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Orlando, Florida, United States

Orlando, Florida, United States

• Upholding a secure and scalable network for a renewable energy manufacturer by planning, implementing, and designing Palo Alto & Cisco ASA firewalls.
• Overhauling the entire global network as a key contributor to a $1.5M change initiative to optimize hardware & connectivity across 10+ sites via Cisco Catalyst 9300, Nexus n92300yc, and Meraki switches and access points.
• Spearheading implementation and troubleshooting for complex networking systems using Azure Cloud.
• Configuring Azure virtual networks, network security groups, site-to-site VPNs, express routes, and firewalls.
• Interfacing with clients' engineering teams to establish B2B IPsec VPN connectivity while building trust and securing long-term account retention.
• Facilitating secure remote access to unlock work-from-home capabilities using Palo Alto Global Protect & Cisco AnyConnect to mitigate risks.

Wakefield, Rhode Island, United States

• Strengthened a hospital's network security, troubleshot complex issues, and executed an organization-wide firewall transition to Palo Alto from Cisco ASA.
• Upgraded the hospital LAN switches & WAN routers encompassing IP address planning, designing, installation, configuration, testing, and maintenance.
• Advised vendors to embrace configured VPN tunnels, streamline communications, and support hospital applications.
• Assembled and updated network diagrams with Visio, responded to network alerts from Solar Winds, and introduced simplified & traditional VPN communities.
• Administered wireless access points using the Extreme dashboard.

East Greenwich, Rhode Island

• Oversaw network administration for a luxury brand's 100+ retail locations, two HQs, and distribution center.
• Provisioned newly opened boutiques, designed network configurations, and trained deployed teams to install equipment as the brand rapidly expanded nationwide.