• Played an integral role in the design, test and deployment phases of CIBC’s state of the art flagship office tower and new headquarters “CIBC Square” with a capacity to serve 13,000 employees.• Collaborated with Bell, Cisco, F5, Microsoft, Evertz, Chromium and others to achieve a smooth rollout, and robust performance of the largest Cisco Software Defined Access network deployment in Canada leveraging Cisco DNAC, ISE, ISE-PIC & Firepower.• Performed numerous technical deep-dive… Show more • Played an integral role in the design, test and deployment phases of CIBC’s state of the art flagship office tower and new headquarters “CIBC Square” with a capacity to serve 13,000 employees.• Collaborated with Bell, Cisco, F5, Microsoft, Evertz, Chromium and others to achieve a smooth rollout, and robust performance of the largest Cisco Software Defined Access network deployment in Canada leveraging Cisco DNAC, ISE, ISE-PIC & Firepower.• Performed numerous technical deep-dive investigations to identify and resolve network and application performance issues, ensuring the best possible experience for end users.• Produced extensive network application baseline documentation describing the I/O bandwidth profile, protocols and data flow during boot-up and steady state operation for all network connected AV and Physical security devices in explicit detail (cameras, speakers, microphones, flight boards, IPTV, Crestron tablets, etc..)• Performed on site security penetration testing of WIFI, Guest WIFI, and wired networks while in construction phase, revealing numerous security concerns and ensuring resolution before entering production Show less

• Assist with the planning and migration of Web App services from Cisco CSS to the F5 LTM platform• Provided organizational stability as an ad-hoc F5/network resource for numerous ongoing projects during a CIBC managed services outsourcing initiative• Involved in all phases of a large scale SSL traffic interception initiative as mandated by the Office of Superintendents of Financial Institutions, to provide unrestricted traffic visibility to the entire suite of security tools, greatly… Show more • Assist with the planning and migration of Web App services from Cisco CSS to the F5 LTM platform• Provided organizational stability as an ad-hoc F5/network resource for numerous ongoing projects during a CIBC managed services outsourcing initiative• Involved in all phases of a large scale SSL traffic interception initiative as mandated by the Office of Superintendents of Financial Institutions, to provide unrestricted traffic visibility to the entire suite of security tools, greatly reducing CIBC’s exposure to malware, hackers, and data loss• Worked extensively with all Security Engineering subject matter experts to test and validate the improved functionality provided to their tools by the SSL Interception project• Collaborated daily with F5 and Symantec Professional Services while performing exhaustive performance testing and troubleshooting activities to ensure that the custom solution met all of the project requirements• Produced operational support documentation of the SSLI solution for the CIBC Security Operations Centre Show less

* Perform the role of primary network engineer on multiple simultaneous initiatives, while also reacting quickly to priority one projects that arrive on short notice by re-prioritizing existing tasks as necessary * Successfully coordinated the migration of BlackBerry device manufacturing services from Beijing to new facilities in Zhengzhou with minimal production line disruption* Act as Subject Matter Expert for WAN acceleration and load balancing technologies within the Design… Show more * Perform the role of primary network engineer on multiple simultaneous initiatives, while also reacting quickly to priority one projects that arrive on short notice by re-prioritizing existing tasks as necessary * Successfully coordinated the migration of BlackBerry device manufacturing services from Beijing to new facilities in Zhengzhou with minimal production line disruption* Act as Subject Matter Expert for WAN acceleration and load balancing technologies within the Design Engineering team, and provide knowledge transfer sessions to other departments as necessary * Produce detailed configuration guides for the deployment of new hardware by other team members * Performed 'Proof of Concept' lab builds for functionality and stress test comparisons of equipment from different vendors, as well as to test new code, designs and configurations prior to production deployment * Independently identified several WAN traffic compression and caching inefficiencies within global software image distribution infrastructure. This initiative resulted in a reduction of RIMNET WAN MPLS bandwidth usage by 30% globally, mitigating the imminent need for numerous network hardware and circuit upgrades * Work closely with Enterprise Application Owners to facilitate extensive network functionality and DR failover testing of new globally distributed applications prior to production launch dates * Lead Engineer responsible for designing and deploying an Enterprise Video Streaming solution to the desktop and mobile devices of all Blackberry employees under extremely short time constraints in order to facilitate Global Town Hall and product launch events * Created custom application optimization profiles in order to provide the most efficient use of WAN bandwidth, and the most responsive end user experience for network dependent applications * Deployed F5 Global Traffic Managers to intelligently direct traffic for numerous enterprise applications and external facing websites Show less

* Provided technical implementation and support functions including on-call services within the Network Support group for LAN/WAN networking related matters to deliver faultless connectivity with minimal customer impact * Participated in the evaluation and implementation of complex network hardware topologies on a project-byproject basis * Performed onsite hardware and code upgrades of Cisco routers and switches * Took an active troubleshooting role in SRTs (Service Recovery Teams)… Show more * Provided technical implementation and support functions including on-call services within the Network Support group for LAN/WAN networking related matters to deliver faultless connectivity with minimal customer impact * Participated in the evaluation and implementation of complex network hardware topologies on a project-byproject basis * Performed onsite hardware and code upgrades of Cisco routers and switches * Took an active troubleshooting role in SRTs (Service Recovery Teams) during high impact network outages * Liaise with various vendors while performing post-outage root cause analysis activities * Created and maintained various support documents including the High Availability Service Delivery, IP addressing, and Port Assignment documents, Logical, Physical and Data Flow diagrams* Participated in the improvement of support processes, subject matter expertise, and technical capabilities with the Network Operations Command Center to continuously improve service delivery * Provided on site individual and group based training for new Network Support and Operations teams in Costa Rica * Participated in primary and backup on call pager rotation for network support of all HP Trade clients * Independently created, tested, and implemented new processes and procedures to automate network change related activities via CiscoWorks 2000 Show less

* Involved in the design and implementation of a WAN Acceleration project linking multiple CIBC World Markets offices across Asia and Australia using Riverbed Steelhead appliances * Generate, verify and install Verisign SSL certificates into CSS switches for various CIBC websites * Provide 24 hour on-call support for Incident and Vendor management activities during network outages to the World Markets environment