Management Network

Network Design ~ Network Operation ~ Network Management

Mainframe support ~ Server Connectivity ~ Disaster Recovery

CORE COMPETENCIES

Working closely with and advising teams supporting servers and

applications.

Experience within a 7x24x365 high-availability Data Centre environment.

Documenting and testing Disaster Recovery plans.

Monitoring network activity, advising proactive strategies to prevent

problems.

Conscientiously adhering to change management procedures and service level

agreements.

Maintaining high quality documents: network diagrams, network activity

reports, spreadsheets, wiki, DRP schedules and operational procedures.

Provide and maintain PCI DSS documentation.

VoIP, Wireless, Office support.

Ethernet, switching, VSS, spanning tree, VLAN's, 802.1x, SAN, Cisco

Catalyst 6500/4500/3700/3500/2900.

Routing (OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, VRF), TCP/IP, Cisco 7200/SUP720.

Cisco ASA/FWSM, VPN, Juniper SSG and Checkpoint firewalls.

F5 BigIP, Riverbed, Cisco ACE, CSS.

DNS and Internet domain management, Cisco GSS.

Knowledge of server networking for Windows, Linux, AIX, z/OS, VMware.

Linux administration, bash, PHP and Perl scripting.

z/OS TCPIP and SNA/ACF/VTAM/NCP support.

MS Office, Visio, MS Project, Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point, NG

Sniffer, Wireshark, Zabbix, eHealth, MRTG, Cacti, Rancid, Splunk,

CiscoWorks, IPplan, ITSM, Jira, Action Remedy, Infoman.

Desire to work towards a CCIE designation.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Nurun inc., Systems team, Sr. Network Specialist Toronto, ON 2011-current

Provided a more agile infrastructure through a migration from Cisco ACE to

F5 LTM.

Increased security with implementation of Juniper firewalls for back-end

security.

Streamlined PCI DSS documentation for compliance and auditing.

Provided 2&3 tier support for retail web environment and internal office.

Enhanced knowledge sharing, by expanding a network knowledge wiki.

CGI Global Infra. Services, Telecom Operations, Sr. Analyst Mississauga,

ON 2009-2011

Increased the security of backup traffic without costs and latency.

Increased access and integrity to IP address space data, deploying an IPAM

tool without increased cost.

Increased team efficiency, by developing and maintaining a jump-off

environment.

Showing professionalism and competence towards both client and third

party.

Provided 2&3 tier support for multi client DC environment and internal

office.

CGI IT Management Services, Network Engineering, Sr. Analyst Mississauga,

ON 2006-2009

Reduced cost and increased deployment possibilities, by designing and

deploying a Data Centre standard core network.

Reducing cost by 50% combined the firewall functions into 1 cluster.

Increased accessibility to configurations, by making them available

automatically and on-line.

Increased team efficiency, by developing and maintaining network

documentation for various client environments.

Enhanced knowledge sharing, by keeping diagrams up-to-date.

Royal & SunAlliance Ins., Data Network Technology, Sr. Analyst

Toronto, ON 2000-2006

Secured network continuity, by automating configuration backups of network

devices.

Implemented best network management practices through encrypted access.

Significantly shortened problem resolution time, by deploying remote

network sniffers.

Enhanced management of the network, by providing scheduled and ad-hoc

reports.

Decreased significantly the unavailability of a database, by creating a

custom link to the DNS.

Reduced printing cost, facilitated a link to a third party.

Enhanced knowledge sharing by starting a knowledge base.

WSIB, IT department, Network Engineer Toronto, ON 1997-2000

Enhanced email, by providing a scalable environment to host the

application.

Increased bandwidth to branch offices, converted the WAN to TCP/IP

EDUCATION & COURSES

BS Mechanical Engineering Hoger Technische School Rotterdam,

Netherlands

BS Mechanical Engineering Technische Universiteit Delft,

Netherlands

Securing Networks with Cisco ASA Advanced Bluecat Proteus IPAM

Cisco 6500 Architectural review QoS in the Network

OSPF Design and Configuration Advanced Cisco Router Configuration

Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks Cisco Internetwork

Troubleshooting

Brocade Multi-protocol Routing for SAN Brocade Certified SAN Designer

Project Management

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