Dontaze Bryant
Engineer
Baltimore, MD *****
******************@***********.***
Accomplished and energetic Engineer with a solid history of achievement in Network Engineering. Motivated leader with strong organizational and prioritization abilities to obtain a challenging position where I can utilize my knowledge of networking and it should provide career growth.
Work Experience
LAN Administrator
LISA DAY-CARE SERVICE - Baltimore, MD
December 2017 to Present
Worked as Lan Admin between all three facilities. Installed network and internet access throughout all three facilities. Established an intranet so that all three facilities can use same online database Network Engineer
FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS - Ashburn, VA
April 2016 to October 2017
Worked as Lan Admin between all three facilities. Installed network and internet access throughout all three facilities. Established an intranet so that all three facilities can use same online database FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS
Network Engineer Ashburn, VA April 2016 - October 2017 Maintain Frontier Western Territory Network with tech support of Frontiers's High Speed Internet and video Services
Supplied Network Engineering support to outside Frontier Technicians to repair customers' outages and install of new equipment: Cisco Routers, Lucent ATM/Frame Relay Switches Sr. Network Engineer
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS - Ashburn, VA
June 2001 to April 2016
LAN/WAN support, and server hardware and software installation, configuration, and maintenance, cloud infrastructure development, design of CI/CD pipeline tools, security support, intrusion protection, vulnerability assessments, network management tools support, and network modeling and analysis support.Maintain and Troubleshooting of Verizon Entire backbone Network. Trouble Shooting of ATM and Frame Relay of Verizon's High Speed Data Services. Provided Technical Support for Verizon's Fios Video Network (Long and Medium Haul) Worked with configuration of Cisco Routers to limit Congestion and configure with installs of Routers Worked with Alcatel-lucent Switches with provisions of End-user specific configs. Also monitor endpoint user data and traffic to limit congestion on end-users data and traffic via Netcool Surveillance for Cisco and Naviscore surveillance for lucent alcatel-lucent system’s Worked with Central office Data centers as 24/7 network monitoring thru Netcool Software data live monitoring of high speed data and monitoring video data 24/7 Rerouting data when errors are seen causing flickering thru the data center was able to see from cloud.. outside facility Worked for Outside Technicians with Central office equipment repair and Installs to get customers up and running without any interruptions.
WebSphere (WAS) on z/OS, UNIX, and Windows.
Solaris/UNIX 8, 9, and 10Solaris
administering, and troubleshooting WebSphere servers (WAS 5.1 and WAS 6.1 or currently supported versions) on a Solaris/UNIX platform.
Technical understanding of cybersecurity attack techniques and associated mitigation techniques for networks –
Detection and Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS), log analysis, malware analysis, network traffic flow, traffic and packet analysis –
Nnoc Network Monitoring
Experience with ACLs, IAVAs, and Certification & Accreditation (ICD 503/DCID 6/3) processes as they apply to network engineering lifecycles –
Installing, configuring, networking, administering, and troubleshooting Solaris/UNIX hardware and software and taking corrective action.
Experience or familiarity with Agile development methodology (i.e. SAFe) - Experience with networking in Amazon Web Services (AWS) –
Education
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE in Network Engineering
Capitol Technology University - Laurel, MD
2001
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA
Mergenthaler High School Baltimore
1997
Skills
• Help Desk
• Desktop Support
• Helpdesk Support
• Active Directory (10+ years)
• Customer Support
• Call Center
• Customer Service
• MAC (10+ years)
• Service Desk
• Tech Support
• Comptia (10+ years)
• Linux
• Technical Support
• Networking (10+ years)
• Windows
• Vmware
• Windows 7
• Javascript
• Microsoft Office (10+ years)
• Security (10+ years)
• access (10+ years)
• Computer Networking (10+ years)
• Mac OS (10+ years)
• Microsoft Access
• Microsoft Windows
• CCNA 2011 CCNP 2013
• LAN
• Network Monitoring
• Network Engineering
• WAN
• Cisco Routers
• DHCP
• Disaster Recovery
• Ethernet
• Microsoft Windows Server
• Network Firewalls
• Network Support
• Operating Systems
• VoIP
• Network Protocols
• BGP
• PCI
• AWS
• DNS
• VPN (10+ years)
• OSPF
• Microsoft Exchange
• TCP/IP (10+ years)
• VPN
• DNS
• TCP/IP
• OSPF
• Microsoft Exchange
• MPLS
• Load Balancing (10+ years)
• System Administration (10+ years)
• Authentication
• EIGRP
• FTP
• Remote Access Software (10+ years)
• QoS
• Solarwinds
• Routing Protocols
• PostgreSQL
• SQL
• Java
• Python
• AI
• React
• Perl
• Machine Learning
• Asset Management
• Unity
• Network Administration (10+ years)
• PowerShell
• Software Troubleshooting
• Software Development
• Troubleshooting
• C/C++
• Microsoft Excel
• ITIL
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Microsoft SQL Server
• Juniper
• Firewall
• SCCM
• Scripting
• Bluebeam
• Visio
• AutoCAD
• TCP
• IT management
• English
• Network security
• Microsoft Outlook
• Telephony
• GIS
• Data collection
• 4G/LTE
• 3G
• Test cases
• User acceptance testing
• Software testing
• Quality control
• Unit testing
• Process improvement
• Epic
• Lean
• Management
• Network management
• iOS
• Mobile devices
• ServiceNow
• IT support
• Microsoft Project
• FISMA
• Encryption
• Project management
• RMF
• IP networking
• System design
• Software deployment
• 5G
• OpenStack
• Vendor management
• Video production
• EDI
• MySQL
• Oracle
• Citrix
• QuickBooks
• Network architecture
• Azure
• Telecommunication
• IT
• Information security
• Cloud architecture
• Root cause analysis
• Remedy
• SharePoint
• Performance tuning
• IIS
• Microsoft Dynamics GP
• Enterprise software
• Cloud Computing
• SSO
• Incident management
• Identity & access management
• LDAP
Certifications and Licenses
CCNA
CompTIA Security+
CompTIA Network+
CompTIA A+
CCNA Routing & Switching
CCNA Security
CCNP
MCSE
Additional Information
CCNA 2011
CCNP 2013
14 years of DataCenter experience