Network Engineer Technician

Summary of Qualifications

Industry certified, technically versatile and self-motivated/driven professional with a military background and 10+ years of experience in multiple IT disciplines working as a Lead Fielding Engineer, Senior and Principal Network Engineer, Systems Engineer, Lead Tech Control Technician, and Voice Network Engineer. Interested in continuing my career as a Sr. Network Engineer advancing my current knowledge and utilizing technical and managerial skills gained from previous experience in support of the US government/military. Proven history and on-going track record of success in leading the network modernization project of an Enterprise Datacenter to support a physical to virtualized environment integrating different technologies collectively known as Flexpod. Experience leading small to midsize team of network engineers. Currently supporting the DoD advanced research projects agency (DARPA) unclassified network infrastructure consisting of HQ infrastructure and 5 remote campus sites. Past success as lead engineer on a variety of IT project deployments. Creative and resourceful with key talents for developing and executing sound action plans.

Additional key strengths & qualifications include:

Active TS/SCI w/ CI Polygraph Clearance (expire 9/2022)

Well adapted to High Demand/Fast-paced environments

High drive/level of self-motivation & ownership

Strong and well-developed Troubleshooting skillset

Strong Technical/Analytical Background

High level Interpersonal & Social Skills

Team Leading Experience

Technical Expertise

●Cisco enterprise 9K and 3K series switches, 4000 series routers, and 1K series ISR/ASR routers.

●Cisco UCS 6200, Nexus 5500, and 2200 series switches & Arista datacenter switches

●SME in Configuring &Troubleshooting L3 technologies to include dynamic routing protocols OSPF & EIGRP, IPSEC, ACL configuration, Route-Maps

●SD-Access via Cisco DNA Center and Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)

●Moderate experience w/ MPLS-VPNs, BGP, Policy Based Routing, Route Redistribution

●Palo Alto & Cisco ASA Firewall configuration

●Moderate use on Splunk & ExtraHop applications

● Expertise in L2 technologies to include STP and variations of it, HSRP, VRRP, Port-channels

●Arista Cloud Vision

●IPSEC sVTI tunneling, Cisco Anyconnect client & Zone based firewall

●SolarWinds, SNMP, Radius/TACACS+

●Foundational Microsoft Office (Excel, Word and Visio) Skillset

Professional Certifications

CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional; Expires 02/2023)

CCNA-Security (Cisco Certified Network Associate-*Security track); Expires 02/2023

CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate; re-certified 02/2020)

SECURITY+ (re-certified 1/2015)

Education & Professional Training

●Western Governors University (B.S. Info Technology: Security Emphasis); expected graduation date 03/2023

●CCNP Course- Cisco Academy @ECPI University March 2013 – Oct 2013

●CCNA Course - Cisco Academy @ECPI University Oct 2010 – Apr 2011

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Relevant Coursework:

●Cisco Academy (CCNA & CCNP)

●Electronic Systems Course

●Telephony Systems Course

●Advanced Digital Voice Switching

●Communications Electronic Career Advancement

●Multiple advanced technical industry training coursework completed throughout career

Professional Development

Senior Network Engineer DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Aug 2019 -Pres

●Lead small engineering team that manages the Unclassified network for the agency headquarters and multiple remote customer sites.

●Related responsibilities and past work include spearheading network design plan and implementation for DARPA along with the additions and management of external sites for thousands of government users nationwide.

●Network configurations improving security posture and resiliency, interfacing with ISP ensuring no less than 99.99% network uptime for the customer.

●Conduct product research and present recommendations to the government to improve the network and provide ability for future scale ups.

●Management and monitoring of network infrastructure

●Advanced troubleshooting utilizing information gathered from multiple sources, i.e Splunk, Extrahop, Wireshark etc, to perform investigative analysis to granular level isolating faults and causes and resolving an array of network issues.

●Administer network access control & security policy enforcement via Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) authentication.

●Continuous Network Security research, multi-vendor system upgrades and patching to ensure DARPA’s security posture remains compliant to DoD STIG guidance, and on top of DISA IAVM release notices

●Mitigating a multitude of network issues that arise and degrade network or cause service disruptions across the datacenter and campus infrastructures, focusing on the full data path to include remote sites across the WAN, interfacing with Multi-homed ISP connections and down to end user-based problems.

●Gather monthly reports on network availability, explain discrepancies and SLA failure findings to government personnel.

