Christian Rodriguez

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SECURITY CLEARANCE

Secret clearance, Inactive

**-**** ** **** ******* (1991-1997, 2001-2005)

Petty Officer 2nd class SW/AW - Good Conduct Award SUMMARY

Network Engineering Professional with 20+ years of professional work experience in the Information Technology industry working for Cable MSO, Large Scale Telecommunications Service Providers, Educational Institutions, U.S. Government, and Managed Service Providers Superb communication skills with excellent attention to detail Cisco Certified Networking Associate - CCNA; Cisco Certified Design Associate - CCDP; Cisco Certified Networking Professional - CCNP; Cisco Certified Design Professional - CCNP; MCSE; CNE; CCNA; CCNA Voice; CCNP Voice

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Northwell Health - Senior Network Engineer

January 2018 - Present

● Customized Python Automation Scripts for Network Auditing using Paramiko Python module. Compiled information on LAN Switch ports usage, activity, and availability and developed a plan to free up space in the data closets

● Provided network design recommendations in support of Northwell Health Technology refresh at Northern Westchester Hospital and Phelps Memorial Hospital

● Engineered WLAN deployments utilizing advanced 802.11n WLAN utilizing dynamic TX power adjustment, Radio Resource Management, and WLAN aggressive load balancing

● Project lead for several Life Cycle Engineering initiatives Northern Westchester Hospital and Phelps Memorial Hospital, including replacement of EOL LAN switches, IOS upgrades on Catalyst 3850 switches, ASA 5540, 5510, and 5505 firewall replacement and software upgrades

● Project lead for UPS refresh in all LAN switch closets at Northern Westchester Hospital and Phelps Memorial Hospital, completing an analysis of electrical power distribution at the hospitals and provided Data Center and LAN switch closet design recommendations to limit electrical casualty failure groups of computer resources, and increase the availability and survivability of all Network Services

Mizuho Capital Markets - Network Engineer

April 2017 - January 2018

● Developed and deployed network design solutions

● Deployed Cisco UCS, 6248 Fabric Interconnect, B-Series Blade Servers, VM-VSphere, ESXI-5.5 booting from SAN, FCOE, Nexus 7K FC Fabric Zoning and Name Service, and Fault Tolerant WAN design utilizing eBGP and EIGRP routing protocols

● CUCM 11.0, SIP Trunking, H.323 and MGCP Gateway, Dial Plan, CUC, CAPF PKI and distribution of client certificates to support Dot1x authentication and authorization services with ISE.

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● Deployed, configured, and provided administrative support for Cisco ASA-based security perimeter, SSL VPN

● Deployed, configured, and provided administrative support Nexus 5K, Nexus 7K, VPC, Catalyst 6500 VSS

● Reduced IT risk based on control assessments and recommendations, ensuring both corporate continuity based on business contingency-disaster recovery planning, change management-control and regulatory compliance based on IT audit, reviews, and IT corporate governance including SOX, GLBA, FFEIC, and SEC

● Identified security control weaknesses and vulnerabilities, performance of gap analysis assessing resultant risk and organizational impact

● Managed project planning, recommended cost-effective solutions to reduce security risk, execution, tracking, reporting, and closure during development of Risk Management processes

● Assessed compliance to audit compliance of technology-related compliance regulations such as SOX, GLBA, and FFEIC

● Security Awareness: IT Technical and Business views

● Identity, profile, and access management: data security

● Policy and Procedure: assessment, development, standards, and frameworks: COBIT, ISO, FISMA/NIST, ITIL, CMMI/ISO

● Project management and Corporate IT governance

● Web security, security architectures, PKI infrastructure

● Assessed vulnerabilities with security packages

● Performed Business Analysis and translated processes into technical specifications

● Diagrammed systems, workflow processes, and control Spectra Labs - Senior Network Engineer

November 2016 - April 2017

● Developed and deployed network design solutions for Spectra Labs Data Center and WAN Networks

