Network Engineer

Brian Wesley Rich

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Brandywine, Maryland

NFF-Washington, DC

Network Engineer (May 2015 - present)

Support the network infrastructure for United States Census Bureau providing Teri 1 to Teri 3 service. Plan and schedule installation of new and used equipment routers, switches, upgrade operating systems and enhancements. Configure and maintain Cisco wireless network, access point and wireless lan controller. Configuring varies Cisco Nexus 7000 and 5500 series routers and switches. Develop and modify current documents that support standard operating procedures. Build a new Cisco (Prime) software tool to monitor network equipment status. Maintain network design with detail layout of devices and connection with Visio software. Work with varies vendors on troubleshooting and problem solving tasks and new requirements. Deploy and maintain Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.1 network monitoring tool.

JACOBS - Reston, Virginia

Network Engineer (September 2006 - May 2015)

Provide analysis and recommendation to the customer for new network infrastructure to replace existing legacy equipment. Detailed duties include a full service support from onsite survey to determine customer's needs based on the existing infrastructure, complete Power Point layout design that show existing and future recommendation with equipment prices and transport cost. Other activates are to coordinate briefings to approval boards to meet timelines and Service Level Agreements for the customer. Design details include removal and installation, reconfiguring ATM switches, routers, switches, removing ATM transport and migrating to and Ethernet Transport, IPSec encryption, layer 3 GRE tunnels, MPLS and crypto equipment. Prepare scripts changes for both LAN/WAN equipment to be implemented at transition. Vendor equipment used are Cisco and Juniper router and switches, Marconi ATM switches.

BAE Systems – Tyson Corner, Virginia

Senior Lead Systems Analyst (July 2002 – September 2006)

Supporting the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) network infrastructure with Tier 2 and 3-network support in the D.C. Metro area. Providing maintenance and troubleshooting of hardware and software problems on the ATM and Ethernet network infrastructure. Working on varies vendor equipment Cisco, Marconi, Foundry and Hewlett-Packard. From configuring and troubleshooting routers and switches also vlans, elan, adding and deleting ip routes, upgrading code, supports firewall team. Experience in performing data network design, integration and installation on an ATM backbone with OSPF routing. Maintain and document all network configurations. Implementing special engineer work orders for new tasking with new and existing equipment. Performing preventive maintenance task on varies routers and switches. Working with other support groups to maintain desktop support for the pc’s and printer.

Electronic Data System (EDS) –Beltsville, Maryland

Senior Telecommunication Engineer (June 1999 – July 2002)

Provide Wide Area Network engineering support to US Embassy’s Worldwide. Daily supervisory duties include monitoring Cisco routers, switches and hubs using HP Open-View, Cisco-Works and TAVVE. Troubleshoot and resolve problems as appropriate while maintaining the remedy call tracking and asset management system. Modify existing routers and switches configuration and assist post on new router and switch configuration. Implement Data Encryption Software (DES) for Embassy’s main router and remote routers. Create and modify access lists for better security restriction. Other duties include upgrading IOS on routers and switches, analyzing network performance. Configuring various routing protocols such as EIGRP, IGRP, OSPF and BGP. Changing routers protocol configuration from X.25 to Frame Relay or PPP. Provide tier 3 support to State Department helpdesks and various support organizations. Interact with government management, contractors and vendors as it pertains to the daily operation of the Network Operation Center.

Fuentez Systems Concepts – Chattily, Virginia

Senior Telecommunication Specialist (February 1997 – June 1999)

Contractor Team Lead to the Department of State for the installation of WAN/LAN equipment for U.S. Embassy worldwide. Provided supervisory and leadership support to team members on site surveys, asset management and installations. Coordinated installation efforts with Embassy representatives and implementation team in accordance with SLA’s and SOP’s. Coordinated with local contractors and vendors as necessary in support of embassy projects. Installed and configured Cisco routers, Fast Ethernet switches and hubs. Installed and terminated UTP cable and fiber-optic cables. Terminate UTP cable to punch down blocks. Loaded encryption software on routers between main and remote sites with servers. Installed electronic mail programs ( MsMail 3.5 and MsExchange 5.5) on Compaq Proliant, Micron and AST servers and other Department of State programs. Loaded and configured NT version 4.0 servers and workstations, and configured peripherals and cd-rom towers. Trained Embassy staff on NT administrative functions and troubleshooting guidelines for the network.

Electronic Data System (EDS) - Washington, District of Columbia

Hardware and Software Engineer (February 1996 - February 1997)

Deployed new Novell Servers and workstations for the Immigration Naturalization Service (INS). Duties consisted of 90% travel across the United States. Migrated old workstation data to new workstations. Configured Novell Servers Version 3.12; 4.1,cc: Mail 2.21, NetWare Connect, Arcserve (tape backup), Ups, Cisco routers, Eicon Interconnect Server (TCP/IP gateway), and Network printing. Performed site surveys for INS offices to determine customer’s needs for laptops, servers, workstations, printers, cabling, routers, and documented data for the implementation plan. Performed on-site support for customers upon installation completion and performed hands-on training and troubleshooting on new equipment as well as assisted the site LAN manager with system problems. Trained INS Admin staff on new equipment and software.

EDUCATION

Control Data Institute, Alexandria, Virginia Implementing Cisco MPLS - May 2007

Computer Technology-Diploma received 1983

Juniper Network - September 2007 Global Knowledge - 2015

Junos OS, J-Series and MX-Series Deploying Basis Cisco Wireless Lans

Cisco Certified Network Professional – January 2015 (CCNP)

Cisco Certified Network Associate – May 2012 (CCNA)

Cisco Certified Network Associate – June 2000 (CCNA)

Certified Novell Engineer Administrator Version 3.12 - February 1996 (CNA)

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

SECURITY CLEARANCE: DOD Top Secret, Top Secret/SBI, Public Trust

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