Network Engineer Center Supervisor

Bill Black

William George Thomas Black

@**** East Chenango Place Aurora, CO 80015 Phone: 303-***-**** ****@*********.***

Objective

A challenging full-time or contract position as a System/Network professional.

Professional Experience

APEX SYSTEMS– Denver, CO Contract terminated due to DOD remote work policy. Must have been present onsite for 90 days. Covid protocols only allowed me on site for 43 days.

04/2021-07/2021

Sr. Network Engineer (contractor)

Implement Microfocus OMI and NNMI product suite for Company Monitoring System

Configure Network devices for snmp traps and syslogs as required

Custom scripting within OMI to handle network events (Correlation, dampening, and suppression)

Managed Staffing– Denver, CO

09/2018-09/2019

Sr. Network Engineer (contractor)

Implement Microfocus OMI and NNMI product suite for Company Monitoring System

Configure Network devices for snmp traps and syslogs as required

Custom scripting within OMI to handle network events (Correlation, dampening, and suppression)

Member of Tier3 support, resolved services tickets as needed

Consult customers with their network designs and implementations

Meshcasting– Denver, CO

05/2016-Present

Sr. Network Engineer (contractor)

Install wireless access point devices and bridges to build a wireless network in and around downtown Denver for a customer base of 100

Configure and maintain Nagios monitoring software to monitor wireless network

Troubleshoot and correct any issues with wireless network

Configure Multipoint WAP’s using 802.11G as central gateways in downtown area to eliminate multi hop access points.

Consult customers with their network designs and implementations

Troubleshoot networking issues of OSI model layers 1-7

Vsoft Consulting– Denver, CO

11/2016-07/2017

Sr. Network Engineer (contractor)

Wrote Methods of Procedures for any maintenance, additions, and changes of Network Core network according to Clients requirements

Scheduled maintenance dates, and attended change management boards for approval

Performed the Methods of Procedures during approved times approved by Change Management Board.

Troubleshoot networking issues of OSI model layers 1-7 as needed

Insight Global– Denver, CO

8/2015-4/2016

Contractor for WIPRO Senior Network Engineer

Plan and Implement conversion of MPLS WAN circuits from Sprint to AT&T on various Cisco Platforms including 2800,6500,Nexus 5000, Nexus 7000 and Nexus 9000 series

Configure and modify VRF’s for conversion. Including BGP, OSPF, and ISIS routing protocols

Modify DNS records during conversion. Adding, removing and modify “A” and PTR records.

Worked closely with monitoring team to modify monitoring systems to remove old circuits and add new circuits

Update all documentation for each circuit and VRF for and update RUNTEAM of changes.

STRUCTURED INNOVATIONS– Denver, CO

1/2015-7/2015

Consultant and Engineer

Install and terminate fiber and category 6 cables throughout PEPSI CENTER for new WIFI infrastructure

Configure and install 580 Wireless Access Points to connect to WAP Controllers

Ensured PEPSI CENTER monitoring system was able to monitor all 580 WAPS via SNMP

EXPERIS IT– Denver, CO

9/2014-12/2014

Contractor Newmont Mining Company Senior Network Engineer

Implement and troubleshoot network routing protocols OSPF and BGP

Troubleshoot networking issues of OSI model layers 1-7

Inventoried route-maps across global WAN and made appropriate changes to reduce size and complexity of route-maps

Reconfigured Cisco ACE load balancers to reduce size of configuration and to recover public ip addresses.

Inventoried all Cisco Nexus switches to provide recommendation of reducing size and complexity of configuration

Monitored and maintained Juniper routers for Global Wan connectivity utilizing carrier MPLS

ASKstaffing– Denver, CO

07/2014-9/2014

Contractor State Network of Colorado Governors Office of IT - Engineer 3

Audit remediation of security procedures and policies

Upgrade hardware and software to newest versions to meet security policies

Configure network equipment to ensure security policies and standards are implemented

Planet Consulting– Denver, CO

12/2013-6/2014

Contractor Level3 Communications – IP Engineer 3

Implement and troubleshoot network routing protocols OSPF, ISIS, and BGP utilizing Juniper M and MX series routers and switches

Troubleshoot networking issues of OSI model layers 1-7

Member of First Line Engineers group for Level3’s Worldwide Internet and MPLS backbone networks, ensuring 99.999% network availability for government, commercial, and residential customers worldwide.

