Cloud Engineer Solutions Architect

TREVOR SMITH

Burlington, NJ ***** **********@*****.*** 732-***-**** linkedin.com/in/tsmith1077/ CLOUD ENGINEER & SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT PROFESSIONAL

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Innovative technology professional with several years of diverse experience, skilled in enhancing systems and aligning technical solutions with business objectives. With 5 years experience in designing and implementing cloud systems looking to further my career. Effective team player with a desire to join a growing company using my cloud knowledge, experience and communication skills. Developed strong analytical and problem-solving skills in high-paced technology environments, consistently delivering optimized network solutions. Excels in collaborative team settings and effectively communicates technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Cloud Engineering Solutions Architecture Network Engineering Servers Hardware & Software Installations Configurations Testing Problem Analysis Recommendations & Solutions System Support Problem Solving Communication Collaboration Cisco Ciena Juniper Linux Microsoft Cloud Technologies GCP, AWS & Openstack

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CLOUD NETWORK ARCHITECT 11/2023 - Present

Comcast – Mount Laurel, NJ

● Design and implement network architectures for Metro Ethernet Services and Multi-Cloud environments (AWS, GCP).

● Configured and maintained Cisco, Ciena and Juniper networking equipment. Ensured network security and compliance with industry standards and regulations.

● Highly experienced with Network Services in AWS (VPC, Route Table, Security Groups, Transit Gateway, and VPC Interface Endpoint).

● Perform security setup, networking, system backup and patching for both AWS, and on-premises environments.

● Leveraged various cloud services for S3, VPC, ECS, EC2 Load Balancer, CloudFront, and Route 53.

● Implemented auto-scaling solutions with Terraform, ensuring optimal performance and cost efficiency.

● Worked with network teams to build cloud network standards using AWS VPC and transit gateway.

● Utilized Azure and GCP Cloud platforms for security.

● Implemented and managed the Network Connectivity Center to streamline network connectivity across multiple VPCs and on-premises networks.

● Implemented security best practices in AWS including IAM, multi-factor authentication, access key rotation, encryption using KMS, firewalls, security groups, and NACLs, S3 bucket policies and ACLs, mitigating DDOS attacks, etc.

● Troubleshoot and resolve network related issues and outages.

● Collaborate with team members/cloud engineers to ensure seamless integration of cloud services with on-premises networks.

● Developed Python & Ansible scripts for automating tasks and data processing, including experience with JSON data manipulation.

● Automated infrastructure provisioning and management using IaC (Terraform & CloudFormation), resulting in a 40% increase in deployment efficiency and consistency.

● Provide excellent written and verbal communication skills to technical and non-technical stakeholders. Trevor Smith Page 1 of 3

SENIOR CLOUD ENGINEER SPECIALIST-NETWORK ENGINEER 05/2021-8/2023 Verizon Wireless – Branchburg, NJ

● Participated in the planning and implementation of the organization's multi cloud infrastructure (Visible), Worked with cutting edge cloud technologies such as Openstack, GCP & AWS.

● Hands-on experience with most layers of AWS & GCP offerings, integration, and migration of existing metal solutions into virtualized hosting environments using EC2, GCE S3, Cloud Storage, Auto scaling, Load balancing and Cloud monitoring tools.

● Troubleshoot 30 to 50 issues weekly to implement technical recommendations and solutions 90% of the time.

● Implement application network features and configurations that boost network performance by 10%.

● Execute method of procedures for patches and new releases to reduce mean time by 50%.

● Run 4 to 6 reports daily for key performance indicator measurements to address capacity and demand growth of systems.

● Oversee the reporting of service key performance indicators and analytics for the physical and virtualized NiB components.

● Operate the best networks and systems through technical expertise of the team and effective outage prevention/resolution.

● Support peer groups across the business providing operational expertise of networks, platforms, and applications to meet the HON (Health of Network) application availability KPI targets for 2022.

● Visible NiB Service Availability > 99.9%

● Visible SEER > 99.0%

● Standardization/Common Operating Model – Improve the standardization or common operating model by 5% overall and 10% on priority categories to achieve 87% to 91% overall compliance. ENGINEER III, NETWORK ENGINEERING & OPERATIONS 05/2018-05/2021 Verizon Wireless – Bedminster, NJ

● Managed technical processes and maintained knowledge of data center fabric networks.

● Orchestrated tools and performed independent analysis and planning for implementation.

● Ability to learn new technologies quickly. Ability to perform independent analysis and plan for implementation, paying special attention to details and objectives.

● Knowledge in SDN, NFV, Openstack, Docker and Container deployments as well as the FCAPS model to support service level orchestration.

● Demonstrate applied skills and working knowledge of TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, UDP, DNS, DIAMETER, SIP, and LDAP.

NETWORK OPERATION CENTER ENGINEER 03/2015-05/2018

Verizon Wireless – Bedminster, NJ

● Monitored and troubleshot network elements to ensure high availability and attainment of service levels.

● Diagnosed and troubleshot routers, components, and circuits,

● Detected environmental alarms via network management system computer terminals, complete trouble tickets and answer inquiries.

● Served as technical trainer for new technical staff members and led classroom training sessions regularly.

● Created training content to provide a solid knowledge base of tools and processes.

● VZW NOC Certified Trainer.

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ASSOCIATE TECHNICIAN- NETWORK REPAIR BUREAU 02/2014-03/2015 Verizon Wireless – Bedminster, NJ

● Analyzed and resolved customer impacting faults in the network.

● Troubleshot and resolved service impairments related to roaming, transport services, network hardware and software faults, translations, and voice and data network elements.

● Isolated and resolved wireless voice and data faults. PROJECTS Present

AWS

● Automated user migration and management of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) resources

● Migration of a Workload running in a Corporate Data Center into AWS using the Amazon EC2 and RDS service.

● Implementation of a Scalable Web Application using the services of AWS Elastic Beanstalk, DynamoDB, CloudFront and Edge Location.

● Implementation of a set of EC2 instances using Terraform and an AWS Systems Manager configuration in conjunction with Amazon Simple Notification Service for automated installation of security officers.

● Elaboration of Executive Presentation of Infrastructure costs for an SAP Migration project from On-Premises to AWS.

● Implementation of an E-Commerce System on AWS in an automated way using Terraform and Ansible.

● Final Project: 12 hour challenge, focused on MultiCloud, DevOps & AI, utilizing Technologies such as AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Claude, OpenAI, and AmazonBedrock EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Bachelor of Science Degree (B.S), Technical Management / Network Systems Administration, DeVry University AWS Solutions Architect Certification, AWS

GCP Associate Engineer & Professional Architect Certification, Google Cloud Platform OpenStack Certification, Mirantis

Linux+ Certification, CompTIA

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES

Microsoft Office Suite TCP/IP DHCP DNS SMTP HTTP LAN/WAN Ethernet Wireless Hubs Switches Linksys Routers VPN RIP BGP IGRP EIGRP OSPF SIP Diameter 802.11b Fast Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet Cable/DSL Windows Linux/Unix DOS Active Directory Norton Ghost VMware MS Virtual PC MS Remote Desktop PC Anywhere Logmein Acrobat Terminal Emulation Software Partition Magic Citrix Heat & QuickBase Exchange Spiceworks ConnectWise Lab Tech Remedy/Workbench 360 NetScout Sevone Iris View Grafana NG1 SDN/NFV WireShark VxLan Amazon Web Services Openstack GCP MultiCloud Technologies Trevor Smith Page 3 of 3

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