Ensured the Security of the Enterprise network through best practices and working with staff to develop effective policiesShown an exceptional ability to be presented with a new system, review documentation, and have it implemented and secured within a short period of time. Proven ability to troubleshoot complex systems and perform root cause analysis in order to correct the problem and not the symptom. Assisted with third party security audits and performed internal audits when needed.Deployed and maintained a highly available Palo Alto firewalls to phase out aging Cisco ASA firewalls as well as migrating configuration and VPN links from the ASAs.Implemented and maintained SIEM, NMS and monitoring systems for centralized logging, notifications, and management to provide proactive monitoring to quickly address possible issues.Deployed, integrated, and manage a centralized Network Access Control system which provides authentication to both wired and wireless devices and defines access.Designed the deployment and maintained multiple VMWare vCenter Clusters including a Cisco UCS and Cisco Nexus switches using FCoE to EMC VNX2 Storage Arrays. Deployed and maintained VMWare Horizon View infrastructure with load balancers, high availability, and flash based storage to provide excellent user experience.Maintained and integrated Brocade and Extreme switching infrastructure as well as Aruba Networks wireless systems to provide end to end communications for end user applications.Managed and maintained multiple systems including Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange 2010, all versions of Windows Server and desktop operating systems, as well as Linux and Apple OSX desktop and server.

I was a Network Engineer that provided consultation, support, maintenance and management across multiple systems with a diverse customer base.

Provided support for troubleshooting desktop PC problems as well as imaging, management, deployment and upgrading of end user systems.

Provided front-line phone support for TVA staff. It was my job to remotely troubleshoot issues, collect information on the issue, work with customers to identify the actual problem and either fix the issue or escalate it accordingly.