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Cincinnati, Oh, Us

Munich, Bavaria, De

• Responsible for the design, build, and maintenance of the global network infrastructure.• Analyze current and future technologies and create technical design recommendations and cost analysis.• Project management and lead projects based on recommendations and future direction.• Deliver network designs to meet business needs.• Maintain network diagrams and documentation.• Responsible for the management, operations, and support of the network infrastructure global data centers and branch offices.• Supported network infrastructure includes firewalls, routers, switches, wireless, load balancers, web/content filters, DDI (DNS/DHCP/IPAM), MPLS, SD-WAN, Internet connectivity, and VPN.• Evaluate and recommend technical solutions based on the needs of the business.• Perform all aspects of the project lifecycle from selection to design to build, implementation, documentation, training, and support.• Subject matter expert and an escalation point for questions, issues, and guidance on projects.• Work independently as well as part of a global team on complex issues and solutions. Daily interactions business units, application teams, and security.• Interface with external partners and vendors.• Utilize my troubleshooting skills not only to solve network problems but assist other teams in solving application or system problems.• Recommend hardware and software upgrades when needed.• Perform incident, problem, and change management on a regular basis.• Participate in compliance activities for audit, security, and disaster recovery.Experience• Aruba CX, Gateways, WLAN• Checkpoint firewalls• Cisco: ASA, Catalyst, ISE, ISR, Nexus, Prime, Telemetry Manager, and WLAN• F5 BIG-IP LTM load balancing• FortiGate firewalls• IBM iSeries and pSeries• Infoblox DHCP, DNS, IPAM• Juniper/Pulse Secure SSL VPN solutions• Riverbed• VMWare VeloCloud

South Lebanon, Ohio, Us

Responsible for the design, installation, and troubleshooting of solutions for customer base. Experience with Cisco and IBM solutions (AIX, AS/400, RS/6000 platform, IBM network equipment and system peripherals).Key Accomplishments:· Designed, managed, and installed mobile data network for the City of Hamilton police.· Project manager for a medical billing company on a data conversion project. · Assisted in EDI implementation for Iams Pet Foods.· Successfully completed certification process for IBM Certified Specialist in AIX System Administration, RS/6000 Sales Support, and RS/6000 SP PSSP.

Responsible for the installation, troubleshooting, and management of 120+ routers and the nationwide frame relay network consisting of a variety of Cisco and Bay routers, DSU/CSU’s, Ethernet switches, and hubs. I was also responsible for the connectivity between the wide area network and LAN devices (Sun Solaris, Windows NT, IBM AIX, and Glenayre Paging systems). Key Accomplishments:· Project lead for the roll out of CA Unicenter TNG.· Project lead for the rollout of the Internet Paging Gateway (ePage). · Participated in the installation of divisional border routers (Cisco 7204 routers).· Participated in TCP/IP address and OSPF routing conversions nationwide.

Responsibilities included the design, configuration, implementation and support of the wide area and local area networks using Cisco technologies, installation and support of mobile hand held units, and systems administration of 2 IBM AS/400’s, point-of-sale systems (ACR, ICL, SASI), and electronic payment systems (NCR). Responsibilities also included defining requirements and implementation of technologies at new locations.Key Accomplishments:· Converted all locations from serial communications to frame-relay. Designed the network and installed Cisco routers and set up local area networks at each location as well. Enabled non-network capable devices to communicate across the network using Cisco STUN and BSTUN.· Responsible for the implementation of technologies at any new location. Installed the network devices as well as servers and peripherals.· Responsible for the implementation of electronic payment devices at all locations. Installed the servers as well and the check and credit card readers. Conducted training with users.

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Responsible for the daily operation of two IBM System/38’s running payroll, billing, and A/R statement production jobs. Also performed tape and diskette backups and printed and distributed reports.

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