Chartis Federal
Network Engineer
Provided support for implementation/deployment of network equipment to FPS (Federal Protective Services) sites around the country.
Configured and Tested equipment per design presented to the government and guidelines set forth by upper level Engineers/ management.
Helped create testing and troubleshooting documentation, as well as create design documents and network diagrams.
Planned network layouts and configured systems as required by customer environment and Analyzed network topologies and traffic and capacity after deployments
NIH/Leidos Bethesda MD
Network Operations/Implementation Engineer
05/2013 through 09/2014
Work on analyzing/troubleshooting and making changes to such Routing Protocols as – BGP – EIGRP – OSPF and first hop redundancy protocol HSRP/GLBP. Plan, design and implement network upgrades and changes by following the established standard Change Management procedures. Create Design documents, network Visio diagrams, and peer review other designs as needed.
Update configuration and IOS software to network elements. Create, review and update ServiceNow tickets per established Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
Triage outages/issues and resolve quickly and successfully, meeting SLA agreements in place
Troubleshoot wireless network issues by conducting surveys & checking signal strengths.
Worked with a slew of cisco line of switches including their enterprise access, distribution and core line of switches and routers, data center nexus line and supported all facets of the campus network for NIH.
Communicate succinctly in both oral and written communications.
oInteracted on behalf of the customer with Telco groups to resolve circuit problems.
oEnsured the stability and integrity of in house voice, data, and video and wireless network services.
Harris Inc./Gupton Associates Alexandria, VA
Network Engineer
2011- 2013
NOC sustainment team: duties include monitoring and troubleshooting network inconsistencies, while logging and creating tickets.
Configuring a myriad of devices on the network including Juniper and Cisco routers/switches, firewalls etc. Doing day to day sustainment task to improve or solve network/customer issues such as supporting DNS.
Worked extensively with routing and routed protocols such as: DNS, BGP, EIGRP, IS-IS, MPLS, TCP/IP, RIPv2, IP-based applications, GRE/VPN IPSEC tunnels, OSPF including many others.
Create/Run backup and configuration scripts for Juniper and Cisco devices
Other Professional Experiences
U.S Army, Fort Gordon, Georgia
IT Network Specialist
2010-2011
Sprint Inc.
NOC (Network Operation Center) Engineer
2009-2010
Education, Certifications, and Awards that support labor category qualifications
George Mason University Fairfax, VA
B.S IT-Network Administration & Information Security
2010
Linux Institute
LPI Level 1
2014
Comptia
Security +
2014
Cisco Systems
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
2015
Cisco Systems
CCNP Routing and Switching
2016
Cisco Systems
CCNA Data Centers
2017