Darryl Foley

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Raleigh, NC, 27609 Email: acxlyx@r.postjobfree.com

IT NETWORK ENGINEER

IT Network Engineer with over 16 years of experience in converged LAN/MAN/WAN network Enterprise Solutions and Telecommunication Providers. Proven skills in High Level and Low Level Design, Standards Development and Implementation, Routing and Switching, Large Scale Project Implementations, Project Engineering and Management, DMZ Engineering, Backup Solutions, Configuration, 3rd Level Support, Network Security, Product Testing, Application Baselines, Team Leader, Training and Documentation. Proven skills in process improvements, translating complex business requirements, designing and delivering enterprise level business applications, supporting strategic corporate objectives, risk mitigation, upholding IT project and lifecycle methodologies, delivering highly available, scalable, secure, and cost effective solutions to support business needs, reviewing existing and new IT technologies and applications in order to stay competitive in marketplace.

AREAS of EXPERTISE

Cisco 35xx, 36xx, 37xx, 65xx, 45xx Switches

Cisco ISR 29xx, 39xx, 72xx Routers

Cisco ASR 1000 Routers

Cisco ISR 4K, 5k Routers

Cisco Get VPN, Key Servers

Cisco Wi-Fi (APs, Controllers, Mgmt) – 36xx, 25xx, 55xx

EXPERTISE IN OTHER AREAS

Nortel Passport 8100, 8600, 7400, 15000

Nortel Contivity 1100/2740/5000 VPN

Cisco Routers and Switches 25xx/26xx/36xx/38xx/39xx/35xx/37xx/45xx/65xx/72xx

Cisco ISR 4K/5K ROUTER PLATFORM

Cisco ASA – RMA, FIREWALL

IBM Mainframe architecture, IBM Network Product Lines (FEPs, Servers)

Nortel Alteon Load Balancers 2424/3408

OPNET IT Guru (Recently purchased by Riverbed ATX (Application Transaction Expert)

TECHNICAL SKILLS

STANDARDS & PROTOCOLS: MPLS, VRF, BGP, OSPF, RIP, TCP/IP, UDP, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, DNS, DHCP, EIGRP, MLFR, MLPPP, GRE Tunneling, DS1, DS3, OC3-OC48, CSU/DSU,0SI, SNA, 802.1X

LAN/WAN TECHNOLOGIES: MPLS, ATM, Frame Relay, VoATM, WAAS, ISDN, X.25, xDSL, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, GigE, VoIP, Routers, Layer 2/3 Switches, Coax, Fiber, Copper

EDUCATION

- 1982 Bachelor of Science Computer Science, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA

AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

1994 IBM Suggestion Award

IBM ISO 9000 Internal Auditor certified

NNCSS – Nortel Networks Certified Support Specialist (Router, Switching)

NNCSS – CVX certification (ISP)

Global Knowledge TCP/IP certification

Alteon 24xx Load balancing certification

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

FIRST CITIZENS BANK (FCB), Raleigh, NC, USA APRIL 2016 – JULY 2016

Senior IT Network Engineer W2-contract (3 mnth assignment) – Branch Network Refresh (BNR) project rollout

Reviewed, analyzed, and provided branch network refresh critical redesign data for both data and voice network for remote branch banking sites (554 branches).

Remote branch site turn up implementation replacing existing Cisco routers as well as switches with new Cisco ISR router (43xx) and switch (35xx) platforms. Worked with 3rd party vendor (Insight Global) personnel in regards to staging and site installation and configuration.

Remote Branch network refresh site turn up support in regards to troubleshooting any site network issues associated with project.

Updated and revised Network Discovery/Management tools as well as all required project documentation (ie SOWs, internal/external processes and procedural) Pto reflect remote branch site redesign changes.

Provided appropriate project decommissioning tasks associated with BNR.

BRANCH BANKING & TRUST (BB&T), Wilson, NC, USA APRIL 2005 – AUGUST 2015

Senior IT Network Engineer

Provided both HLD (High Level Design) and LLD (Low Level Designs) for bank remote (small, medium) as well as Large Scale Complex Sites which include Call Centers, IP Centers, Multi-Tenant Buildings, Multi-entrance and diverse POP sites for diversity and redundancy. Provide translation documents for field techs on wiring standards to be used to interconnect all equipment, detailed configuration files, detailed cut plan scripts and specific hardware requirements.

Standardized site designs for small, medium and large sites, created package ID's to identify designs to be used, created standard templates to be used for each design, standardized HSRP, OSPF, BGP and MPLS configurations, WAAS Configurations, Internet Backup circuits configuration, standardized IP SLA's and ACL's to use.

Provided Peer Reviews for other members in the group to make sure configurations and standards were being deployed correctly.

Testing of new features and hardware on various Cisco Platforms in our lab.

Provided Peer Reviews for other members in the group to make sure configurations and standards were being deployed correctly.

