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Advanced network design and integration of on-prem infrastructure and migration to cloud services - AWS.recovery plans and testing requirements. .Extensive Cisco Nexus, ASR routers & F5 architecture design and implementation. Management of data migration and change control operations, Specification of hardware and software requirements, decision maker for DR platform vendor selection.Design, implementation and management of large-scale, virtualized environments.Cloud migration strategy, use case and proof of concept. Cost/benefits analysis and reporting.Design, testing and implementation of IaaS. Development of pricing/chargeback model for cloud services.Implementation of KPI’s, performance metrics, budget management and forecasting.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Manager in charge of Software Defined Network/Software Defined Data Center labs for proof of concept and use case analysis. Deployment of entire vSphere/vRealize suite on open computing platform hardware. ,.SDN/SDDC automation/orchestration, NSX micro segmentation within multi-tier application architecture.Vetting and testing of cloud and hybrid data center/cloud architectures. Design/deployment/testing of Puppet & Chef automation tools.Deployment, management and migration of existing compute/storage stack to cloud platforms. Design & deployment of cloud network h/w & s/w – converged compute platforms. SDDC rapid deployment testing & development. Documentation and Visio design and archival.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Principal network designer & manager responsible for all infrastructure projects and design. Architect of data center migration and nationwide network upgrade.Direction & ownership of all voice & data infrastructure, staff, resources, budgets, security, project initiatives, strategy, vision, planning & support.Network design & deployment planning, vendor negotiations & contract management.Infrastructure budget planning, forecasting & management.Design and oversight of security framework and deployment. Planning and oversight of numerous system-wide optimizations, improvements and cost reductions.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Design and deployment of networking architectures and applications. Fault-tolerant data center design, implementation and supervision. Cisco VoIP/Call Center design, mgmt. Network infrastructure management, design, monitoring.Managed a team of network engineers and db admins. Contract negotiation, vendor managementNetwork manager responsible for infrastructure projects and design. Cisco route/switch, Nationwide LAN/WAN network design & security. Virtualization project lead – design, planning, physical server conversions, VMware design & deployment on blade systems & SAN, best practice adherence.

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Team lead - WAN and campus network design, implementation and security administration. Research and evaluation of products and best practice. Built highly effective monitoring & alerting systems. Project manager for planning, requirements gathering and delivery of design, architecture and deployment of multi-site load balanced and secure internal and public facing networks. BigIP (virtual servers, persistence, iRules) configuration.Cisco 6500, 3570, 2800, 3800, 2600, 3600, 7200 (ACL’s, HSRP, SNMP, NAT, IPSEC, routing) configuration and troubleshooting. T1/T3 installation and configuration. Windows Active Directory/DDNS design, planning, policies, s/w deployment. Secure WLAN (802.1x/x.509 certs) design and deployment.Checkpoint and Cisco firewall implementation and maintenance. Security requirements research and policy improvements. Network architecture review and layer 2/3 analysis with sniffers & Cisco SwitchprobeArchitecture, planning and design of IPSEC VPN implementations on Cisco 3000 VPN appliances, routers and Checkpoint.