Alexei Bobrowsky
*** ******** ******, #***, ********, NY 11206 ********@*****.*** (c) 347-***-****
Summary
Versatile Cisco Firewall Network Engineer and Network Administrator with over 10 years of experience securing and monitoring networks, supporting customers and teammates, managing trouble tickets, configuring and installing equipment, and troubleshooting issues remotely and on-site.
Professional Skills Summary
• Extensive knowledge in firewall design, installation, configuration and management
• Extensive knowledge of LAN, WAN and IPSEC VPN troubleshooting.
• Excellent project management, training and documentation skills.
• Extensive experience with help desk support.
• Extensive knowledge and experience proficiently handling complex mission critical projects under extreme time constraints.
• Excellent analytical skills. Able to absorb large volumes of technical data and develop concise solutions and communicate them effectively.
• Exceptional presentation and customer relationship skills including strong written and verbal communication skills. Able to effectively communicate with senior management, third party vendors, technical staff, as well as non-technical end users.
Technical Certifications
• Company financed CCNA Training
• Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE/MCSA)
• Company financed training in Red Hat Linux Enterprise and Citrix technologies
Technical Skills Summary
Hardware: Cisco ASA and FWSM, Cisco IPS/IDS, Cisco Routers, Cisco Switches (NXOS and IOS), Cisco ACE Load Balancers, Cisco IPS/IDS, Cisco Aironet, Fortigate firewalls, Netscaler, Wireless networks, Patch Panels, Mux's (Field and Cassette), and Media Converters.
Layer2/3: RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, QoS, VoIP, VLAN, HSRP, VPN, GRE Tunnel, Static routing, Prefix list, ACL, NAT, DHCP, Ether-Channel, STP, and IPSEC
Software/Platforms: Cisco ACS, OpNet, SevOne, Sniffer, Wireshark, RSA Envision, RSA SecurID, Windows, Linux/Unix, Oracle Database, Oracle Application Server
Desktop Technologies: Windows, Microsoft WORD, Excel, Access, Power Point, Sharepoint, Visio, Dragon Naturally Speaking, Scanners and Printers.
Summary of professional experience
Xerox, Inc. Network Engineer Apr 2012 - Aug 2015
Self-Employed Network Administrator to Physican Groups Feb 2010 - Mar 2012
DocComply Network Administrator/Sales Engineer Sep 2005 - Feb 2010
NYC 2012 Network Administrator Mar 2005 - Jul 2005
BDI Laguna, Inc. Network Administrator Mar 2004 - Feb 2005
Education
1998 - 2000 Chubb Technical Institute (GPA3.75) Network Administration
1991 - 1996 Gettysburg College/Montclair State University (GPA3.5) BA in English
Professional Experience/Detail
Xerox, Inc. (Allscripts) Firewall/VPN Engineer April 2012 - Present
Mountain Lakes, NJ
• Functioned as the lead engineer for the Cisco firewall environment across 3 datacenters.
• Responsible for the design, implementation and revenue growth of site-to-site VPN connected hospitals.
• Administered and supported the Cisco ACS and RSA SecurID environment for 300+ remote VPN users.
• Trained the network team on firewall maintenance and troubleshooting tasks including but not limited to NAT/PAT configuraton, standardized ACL modifications, IPSEC VPN, log analysis and review.
• Collaborated with other teams to provide HIPPA compliant connectivity with 3rd party healthcare vendors and Municipal agencies.
• Responsible for review of ASA, ACS, and IPS/IDS logs and security analysis of new application/connectivity requirements.
• Contributed to the decommission and migration of the primary datacenter to a new location; most notably, lead the migration of all customer VPNs within a 1 hour downtime window.
• Collaborated with Windows\Citrix teams to troubleshoot, identify and resolve Active Directory communication issues that resulted in a significant reduction in application outages and performance issues.
• Provided 24/7 severity 1 on-call support for LAN and WAN incidents, problems, and requests in a patient safety critical datacenter.
• Implemented network device configurations on Cisco routers, switches and ACE load balancers including but not limited to preparing new routers, migrating routers, bandwidth upgrades, QoS rollouts, prefix list updates, HSRP, BGP and static route updates, new subnet rollouts, OSPF and EIGRP route updates to Nexus and 6500 series switches, switch port and VLAN configuration, switch port and subnet decommissions, serverfarm rollouts and updates, certificate installations and upates.
Self-employed IT Consultant to Physicians Feb 2010 - Oct 2012
NJ
• Provided network and systems administration solutions to private practice physicians and physician groups.
• Supported network, server and desktop issues.
• Analyzed technical requirements and purchased solutions within budget requirements.
• Deployed wired and wireless networks, backup solutions, and network security solutions.
Doccomply, Inc. Network Engineer Sep 2005 - Feb 2010
Cedar Grove, NJ
• Assisted with all technical research, implementation, support of an Electronic Medical Records ASP startup.
• Configuration, implementation, and troubleshooting of LAN/WAN solutions in the hosted environment and client offices.
• Installed and supported Cisco routers, switches, ASA, Fortigate firewalls, Aironet APs.
• Installed, configured and supported Windows and Red Hat Enterprise servers, Citrix, Oracle Application Server 10g, Oracle Database 10g in active/standby cluster with real-time log synchronization.
• Designed, installed and supported wired and wireless networks, backup solutions and network security solutions.
• Trained and fostered the growth of the overseas technical team.
NYC 2012 Network Administrator Mar 2005 – Nov 2005
New York, NY
• Responsible for the administration and support of the Windows domain and Exchange servers.
• Assisted with the rollout and support of all LAN and WAN hardware for the corporate office and for special 2012 Summer Olympics promotional events hosted throughout Manhattan.
• Responsible for the administration and support of the Cisco IP Telephony network
• Provided end user support with desktop issues and remote VPN connectivity in a highly collaborative, deadline driven environment.
BDI Laguna Network Administrator Mar 2004 – Feb 2005
New York, NY
• Responsible for the administration and support of the Windows domain and Exchange servers.
• Upgraded and supported the Citrix environment
• Administered the company firewall
• Rolled out site-to-site VPNs with 3rd party vendors.
• Provided desktop support.