Brookfield Residential Properties– Denver, CO

3/2013-6/2013

Sr. Network Engineer

Implement and troubleshoot network routing protocols OSPF and EIGRP

Troubleshoot networking issues of OSI model layers 1-7

Install and configure Cisco wireless access points. Configure customer required security settings from Open to WPA2 Enterprise using encryption types TKIP and AES

Administer and maintain Cisco ASA’s and PIX’s

Documented Denver Network.

Configured, and maintained various network monitoring tools which included Nagios, and MRTG. Customized applications using various shell languages, and scripted customized monitoring probes.

Implement and maintain HYPER-V for virtualization servers

Implement and maintain Microsoft DNS, IIS, and Active Directory.

Decision maker for all hardware and communications

Epsilon– Lafayette, CO

1/2012-1/2012

Sr. Network Engineer (contractor)

Completed a backlog of trouble tickets submitted by internal customers

Troubleshoot various network issues

Maintained security access lists on Cisco ASA’s and Fortinet firewalls

Troubleshoot networking issues of OSI model layers 1-7

Meshcasting– Denver, CO

6/2011-present

PART-TIME Sr. Network Engineer (contractor)

Install wireless access point devices and bridges to build a wireless network in downtown Denver

Configure and maintain Nagios monitoring software to monitor wireless network

Troubleshoot and correct any issues with wireless network

Configure Multipoint WAP’s using 802.11G as central gateways in downtown area to eliminate multi hop access points.

Troubleshoot networking issues of OSI model layers 1-7

FORTRUST LLC– Denver, CO

8/2006-5/2011

Sr. Network Engineer

Design, implement, and maintain fully redundant network utilizing Foundry/Brocade and Cisco hardware to provide 24x7 Internet access to collocation customers

Implement and troubleshoot network routing protocols BGP and OSPF

Troubleshoot networking issues of OSI model layers 1-7

Install and configure various manufacturers wireless access points. Manufacturers include Netgear, Beldin, Linksys, Cisco, Brocade, and Juniper. Configure customer required security settings from Oopen to WPA2 Enterprise using encryption types TKIP and AES

Implement and maintain Internap’s Flow Control Platform(FCP) to ensure best outbound data return times to clients on Internet manipulating BGP routes

Administer and maintain Cisco ASA’s and PIX’s

Tier 4 support for collocation customers to support customers network hardware and various server operating systems and applications

Managed Network and Junior Network Engineers.

Documented troubleshooting procedures for NOC personnel and trained NOC staff of procedures.

Configured, and maintained various network monitoring tools which included Nagios, SolarWinds, HP Openview, MRTG, PRTG, and Cisco Works. Customized applications using various shell languages, and scripted customized monitoring probes.

Implement and maintain VMWARE for virtualization servers

Implement and maintain Microsoft DNS, IIS, and Active Directory.

System Administrator for Windows 2003, Windows 2008 and various LINUX servers

Implemented and maintained QMOE service provider port to provide QMOE service to collocation customers

Decision maker for all hardware and communications

Disaster recovery communication manager for data and voice communications

StorePErform Technologies – Denver, CO

2/2005-7/2006

Sr. Engineer

Key Results:

Administer and maintain 24/7 production and development network

Implement and troubleshoot network routing protocols BGP and OSPF

Troubleshoot networking issues of OSI model layers 1-7

Administer and maintain over 125 servers consisting of Solaris, AIX, Windows 2003, and various Linux servers

Administer and maintain Hitachi SAN (Thunder 9500 series) with McData SAN switches

Install and configure Internaps FCX WAN accelerator to increase performance between HQ and satellite offices

Install and administer various network and server management and monitoring tools. Customized applications using various shell languages, and scripted customized monitoring probes.

Implement wireless networking using Cisco 1100 series using PEAP

Implement VMWARE for virtualization servers

Administer and maintain sendmail, postfix, bind(, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft IIS, Microsoft DHCP, and Nagios

Implemented Single Sign ON (SSO) on all Unix servers to authenticate against Windows Active Directory using LDAP, windbind, and NIS.

eCollege.com– Denver, CO

10/2004-2/2005

Sr. Network Engineer

Key Results:

Administer 24x7 Production network utilizing Foundry, Cisco, Nokia, and Juniper hardware

Troubleshoot networking issues of OSI model layers 1-7

Install and configure various network management tools. Customized applications using various shell languages, and scripted customized monitoring probes.

