k, Arista 7124
• Deployment Engineer/Contract
• Deployed migration of 900 MSSB multi vrf branches to MPLS and tested branch circuits (T1,DS3) for errors
• Implemented shell scripts for networking automation and provisioned DNS with QIP
• Tested sites for multi-cast traffic network connectivity of network nodes before and after network cutover

Confidential

Network Engineer/Permanent

Responsibilities:

• Design network architecture configured, installed, troubleshoot voice, LAN and WAN
• Migrated and decommissioned datacenters to a consolidated Verizon COLO
• Implemented site to site, client, IPSEC tunnel modes, SSL clientless/ Any connect, Tunnels
• Setup SSL certificates, load balancing for server farm, load sharing and redundancy using F5
• Configured firewall object grouping rules on corporate and production network inbound connections