Responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the network infrastructure to ensure the reliability, scalability, and security of Grubhub's platform. I have demonstrated expertise in network engineering, driving architectural decisions, and providing technical leadership to the infrastructure team.•Designed, implemented, and optimized the network architecture to support a rapidly growing platform. Leveraged extensive knowledge of network protocols to ensure efficient and robust connectivity.•Provided technical leadership by driving network engineering decisions and collaborating with cross-functional teams to facilitate network modifications based on security audits, vulnerability reports, and operational requirements.•Successfully managed and maintained site-to-site VPNs spanning multiple sites and cloud platforms, ensuring high availability, performance, and security. •Employed in-depth understanding of AWS networking components, including Transit Gateways, VPCs, Security Groups, Endpoint services, and Network ACLs.•Proactively recommended practical network and operational security improvements, staying up-to-date with emerging security threats, attack trends, technologies, and industry developments.•Played a crucial role in evangelizing network engineering best practices within the organization, emphasizing the importance of security and operational excellence.•Mentored and guided junior engineers, sharing knowledge and providing technical support. This included conducting training sessions, assisting with complex network issues, and fostering their professional growth within the company.•Collaborated closely with vendors, service providers, and internal stakeholders to manage network-related projects, ensuring timely and successful completion. This required effective communication and coordination to align project objectives with business goals.

Providing technical leadership for the managed services team, delivering and maintaining cloud native AWS solutions.• Acquired all 5 core AWS certifications• Serves as a subject matter expert in AWS core platform infrastructure (VPC, EC2, S3, RDS, etc)• Engineers solutions for customers across several industry verticals including Biotech, Financial, Academia and SaaS Providers

Delivers engineering, development, integration, product evaluation support and services across organizational divisions to develop technology solutions within a secure, global communications infrastructure while driving key government initiatives and providing critical support to the organization.• Designs and deploys enterprise computing solutions for the government• Leads working groups and collaborates with partners across the government, including effectively presenting technical concepts to diverse non-technical audiences• Identifies gaps and opportunities to mitigate risk while aligning resources to achieve the best possible outcomes

Provided technical leadership and guidance across the organization, from strategic decision-making to project planning and implementation.• Strategically designed and launched new products and enhancements to the DSS solution portfolio• Developed, customized, and proposed solutions for key customers and prospective clients • Researched, evaluated, and selected technologies required for designated solutions while maintaining knowledge of key vendors’ strategies and product roadmaps

Collaborated with enterprise and client staff to ensure smooth and reliable operation of systems to satisfy enterprise objectives and processes while interfacing with key decision-makers and stakeholders. • Conducted technical research on system upgrades to determine feasibility, cost, time required, and compatibility with current systems • Designed and deployed new applications, or enhancements to existing applications, software, and operating systems• Troubleshot and resolved hardware, software, and connectivity problems, including user access and component configuration• Drafted and executed server and security audits, system backup procedures, and processes in accordance with disaster recovery and business continuity strategies

Supported multiple aspects of the Kenexa Hosting environment. Including Cisco networks; VMWare clusters; EMC & NetApp storage arrays; F5 Load Balancers; Windows & Linux servers; MS Exchange; SiteScope & Coradiant monitoring tools; Citrix; Trend AntiVirus; Kaseya's inventory management tools, and Kenexa's product offerings.

Optimized overall performance and availability of enterprise network, coordinating daily system management activities, formulating network utilization management strategies, researching and evaluating new and emerging technologies, and resolving technical problems as needed.• Managed Help Desk operations and support personnel, significantly improving issue response time and tracking through the introduction of a formal ticketing system; recommended and implemented remote support strategy to streamline desktop support• Performed network analysis and recommended upgrades, and changes, as needed based on the organization's current and future network requirements, including server consolidation, establishing 150+ VPNs, implementing WAN acceleration between data centers and branch offices, collocating production infrastructure to a Tier III data center, and executing Microsoft Exchange lifecycle upgrades and migrations• Provided easily understood technical direction for colleagues and business units to ensure adherence to company and departmental standards and procedures

Responsible for all core technology and back end systems entailed in the xonex.com domain. Implemented and managed numerous technologies including but not limited to disaster recovery operations, network security, Active Directory, Lotus/Domino, Microsoft ISA Server, Windows Server Update Services, Symantec Mail Security/MXLogic Mail Defense, Veritas Backup Exec, Symantec Antivirus, 3Com VoIP. Successfully integrated Lotus Sametime 6.5.1 with Domino Web Access 6.5.1. Provided an MPLS network strategy to support VoIP and Web Hosting.

Responsible for managing a Windows 2000/2003 Domain and surrounding technologies. Served as a technical lead. Extensive Tier 1/2/3 support roles with Help Desk & Call Center. Developed and managed a corporate antivirus strategy. Daily operations included involvement in Advanced Networking, Domino Administration, Windows 2000/2003 Active Directory, Cisco IOS, HP Data Protector & ArcServe - StorageTek Tape Library, Windows XP, SuSE & RedHat Linux, HP-UX 11i, including support for remote sites and Field Engineers. Project Highlights - Migrated proxy services from Linux Squid to Microsoft ISA. Implemented RightFax as a corporate fax solution. Migrated 200+ client nodes from Windows 98 to Windows XP.