● Designed and deployed a scalable and fault-tolerant WAN design utilizing beg and EIGRP routing protocols and providing availability of multiple resilient L3 network paths for data center interconnection between Milpitas and Rock Leigh Data Centers

● Developed and deployed OTV network solution for Data Center Interconnect

● Developed Python Automation Scripts for network configurations audits and capacity analysis Morgan Stanley - Instrumentation Operation Engineer August 2016 - September 2016

● Developed and deployed Perl and Python scripts for automation of Network Audit and Configuration Tasks

● Audited and remediated incorrect CMDB records

● Developed automation scripts related to capacity analysis processes Christian Rodriguez

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Verizon Enterprise Business Solutions - Network Operations Engineer/Operations Manager March 2015 - August 2016

● Worked alongside and reported into the Verizon Engineering Design Authority to deliver technical leadership and service governance in order to reduce risk, cost, gaps, and timelines

● Acted as the single point of contact for the customer at a technical level during implementation and operation of the service

● Relieved the customer of having to coordinate multiple parties at a technical design level during the implementation of various services by providing a single architectural role that integrates the overall service strategy, design, and transition.

● Provided continuity between pre- and post-sales phases by assuming ownership of the end-to-end solution and technical design leadership during the lifecycle of the service.

● Bridged and integrated business objectives, technology capabilities, gaps, and requirements of integration within and between multiple projects

● Reduced risk associated with multi-discipline, multi-technology deployments by fulfilling the function of Technical Design Authority, incorporating both architecture of and arbitration between different discipline teams

● Reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) by holistically evaluating multi0ple different technology options to determined the best suited solution based on a clear understanding of the customer business outcomes

● Integrated disparate technologies and services as much as possible and specifically identified limitations at an early stage, substantially reducing the likelihood of rework or changes

● Applied the appropriate standards and best practices to the customer solution in Data Center Design and Data Center Infrastructure Deployment

● Continually improved quality by stewardship of “lessons learned” with advanced technology deployments, and used those to develop services and processes

● Developed custom automation scripts in Perl and Python utilizing Cisco automation API Endurance Insurance - Network Engineer

September 2014 - March 2015

● Provided support for the Endurance global voice and data network

● Completed network maintenance and operationally supervised the Endurance Network Infrastructure including Level 3 escalation support tasks and network troubleshooting

● Developed and implemented advanced IP routing configurations, documented network infrastructure operation

● Implemented technology insertion procedures that ensured high availability, stability, network security, and robust network performance of IT services provided by the enterprise network

● Performed project management of network equipment migrations and infrastructure augmentation projects, including infrastructure such as Cisco Catalyst 3850, Cisco Catalyst 3750 switches, Cisco 2811, Cisco 2921, 4404 WLAN Controller, Cisco 3945, Cisco 3925, Cisco 5505ASA, Catalyst 6509, Catalyst 4507, Nexus 5550, and Cisco Nexus 7000 switches as well as Cisco IP Telephony Systems

● Deployed, managed, and acted as troubleshooting support of critical data center infrastructure components, including Nexus 7000 switches, Cisco UCS servers, Catalyst 6500 Christian Rodriguez

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switches, and several Data Center network appliances including Barracuda Web Filter and Citrix Netscape

● Managed monitored, and administered Endurance Voice Telephony Systems

● Completed CME and CUCM Route Plan changes to support IP telephony at new offices

● Acted as engineering support for MGCP and H.323 Voice Gateways, Cisco 3925 Unified Border Elements, and Cisco Unity Connection Voice Mail system

● Completed a Cisco IP Communicator rollout for Endurance Services

● Deployed Cisco 1252 WAP

● Deployed and configured Solar Wind based network operational monitoring system used to monitor VOIP service levels provided by the network infrastructure

● Developed and tested Perl scripts utilizing NMAP and Expect.pm used for penetration testing, network security scanning, and configuration automation Verizon Enterprise Business Solutions - Network Engineer January 2014 - September 2014

● Provided life cycle engineering customer support as a Professional Services Consultant at Burberry in New York City

