SUMMARY Jason has over eighteen years of professional Infrastructure

design architecture and engineering experience. He has a

strong background working with multi-vendor video, voice

and data infrastructure devices. Jason has provided

enterprise level architecture and infrastructure

engineering across multiple data center cloud environments.

He has excellent communication skills and the ability to

mentor other engineers or work independently on assigned

jobs.

TECHNOLOGY

Functional Skills: Voice, Video, Storage, and Data Design /

Implementation / Support utilizing various equipment and

strategy

Operating Systems: Microsoft Server NT 3.51/NT 4/2003/2003 R2/Home

Server, 2008/2008 R2, Home Server 2011/2012/2012 R2, Red

Hat Enterprise, AIX, Solaris, IRIX, Microsoft Desktop

95/98/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7/8, Desktop Linux (Fedora, Ubuntu)

Switches: Cisco Switches (Catalyst 2960, 3750, SG200, SF300, 3548, 3750,

4500, 5500, 6500, Nexus 2000, Nexus 5000, Nexus 7000,

Meraki MS220, Meraki MS320, Meraki MS420), BayStack (350,

450, 5510), Passport (8600, 1600, 2400), ERS (2500 series,

3500 series, 4800 series, 5600, 8600 series, 8800 series),

VSP (4000 series, 7000 series, 9000 series), Alteon (2424,

3408, 2208), Cabletron (Enterasys) (MMac series, 800

series, B series, C series, K series, S series), Juniper

(EX3200, EX430, EX6200), Brocade (ICX, FastIron, VDX, MLX,

SX, TurboIron), Brocade - Multi-Service (VDX), Dell (5500

Series, 6200 Series), HP (A-Series S5600, S5500, S5100,

S3600, S3610, S3100. E-Series Gigabit switches 5500G,

4800G, 4500G, 4200G), VMware (Virtual switching)

Routers: Cisco Routers (1600 series, 2500 series, 2600 series, 3800

series), Bay/Wellfleet (BLN series, ARN series, ARH series,

BCN series, Contivity series, Passport 2430)

Wireless Cisco Wireless (Aironet 1100 series, Aironet 1200, Aironet

1300, Meraki MR12, Meraki MR16, Meraki MR24, Meraki MR34,

Meraki MR62, MR66), Nortel (4121, 2330), DR400, Juniper

(MX-2800, WLA532), Cabletron (Enterasys) (AP series, HiPath

Series (Formally Siemens), Fortinet (FAP-28C, FAP-11C, FAP

14C, FAP-222B, FAP-320C, FAP-320B, FAP210B)

Protocols: RIP, RIPv2, OSPF,IGRP, EIGRP, BGP, IS-IS, Shortest Path

Bridging (aka - Mac-In-Mac)

Firewalls: Cisco (PIX 500 series, ASA 5500 series, Meraki MX series),

Fortinet (Fortigate 60c, FortiWifi 60c, VM60c, Foritgate

50B, FortiGate 90D, FortiGate 200 series, FortiGate 300

series, FortiGate 600 series, FortiGate 800 series,

FortiGate 1000 series), Checkpoint - (Provier 1, FW, NG,

NGX, ) Nokia running Checkpoint - (IP 200 series, 300

series, 400 series, 600 series) Alteon ASF running

Checkpoint (5105, 5112, 5308, 5408, 5610, 5710) - Juniper

- NetScreen (5200, 5400), (SRX650, SRX240, SRX1400),

PaloAlto (PA-4000 series, VM series)

VPN: Contivity (1700, 2500, 2600, 4000), VMware (VPN (Vshield)),

PaloAlto (PA-4000 series, VM series) Fortinet (Fortigate

60c, FortiWifi 60c, VM60c, Foritgate 50B, FortiGate 90D,

FortiGate 200 series, FortiGate 300 series, FortiGate 600

series, FortiGate 800 series, FortiGate 1000 series)

Checkpoint (VPN-1)

IDS/IPS Nortel (Alteon series), Cabletron (Enterasys) (Dragon series),

Snort

Load Balancer Nortel Alteon (2424, 3408, 2208), F5, Radware - Load

Balancer (Alteon NG, LinkProof), Radware Web Performance

Optimizer (FastView), Alteon (ACEswitch 180 series)

Storage & Backup: Dell EqualLogic iSCSI NAS Storage - (PS4100, PS6100,

PS6500), NetApp NAS - (Filer F820, Filer F880, Filer

FAS960, Filer F820, Filer F820, Filer FAS3070, Filer

FAS3240)

Web Cache: Netapp: Proxy - (NetCache C1300, NetCache C2300, NetCache

C3300, NetCache C1200, NetCache C6200)

