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Forest Hills, NY, 11375
Posted:
May 29, 2017

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ALI HIGHLAND

**-** ***** ****** *****: 203-***-****

Rego Park, NY 11374 Email: ac0jh6@r.postjobfree.com

Senior Network Engineer/Architect

An accomplished, hands-on, goal-oriented Senior Network Solutions Architect with extensive multi-vendor, multi-industry experience encompassing sectors such as finance, healthcare, technology, non-profit, legal and retail. Obtained CCNP(x2), CCNA(x3) and MCP certifications and holds a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems. Consistently demonstrates strong leadership abilities, with proven expertise with engineering projects; planning, designing, implementing and supporting complex high-profile infrastructural brown and greenfield projects resulting in scalability, tight security, cost-savings and resiliency. Exceptional at separating keynote technical marketecture with realworld brass-tack solutions.

Areas of Expertise

AWS (Amazon Web Services)

Network Architecture/Engineering

Data Center/WAN Design

MPLS, BGP, EIGRP & OSPF

Cisco ACI/SDN

WAN Circuit Solutions

Infrastructure Security

Business Continuity Planning

NAC (ForeScout & Cisco ISE)

Documentation/topologies

Load Balancing

VPNs & wireless

Professional Experience

LEADING FIN-TECH (confidential), New York, NY 5/2015 – Present

Senior Network Architect/Engineer – Network Lead

Staging datacenters for Cisco ACI SDN implementation

Migrating AWS VPCs & VPNs to newly implemented Direct Connect hub-spoke solution

Optimizing/completing hosted MPLS & DMVPN deployment

Changing ISPs and upgrading all WAN links to 1Gig

Managing office relocations and build-outs

Completing Cisco FirePower IPS deployment

Supporting Server, App, InfoSec, DevOps, Software Engineering, etc teams with project rollouts

Preparing infrastructure for upcoming IT audit

Reviewing maintenance support contracts

Staging network environment to be automation-ready

Managed/supported BGP and EIGRP network

Supporting 4451Xs, 4500X(VSS), ASRs, 3945s, 2960Xs(stacked), Nexus Switches, ASAs, IPS, ISE, etc

Key Accomplishments:

Architected and implemented Cisco ACI in datacenters

Architected and implemented private+public cloud (hybrid-datacenter) solution with AWS

Designed and implemented datacenter segmentation

Designed and implemented datacenter interconnect via Cisco OTV

Created global segmentation, IP allocation & VLAN design

Designed and performed various office relocations

Designed and implemented enterprise Cisco wireless solution

Designed & configured Solarwinds, Scrutinizer Flow Collector & ThousandEyes

Swapped out all Netgear switches with enterprise grade Cisco switches, ASAs and routers

Supported Cisco ISE (802.1x/NAC) on access switches and AnyConnect VPN

Implemented A10 Application Delivery Controllers (ADC)

Implemented and supported hosted L3 MPLS solution

Ensured smooth network datacenter failovers

Ensured and configured automatic WAN redundancy at all sites

Created and maintained network diagrams via Visio

Designed and implemented Cisco Firepower IPS

Designed and implemented multi-homed eBGP designs

DAIWA SECURITIES CAPITAL MARKETS, New York, NY 3/2014 – 5/2015

Senior Network Engineer

Perform Cisco Voice Unified Communication MACDs and translation patterns

Conduct EOL hardware refresh assessments with recommendations based on complex business needs

Coordinate with vendors and providers for multiple WAN circuit installations

Assist with the selection of new data center and WAN design

Troubleshoot Turret, Speakerbus and other financial service business centric trading systems

Analyze network behavior with LogRhythm and Gigamon

Supported EIGRP/BGP MPLS and various VPN connection technologies.

Key Accomplishments:

Migrated datacenter cores from 10 to 40Gig via Nexus 6001s and leveraged vPC+, FEXes, LACP, EIGRP, etc

Replaced and upgraded end-of-life layer 2 and 3 switches with Cisco 3850 stacks

Merged and migrated old 6.3(4) PIX 515e configuration to ASA5550 8.4(7)

Deployed 802.1x via Cisco switches and ForeScout CounterACT appliances

Deployed and supported MPLS, Riverbed Steelheads and Cisco WiFi

OGILVY/WPP ADVERTISING & PUBLIC RELATIONS, New York, NY 3/2013-3/2014

Senior Network Engineer

Migrated and collapsed several branch offices into global network

Performed Cisco ASA55XX IPSEC and Remote VPN troubleshooting and configurations

Migrated Layer 2 IDFs to Layer 3 via EIGRP

Deployed and performed troubleshooting on MPLS BGP WAN

Utilized InfoBlox for IPAM/DNS/DHCP and QRadar for network behavior security awareness

