SUMMARY

• 11 years of experience designing, deploying, and troubleshooting networks within a diverse array of industries
• Equally comfortable in team leadership roles as well as independently owning projects from conception to completion
• Extensive pre - and post-sales involvement liaising between business and technology

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• BGP, EVPN with VXLAN, OSPF, EIGRP, RIP, PBR, PIM Multicast iWAN, Meraki, Viptela, SD-WAN, DMVPN, MPLS, MP-BGP VPNv4, PPP
• Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) and APIC, UCS Director, Nexus Data Broker (NDB), Cisco Network Service Orchestrator (NSO), VMware NSX, TCL, EEM, Python scripting, Ansible, Jenkins, Postman, REST, NETCONF, RESTCONF
• TCP/IP, NAT, PAT, AAA, IPSec, AnyConnect, IP SLA, HSRP, GLBP, VRRP, DNS, DHCP, SNMP, RBAC, RMON, SPAN, NTP, WCCP, NetFlow, STP, RSTP, MST, VTP, dot1Q and ISL Trunking, EtherChannel, Virtual Port Channel (vPC), Virtual Device Context (VDC), Virtual Switching System (VSS), VXLAN
• Cisco Routers: ASR: 9000, 1000
• ISR: 7000, 4000, 3900, 2900, 2800, 1900
• Cisco Switches: Nexus: 9000, 7000, 6000, 5000, 4000, 3000, 2000, 1000V, FEX
• Catalyst: 9000, 6800, 6500, 4500, 4500-X, 3850, 3650, 3560, 2960
• Other: ASA 5500 and Firepower firewalls, Fortinet firewalls, IDS, IPS, UCS C-Series, ACE, WAVE / WAE / WAAS, Arista Switches, Juniper Routers and Switches, Riverbed, Gigamon, F5 LTM / GTM
• Cisco Prime, Infoblox IPAM, Spectrum, SolarWinds (NPM, NCM, NTA, IPAM, SAM, UDT, WPM), CloudVision Portal (CVP), DCNM, WireShark, Microsoft NetMon, Windows Analyzer, OpenNMS, Nagios, Jira, Active Directory, ServiceNow, Remedy, LANDesk, Salesforce, Kaseya, Autotask, Visio

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, New York, NY

Senior Network Design Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Led team of 8 engineers for multiple application separation projects and data center migration projects during M&A’s with partner financial groups
• Engineering team lead for refreshing Nexus 2k, 3k, 5k, 6k, 7k, and 9k platforms in Equinix data centers for use with Strategic Trading Infrastructure (STI) low latency platforms
• Created BGP peering design and configuration as well as formulated MPLS routing policy standards for connectivity with B2B clients during migration to Confidential MPLS PiP cloud
• Implemented configuration changes on core backbone ASR 9k routers using Python scripts and Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO)
• Collaborated with developers in agile SDLC project to automate set of 30 most frequently used workflows for network deployment and administration
• Created designs and configuration standards for refresh of North America data centers using Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), including team lead for several complete greenfield and brownfield network refresh implementations
• Engineering team lead for project migrating 600+ branch and campus sites to DMVPN hub-and-spoke model for data center connectivity
• Responsible for design and deployment of trading floor projects throughout Manhattan
• Created runbook for global Viptela / Meraki branch office implementation project, designed architecture for 6 site types
• Tested and developed configuration standards and templates for various branch types, including low/high level designs (LLD and HLD) and as-built documentation
• Design strategy and implementation for new Internet and Intranet DMZ to migrate partners and customers during data center move from NY to PA
• Designed and implemented replacement of data center monitoring network with Nexus Data Broker OpenFlow controller and Nexus 9000 switches, configured using Postman and Python scripts
• Implemented Netflow Generation Appliance (NGA) on UCS C-Series servers to forward NDB traffic to Netflow collectors
• Built VPN tunnels on headend routers to integrate public cloud service providers (AWS & Azure) with local data centers
• Migrated Solarwinds, SQL, and NTA servers to new physical hardware, created High Availability (HA) pools for polling engines, and designed Disaster Recovery (DR) solution using VMWare Site Recovery Manager (SRM)
• Performed initial device discovery, module configuration, polling optimization, alerts configuration, and report/dashboard customization of SolarWinds deployment for newly acquired business groups throughout NALA, EMEA, and APAC
• Provided engineering supervision and Tier 4 escalation and support for all complex routing/network issues related to the branch, campus and data center migrations
• Monitored & analyzed weekly bandwidth trends across critical WAN links and Internet gateways using various network management tools including Spectrum and SolarWinds
• Coordinated with governance team in formulating new EBNC network standards

Confidential, New York, NY

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Created migration strategies & runbooks for customers primarily in the finance industry
• Redesign and migration of IGP routing protocols, particularly EIGRP and OSPF
• Design and implementation of NAT policies and split-tunnel routing on firewalls and DMZ switches
• Performed troubleshooting and maintenance of keepalives and VIPs on F5 LTM appliances
• Provided level 3 support and participated in bridge calls with clients and vendors for critical network issues
• Performed design, configuration and troubleshooting of networks employing OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, and MPLS protocols
• Pre-staging and benchmarking of network equipment required for rollout of new projects replacing EOL hardware
• Created Method of Procedure (MOP) documentation and worked with change advisory board to approve changes
• Tested IOS software releases and checked against Cisco Bug Search Tool
• Testing and turn ups for copper and fiber leased lines from service providers
• Allocated IP addressing subnets, DNS records, and DHCP scopes for new sites in Infoblox IPAM

Confidential, New York, NY

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Performed protocol migration and implemented OSPF across 15 sites
• Implemented security policies on ASA firewalls to secure DNS, HTTP, SMTP, and other services
• Monitored and optimized network performance using Spectrum and OpenNMS
• Provided level 2 operations support for LAN and WAN break/fix incidents
• Created and resolved hardware and software issues working with Cisco TAC
• Configured and installed 2 Nexus 5000 series switches with layer 3 capabilities
• Installed Cisco routers (7500, 3900, 2900) and switches (6500, 4500, 2900) at remote sites
• Configured Network/Port Address Translation (NAT/PAT) for sharing public addresses
• Configured Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) in order to optimize traffic flow