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Doraville, Georgia, United States

 Uphold optimal performance standards for the delivery and development of distributed and centralized infrastructure services, including data centers, cloud, and various technologies. Implement disaster recovery and business continuity planning of core networks and technological infrastructure throughout the organization. Design and drive corporate infrastructure strategy. Execute, and assess infrastructure roadmap and leverage it to inform and guide supervisors of the strategic and tactical budget planning for infrastructure engineering and operations. Work with SSB Information Security team to ensure our protocols, regulations, and security requirements are compliant. Propose cost efficiency projects and identify areas of automation. Lead staff to manage the organization's infrastructure technology, including network, servers, storage, databases, collaboration tools, manufacturing hardware, and end user systems. Provide technical guidance and aid to department and clients on information systems related issues. Evaluate new technologies and propose cost effective solutions for adoption.

Doraville, Georgia, United States

 Facilitated the design, implementation, and maintenance of company’s complex IT infrastructure. This included managing the network, servers, and other hardware and software components.  Planned and managed technology infrastructure projects on time and on budget. Managed staff responsible for building, maintaining, and updating the organization’s technology systems.  Established and upheld technology policies, ensuring compliance with international regulatory and industry standards. Monitored, analyzed, and reported system performance metrics. Collaborated from various departments to determine technology needs and developed solutions to support organizational goals and objectives. Managed IT budget, ensuring costs were controlled. Ensured disaster recovery and business continuity plans were in place and tested regularly.

Doraville, Georgia, United States

 Designed, implemented, and monitored network systems including, routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, WIFI systems, WAN/MPLS, internet, replication, SIP, and network VPNs. Conducted LAN traffic analysis on departmental network segments. Performed server patching and network maintenance of LAN. Ensured effective encryption and continuous data flow.  Planned and executed vital and complex technical phases of projects through collaboration with technical support staff and performance of assigned deliverables as an individual contributor. Facilitated automation standards and build of automation framework for networking that included device provisioning, compliance verification, and change management through a CI/CD structure. Assured off-site disaster recovery environment was accessible and participated in disaster recovery testing. Worked closely with IT Security to maintain Security related systems.

Doraville, Georgia, United States

 Implemented and monitored roadmap and engineering design standards for the end-user network, including LAN, wide area, SD-WAN, wireless, remote access, and user access control. Upheld and maintained roadmap and engineering design standards for the data center and cloud network. Tested vendor hardware and software solutions prior to selection and/or adoption. Managed, repaired, and built design standards for the network security, including firewalls, threat detection, proxy infrastructure, and micro-segmentation both on-premise and in the cloud. Performed daily administrative duties, including monitoring and maintenance of routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, packet shapers, wireless systems, and circuits. Conducted complex troubleshooting and repair tasks on network at a detailed level by device.