Network Engineer / Administrator

Charles Pare'

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Cary, IL *****

Cellular 815-***-****

Work 312-***-****

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SUMMARY

• A Systems/Network Engineer with 10+ years of expertise in managing, analyzing, designing, and deploying computer, server and network infrastructure This includes laying and punching down cable to switch, router, firewall, and wifi access programming to server set up and deployment to maintaining all said and existing equipment for many years. Also bring a diversified background with exceptional technical and troubleshooting abilities.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

• Servers/Workstations: Windows NT 2000, 2003, 2008; Exchange 2000, 2003, 2007; 3rd party application servers and file/print; HP, Dell; Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7; Linux (novice user)

• Network Equipment: Cisco switches, routers, firewalls, wifi access points, VOIP (Cisco and Mitel); 3Com switches; Linksys routers, switches; SonicWALL; and other switches and routers

• Security Network: Cisco PIX and ASA firewalls, VPN clients, anyconnect, SSL; SonicWALL firewalls VPN tunnels, security appliance, and VPN clients; Antivirus suites McAfee, Symantec, AVG; Anti-spam Google's Postini, McAfee security appliance

• Back-up Solutions: Symantec(VERITAS), CA ArcServ, other 3rd party

• Software: Ethereal or Wireshark, Office 2000, 2003, 2007; Trading Software Trading Technologies, Espeed, Broker Tech, Bloomberg, CQG

• Active Director (AD), DHCP, TCP/IP, WINS, cifs, VLAN,

EXPERIENCE

2000 - Present Systems/Network Engineer, TKYGroup, Chicago, IL. IT consultant responsible for all facets of clients IT infrastructure from maintenance, to design, to build/install

• Won a client after their (now old) IT consulting company could not recover data from a dead server or push said data to the new server. I had to rebuild file structure in order recover backups. The server that had died was the FSMO roles master I had to force the new server to become the FSMO roles master as well.

• Spun up hybrid VOIP solution Mitel phones and Cisco 3560 POE switches. Client is still using old Mitel PBX for old section but Mitel VOIP for new section of buildings

• Upgraded networks, including the installation of servers, workstations, switches, routers, firewalls, Wi-Fi access points, application software

• Maintained servers, workstations, switches, routers, firewalls, and Wi-Fi access points, including Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, WINS, NetBIOS, NAT, PAT, Exchange (2000, 2003, 2007), MS SQL (2000, 2005), application servers, anti-spam(Google's Postini), security patches, anti-virus definitions and performance monitoring.

• Rebuilt and refurbished equipment for re-use this maximized return on investment

• Two clients that shared IT infrastructure wanted to split "Company A" kept old "Company B" built new. Designed and built new network for "Company B" including phone, broad band access, and migrating "Company B" email boxes from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007 server on a different and separate network.

• Migrated Domain Architecture from NT to 2000 to 2003 to 2008 Active Directory. Note: had one NT domain forced to 2000 AD

• Migrated clients, with assistance, from 3Com switches to Cisco 2900 series Trucked switches.

• Migrated clients, with assistance, from SQL 2000, to SQL 2005

• Designed and deployed Cisco 1200 series wifi access points

• Set up Blackberry redirects

• Have worked night shift in trading environment unsupervised

• Utilize remote management for all clients

• Installed Pelco DX8100 DVR camera controller, it is part of clients network, installed Pelco client on selected users PCs, and trained users.

1996 - 2000 Service Technician, Siemens/Electrocom, Arlington, TX. Assigned to Advanced Presort in Chicago; maintained postal automation equipment, DecNet and TCP/IP network.

• Network was a hybrid TCP/IP DecNet LAN with WAN connection to headquarters and other remote sites.

• Upgraded and maintained multi-line optical character readers (MLOCR) that used DECs VAX or Alpha networked servers.

• Maintained high speed Video Jet ink printers and barcode readers/sorters.

• Provided phone support to other sites when needed

• Maintained inventory of equipment/parts on premise.

1995 - 1996 Installation Technician, Bell & Howell, Lincolnwood, IL. Installed LMLM 400 for USPS

• Installed the LMLM 400 labeler in USPS distribution centers throughout the United States and trained Bell & Howell installers as well as USPS operators and maintenance personnel.

CERTIFICATIONS

CCNA, 2000 - 2010. Cisco Certified Network Associate

Solaris 8 Systems Administrator, Sun Microsystems, 2003. Sun Microsystems has sense retired the Solaris 8 System Administrator. Solaris 11 is due to release mid 2010

EDUCATION

1993 B.S., EET, Lake Superior State University, Sault Ste. Marie

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