Sr. Systems Engineer
Current• Lead engineer and designer for multi-million school district full infrastructure replacements including wired (Ruckus, Cisco, Juniper, HPE, Extreme) and wireless (Ruckus).• Firewall replacement for various vendors including Fortigate, SonicWALL, Meraki, PFSense, ASA, and Palo Alto.• Last escalation point for lower techs and manager of multiple employees during high volume work periods.• Azure and Entra migrations and support.• Python and Microsoft PowerAutomate automation to make complex tasks more efficient.• Multiple wireless replacements for Cisco, Aruba, Meraki and misc. with Ruckus Wireless.• Engineer sales assistance for $200k+ projects.Major Projects Completed• Global Medical Device Company Domain and Exchange MergeAD and Exchange consolidation for multiple companies into one. This project included working with servers in Japan, Singapore, China, Denmark, Germany, and the United States.• Large School District Infrastructure Migration (7000+ Devices)300 Cisco switch replacement from Cisco to Ruckus ICX with OSPF and BGP routing.• County Area ISD for Education Firewall ReplacementMulti-district core firewall ASA to Fortigate 3401E conversion and install.• Health System Provider SAN UpgradeSAN live migration and VMware server upgrades including Horizon VDI, Datacenter move, Fortigate VPN mesh, and edge Cisco replacements.• Convention Center, Arena, Baseball StadiumPrimary engineer for over 14 years. Full switch refresh, redundant Fortigates between locations, and major event management. Includes wireless management, 802.1w certificates for wired/wireless and on-premise server to cloud (Entra/Azure) migrations.• Government Security InfrastructureDesigned and installed county-wide connected security infrastructure for emergency response teams. Includes installation of Juniper SRX and Cisco ASA firewalls interfacing with various public and private infrastructure building.