Network Tools: Packeteer (Blue Coat) - PacketShapers, NetScout (nGenius

series, Sniffer series, InfiniStream series), Solarwinds

(Atlas, Network Performance Monitor, VM Monitor, IP Address

Manager, Network Traffic Analyzer, Network Configuration

Manager), IpSentry (Network Monitor), Angry IP scanner,

Wireshark, Cacti (Network / Server graphing), HP OpenView

PBX / VOIP BCM, Norstar, Meridian, CS1000, Cisco VOIP (UC300, UC500)

EXPERIENCE

Software Information Systems (SIS, LLC) - Lexington, KY

2013 - Present

Contract Network Engineer

Contracted to SIS to engineer and architect new setups in the existing data

center in Lexington, KY and architect and engineer changes to the redundant

data center in Chicago, IL. This is a multi-tenant environment that does

"cloud" hosting for clients using the x86, IBM AS400 (iSeries), and IBM

RS6000 (pSeries). My responsibilities included

running/maintaining/replacing the firewalls (Juniper, Cisco ASA, Fortinet

(physical and virtual), Layer 3 switch architecture (Cisco and Brocade) and

terminating IPsec VPN's into the virtual infrastructure for each customer

island.

I am also responsible for architecting and evaluating the network equipment

for the new small to medium size office offerings. Including the Cisco

switches and Cisco Meraki line of products.

Consultant for Network infrastructure deployments for our healthcare,

charity, legal, financial, and public sector clients.

Jason Collins Photography - Lawrenceburg, KY

2008 - 2012

Owner

. Own and operate photography business specializing in weddings,

portraits, and landscapes

KEANE Inc. /NTT Data - Frankfort, KY

2007 - 2011

Network Architect (Senior Consultant)

Contracted to work on the Kentucky Department of Education's KETS (Kentucky

Educational Technology System) project. Architect for any Voice / Video /

Storage / Data project that affects the operation of or relies on the

statewide network. Lead network engineer / architect for the implementation

of the KEN (Kentucky Education Network) project. Lead engineer / architect

for iSCSi network for the Kentucky Dept. of Education. Lead engineer /

architect for statewide video conferencing system. Standards creator and

contract writer for all voice / data equipment sold to Kentucky K-12

schools. Top level support for any statewide architectural issues.

City of Lawrenceburg - Lawrenceburg, KY

2002 - 2010

Firefighter

. Provide on call firefighting services for the City of Lawrenceburg

SCB Computer Technology / KEANE Inc. - Frankfort, KY

1999 - 2007

Network Engineer (consultant)

Contracted to work on the Kentucky Department of Education's KETS (Kentucky

Educational Technology System) project. Lead Support Engineer for the KEN

(Kentucky Education Network) project. Work as technical lead on a 5-member

team to redesign and maintain the State Educational Network backbone.

Manage the KETS network management and monitoring systems. Assist the 178

school districts with network design and implementation utilizing

conventional TELCO lines, Metro Ethernet, and Optical. Manage the 400+

Nortel BayRS Routers; Nortel / Cabletron /Enterasys layer 3 switches for

1400 schools in 178 Districts across the state. Manage state level Nortel

Alteon Layer 4-7 switches, Packeteer PacketShapers, Network Appliance

NetchCache caching servers, Checkpoint Firewalls, Nortel Contivity VPN

routers, Nortel and Enterasys Wireless Access Points, Nortel / Cabletron

/Enterasys layer 2 switches, and DNS Servers running on Sun Solaris,

Windows, and RedHat Linux.

Van Lear Fire Dept. - Van Lear, KY

1997 - 1999

Firefighter

. Provide on call firefighting services for the City of Van Lear

Johnson County Schools - Paintsville, KY

1995 - 1999

Technology Technician

Responsible for Johnson County Schools network hardware and software

installation, maintenance, backups, and upgrades. Accountable for over 800

networked PC's with 10 LAN's connected by a high speed WAN to the statewide

Kentucky Education Technology System network. Support Microsoft Exchange,

Microsoft Proxy, Microsoft Web, and Novell File and Print servers. Provide

Training to professional staff on various software such as Windows 95 / 98,

Microsoft Exchange Client, and Microsoft Office 97.

SIP Broadcasting (WSIP) Paintsville, KY

1995-1996

Disc Jockey

. Worked as on-air personality, provided musical programming and

engineering

Professional Organizations

. IEEE, Infragard (Louisville Chapter)

EDUCATION

Morehead State University (Big Sandy Campus), Prestonsburg, KY

1997 - 1999

Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY

1996 - 1997

Prestonsburg Community College, Prestonsburg, KY

1994 - 1996

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