T imothy M. Maina

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Santa Clara, Ca, 95050

acf2ub@r.postjobfree.com

+1-707-***-****

PROFILE

Motivated, rapid-learning, and results driven Network Engineer w ith experience in a wide a

r ange of Network and Network security technologies w i th a good t rack record of successfully

completing projects in time, and meeting expectations.

EDUCAT ION

• M iddlesex University, BSc. Computer Systems

CERT I F ICAT IONS

• Cisco® Certified Network P rofessional (Routing & Switching),

• Cisco® Certified I n te rnetwork Expert – w r i tten (Security)

SK I L L SUM MARY

P roject Management a nd Operations Support

• Experienced in engineering new network and security solutions, implementation and deployment of

t hese solution, documentation, and t raining of support staff.

• Troubleshooting network and security issues, and coordinating with other IT staff and vendors to

resolve outages.

• Ability to apply technical knowledge and expertise to making pragmatic decisions while balancing

p roject objectives and constraints with client delivery expectations.

• Experience managing vendors and consultants to get expected results and timelines.

N etwork Platforms

• Cisco routers & switches (, 2800, 2900, 3700, 3800, 3900, 6500, 7200, 7600),

C isco Wireless (4400 LAN Controller, Aironet 1100, 1300, 1400), C isco WAN Optimization (Cisco

WAAS), Riverbed, F5

• Palo Alto (PAN OS)

• Juniper, Netscreen

Network Operating Systems

• Windows 2008 Server and related technologies (Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group

Policies)

Network P rotocols

• RIPv2, EIGRP, OSPF, ISIS, BGP, MPLS, MPLS-VPN, MVPN, PIM, BSR, IGMP, CGMP,

M SDP, MBGP, OpenFlow

Security & Tools

• Cisco PIX, Cisco ASA 5500,, Netscreen, Palo Alto PANOS, Bluecoat Proxy, Cisco ACS,

TACACS,

Applications

• Microsoft Visio, Bluecoat Reporter

WORK EXPER I ENCE

H itachi Data Systems, Santa Clara, CA May 2007 –

P resent

Position: Network Engineer

Responsible for engineering new network and security engineering solutions, escalation for network related

p roblems, evaluation and working with vendors on new products, advising network and security engineers

on strategy, working with service providers, managing consultants and ensuring they meet project

requirements and timelines, and performance reporting to management.

Responsibilities:

• Engineering of new network and security solutions such as IPS/IDS, and QOS/VOIP.

• Escalation for network and security issues and outages.

• Evaluation and proof of concepts of products before integration to our infrastructure. Currently

evaluation Palo Alto firewalls and the Panorama central management.

• Management of vendor relationships to ensure optimal service levels are met.

• Provided documentation, processes, and templates for operations staff

• Ongoing Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity planning and

San F rancisco State University Dec. 2010 – Nov. 2011

Position: Network Analyst

I T Operations responsible for campus wide switch refresh project, implementation of a wireless

i nfrastructure (Aruba), supporting staff and students and resolving IT issues.

Responsibilities:

• Successfully managed professional services during the switch refresh project

• Worked with vendors, IT staff, and interns during the implementation of wireless infrastructure,

p roviding wireless coverage across the campus.

• Managed firewall and VPN devices ( ASA and Netscreen)

• Acted as a point of escalation for I T Infrastructure (Cisco Voice, Data, Wireless and security) related

issues.

• Ensuring all project-related documentation is produced and signed off.

Yellowhouse LTD Dec. 2009 – Mar. 2012

Position: Operations Manager

Operations manager responsible for running daily operations duties for this company including project

p lanning, coordination, purchase of materials, hiring and managing of employees, producing reports, and

meeting vendors.

Responsibilities:

• Managed all aspects of the day to day running of the company including PO, paying casual workers,

scheduling meetings with customers to keep them updated on progress, and leading projects to completion.

• Filing reports

• Selection of vendor.

• Hir ing employees

BT, United Kingdom Sep. 2001 – Dec. 2005

Position: IP support engineer

I was responsible for operational support of Dial IP, Broadband, and MPLS, infrastructures.

• Cisco AS5300

• Cisco 7200

• MPLS/VPN

• Broadband support

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LANGUAGES

Language Speaking Reading Writing

E nglish Excellent Excellent Excellent

Swahili Excellent Excellent Excellent

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