Principal Network Engineer ManTech International June 2016 – Aug 2019

●Management of a network consisting of 3 classification levels and both handle & oversee all major projects that involve any part of the network.

● Duties include designing, Troubleshooting, Upgrading and maintaining the Data Center w/ a mixture of conventional Cisco IOS and next generation Nexus (NxOS) datacenter routers and switches.

● Day-to-day network administration and troubleshooting, and up to higher level engineering (i.e. configuration of MPLS VPNs, traffic engineering for optimal traffic flow, route redistribution, etc.

●Apply network updates, implement DoD security measures to include STIG compliance.

●Network management and automated configurations via SolarWinds

●Manage the testing and implementation of changes and upgrades to network systems w/ in simulation

●Provide updates to infrastructure documentation for all related network systems

●Provide weekly and monthly reports on all network activities, troubleshooting remedies and overall network status

Senior Network Engineer Jacobs Technology May 2011 – June 2016

●Responsible for the expert fielding, and implementation of HW/SW upgrades of the Air and Space Operations Center (AOC) network infrastructure to support C2/ISR mission systems

●Became lead network engineer managing a team of 2-4 respective to scope of project

●Duties include building and configuring the network backbone necessary to support the physical-to-virtual environment on which the C2 systems and operations rely, integrating the Flexpod Datacenter solution, (comprised of Cisco UCS, VMware and NetApp solutions), within existing legacy network infrastructure, and troubleshooting integration and connectivity related issues

●Composing and presenting briefs from high level down to detailed reports dependent upon audience

●Conduct site surveys and engineer plan and design from findings

●Provide remote network support and mentoring to junior network engineers

●Configuration and implementation of Cisco IOS and Nexus routers and switches

●Analyze log files, tcpdump output, error messages, and debug outputs in troubleshooting network issues

●Installation and security configurations of Palo Alto and McAfee Firewalls, building ACL (access-control list) w/in IOS to improve and harden vulnerable points w/in the network to ensure boundary security poster & complying with STIG requirements throughout the entire network and DMZ

●Responsible for network design, IP allocations, diagram drawings and documentation

●Manage and Monitor Full-Mesh Layer 3 Network Infrastructure technology

●Provide daily briefings to government leads/program managers on network installation status to include any issues and remediation actions taken.

Lead Technician/System Administrator L3 Communications Oct 2010 – May 2011

●Field Team Lead of 6 administrators in support of the Navy Special Warfare Development Group (NSWDG) IT migration project from Windows XP pro (32-bit) to Windows 7 Enterprise (64-bit)

●Responsibilities included basic network administration, create/modify/deletion of 1,400 NIPR/SIPR accts, local and network printer installs, joining systems to Domains and trouble-shooting network issues

●Directly responsible for the Joint Special Operations Center (JSOC) IT troubles, needs and requests

●Duties included building computers, imaging HDDs, set BIOS configurations, enforcing GPO policies, installs of Cisco 3750, 4507, 4510e switches, and 6509 Core switches

●Responsible for the deployment of 1500 + individual new desktop configurations

Network Field Technician NES Associates Apr 2009 – Aug 2009

●Configurations, management and support of Enterasys switches

●Network integration upgrade and support for DOD logistics network

●Responsible for testing and troubleshooting phase to ensure 100% network function and compatibility of all configurations and modifications

Field Technician Lockheed Martin Dec 2007 – Dec 2008

●Set up several hundred Air traffic control navigation systems nation-wide for the FAA

●Installed network servers and racks to be integrated into the new system

●Provided customer support and resolved network issues

●Ran extensive tests that ensured 100% network configuration integrity of all installations from the workstation to inter-facility network communication equipment

●Ran and terminated copper and fiber optic cable to various end device communication systems

Voice Network Technician United States Air Force, Langley AFB Feb 2002 – Jun 2007

●Tasked with multiple Inside and Outside Plant duties and responsibilities to include inside plant installs, repairs, troubleshooting on the 11K line Nortel DMS-100 and remote voice network and switch support

●Responded to and provided both remote desktop support and direct on-site client support for all trouble tickets

●Test, troubleshot, repaired and installed voice networking equipment and associated network hardware at various customer sites in a deployed location overseas in support of Operation Enduring Freedom

●Programmed the Nortel DMS-100 switch valued at $24 Million for thousands of customers

●Surveyed facilities, consulted with customers and maintained telephone/cable equipment records

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