Antjuan D. Foster

**** *. ****** **** ***** Rd.

Cordova, TN 38016

901-***-****

Email: acdwhw@r.postjobfree.com

SKILL SUMMARY

Knowledgeable Network Professional with over ten years of experience in information technology services.

Strong background in supporting, implementing and designing secure large scale enterprise infrastructures.

Passionate about moving enterprises forward with today’s technology and adding value to new and existing

networks. Possess the skills and experience to provide a highly secure and available internetwork for even the

most adaptive enterprises. Dedicated, hard worker and team player that follows projects through from

inception to completion without need for supervision.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

UT Medical Group 10/12-present

Senior Network Engineer

• Lead a project to test and implement the Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) Solution

• Worked on a project to remove the BlueCoat Proxy from the environment and test/install Cisco’s

IronPort Proxy Appliance

• Assisted on the GE Project to Implement a solution to install and configure Cisco MDS 5906

switches into our environment and set up PVC between it and our Nexus 5k’s.

• Admin Cisco ASA 55XX Series Firewalls operating in HA.

• In charge of all Cisco VoIP services which include Call Manager operating on Version 8.5, Cisco

Unity and Cisco UCCX

• Leading Project to upgrade our Cisco Wireless Controllers to a version that PCI Compliant and will

allow our Cisco ISE product to work across our Wireless environment.

• Moved the WAN edge from Nexus cores to ASR Routers

FedEx Corp (Contractor) 01/12-10/12

Network Engineer

• Experience configuring and building customer facing POD’s for FedEx test/development

environment that included VMware iESX server access with ASR1006, Nexus 7K’s, 5K’s, 6500-E,

490010GE, 3750, 3560 and 2950 switches.

• Working experience with implementing configuration for load balance appliances with Cisco

ACE/CSM blades for FedEx Enterprise networks.

• Worked projects upgrading bandwidth from T-1 Carrier to 3meg Multilink PPP site upgrades. Also,

facilitating T-1/3meg backup circuits upgrades (Verizon/Sprint) MPLS circuits.

AT&T LCM Team (Contractor) 01/11-01/12

Network Engineer

• Meet with client to provide solution designs and recommendations for current network architecture

• Provide metric and bandwidth utilization reports to assist with traffic prioritization and capacity

planning

• Maintain DNS/DHCP Platform using BlueCats Adonis System

• Maintain and support F5 LoadBalancer’s running 10.x code

• Maintained enterprise solution for Site-to-Site tunnels using Cisco 5540 in out DC and 5505 in the

field

• Support and maintained a VoIP and Data Enterprise Network for over 10,000 nodes

• Provide Level3 Support for Helpdesk

Hilton Network Operations Center, Memphis, TN 06/06-01/11

Network Specialist / Sr. Network Specialist / Network Engineer

• Supporting a Global IP/Frame internetwork

• Providing Cisco router and multilayer switch remote monitoring, alarm troubleshooting.

• Diagnoses of network traces for traffic congestion problems

• Troubleshooting TCP/ IP traffic IOS configurations

• Troubleshooting PIX Firewalls, Cisco ASA, VPN connections, and NAT translations

• Responsible for implementing packet filtering methods for securing against malicious attacks

• Advanced troubleshooting of Cisco Wireless devices

• Diagnoses and resolves all service outages with numerous ISP networks

• Supporting level 3 escalation of Hilton High Speed Internet Access program

• Supported CIGNA network infrastructure to include all Cisco PIX/ASA/FWSM Firewalls and Nortel VPN

RAS and B2B devices

• Design, implement, and maintain various site-to-site firewall and VPN connections using Cisco

• ASAs, PIXs, and Checkpoint firewalls for connections to the NOC

• Responsible for implementing firewall changes, and troubleshooting

• Responsible for implementing new secure environments for project requirements

• Migrated Cisco security firewalls from Cisco PIX to ASA appliances within the enterprise

environment

• Managed ticketing system for change control process for tracking

• Responsible for scheduling and testing internal and external video conference calls using Polycom’s

MGC application

BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Memphis, TN 07/99-06/06

Network Technican / DSL Technician

• Installed and programmed CISCO and Netopia routers

• Instructed training classes and instituted new methods of troubleshooting evolving high-speed

internet service

• Served as expert help desk for over 200 qualified technicians

• Repaired and Installed POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service)

• Troubleshot Cisco and Netopia router installation

• Successfully installed hardware and software to client computers

• Installed CAT5 network wiring and jack terminations

TECHNICAL SKILLSET

Operating Systems

Windows 9x, Windows NT4, Windows 2000 Suite, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Small Business

Sever 2003, Server 2008, VMWare ESX 2.x 3.x, Virtual Center 1.x 2.x, Cisco CATOS/IOS/PIX 12.4, Linux,

BigIP F5, Nokia CheckPoint NGX VPN-1

Platforms

Microsoft Exchange 2000/2003, Microsoft SQL Server 2000/ 2005, TOMCAT, MYSQL, Blackberry

Enterprise Server, CITRIX Presentation Server 4.x, Microsoft Terminal Services Server, IIS 5.0/6.0,

NETWORK HARDWARE

Cisco Nexus 5K’s, 7K’s

Cisco Catalyst Switches 1900/2900XL/29xxG/3550/3750/4x00/6x00

(CAT, Native and Hybrid IOS)/SUP32/SUP720/FWSM/IDSM/CSM/WLSM

Cisco Series Routers 700/800/1000/1600/1750/2500/2600/2800/3600/3800/AS5x00

Cisco Series Wireless Access Points 1100/1200/1300

F5 LoadBalancer, BlueCat Adonis System

Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine)

Cisco IronPorts

Firewalls and Caching

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA) 2000/2004, Cisco PIX PDM, IOS FW, Adaptive

Security Appliance 5500 (ASA/ASDM), Check Point NGX VPN-1

NETWORK PROTOCOLS

TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, IPv6, IPX/SPX, OSPF, OSPFv3, IGRP, EIGRP, RIPv1v2, NAT, VoIP, PPP, IGMP,

HSRP, VRRP, QoS, SIP, Wireless 802.11x

NETWORK TOPOLOGIES

LAN/WAN/MAN, (Gig) Ethernet, Token Ring, (B) ISDN, xDSL, DS1/DS3, E1/E3, CEF, Frame Relay

NETWORK TOOLS

Ethereal, NetMon, Syslog, E-Health, Sniffer, HP OpenView, CiscoWorks 2003, Cisco ACS Secure 3.2, Cisco

Debugging, SolarWinds, NetQOS

NETWORK SECURITY

PKI, IKE, IPSec, VPNs, PPTP, L2TP, SSL/TLS, Firewall/IDS, Kerberos, RADIUS, AAA, TACACS+,

3DES, SHA/MD5, AES, RSA, DH, ACLs, NAT/PAT, VLANs, PAP/(MS)CHAP/(P)EAP, Proxies, 802.1x,

RSA, AES

EDUCATION

State Technical Institute Of Memphis 1994

Major – Graphic Art Technology

Hill University 2010

Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology

CERTIFICATIONS

CompTIA A+ Certification

CompTIA Network+ Certification

CCNA

Currently pursuing CCNP Certification

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