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Design, maintain and manage the networks of Bridgepoint Eductation, Ashford University and University of the Rockies via redesigning critical zones and environments within the network, troubleshooting network latency, layer 3, layer 2 and firewall issues . Also maintain and manage F5 network from a layer 2 through 4 perspective, including maintaining of iRules and iRule LX code. Responsible for the setting, managing and documenting the standards that govern how Bridgepoint Education utilizes and accesses the load balancing environment as well as deployment of all new nodes. pools, and virtual servers.

Worked with real estate company to advise on proper design and equipment needed to redesign and move their secondary data center.Assisted engineers in voice migrations, involving deployment of new PoE+ switches throughout corporate office.Researched and testing new virtual load balancing technology to be deployed throughout primary and secondary data centers.Wrote standard network equipment documentation, to be used by engineers as a guide for new routing and switching deployments.

Work and consulted for Western Alliance Bank as their Sr, Network Engineer.Assisted in assessing the current state of the bank's network, including security vulnerabilities, routing deficiencies network monitoring and network management.Worked as the lead engineer and acting project manager to complete company wide circuit project which involved coordination with circuit vendors and all remote bank branches.Troubleshooting of primary and secondary data center routing and firewall policy issues.Worked with Network Architect and CIO in redesigning the companies physical and logical network topology

Lead Engineer in charge of the design and configuration of a new network to be implemented for US. Government agencies. Provided advance knowledge and insight into complex network designs that are cost effective, with fast convergence and highly redundant.▪ Consulted on and set fourth standards that would be used in the design of the network.▪ Assisted in bringing the project from a beginning late status to an on-time status, via time management changes and overlapping of specific project tasks, to be worked in parallel with one another.▪ Created and maintained multiple documents in relation to project, to be used by other project team member and submitted as final copy to client.▪ Redesigned physical topology, to best suit client and project needs, which resulted in less equipment being used in specific areas of the network, shifting costs to where it was needed within the project.▪ Engineered OSPF and static network traffic for proper production and management separation.▪ Designed VLAN and IP address scheme to be utilized throughout the network.▪ Worked with VM and software engineers to QA and verify communication between all physical and virtual servers within the network.

Provided advance technical support to companies primary and secondary data centers; manage internal and external network of 2,000+ routers, switches, and load balancing appliances, including F5's. Perform traffic and route filtering activities via Access Control List (ACL) and route maps. Work on project specifically geared towards the redesigning companies extranet and intranet environments. Migration of multiple application servers and virtual servers with little to no application down time. Worked multiple long term projects involving major network changes, application redundancy and load balancing techniques via Cisco CSM, GSS and Big IP F5.Technical lead in migration of all Cisco routers and switches from companies extranet environment to the intranet environment. This included introducing OSPF to the intranet environment and re-engineering redistribution of BGP.Technical lead on company's end of life project, in replacing Cisco 6500 series non-E switches with 6500-E series, and nexus 2k fabric extenders.Performed after hour changes to the network for application load balancing requests and both layer 3 and layer 2 changes while ensuring network integrity and minimum downtime.Coordinated with other technology departments to ensure successful deployment of new network technologies and applications, for both internal and external clients.

Here I focus on Implementation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of the companies network devices such as Cisco, Arris, Alcatel, Nortel switches and routers, Incognito Servers; as well as company network design improvements for both our private network and our Internet backbone network, to ensure that our customers receive quality high speed online access.Worked multiple long term projects involving major network changes on a national scale; completed network changes to meet Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance guidelines.Leadership responsibilities included training of new hires and mentoring lower tier Engineers; wrote technical training materials to support Engineer training. Perform testing of IOS scripts in a controlled lab environment; review submitted Method of Process (MOP) before and after maintenance to ensure accuracy. Provisioning of multiple metro ethernet circuit's using long haul fiber connections.Design and provisioning of EoMPLS connection for commercial fiber clients.

Monitoring of entire cable network for Cox Communications throughout all of the state of Arizona.

Troubleshooting, verification, provisioning of computer network connection to Nortel, and Cisco multilayer switches.

Worked with Bank of America/Merrill Lynch and IBM in on going IT projects in New York City branch office, which included imaging of new computer systems, re-imaging of older computer systems, basic connectivity troubleshooting, and printer installation and troubleshooting.

Troubleshoot set top cable converters, cable modem & internet connectivity wired & wireless, and VoIP digital phone service Registered clients for sales leads, managed client accounts via telephone and computer interface. Also acting supervisor, and Help Desk Representative, which included management of accounts, decision making in resolving customer, and client account issues over the phone; assisted other representatives in program code errors