Implement network/telecom backup system and procedures

Implement VoIP to various satellite offices

Boeing– AuRora, CO

8/2004-10/2004

Network Designer

Key Results:

Design network architecture based on customer needs and requirements

Designed networks for very large government enterprise networks utilizing Cisco, Foundry, and Juniper hardware

Provide technical network design documents

Maintain phone system as needed

KBkids.com– Denver, CO

9/2001-8/2004,10/1999-1/2001

Sr. Network Engineer

Key Results:

Implement 24x7 Website network utilizing Foundry and Cisco switches and routers

Redesign network architecture to allow full redundancy of website using BGP/OSPF, Transparent Cache Switching, Symmetric Load Balancing, and Global Server Load Balancing

Troubleshoot networking issues of OSI model layers 1-7

Design Corporate Headquarters internal network

Implement and maintain Nokia/Checkpoint firewalls

Design, implement, and maintain Sendmail

System administration of various Linux, Solaris and Windows servers

Automate configuration backups of routers and switches using EXPECT scripting language

Customize HP Network Node Manager to provide real time and historical reports of website status and notification when website degradation occurs. Customized applications using various shell languages, and scripted customized monitoring probes.

Project Manager for evaluating and implementing new co-location for Denver website

GAmbro Healthcare- Denver, CO

2/2001-8/2001

Network Designer

Key Results:

Design and implement load balancing for various internal applications

Redesign and implement all key corporate networks

Troubleshoot networking issues of OSI model layers 1-7

Design, implement and maintain Cisco PIX firewall solution

Design, implement and maintain DNS

Automate configuration backups of routers and switches using various scripting languages

Project manager for evaluating and implementing all new network equipment

Member of Windows 2000 implementation team

Invesco Funds Group- Denver, CO

9/1993-10/1999

Network Administrator

Key Results:

Implement policies and procedures for INVESCO LAN/WAN

Install, maintain, and troubleshoot INVESCO LAN/WAN

Troubleshoot networking issues of OSI model layers 1-7

Maintain global WAN consisting of 23 North American offices

Project lead for all data and voice projects

Furnish technical support including troubleshooting, interpreting communication failures and isolating system performance difficulties

Communication liaison with vendors

Redesign, plan, configure and install entire data and voice network

Senior team member for global WAN for AMVESCAP, consisting of 65 offices

Disaster recovery coordinator for Communications department

United States Navy- San Diego, CA

10/1989-10/1993

Interior Communications Technician

Key Results:

Maintain telephone, gyro compass, special weapons alarms, critical systems alarms, and PA systems

Served work center supervisor and coordinate 10 members

Managed de-installation and re-installation of ships phones system consisting of 2000 work spaces aboard USS Constellation during a six month period

Technical Skills

Operating Systems: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2008, Microsoft Windows 7/ Windows XP, AIX, Solaris, vSphere

Applications: MRTG, PRTG,Nagios, Hp Openview, Whats up Gold, Microsoft Exchange 2003/2007, Bind, Microsoft IIS, Apache, Syslog-ng, Symantec Backup Exec, VMware Work station, Blackberry Enterprise Server

Hardware: Dell Server Hardware, Hitachi San, Cisco routers/switches/firewalls, Juniper routers/switches/firewalls, Brocade/Foundry routers/switches/load balancers, Dell switches, HP switches, F5 load balancers, Internap FCP/FCX, Barracuda firewalls/load balancers, Sonic firewalls, and many different wireless access points.

Protocols: TCP/IP, Spanning Tree, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, RIP, and MPLS

Education and Technical Training

High School Diploma - Calvert High School Prince Frederick, MD 06/1985

Network Certifications:

CCNA

CCNP

Foundry Certified Network Professional

PBX Certifications:

Lucent G3R

Intuity Audix

Lucent Call Management Systems

Network Courses: Understanding Network Fundamentals, Internetworking with TCP/IP, Introduction to Cisco Router Configuration, Advanced Cisco Router Configuration, Frame Relay Internetworking, ATM Essentials, Configuring and Troubleshooting Cisco Dial-up services, Cisco Internetwork Troubleshooting, Cisco LAN Switch configuration, AIX 5L jumpstart for Unix Professionals

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