Data Center Solutions Engineer

Kofi Boachie

978-***-**** **********@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Dedicated and detail-oriented Network Solutions Engineer with years of experience working in an enterprise environment. During my years of experience, have gathered knowledge in Architecture design, maintenance, installation, implementation, troubleshooting, documentation, and configuration of various switches, routers, wireless and firewall technologies. Highly skilled and technical in all areas of Network and security designs, solutions and implementations. Proven leader that educates colleagues and students on best practices and network safety protocols.

CCNP SEC CCNP Data Center CCIE R&S Fortinet NSE 1-4,7 PCCSA PCNSE Network and Security Trainer

WORK HISTORY

SENIOR CONSULTANT 08/2024 to Current

Optiv Security

Expertise in security technologies, firewalls with expert knowledge in Fortinet firewalls, Palo Alto, Panorama, Fortimanager and Fortinet SD-WAN technologies.

Expert in designing security Architecture, firewall assessment review for best practices, doing vulnerability and penetration testing on Network and system infrastructure and recommending defense approach to mitigate any loopholes that can pose significant risk to organization

Reviewed logs regularly to detect suspicious activity patterns before escalating into full-blown incidents, enabling rapid response efforts when necessary.

Established relationships with external law enforcement agencies for collaborative efforts on cybercrime investigations that affected organization directly or indirectly.

Installed and maintained commercial firewall solution, working with security vendors to consistently apply best practices and software updates.

Optimized existing security tools by configuring custom rule sets tailored to organization's specific needs, enhancing threat detection capabilities.

Developed comprehensive security policies and procedures for organization, resulting in improved protection against potential threats.

Managed incident response activities during critical security events, effectively containing threats and minimizing damage to systems and data.

Evaluated emerging technologies for their potential impact on organizational security posture, recommending appropriate solutions as needed.

Provided training programs for employees on cybersecurity best practices, increasing awareness and fostering proactive security culture within organization.

Contributed to business continuity planning efforts by assessing potential risks to critical systems and implementing backup strategies that ensured minimal downtime during disaster recovery scenarios.

LEAD NETWORK OPERATIONS ENGINEER 08/2022 to 08/2024

Arbella Insurance

Project work experience with designing networks and extending networks

Review current network architecture by performing network assessment, based on hardware, software, security, configuration and best practices.

Analyzes complex local and wide area network systems, including planning, designing, evaluating, selecting operating systems and protocol suites, and configuring communication media with concentrators, bridges, and other devices

Resolve difficult interoperability problems to obtain operation across all platforms including e-mail, files transfer, multimedia, teleconferencing.

Configures systems to user environments

Applies extensive technical expertise and has full knowledge of other related disciplines

Develops technical solutions to complex problems requiring regular use of ingenuity and creativity

Exercises considerable latitude in determining technical objectives of assignment

Completed work is reviewed from relatively long-term perspective, for desired results

Guides successful completion of major programs and may function in project leadership role

Erroneous decisions or recommendations would typically result in failure to achieve major organizational objectives

Represents organization as prime technical contact on contracts and projects

Interacts with senior internal and external personnel on significant technical matters often requiring coordination between organizations.

SENIOR NETWORK SECURITY ENGINEER 12/2020 to 08/2022

Logix Health

Deploy, manage, and maintain all network infrastructure devices and their corresponding associated

Software

This includes, but not limited to firewalls, intrusion detection systems, switches, SD-WAN devices, Application Delivery Controllers, Wi-Fi, and VoIP system solutions

Administer and troubleshoot client connections (e.g., IPSec VPN, SFTP) Administer all Network Devices (routers, switches, appliances) in Global Infrastructure

Monitor networking logs and traffic for performance issues

Digest information and make

Recommendations for resolutions accordingly

Manage offshore Network team in Pune and Coimbatore India.

SR. NETWORK ENGINEER 01/2019 to 12/2020

Captivate LLC

Administer networking environment by designing system configuration, directing system installation, defining, documenting, installing, and enforcing system standards

Maximize network performance by monitoring performance, troubleshooting network problems and outages

Experience Palo Alto, Network Security, SSL VPN, Checkpoint, RSA, Cisco Nexus, Cisco Wireless

Implementing and troubleshooting firewall rules in Cisco ASA 5525, 5555x, 5580, Fortinet and Palo Alto as per the business requirements

Working on TACACS service configuration and integrating with different devices for AAA implementation

Schedule upgrades; collaborate with network developers on network optimization

Work with systems, database administrators to implement Cloud architectures that utilize industry best practices

Implement Cloud technology policies and procedures for disaster recovery

Archive to ensure effective protection, integrity of storage appliances and stored data assets

Extensive data Centre experience (design, deployment, configurations, and troubleshooting

Maintain highly secure infrastructure protect sensitive corporate data from threats.

NETWORK ENGINEER III 05/20124 to 01/2019

Hasbro

Reviewed, deployed Cloud system release, vendor-supplied patches

Managed problem solving, monitoring, system performance, troubleshooting of various LAN/WAN technologies, server, Enterprise applications and desktop technologies

Engaged external vendor support as required

Maintained highly secure infrastructure, protected sensitive corporate data from threats

Maintained documentation and followed corporate policies/procedures.

Monitored network capacity and performance to diagnose and resolve complex network problems.

EDUCATION

Washington University Certified IT Project Management

Cape Coast University - Cape Coast, GH Master of Science

Computer Networking and Telecommunications

CERTIFICATIONS

CCIE R&S

Cisco Certified Network Professional, CCNP Sec

Cisco certified Data Centre Professional CCDP

Palo Alto Networks Security Engineer PNSE

Fortinet NSE 1-4, 7

Certified Network Professional, CNP

Certified Data Centre Administrator, CDCA

SKILLS

Technical Skills:

Routing/Switching: Cisco Routers (ASR 1000, ASR 1001, 4400, 4300, 3700, 2900, 2800), Cisco Catalyst Switch (9300, 6800, 6500, 4900, 4500, 3850, 3750, 3560) 9k,7k,5k, 2k, Mikrotik Routers (750, 2011uAi), Aruba OS 2930F, 3810M, CX Series

R/S Protocols & Standards: WAN, LAN, TCP/IP, Cisco IOS, CatOS, NX-OS, Spanning Tree, MPLS, VOIP, QOS, EIGRP, BGP, OSPF, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, ACL, NAT, Static Routing, VLAN, VLAN Trunking

Wireless Tech Products: Cisco WLC, WCS, Forti Wireless Controller, Aruba Central, Aruba MM, Meraki Wireless, Aruba Central

Protocols & Standards: POE, IEEE 802.1x, 802.11 standards, WLAN, AP, WPA Enterprise/Personal

Security/Firewalls Tech: Cisco ASA 5500 series firewalls, FortiGate 60E, 60F, 200E, 600D, 600F, 1001E, Palo Alto firewalls network Protocols &Standards, VPNs (Site-to-Site, L2L, IPsec, SSTP, Remote Access, SSLVPN, RSA, MFA)

Monitoring: SolarWinds, Wireshark, Spectrum, ManageEngine NPM

Microsoft Technologies: Azure, Active directory, SharePoint, Office 360, Server 2003/2008/2012/2012r/2016, VMware

Security Protocols/Standard: L2/L3 Security, Application Security, Cloud Security, Penetration testing, Vulnerability Assessment, Python, Ansible, Jason, XML, IAM, Network Security Expertise

Attacker Systems: Kali Linux OS, Parrot OS Setup, Backbox Setup

Vulnerable Web Applications: BWAPP, Metasploitable, OWASP, PHP Auction Site

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