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⦁ Troubleshot complex issues related to load balancing, routing, certificate management, STP, and connection quality across Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto, and NetScaler systems.⦁ Coordinated and implemented large DR site migration with Veeam, supporting changes in Palo Alto Panorama, NetScaler, and DNS architecture.⦁ Fine-tuned Azure environment VNet.

⦁ Configured and deployed PAN-OS SD-WAN uplinks and BGP peering at 6 remote sites.⦁ Redesigned legacy teleworker solution, deploying GlobalProtect and configuring a new underlay with Cisco 9800 Series WLCs and 9105 APs homed via Cisco DNA Center.⦁ Using Palo Alto Panorama, configured hundreds of policies and objects across 21 projects and resolved over 100.

⦁ Remotely designed and implemented four data center deployments with Nexus 7K/5K/2K switches, F5 BIG-IP LTM 7050 pairs, and Cisco ASA 5500-X pairs.⦁ Remotely designed and implemented core routing and switching hardware refreshes for over a dozen smaller clients, providing day 1 support as needed.⦁ Configured and troubleshot TACACS+ on hundreds of network.

Anaheim, California, United States

⦁ Configured, deployed, and refreshed two film production facility core switches, moving from Cisco 6509s to Cisco 9ks.⦁ Upgraded 2 branch office Nexus 7700 aggregation switches to F3 series blades.⦁ Upgraded 6 data center Nexus 7k FEX modules to standalone Cisco 9k switches, writing configurations for the new hardware.⦁ Configured and refreshed over 100.

Santa Monica, California, United States

⦁ Configured and deployed hardware for three pharmaceutical research sites including facility WAN/core/distribution/access utilizing Cisco ISR 4451/Nexus 56128/Catalyst 4500-X/Catalyst 4510R-E architecture.⦁ Migrated multiple pairs of ASAs to Palo Alto in a parallel build and migrate strategy.

Seattle, Washington, United States

⦁ Designed and migrated two 5,000+ port hospitals including 2 data centers cross-platform, from Juniper MX and EX-series to a Cisco core, with 6880-X-LE and 3850-X switches for routed core, distribution, and access layers, as well as eight remote clinics.⦁ Responsible for planning and managing dozens of "zero downtime" LAN access-layer switch migrations.

Seattle, Washington, United States

⦁ Directed and provided configuration for over 20 access switch refresh projects which included the installation of 3560 and 3850 switch stacks and 4510s for use in a hospital campus environment. Additionally, performed cutovers for the 3850s to avoid significant downtime.⦁ Configured and oversaw installation of 400 Cisco 2700 series access points.