SUMMARY

• Network Engineer with over 15 years’ experience in design, build and manage enterprise and carrier communication network services.
• Extensive experience designing LAN, WAN and security solutions in a multivendor, multiprotocol environment.
• I have excellent communication skills, wide range of experience analyzing business requirements to create technology roadmaps and develop technical network solutions.
• I am adaptable and resourceful, possesses superior customer care skills, adept at dealing with both customers facing and business facing environment.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mission Engineer

Confidential, Greenbelt, MD

Responsibilities:

• Define and refine mission network requirements for MPLS/Ethernet solutions
• Plan and present network designs solutions for review
• Perform network modeling, analysis, and planning
• Write functional requirements/specifications documents
• Implement designs that support the communications networks

Sr. Network Engineer

Confidential, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Integrated five remote sites through a WAN MPLS network architecture.
• Installed and maintained new and existing monitoring of all network and telecommunications hardware and software devices
• Provided cyber security program support to the agency to comply with FISMA and other federal computer security mandates
• Administer vulnerability scans and coordinate remediation activities.
• Researched, recommended, deployed integrated security tools and processes to protect the agencies information assets and infrastructure
• Performed periodic testing for compliance with documented security policies, procedures, and standards
• Lead and actively participated various projects supporting network and network infrastructure implementations and enhancements.
• Evaluated and recommended actions to improve reliability of operations

Network Design Advisor

Confidential, Silver Spring, MD

Responsibilities:

• Planed and coordinated the implementation of network technologies in support of customer requirements
• Validated project requirements, defined project scope, developed project schedules and produced detailed designs for assigned projects
• Performed analysis and diagnosis of complex networking problems
• Documented changes and generated Visio network configurations diagrams
• Planned and executed network upgrade and migration activity

Network Engineer

Confidential, Chelmsford, MA

Responsibilities:

• Managed, maintained and configured Juniper SRX 650 firewalls clusters and nodes
• Configured and maintained customer VPNs tunnels on the hosted environment
• Managed Palo Alto 4020s, 2050s firewall IDS IPS clusters
• Managed Juniper EX4200s, EX2200s and Cisco 6500, and 3750 switches
• Coordinated and troubleshoot VPN tunnels setup and configurations issues
• Monitored datacenter network performance, researched and recommend future enhancement requirements
• Participated in new project work to enhance existing infrastructure

Network/Security Administrator

Confidential, Ipswich, MA

Responsibilities:

• Manage, maintain and configure Cisco switches 6500, 4500, Nexus 5K, 3750
• Maintain and monitor remote offices through MPLS, VPN and SSLs
• Perform troubleshooting to ensure wireless and network connectivity
• Configure high availability access through Cisco CSS/F5 load balancing
• Regularly monitor network performance, troubleshooting and research problem issues
• Administer, configure and maintain remote Access using Juniper IVE SSL
• Provide network performance statistics and reports
• SNMP, Syslog and Netflow configuration using Solarwind, splunk
• Participate in project work including new data centers provisioning and migration

Information Systems Coordinator

Confidential, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Maintain and update of over 4,000 DNS records using BIND software.
• Administer and maintain Citrix Netscalers across two data centers.
• Design and produce weekly top bandwidth usage reports and network performance reports using Opnet AceLive and AceAnalyst.
• Tracked customer DNS, DHCP and Load balances requests and tickets to ensure timely resolution
• Configured/troubleshooting access switch issues
• Participate in evaluating future IPAM, DNS and LB network requirements, and making recommendations to meet future requirements

Network Administrator

Confidential, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Connected eight centers through WAN links using Checkpoint VPN and point - to-point link.
• Rolled out common email platform and applications sharing between all branch offices, 12 day care centers and over 500 hundred users.
• Planned, created and administered AD sites in all branch offices.
• Monitored server’s health and ensured critical updates were rolled out.
• Managed WAN security using checkpoint cluster firewall gateway.
• Planned, deployed and administered site-to-site VPN using Firewall/VPN.
• Deployed and managed remote users using SSL and checkpoint securemote/secuclient.
• Managed and deployed Cisco routers and switches.
• Managed antispyware and antivirus using Symantec Endpoint Security and GFI Mail Security.
• Coordinated and maintained regular backups using Veritas Backup, and ensured adequate tape rotations.
• Participated in new LAN and WAN, WLAN network survey, deployment testing, configuration and implementation.
• Acted as head of the IT Department whenever the Director was on leave or unavailable.
• Served as a member of the Technology Committee; tasked with evaluating future IT requirements and technology enhancements.

MIS Manager

Confidential, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Implemented reporting systems that streamlined performance measurement tracking and reporting; facilitating billing and timely reimbursements.
• Created an automated system that tracked program expenses and allowed the Program Director to submit budget modifications before year-end close-outs.
• Recommended IT program requirements and evaluated participants’ training software.
• Managed participants’ network equipment and attended to Helpdesk requests.
• Installed, maintained and trained staff in new program software.