Testing of new features and hardware on various Cisco router and switch Platforms in our lab.

Conducted and provided application baseline testing for various bank LOBs (Lines of Businesses), provided both detailed and comprehensive reports to Project Management via oral and written presentations. The applications categories were both Mission and Business Critical.

Testing of new features and hardware on various Cisco Platforms in our lab.

Designed temporary network design/implementation for site to site VPNs associated with Bank Insurance LOB.

Provided Network Engineering services for 5 major bank rollout projects (Nortel – Contivity, Nortel-Cisco Network Migration, Next Generation Networks (NGN) Conversions, Evergreen implementations.

Provided network solutions for various network engineering service requests in the area of network load balancing for bank Wi-Fi rollout (remote sites only).

Provided standard documents such as Large Site Network Process, Application baseline testing methodology, as well as various how-to network documents.

Trained contract personnel on multiple and various key banking networking rollout projects and missions.

CISCO, INSIDE SALES, RTP, NC SEPTEMBER 2003 – APRIL 2005

Sales Associate (Harte Hanks – Contractor)

Provided key sales leads for Cisco Account Managers in emerging technologies (VOIP, WIRELESS, SAN).

Consistently exceeding all sales quota for the West Coast School district region.

NORTEL NETWORKS JAN 1999 – AUGUST 2001

Prime/Lead Engineer

Lead Engineer and provided network design end to end solutions for Nortel ISP clients/customers.

Provided 3rd level support on critical network outages and issues.

AT&T, GCSC, RTP, NC JULY 1995 – JANUARY 1999

Network Engineer

United Health Care data team analyst

Network analyst and provided network monitoring services for United Health Care client which was Cisco System solution.

Installed and configured Cisco routers, switches, and various manufacturers hubs.

Provided 1st level support for all network devices.

Managed Network Services – Fortune 500 companies

Network analyst and provided network monitoring services for fortune 500 companies which were both Nortel Networks as well as Cisco System solutions based.

Installed and configured Nortel routers and switches.

Provided 1st level support for all network devices.

Data Technician Access Center (DTAC)

Network analyst and provided network provisioning services to cut over fortune 500 company sites.

Installed and configured Cisco and Nortel routers, switches.

Installed and configured various manufacturers’ CSU/DSUs.

IBM (CPD, NSD), Raleigh, NC MARCH 1984 – DECEMBER 1995

Application/System Programmer/Tester

Communications Product Division

Designed and created workstation Relational Data Base Manager software which was used to for IBMs strategic robotic automated Monitor line of products. Software was written in C and was query language based.

Worked closely with both Mechanical and Electrical Engineers in regards to project requirements to establish standard software programming implementation for automated robotic monitor line.

Networking Systems Division

Test Coordinator for various Networking product (VTAM, NCP, NETVIEW) Test projects.

Designed and created Test Case Methodologies for various Network Product project releases.

Tested in networking products in the following phases:

Unit Test, Product Verification Test, System Verification Test, Packaging and Release

Created technical documents related to Network Product Test projects which included quick references, hand guides, etc. to enhance teams overall production.

Created new hire document for new hires that gave detail instructions on departmental procedures and processes.

IBM (FSD), Kennedy Space Center, FL JUNE 1982 – MARCH 1984

Application Programmer

Launch Processing System (LPS)

Checkout, Control, Monitor System (CCMS)

Designed, development, tested code associated with Nasa Space Shuttle missions.

Created OS routines that were used by NASA personnel for Space Shuttle mission tested prior to launch of Shuttle.

Created Software Design Package documentation that was routinely presented to NASA panel for approval.

Trained 3rd party personnel (Martin Marietta now Lockheed-Martin) on all assigned software developed for Space Shuttle mission projects due to contract being passed from IBM to Martin Marietta.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Implementing Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Cisco)

Implementing Cisco Quality of Service (QoS)

Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices 1 & 2 (Cisco)

Troubleshooting Cisco Networks (Cisco)

Building Cisco Multilayer switched Networks (Cisco)

Cisco ACE Load Balancing Overview (Cisco)

Cisco WAAS Network Optimization and Compression Overview (Cisco)

OPNETWORK 2008 - OPNET IT GURU (OPNET)

Nortel Passport 6480/7480 ATM & Frame Relay (Nortel Networks)

Nortel Passport Ops & Maintenance (Nortel Networks)

Nortel Passport 8000 Advanced Configuration & Diagnostics (Global Knowledge)

Nortel Passport 8000 Configuration & Management (Global Knowledge)

Nortel Passport 8600 Technical Update Overview (NextiraOne)

Nortel Contivity Advanced Configuration and Management (Global Knowledge)

Nortel Alteon Basic Switch Administration & Configuration (Nortel Networks)

Cisco Wi-Fi Implementation, Deployment

REFERENCES

References are available upon request.

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