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Manage four associates architecting and maintaining two datacenters, two corporate locations, fourty four distribution centers and four cloud datacenters (US and China based)• Maintain 4 million yearly budget for all infrastructure requirements.• Manage associates projects and tasks, set priorities based on business and technical needs.• Maintain and extend relationship with carrier vendors.• Extend team talent through new hires as well as contractor vendor partnerships.• Manage complete overhaul of all distribution center networks.• Maintain and enhance technical knowledge by continuing duties as network and security architect.

Architect, configure and install Disaster Recovery solution. New architecture took Corporate network from one site to three individual sites for both proper network segmentation and future corporate acquisitions. • Engineer and install corporate web monitoring solution.• Design and implemented autonomous B2C networks/DMZs for new business initiatives.• Refresh infrastructure - switching/routing, security, load balancing, remote access, wireless.• Architect and install warehouse wireless handheld system.• Design, configure and manage network core transition to Nexus NXOS.• Install and configure SIEM solution to aggregate logs and proactively identify security threats.• Install, implement and test web application firewall to protect B2B/B2C assets.• Manage external 3rd party penetration tests to verify current company security posture.• Create topologies of all infrastructure platforms as well as write complete documentation on all solutions.

Cleveland, Oh

Provide Fortiguard Fortinet firewall and Windows Server 2003 configuration and support to organization consisting of 500+ sites. Solution provided to sites is an inhouse developed overall management package delivered via Microsoft Terminal Services.

Designed, implemented and supported network infrastructures across a twenty six location enterprise. Lead operations security team with responsibilities including managing work assignments as well as train on security initiatives. • Designed and implemented an enterprise architecture which segmented the Internet accessible web and eMail services into a highly available three site solution.• Engineered and managed implementation of enterprise firewall technical refresh project.• Developed documents and procedures as member of Certification and Accreditation team to pass network audits.• Worked with Infraguard partner entities to correlate and capture network threats from Internet sources.

Planned and migrated acquired companies network infrastructures into enterprise network. Designed and installed intrusion prevention system across eight worldwide locations. • Upgraded and supported SSL VPN remote access solution.• Built and restored remote firewall installations to facilitate network access. • Administered dual factor authentication system to allow secure remote access• Performed updates and monitored enterprise web caching system to prevent unauthorized and malicious web site activity

Worked within team environment to configure, install and administer enterprise security solution for Department of Defense service. Main focus on firewall implementation and administration as well as maintaining VPN encryption mesh. • Designed and maintained firewall ACLs, IPFilters, Proxies, VPNs, SMTP and DNS.• Configured site to site VPNs to allow for encrypted communications to commercial sites.• Successfully brought several new sites online, took part in all aspects of integration. Installed DMZ devices as well as interfaced with local points of contact to get new site integrated into overall enterprise WAN.• Performed network forensics on Unix logs to determine external hacker activity.

Dedicated onsite engineer for top two customers during two and half years of employment. Converted Novell 4.1/Windows 3.x environment to NT 3.51/Windows95. Maintain Remote Node and remote control system utilizing Remote LAN Node, Shiva LAN Rover and pcAnywhere on a Cubix ERS FT/II.