Systems Engineer Disaster Recovery

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Long Beach, CA ***** 562-***-**** ******.*****@*****.*** linkedin.com/in/conrad-paule-4a649132

SENIOR SYSTEM ENGINEER

Purposeful Network Systems Engineer with experience in system engineering, networking, and cloud technologies. Expertise in designing, deploying, and managing LAN/WAN networks, MPLS, BGP, disaster recovery plans, and security solutions. Impactful professional configuring and maintaining routers, switches, and firewalls across multiple platforms, including Cisco, Meraki, Catalyst, Juniper, and Palo Alto. Skilled in VLAN design, VoIP solutions (Mitel, Cisco, Teams), and VPN implementations to ensure seamless connectivity and security. Resourceful leader in Windows Server administration, VMware virtualization, and enterprise storage solutions from leading vendors such as HP, Dell, EMC, and NetApp. Holds multiple industry certifications, including CCNA, VCP5-DCV, MCSE, MCP, CNE, GCP Associate Cloud Engineer, and AWS SysOps Administration Cloud Foundation. Adept at network troubleshooting, performance optimization, security best practices, and disaster recovery planning to support business continuity and enhance IT infrastructure resilience. Core competencies include:

LAN/WAN Solutions Business Impact Analysis Regulatory Adherence Data Integrity/Recovery Disaster Recovery Contingency Planning Research And Development Risk Assessment Cost Benefits Analysis

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Cisco Core Access switches Cisco Meraki Silver-peak Cisco SAN switches MDS plus zoning Checkpoint Firewall Cisco Pix Firewall Palo Alto Firewall Juniper Firewall Mitel Cisco Call Manager Jaber SAN Solution EMC VNX series Fujitsu DX series storage Foundry SilverPeak HP 3PAR Storage Brocade Storage Switches Brocade Optics and load balancers and switches Alcatel Switches Dell Compellent Dell Equallogic Dell Powervault Windows OS Windows Server ZenWorks Border Manager Groupwise Manager Lotus Notes Active Directory Azure Active Directory Exchange Mac OS Linux Red Hat Yellow Dog Fedora VMware Hyper-V OS2 Warp Citrix Presentation Server Citrix Access Gateway SCCM WSUS TCP/IP wan Protocols BGP OSPF IBGP other DECnet Banyan ISO/OSI IPX/SPX SNA SMS/SQL Ethernet Token Ring FDDI VPN SSH SecureID PGP PKI HIPPA CFR-11.DNS DHCP HTML Perl PHP VB LAN Manager Cisco ACS Orion - Solarwinds ISS Real Secure Norton Ghost ENGL McAfee/Norton Virus Protection Utilities HP OpenView Network Flight Recorder Cute FTP Tripwire Snort Microsoft Project Microsoft FrontPage® JIRA Remedy RTMS Slack AirWatch Aruba ClearPass Subnetting vlans VOIP

EXPERIENCE

CoreLogic LLC, Irvine, CA 08/2021 - 02/2025

Data Center Network and System Engineer

Managed and implemented networking solutions including distribution, switches, storage switches, routers, firewall (Juniper), LAN/WAN administration. Managed 2 system admins under me and educated them on deployments and solutions of new technology.

Administered VMware Cluster environment on multiple farms.

Preserved multiple storage accommodating the VMware system.

Deployed and maintained new Hardware and replaced Legacy systems.

Reconfigured and implemented LAN and System Aggregation managements.

Designed new templates for new VMs.

Deployed disaster recovery architecture and design SRM.

Supported patching schedules to the latest required security updates.

Maintained security and PCI complaint.

Migrated 2,000 Windows servers to GCP, including IIS, Web services and DCs.

Upgraded old servers and legacy servers, Win2008, Win2012R2 to 2016 or 2019.

Maintained all 300 physical servers with 1500 VMs each at one time now GCP.

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Pinnacle, LLC IT Services, Dallas, TX 09/2020 - 08/2021

Data Center System Engineer

Deployed and maintained VMware environment. Administered VMware Cluster environment on multiple farms.

Maintained multiple storage accommodating the VMware system.

Deployed and maintained new Hardware and replaced Legacy systems.

Reconfigured and implemented LAN and System Aggregation managements.

