Donald Boucher Email & Phone Number

Reston, VA, US

• Senior Network Engineer for the Department of Veterans Affairs Financial Services Center
• Responsible for all aspects of the LAN/WAN for 2 campus facilities and 2 data centers.
• Responsible for network security devices such as Cisco ISE and Cisco ASA
• Responsible for deploying applications to network load balancers
• Responsible for ensuring network availability during disaster recovery exercises.
• Develops customized Ansible playbooks and python programs to enable network automation on all network devices and load balancers

US

• Serves as the Network Administrator for an organization composed of more than 500 personnel with two active data centers and 13 branch sites.
• Manages every aspect of the city’s LAN/WAN consisting of Cisco Nexus, Catalyst and ISR platforms as well as Dell networking switches. Also, manages the virtual network built on Dell servers utilizing VMware..
• Manages the network security architecture consisting of Cisco ASA and Fortinet firewalls.
• Manages the telephony system, voice mail and Jabber communications systems on Cisco’s Unified Communications Manager suite.
• Manages the NSX environment.
• Leads Network Engineering projects which include the addition of branch sites, installation of multiple high speed microwave links, migration of one data center to a new location, installation of survivable remote.

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Served as the Senior Network Engineer for an organization composed of more than 1,400 personnel and 120 mobile communication nodes.
• Planned, engineered, installed, operated and maintained a network to support organizational training events throughout the United States and overseas
• Solved complex network issues to integrate communications equipment in a non-standard way in support of the customers’ needs
• Advised organizational leaders on all network management training and operations increasing the capability of the organization and enhancing the readiness of employees

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Functioned as a Network Engineer responsible for planning, engineering, installing, operating and maintaining a network to support the director’s training objectives for a U.S. Army Division consisting of 12,000.
• Provided secure and non-secure voice, data and video communications maximizing operational readiness, support and sustainment operations in support of global strategies
• Initiated, planned and executed multiple complex missions while collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to identify and avoid potential pitfalls
• Spearheaded the network planning for organizational training events improving communications capabilities

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Worked as the Communications Manager for an Army Space Command Element responsible for program security, information management and providing technical advice. Served as the Information Assurance Network Officer.
• Installed, operated and maintained a mobile communications package consisting of Top Secret voice, video and data ensuring the security of organizational communication
• Maintained the health and welfare of satellites in support of humanitarian and military operations
• Coordinated and oversaw a $6.2M sustainment contract; ensured the security, operations and accountability of the Mobile Integrated Ground Suite-1 worth more than $12M
• Managed 6 computer networks in an austere environment ensuring networks remained 100% operational; enforced all policies and procedures for the handling of top-secret materials

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Operated as the Network Operations Manager for a Signal organization. Planned, administered and troubleshot secure and non-secure voice and data networks.
• Engineered the transition of the network from the Department of Defense to the Department of State during overseas contingency operations
• Managed 10 Technical Control Facilities, 3 Joint Network Nodes and 10 Command Post Nodes supporting more than 10,000 subscribers maintaining a 99% uptime
• Analyzed detailed traffic analysis and advised the Operations Manager on planning and integrating a secure tactical network
• Developed and implemented training to enhance signal operations and technical proficiency within the organization

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Delivered network support as the Division Network Engineer for a Multi-National organization consisting of more than 30,000 personnel operating in Iraq.
• Oversaw the planning, engineering, installing, operating and maintaining of a network consisting of 45 geographically dispersed locations in Baghdad, Iraq; managed the WAN and several LANs
• Ensured the successful distribution of all Defense Information System Network services throughout the organization via satellite and terrestrial transmission systems
• Executed network enhancements including the planning and implementation of the Army’s HCLOS 16Mbps radios in the network doubling the organization’s network capacity

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Junior Network Engineer for a US Army Brigade Combat Team of about 3000 personnel.
• Integrated new capabilities for digital voice and data ommunications
• Deployed to Iraq for 1 year and provided flawless communications for 12 months.
• Designed and engineered network solutions to complex problems which enabled enhanced information sharing.

Arlington, Virginia, US

Operated and maintained satellite communications systems used for long haul voice and data transmission.

Bachelors, Network Operations And Security

General Studies