Mario Ruiz

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Accomplished Technical Leader

Design & Integration Network Deployment Project Management

As an experienced network architect, I have a proven track record of successfully managing internal and external clients with the utmost professionalism. With my expertise in coordinating resources and maximizing performance, I am dedicated to serving the needs of end-users and ensuring their satisfaction.

As an effective and progressive leader, I am known for my ability to drive change initiatives through the implementation of new technologies and processes. I thrive on the challenge of problem-solving and possess the skills to identify and implement innovative solutions that streamline operations and improve efficiency.

Professional Profile

Strong leadership and interpersonal skills and have a reputation for being a motivated self-starter who pays close attention to detail and encourages staff buy-in.

Proficient in documenting technical requirements and quantifying the impact of business and technical requirements on network capacity, resiliency, and design.

Expert in routing protocols including RIP, EIGRP, BGP, OSPF, MPLS, Vxlan, VPN, and SDWAN networks, with extensive knowledge of Cisco 7000, 5000, 3900, 3850, ASR, and NXOS, ACI, ASR, ISR, 9000, 1000v, BEON, and Cisco Viptela. Possess expertise in network principles, techniques, architectures, systems engineering, and Data Center Migration best practices.

Experienced in security assessments, architecture design and implementation, and knowledgeable in security protocols, such as SSL, SSH, IPSEC, and TLS, to ensure maximum performance and reliability of security devices and systems.

Skilled in network security with extensive experience in Juniper, Arista, and Cisco, PIX, ASA, ACI, fortinet and Palo Alto firewalls, including configuring and managing security policies, rules, and protocols for optimal protection against security threats.

Proficient in systems management concepts, processes, and standards, capacity/performance management, tuning, as well as network automation via Ansible and REST.

Viptela Vmanage, Vbond and Vsmart best practices to optimize network performance, security, and scalability.

Professional History

Bank of New York Technical Project Manager / Senior Network Engineer 7/2021 - 2023

Working with Service Now and key stakeholders to provide network design and build support of WAN, Data center.

SDWAN and VPN Project migration deployment of IPsec VPN. Connectivity from brownfield to greenfield.

Responsibilities include product and systems knowledge related to the activated services, technical validations, pre- testing, troubleshooting, activation, and postactivation with clients.

Creating and deploying Controller Vmanage templates for Viptela SDWAN policies and securing applications across any cloud and on premises Data Centers.

Barclays Bank Technical Project Manager / Senior Network Engineer 6/2019 - 6/2021

Extranet Migration and Onboarding of 75 Clients from Data Center to new Colocations

BEON Wan upgrades Client migrations in support of Cost savings effort for Market Data.

Deploying Ansible playbooks for BGP project migrations.

Testing and validation of application migration with internal Clients.

Deutsche Bank Technical Project Manager / Senior Network Engineer 1/2018 - 6/2019

Implementation of Extranet Market Data Projects from multiple vendors and service providers.

Design and deploy new network extranet environments over 100 Clients.

Maintain LAN/WAN network, connectivity between all Datacenters and financial Extranets; contact vendors to establish connectivity; deploy and configure routers, switches, and security firewalls

Apply scripting and/or programming skills to automate network management, monitoring and reporting.

Design and implement global Multicast – ULL environment

New ACI Deployment cross-functional project.

Work with application developers to tune and optimize real-time systems

Apply strong knowledge of key networking protocols such as IP, UDP, TCP and multicast in the design and deployment of state-of-the-art trading network.

CBS Senior Network Architect 7/2015 - 12/2017

Designed and implemented OSI Layer 2 network technologies such as Spanning Tree, vPC, EtherChannel, VLAN, and Layer 3 switching/routing protocols (OSPF, EIGRP, ISIS, BGP, MPLS, IPv4). Configured Nexus 7K, 5k, 3K switches, ASA 5585 firewalls, Brocade ADX load balancers.

Resolved complex network issues for L3/L2 networks and provided support and making changes to ASA firewall when required. Analyzed configurations and provided recommendations for optimizing Nexus Data Center and Wide area network. ASR 9006 WAN upgrade and deployment of northeast network WAN connectionof linecards cards and firmware upgrades.