● Completed Local Area Network designs at Burberry Flagship stores

● Provided engineering support for Verizon MPLS PIP Frame Relay circuit turn ups

● Completed Verizon Teremark Miami Data Center deployments of CUCM IPT 9.1 and Cisco Unified Border Elements

● Completed Catalyst 3560 switch configuration at several Burberry Flagship stores

● Provided tier 4 troubleshooting support for Burberry Network problems to the Verizon ETMS NOC, and conducted network traffic tending analysis and revision of WAN QOS policy to support Burberry CRM applications and VOIP telephony

● Reviewed wireless LAN pre- and post-deployment surveys and provided network architectural engineering support for over 300 802.11n WLANs deployed with Cisco Aironet 3602 Access Points and 5508 WLAN controllers

● Provided network design recommendations in support of Burberry’s strategic Information Technology initiatives that have led to completion of WLAN deployments in Burberry facilities that successfully utilize advanced 802.11n WLAN features such as dynamic TX power adjustment, Radio Resource Management, and WLAN aggressive load balancing

● Completed advanced Local Area Network routing and switching design and configuration to support Local Internet Breakout, routing of Wireless Guest traffic, and deployment of WAN acceleration technologies utilizing HTTP content caches

● Developed and tested Perl scripts using Expect.pm module for automation of network device configuration, fault identification, troubleshooting, and network validation testing ATT Labs - IP Mobility Engineer

September 2012 - January 2014

● Provided Tier 4 support for the lab testing and first field application deployment of ATT’s mobility (UMTS and LTE) cellular backhaul network infrastructure as a member of the Tier 4 technology insertion team in Middletown, New Jersey Christian Rodriguez

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● Developed deployment guidelines documentation for the migration of the current network backhaul network infrastructure to a new design supporting IPv6 addressing and protocols

● Tested deployment procedures for first field application and completed network validation tests for newly deployed design solutions

● Developed and tested Perl scripts utilizing Expect.pm to automate the collection of routing information during deployment of network solution

● Developed and tested Perl scripts utilizing Spirent Test Center API used for lab testing and certification of network designs

● Completed designs solutions that include the utilization of various WAN technologies including MLPPP, EVPL, VLPS, SONET/DWDM, TDM, and Carrier Ethernet services to provide fault tolerant connectivity from base station locations to MITSO aggregation locations Mediacom - Senior IP Engineer

December 2006 - June 2012

● Completed multiple large scale WAN projects as a member of the IP Design team in Goshen, New York, including the redesign of Mediacom’s residential high speed data and VOIP networks

● Provided level 5 escalation supports to the IP Operations Engineering staff in Des Moines, Iowa, and was a key contributor in several of the IP Networks design teams network projects, including Mediacom’s residential Triple Play (Voice Telephony, Video, and High Speed Data), Enterprise Metro Ethernet Transparent LAN services, Mediacom’s Data Center, and Corporate IT Network

● Contributed to the design of Mediacom’s MPLS/VPLS network

● Installed and configured Cisco Packet Transport and MSTP DWDM Systems, Cisco Catalyst 7600 switches, Cisco 4900M, and Ciena OME 6500 SONET/DWDM systems in a high speed Cable MSO Head End environment

● Provided pre-sales engineering for Mediacom Enterprise Business Customers

● DWDM/SONET, Metro Ethernet, and TCP/IP Networks as a Senior Engineer that worked on a Cable MSO Network spanning 23 states in over 500 locations

● Lab Certification tested Cisco 7609, Catalyst 4500, Catalyst 3550 and Catalyst 3650, Catalyst ME3750, Cisco CPT and MSTP DWDM, ubr7246vxr, 7203VXR with NPEG1 and NPEG2, ubr10012 CMTS

● Developed and tested Perl and Python automation scripts utilizing Spirent Test Center API and used with Spirent Test Center during lab certification of network equipment

● Developed and tested Perl scripts using Expect.pm to automate setup of Lab equipment utilized in network design proof-of-concept testing