Supported and configured Cisco 5508 and WISM wireless controllers

Managed service providers’ WAN traffic via Palo Alto PA-5020s"

Key Accomplishments:

Designed and configured Cisco ISE for EAP-TLS 802.1X, BYOD and sponsored guest services

Configured and supported DMVPN phase 2 connectivity

Planned and configured load balancing/sharing in 3,000 end-user office via migrating from HSRP to GLBP

Upgraded 300+ network devices and configured them with security, routing and layer 2best practices

Created and maintained multiple Visio and SolarWinds Orion network topologies

CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON, New York, NY 9/2012-3/2013

Senior Network Engineer

Project managed and functioned as lead engineer for multiple DWDM 1Gig and MPLS circuits

Provided framework for collapsing old data-centers to new data-centers

Deployed Steelhead WAN accelerators, BlueCoat proxy appliances and configured BigIP F5 LTMs

Key Accomplishments:

Configured four data-centers using Cisco ASRs, 3750s, Nexus 7Ks, 5Ks, 2Ks and HP B22 FEXs

Provided technical direction & BOM approval for replacing 107 Enterasys switches with 50 Cisco switches

Configured OTV, vPC, LACP, HSRP, OSPF, FEX, QoS, NETFLOW, TACACS+ on Nexus (NX-OS) infrastructure

Identified methods to be leveraged resulting in both increased network performance and cost-savings

NEW YORK HOSPITAL, New York, NY 4/2012-9/2012

Senior Network Engineer/Architect

Investigated and deployed backup Layer 3 EVPL WAN path diversity solution

Managed SolarWinds Orion, BlueCat Adonis/Proteus, BlueSocket and TACACs+

Facilitated network standardization with emphasis on cost-savings and created best-practices framework for change management and LAN/WAN automation

Created networking security policy documentation

Worked within the ITIL framework and PPIDOO life cycle network design and implementation

Key Accomplishments:

Identified engineering inefficiencies, necessary improvements, network capacity planning and the created 5-year WAN/LAN plan

Implemented failover via BGP, EIGRP, HSRP, RSTP, LACP, IPSLA/EEM on various Cisco routing and switching platforms

Migrated from Cisco wireless platform to Aruba networks wireless infrastructure

PHILLIPS VAN HEUSEN, INC. Milford, CT 7/2008-4/2012

Senior Network Engineer

Oversaw network infrastructure implementation and support

Supported QoS for voice, H3232 video and data traffic optimizing

WAN traffic engineering via MPLS, BGP, EIGRP, route-maps and static configs

Facilitated failover via HSRP, VRRP static and dynamic routing

Implemented Cisco WCS, wireless controllers and access points

Configured IPSEC, GRE, SSL, remote VPN Client and AnyConnect

Key Accomplishments:

Implemented various configurations on a variety of platforms, including Nexus 7010/5k/2k (NX-OS),6513s, 3750s, 3560s, 3800s, 2800, ASA5500s and Juniper EX series

Deployed SaaS solutions via IPSEC and dedicated WAN infrastructures

Installed multiple network management appliances/servers including WhatsUp, Scrutinizer, SolarWinds, RANCID, Riverbed Cascade, Cisco IPS, ACS and TippingPoint

Deployed and supported BlueCoat Proxies, WAN accelerators via WCCP and Netscaler NSMPX-7500 & F5s

SILVERSKY, Milford, CT 11/2006-7/2008

Network Engineer, financial services

Education

Bachelor of Science, Information Systems, Charter Oak State College, New Britain, CT (2003-2010)

Majored in Computer Science, Housatonic Technical College, Bridgeport, CT (1999-2002)

Micronics: Security Zero-to-Hero (2016)

FireFly Educate: Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) SDN Solution (2017)

Global Knowledge: – CCIE R&S Bootcamp (2017)

Narbik’s: CCIE R&S Bootcamp (2016)

INE: CCIE Bootcamp (2017)

Micronics: Datacenter Zero-to-Hero (2017)

Certifications

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Comptia A+ Certification Cisco Certified Network Administrator (CCNA) x3 Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) Comptia Network+ Certification

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