Network Engineer for SCCU.

Contracted by accelerate360 to provide "on-demand" help for mini-projects as needed. Projects completed:1) Project: Decommission of FL datacenter. Coordinated all aspects of closure equipment removal, ewaste removal and vendor turndown. Personally transported network equipment to a facility in Atlanta to ensure no damage.2) Project: Isilon Assembly and Documentation. Assembled, mounted multi-note Isilon H400 with connections for Nexus and other switches. Provided detailed documentation of H400 Isilon mounting, cable management and port connections.3) Project: Dedicated DIDs for Receiving Departments. Using Cisco CUCM 12.5 and Unity Connection created dedicated lines with email voicemail delivery for six sites. Involved working with translation patterns and call handlers. 4) Project: Cisco VPN Site Cleanup. Provided analysis of 40 ASA Group ACL's across four VPN sites with anyconnect client involving RADIUS, Cisco ISE and Azure authorization. Involved using Anyconnect client connection to each VPN site to obtain Anyconnect client routing table, AnyConnect profile and group profile. Also collected Cisco ISE policy, Active Directory and Radius group policy enforced at the client level for verification.Ongoing: Provide Jabber and physical Cisco Phones (various models) moves adds changes (MAC) on Cisco CUCM 12.5 and Unity Connection. Also provide support "as needed" for over 20 sites WAN routers and switches.

Contracted by Accelerate360, Project: a360media New York Office Closure1) Single point of contact between a360media and vendors during project2) Developed WBS project plan for shutdown of servers, internal/external services, vendor circuits and ewaste 3) Responsible for and disconnected over 30 telco services associated with NY Office4) Responsible for all network related hardware reallocation, relocation, retirement and e-waste disposal5) On-site for 10 days overseeing site closure 6) Part of two-person team responsible for re-deployment of network equipment in new location with new configs

Contracted by Accelerate360, Project: a360media Call Manager to Zoom Phone Migration1) Documented all of Call Manager 11.5 & Unity vital areas for conversion to Zoom phone 2) Migrated from Cisco Call Manager 11.5 cluster using Verizon SIP Trunks to Zoom Phone (UCaaS) over 200 users, and 1,500 phone numbers3) Created several multi-level IVR / Auto Receptionists for multiple sites to route calls4) Created necessary Sites, Call Queues, Shared & delegated lines, in Zoom Phone to mimic CUCM features5) Automated and documented (SSO) and batch import and creation of new users into Zoom Phone6) Created all documentation for Helpdesk to manage Zoom Phone on daily basis7) Discovered and documented limitations of Zoom Phone audio conferencing 8) Responsible for turn-down of all VoIP and voice related circuits across all vendors

Daily Duties:1) Administration of Cisco Call Manager 12.5 and Unity 12.5 for move, adds and changes for 600+ employees2) Administration and troubleshooting of Acc360 DMVPN WAN. WAN 90 routers, and 180 vendor circuits across the US and Canada3) Administration and troubleshooting of Acc360 LAN consisting of 129 Cisco switches, 245 Access Points, 236 Dell Servers, 48 APC Smart UPS, 20 Eaton Smart PDU’s, 30 Lantronix OOBM SLC 8000s. 4) Management and troubleshooting of Palo Alto firewalls on-premises and in Azure. 5) Use of SolarWinds Orion NCM to push out config updates to switches, routers and firewalls. Daily upkeep of SolarWinds Orion platform .6) Work closely with Level 1 and Level 2 Helpdesk tech to provide support where needed.Career Highlights 1) Part of two-person team that implemented a $1.2M datacenter in Olathe KS. This 500,000 sqft warehouse utilized 64 Cisco Access Points, 14 Cisco Nexus 3850 switches, 10 Cisco Nexus 3064 switches, WLC-9000 wireless controller and Cisco Firepower 2110.2) Azure Routing Table Project: Developed and standardized Azure naming convention for routing tables and Network Security Groups (NSG). Created and standardize Routing Tables for & Azure Subscriptions with 30+ VNETs and over 50 subnets.3) Synology NAS Replacement Project: Researched & proposed Nasuni to replace aging on-premises NAS. Will save company $225k over 3 years’ vs Microsoft Azure Files.4) Zoom Phone Project: Researched and presented to C-Level Executives Zoom Phone (UCaaS) as a solution to replace a360media division on-premises 11.5 Cisco Call Manager. This approved solution when implemented in 2023 will save company $72,000/yr.

Daily Duties:1) Management of Cisco Call Manager 11.5 and Unity for move adds and change for 1,100 employees.2) Responsible for all telco and network vendor relationships.3) On-call 24/7 for any Network related outages. 4) Work closely with accounting department. Responsible for “payment approval” of over 80 telco/networking accounts.5) Work closely with CIO to deploy cost saving technologies across the enterprise. Also, maintain IT department’s yearly telco budget.6) Provided daily maintenance for network infrastructure which spans multiple states connected via MPLS and DMVPN. Network composed of ASA 5508-X's w/firepower, Firepower Management Console, Cisco CUBE, Cisco Catalyst 2900 series, Cisco Nexus 5672UP,5596UP, 9000, Cisco 3925, 2901 and 4400 series routers, Polycom HDX-7000, HDX-8000, Meraki MR32/33 access points.Career highlights1) 2016-Saved company over $30,000/yr by switching 800 toll free vendors.2) 2015-Saved company over $36,000/yr by switching audio conferencing vendors.3) 2014-Saved company over $10,000/yr moving from eFax to Concord fax.4) 2013-Saved company over $30,000/yr in Cisco Smartnet costs5) 2011-Saved company over $30,000 a year by moving from analog faxing to “MetroFax” cloud faxing

Designed and Implemented a standardized IP and VLAN address scheme for six corporate operations centers in 4 states Designed and implemented a network infrastructure upgrade to HQ in 2005. Upgrade consisted of Cisco Catalyst 6500 and Catalyst 3500 series switches.Designed and Implemented switching, routing and security for co-located data center in Boca. Infrastructure consisted of over 150 Wintel servers, Netscaler load balancers, Secure Computing firewalls, Catalyst 6500 and 3500 switches. DS3 and MPLS connectivity linked six external operations centers and 50 retail sites to Boca. Designed and implemented switching, routing and security for disaster recovery site in Herndon VA. Infrastructure consisted of over 80 Wintel servers, Netscaler load balancers, Secure Computing firewalls, Catalyst 6500 and 3500 switches, via DS3 and MPLS connectivity.Designed and Implemented global IP addressing scheme for 50 Retail sites connected to Boca via MPLS and Internet

Daily upkeep, troubleshooting and maintenance of Cisco enterprise wide network.. Network consisted of over 100+ nodes switched across 40 VLANS with approximately 2,000 switched ports spanning six buildings and two geographical locations in the North Miami area.Redesigned legacy non-redundant firewall infrastructure to SANS multi-tier dual firewall design. Design consisted of dual Cisco Pix 525’s, cluster to ensure uptime of locally hosted e-commerce infrastructure.DMZ redesign/upgrade. This in-place, zero down time migration replaced 6 non-redundant Layer 2 Catalyst 3500 switches in DMZ core with a Catalyst 6509 L3 switch with dual MSFC’s. RDeployed 27 Cisco Aironet 1200 Wireless Access points providing wireless coverage for 1 million square foot warehouse. AP’s used Cisco ACS for authentication via LEAP and MAC authentication for 100 Symbol MC9000-G wireless barcode readers.