System/Network Administrator
St. Paul, Mn, Us
Manage campus servers, switches, backup, firewall, wireless, wiring, etc.Monitoring, maintaining, deploying, and securing Cisco, Juniper, and Force10 switches.Correcting configuration inefficiencies with Cisco switched network that were causing intermittent outages before my employment.One of three Linux Administrator for campus infrastructure, one of three Windows Administrators for campus infrastructure. One of two primary Firewall Administrators for the University using Palo Alto Firewalls. Planned and implemented new approval policy for firewall changes with oversight from on-staff Security Analyst. Designed and implemented firewall filters / security ACLs in place on all newly deployed Juniper equipment. Main administrator of network management platforms: Prime for Cisco and Space & Ringmaster for Juniper.Optimized and consolidated radius deployment for wireless/switch/Dot1x login.Configured compatibility of Force10 switches with previous Cisco network infrastructure.Monitoring, maintaining, and deploying Cisco & Juniper Wireless access points and controllers.Did wireless surveys using Ekahau software to determine proper AP placement for expansion of wireless services.On team that maintained VMware environment.Configured Nagios XI checks to monitor Cisco, Force10, and Juniper switches. Also used NRPE NSClient configurations and aliases for monitoring Windows servers and SNMPv3 to monitor the Linux environment. Took part in the planning and implementation of a full network rip and replace from a flat layer 2 network with Cisco equipment to layer 3 segmented networks on Juniper equipment. Primary Backup/DR Administrator working with IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly TSM)Helped with / designed wiring layouts for various buildings including copper and fiber.