Produced high-level and detailed network design documentation, engineering documentation, and specifications for implementation. Participated in and developed requests for proposals, scope documents, and statements of work for network projects.

TekSystems / JP Morgan Chase Senior Network Design Engineer 7/2014 6/2015

Data Center Deployment Engineer - Implementation of all Cisco 7018, 5596, 6509, 3560, 4500 platforms.

Execute technical projects by gathering requirements, writing project plans, seeking approval and then driving progress and implementation.

Design, improve, and deploy technical solutions to meet business requirements that are cost effective and sustainable. Deployment of new Nexus NX-OS 7K, 5k, 2K, VRF,VDC, vPC. and FEX modules across global Data Centers.

Computer Sciences Corp (CSC) / UBS Senior Network Engineer 2011 – 2014

Lead LAN/WAN engineer supporting the design and implementation of the Prime Brokerage Hedge Fund. Daily support included ensuring Market Data access, site to site VPN, Remote Access VPN access, server access connectivity, and router, 2921/ASR deployment. WAN deployment upgade of (IB) MPLS Branch Network. Support and deployment of Aruba Wireless Controller and Access Points.

Develop and maintain network standards, procedures and technical documentation and deployment of new network devices and application as well as troubleshooting network issues.

Computer Sciences Corp (CSC) / ACXIOM Senior Network Engineer 06/2009 - 2011

Support the build out and migration of MPLS/VPN (VRF) network to a new data center. Implementation of a new Cisco Nexus infrastructure consisting of 7000, 5000 and 2000 platforms. Design leveraged VDC, VPC, and FEX configurations.

Implementation of 10GB server access connectivity. Coordinated and minimized downtime while migrating network to site-to-site IPsec VPN.

HSBC Bank USA VP - Senior Network Engineer 2001 to 2008

Management responsibility for network engineering team. Design and implementation of Web Proxy for internet and applications. Managed administration of the Bluecoat 8100 SG05 for authentication, Web filtering and Security enforcement.

Designed and implemented a high-availability LAN and campus network infrastructures to support high volume end users.

Implementation of major network engineering projects, upgrades and deployments. Provided engineering design support for the EIGRP/OSPF/BGP Enterprise System and Multicast network with over 10,000 devices utilizing Cisco platforms 6500, sup720, 3550, 7200’s.

TACACS Administrator for 1500 (NDG) network devices and implementation of enterprise access and enforcement of security posture.

Integration of several network systems during mergers; installed several 7200's Cisco routers and tested routing protocols integration utilizing EIGRP/ OSPF/BGP between converging autonomous systems, .

Managed all project upgrades for Cisco 5000 and 5500 switches to 4500E across the enterprise; replaced hardware, created new 802.1q trunks and ensured connectivity to Core / distribution network.

Deployment and integration of all network management tools . HP OpenView NNM, Concord e-Health, Alterpoint, NetScout probes and Mazu (RMON) probes across the US network infrastructure.

Education and Professional Development

New York City Technical College - Computer Science

Cisco Systems - Industry Courses

Introduction to Cisco configuration (CCENT), Cisco Hardware & Maintenance (IMCR), Cisco Internetworking and Design(DESIGN), Advanced Cisco Configuration(ACRC), Implementing Cisco IP Routing(ROUTE), Implementing Cisco Switched Networks(SWITCH), Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric(DCUFI), (CATM), Cisco Internetworking and Troubleshooting(CIT), Cisco SNA Configuration(SNAM), CiscoWorks/Cisco Prime

Hewlett Packard

Network Node Manager (NNM), OpenView Systems Implementation, Network General and

Microsoft

Support Fundamentals Windows NT, Supporting Windows NT 3.51 Workstation and Supporting Windows NT 3.51 Server

IBM

IBM-AIX/6000 Advanced System Administration, Korn Shell Programming, Learning Tree and

Developing a Web Site - HTML/CSS

Juniper

Juniper Bundle Class - JNCIA-Junos

Bluecoat

Proxy Administrator and Proxy Professional Courses

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