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Ireland

Ireland

Limerick, Ireland

Limerick, Ireland

Senior Network Engineer • Core IP/MPLS Network Management and Optimization• L3 Escalation Engineer: Routing/Switching/Security• Design, Planning, Implementation and Support of customer network solutions: - L2 and L3 based VPN's - Network Design HLD/LLD and Test Plans - Test and Validation of new product POC - Create and Review documentation and new procedures• Hardware/Software upgrades and Service Migrations: Juniper SRX/EX/ACX/MX series, Nokia SR/SAS• Act as a mentor to network team members

Limerick, Ireland

Contractor at Regeneron Pharmaceutical, Inc.Network Engineer within GNS Core Services Team● Customer focused: ability to consistently apply broad knowledge of network administration to the diagnoses and resolution of different issues● Provide support across the broad range of network services owned and maintained by the network team including: core WAN connectivity, wired/wireless LAN, remote access and firewall security infrastructure● Network Management & Performance Analysis: experience with network operations tools and configuration management (Solarwinds NPM, NCM)● Advanced knowledge of network performance, hardware and software: Cisco Catalyst & Nexus (7k, 5k & 2k) switches, Cisco ASA 55xx, Cisco WLC

Limerick, Ireland

Dell Network Engineer in the PG International Product Support Global Team- Level 4 Engineer specialized in Dell Networking, Cisco, Juniper, Brocade and Aruba products- Dealing with Global Escalations from all the regions with Technical Support- To design and implement test plans to research and reproduce network issues reported by customers- To execute test cases and to analyze the results using multiple tools like the IXIA IxExplor-er/IxNetwork, tcpdump or wireshark- To liaise with 3rd party vendors in order to fix any defects and to implement product enhancements- Active participation in meetings to help design and improve current networking portfolioTechnical mentor:- To develop and provide Tech Support with new documentation including practical examples and common issues- Working with Enterprise Technologist deploying high complex network solutions, assisting with pre-sales and post-sales roll-outs to customers. Solutions and Deployment expert in networking:- Configuring and troubleshooting multiple network environments with hands-on experience with: Layer2 (VLANs, Flow Control, CDP/LLDP, Aggregating Switch Links, Spanning-Tree, Multicast/IGMP, DSL/Cable/FrameRelay WAN links, Wireless Architecture, Router Redun-dancy VRRP/HSRP/GLBP), Layer3 (IPv4/IPv6, RIP/EIGRP/OSPF/IS-IS/BGP, MPLS, VRF, NAT), VoIP QoS, Multicast Video/Audio Streaming, Security (Security Switch Access, IDS/IPS, IPSec VPNs, AAA/Radius), OpenFlow- To provide other teams within the PG organization with networking assistance when there is a mix of multiple technologies involved.

Dublin, Ireland

Solutions Support Analyst in EMEA Large Team of the Year 2009:- Level 3 escalations engineer specializing in PowerConnect and Cisco in Enterprise support for the EMEA region.- Resolving all hardware and software issues with respect to PowerConnect and Cisco switches within customers’ environments in high pressure situations to minimize network downtimes.Software Support Analyst in EMEA for VMWare, Redhat and High Performance Computing Clusters solutions- Level 2 support assisting Server and Storage Teams with troubleshooting of virtualized environments- Developing action plans and “best practice” documents for customers in order to fix or improve performance issues- Remote assistance for on-site Deployment/Field Engineers dealing with VMWare/Redhat Solutions- Engagement of 3rd party vendors (VMware/Redhat/Suse) on customers’ issues in order to fix defects reported in the fieldDesign/Implementation of new scenarios to replicate and troubleshoot customers’ issues in-house.

Montpellier Area, France

Dell Storage/Server Analyst- Support all Dell PowerEdge Servers and PowerVault Storage in Enterprise Support.- Resolve all hardware and software issues with respect to Dell servers and PowerVault tape libraries.- Escalate problems to Subject Matter Expert team and follow through until matters are resolved. Customer Technical Support- Work to a 95% target for Voice of the Customer (VOC) satisfaction rating with a 100% target of On Time First Time Fix (OTFTF).

Bilbao Area, Spain

(Contractor at Euskaltel S.A.)Euskaltel is a Leading Spanish Internet Service Provider based in the North of Spain- Installation and Administration of Solaris/Linux systems.- Developed new tools/scripts to monitor multiple ISP services, integrating the alerts and figures into different systems (HP OpenView, Nagios, Oracle Databases)- Worked in 24/7 shift team to provide 99.999% uptime in accordance with Service Level Agreements. This was the primary metric for the overall team performance with the Executive Leadership Team.- Checkpoint Firewall-1 Administrator and Network Designer (Specialized in security management and topology design to adapt the network to the business needs).

Bachelor'S Degree, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Physical Sciences