● Designed and implemented Mediacom Data Center IP Network, Mediacom Goshen Lab IP Network, Mediacom Video Transport Network, and Mediacom VOIP and Voice Service Center Network

● Tested and deployed DOCSIS 3.0 CMTS

● Provisioned, tested, and troubleshooted Cable Modem, SS7, SIP, MGCP, Megaco, H.248, H.323, ITP, IPT, VOIP, QOS, RTP

● Inspected Sandvine L7 Deep Packet

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● Corporate Wireless Network

SUNY Purchase College - IP Engineer

July 2004 - September 2006

● Lead design engineer for IP telephony rollout

● Designed and tested industry standard security solutions for deployment on the Purchase College Campus

● Deployed an AVAYA PBX with advanced telephony features including recording and conferencing functionality

● Deployed numerous campus LAN Network infrastructures, including Foundry Big Iron switches and Juniper IPSEC VPN technology

● Wrote implementation plans and Network Architecture design documents including as built and operations manuals for network and telecommunication systems

● Performed a comprehensive telecommunications inventory to support the campus LAN infrastructure and made significant contributions to the expansion of campus IP/VOIP Network

● Designed and implemented enhancements to campus IP network infrastructure including modifications to campus electrical distribution systems, air conditioning environmental systems and campus Data Center Cat6 wiring for the main campus Data Center, Campus Library, Performing Arts Center, Natural Science Building, and Music Conservatory IDF and MDF wiring closets

● Deployed and troubleshooted support of the campus Avaya VOIP network infrastructure

● Created and maintained official network documentation

● Performed site inventories to aid in capacity planning and implemented and enforced information technology security best practices including the development of internal departmental that ensured campus-wide Information Technology Security Westchester Community College - Data Center Manager April 2002 - April 2004

● Managed Data Center staff including system administrators, operators, and Network Engineers

● Managed Campus Information Technology Security and led the networking staff in many Information Technology security initiatives

● Designed Data Center network infrastructure and contracted vendors to complete installations of UPS and Air Conditioning, Data Center Wiring infrastructure and electrical distribution

● Provided reports detailing uptime and performance of networked computer systems to departmental management

● Participated on a steering committee and implemented key SDLC processes during the deployment of Oracle’s People Soft Customer Relations Management, Student Administration, and Financial Reporting software for Westchester Community College Christian Rodriguez

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Dimension Data - IP Engineer

January 2002 - April 2002

● Worked as a Network Engineering consultant hired by Lloyd Staffing for Dimension Data

● Implemented a 15 site virtual private network using PIX ISPEC VPN Tunnels Dimension Data

● Developed Pix Firewall security policy based on customer requirements

● Implemented an HTTP WCCP Web Cache solution for Merk Corporation Globin Corporation - Network Architect

October 2001 - November 2001

● Network Architecture group member supporting NOC/Data Center for Globix Corporations IP DWDM SONET Networks

● Contributed to the design and deployment of Globix backbone network infrastructure

● Deployed Cisco 7600 Juniper M4O routers in the Globix Network

● OSPF and BGP design required for network migration and expansion

● Deployed network devices in collocation facilities throughout the United States and Europe

● Developed RFPs for outsourcing of Smart Hands network maintenance support in unmanned facilities in the United States and Europe

● Developed certification test plans for Cisco 2000, 3000, 4000, 7000 series routers, Cisco catalyst switches and Pix firewalls

Global Crossing - IP Operations Engineer

September 1998 - September 2000

● Managed and monitored operational engineering support for the Global Crossing MPLS Backbone

● Performed maintenance activities to support network expansion and capacity augmentation

● Provided operational for support for Cisco GSR 12000 and Juniper M60 routers comprising the Global Crossing Backbone and Global Center collocation networks

● Reviewed and approved Engineering maintenance change request, development of RCA documentation explaining the root cause of service outages, network validation testing and documentation

EDUCATION

University of Phoenix

Doctor of Management

Masters of Computer Information Systems

Excelsior College

BA, Sociology

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