Designed new templates for new VMs.

Deployed disaster recovery architecture and design SRM.

Maintained all 300 servers with 1,500 VMs at one time now GCP.

APRO, LLC DBA United Pacific, Long Beach, CA 04/2016 - 02/2020

Network and System Enterprise Engineer

Administered VMware Cluster environment on multiple farms. Deployed and Maintain MDM solutions. Deployed and maintain full Meraki Cloud Enterprise Network solution.

Deployed and maintained with full configuration of Cisco Routers and Switches.

Reconfigure and implemented LAN and System Aggregation managements.

Designed HQ logical and physical data center.

Deployed disaster recovery architecture and design

Managed 560 Sites through IPSec VPN tunnel.

Helped maintain 500 VPN sites of the business network and system needs.

Port of Long Beach, City of Long Beach, State and Federal, Long Beach, CA 08/2015 - 03/2016

Network, Systems and Cyber Security Engineer

Maintained Cisco Switches configuration and IOS updates. Administered VMware Cluster environment on multiple Blade farms.

Reconfigured and implemented LAN and System Aggregation managements.

Re-deployed WAP and configured on to Cisco and Aruba wireless system.

Deployed new Zero-day solution and Cyber network monitoring Systems

Maintained SAN Storage hardware to high performance.

Created and deployed AWS Cloud servers and IIS services

Maintained Hybrid environment to load balance performance throughout 3 Data Centers

LBUSD - Long Beach Unified School District, Long Beach, CA 05/2015 - 08/2015

Network and Systems Engineer

Maintained Cisco Routers and Switches configuration on all schools.

Administered VMware Cluster environment on multiple Blade farms.

Handhelds, iPad, Google Chromebooks, Cell phones, MDM solutions and Cloud.

Reconfigured and implemented LAN and System Aggregation managements.

Re-deployed WAP and configured on to Cisco Prime and Cisco LMS.

LAUSD - Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles, CA 04/2014 - 05/2015

Sr. Field Network Engineer

In charge of all Cisco Routers and Switches of Upgrades and IOS updates on all schools. Maintained and managed Cisco Unified Call Manager, Design and Routing.

Positioned Alcatel Core Switches and implement LAN and Aggregation managements.

Installed and deployed Cisco and Aruba Wireless environments to Elementary, Middle and High Schools.

Deployed OSPF Network throughout all schools and converting to MPLS to BGP network Protocol.

Deployed 3 VMware internal installs onto Cisco Routers 4451 with WAZ, Communication, and Security.

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ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Prospect Mortgage LLC., Sherman Oaks, CA

Sr. Network and Enterprise System Engineer

In charge of all Cisco Routers and Switches and 3 data centers, Digital Realty, Internap, Equinix. Maintained and managed Cisco Unified Call Manager.

Implemented Cluster Group for new MS SQL web and VMware.

Mitel system administration, including installation of new phone systems, user and account management, and software system upgrades.

Installed and deployed VMware and HyperV on new server on SAN environment.

Monthly deployment of new Routers and Switches.

Implemented testing and new environment for Websense and Proxy settings.

Configured and Deployed Cisco ASA teleworker system, dialpeers and Hubs.

Toyota Material Handling, Usman, Irvine, CA

Network and Enterprise System Engineer

Vaco LLC, Los Angeles/Orange/San Diego Counties, CA

Desktop Support Analyst System Admin Network Admin

Belkin International, Compton, CA

System Network Analyst

Mantra Films, Santa Monica, CA

Sr. System Administrator

Hansen’s Beverage Company, Corona, CA

Sr. Network Administrator

Fox TV, Los Angeles, CA

Desktop Support Specialist

CERTIFICATIONS

CCNA - Cisco Certified Systems Network Associate

VMware - VCP5-DCV - Virtual Certification Pro - Data Center

MCSE - Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer

MCP - Microsoft Certified Professional

CNE - Certified Novell Engineer

GCP - Google associate Cloud engineer

AWS - SysOpsAdministration Cloud foundation

Cert. HP procurves switches, Cisco Catalyst, Big F5 Load balancers, Riverbed wan jets, Foundry XL, Iron family load balancers and switches

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Microsoft Business Systems Association, Member

Microsoft Great Plains Systems Security Solutions, Member

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