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Burlingame, CA, US

• Creating secure Azure cloud based infrastructure in line with FedRAMP high compliance standards
• Developed an infrastructure and APM observability solution from scratch with alerting and notifications
• Built out terraform and terragrunt based Infrastructure as Code

Cambridge, Massachusetts, US

• Created and managed a modular terraform based IaC solution for creating infrastructure and in GCP
• Developed an Argo Workflows based Kubernetes native solution for independent and interdependent cron jobs with Workload Identity based permissions.
• Developed an ArgoCD gitops deployment solution
• Implemented an autopilot implementation of Kubernetes in GKE
• Built a circuit breaker app with event based notifications
• Developed a path based zero trust solution utilizing Google's IAP

Mahwah, New Jersey, US

• Lead for a team of 8 engineers across multiple countries. In my capacity as lead engineer I train employees on infrastructure related tasks. I also research and initiate new technological solutions and task out and.
• Initiated and led a successful cost cutting initiative. This included automating the targeting and removal of outdated resources, a top level server resizing project, and committed use discount research and planning.
• Oversaw and expedited multiple datacenter builds from quote through completed implementation of network, server, and vmware configuration.
• Created a highly scalable terraform architecture for all networking components.
• Built Jenkins multibranch pipeline, Bitbucket, and API call based automation for SSL certificate updates.
• Developed hierarchical folder based architecture for Google Cloud enabling logical folder based IAM permissions and billing.

Mahwah, New Jersey, US

• Built out Google VPC networks which included VPC Peering, Compute VMs, Kubernetes clusters,Cloud DNS, VPNs, Access Lists, and Dataflow
• Migrated on-prem datacenter to public cloud datacenter.
• Created and managed Jenkins based process for Google Dataflow analytics deployments.
• Managed on-prem hardware including switches, routers, firewalls, load balancers, VMs and NSX.
• Managed blue/green Docker based container deployments.
• Implemented unified solution for IP Address Management across the company with Netbox.

New York, New York, US

• Network engineer for new client implementations. Responsible for the installation, configuration and testing of private equity client networks.
• Specific tasks include the configuration of Cisco ASAs, Catalyst switches, Palo Alto firewalls, and WAPs.
• The technologies and services configured include ACLs, VPN tunnels, TACACS, LDAP, HSRP, BGP and Cisco Web Filtering.

• Responsible for the configuration and maintenance of globally spanning network including switching, routing and firewall hardware from Cisco, Juniper, and Brocade.
• Upgraded and consolidated the company’s Ashburn and Amsterdam data centers and led the coordination, configuration and turning up of all peering relationships.
• Configured and brought up ISP connections for points of presence in Ashburn, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, San Francisco and Zurich.
• Developed documentation for Network Engineering department.
• Daily tasks include BGP and firewall administration, troubleshooting hardware failures and resolving network performance related issues.

Dallas, TX, US

• Manage the installation, configuration, and remote WAN/LAN troubleshooting of Linux servers and Cisco switches and access points for national clients such as McDonalds, Barnes and Noble, and Hilton.
• Work in conjunction with project management to implement our WiFi solution in a professional and effective manner.
• Daily duties include quality and connectivity testing of hardware, effective communication with a range of internal/external contacts, and maintaining accurate documentation of daily operations.
• Led department’s efforts as subject matter expert for Exxon Corporation, Fresh Market and Northern Trust.

For 12 years I developed relationships within large territories, grew revenue, mentored staff and developed campaigns to grow business. I moved into network engineering because of the dynamic challenges and opportunities for growth. More specific information on my sales history is available on request.