Kyle Barton Email & Phone Number

Barrington, NJ, US

New York, NY, US

• Successfully completed Colombia and Mexico data center migrations to Equinix, with complete routing redesign using BGP and OSPF to connect data center and 9 large branch sites back to US headquarters via DMVPN Phase 3.
• Played a key role in design considerations and initial rollout of Netskope Borderless SD-WAN at a handful of sites as part of a proof of concept to replace previous SD-WAN vendor and end of support Palo Alto firewalls.

New York, NY, US

• Worked as part of a two-person team to redesign routing for entire NYC metro area consisting of 19 branch sites and 2 colocations using iBGP route reflection coupled with OSPF as an underlay for sub-second failover.
• Primary engineer assigned to design, estimate, quote, and deliver core infrastructure upgrade from legacy Nexus equipment to Catalyst 9500 high-performance switches at 3 of the largest agencies in NYC metro area.
• Built SharePoint site for Network Operations to serve as repository of operational procedures, guides, and overall network observability to facilitate awareness and oversight into issues. o Embedded PowerBI dashboards.

New York, NY, US

• Promoted from the Associate level after consistently delivering and exceeding clients’ needs for support and business continuity, successfully completing projects in a timely and solutions oriented manner, constantly.
• Canadian Network Routing Redesign: Helped in the design, testing, and implementation of a new routing plan that converted over 10 sites in Canada, including colocation facilities, to iBGP with route reflector clusters.
• Configured, tested, and installed switching and routing infrastructure for a new 400-person office in Boston. In the course of three days, was part of a two-person team that configured and installed over 23 access.
• Remotely built-out a new colocation facility in Boston, as well as an office that connects to it. Assisted with the network design, circuit cutover, iBGP/OSPF routing implementation and execution.
• Utilized open-source, zero-touch-provisioning software called FreeZTP in order to successfully deploy configurations to out of the box Catalyst switches both over the WAN via a ZTP server in one of our data centers and.
• Comfortable with most routing and switching protocols, with a particularly high degree of skill in OSPF and BGP. Other protocols include VRF-LITE, BFD, HSRP, DMVPN, VTP, LACP, ARP, PBR, SNMP, IGMP, vPC, Stackwise.

New York, NY, US

• Configure, install, monitor, and maintain network switches, routers, and VPN devices at the enterprise data centers and customer sites
• Maintain network equipment for service replacements or upgrades as detailed with vendor maintenance agreements
• Monitor and control infrastructure performance in the areas of response, throughput, and availability.
• 24x7 on call support for all supported sites worldwide on a shared rotational basis

New York, NY, US

• Network, application, hardware, and device management support with over 120 users both on site and remotely for Windows and Mac based devices
• Log, track, prioritize, and update incidents with Remedy ticketing system
• Responsible for local Windows Deployment server – upkeep of images and deployment for quarterly refreshes and new user laptop setups
• Support of mobile devices for users - setup, data transfer, support, and inventory

• First line of defense for managed services provider consisting of over 1000+ server/workstations in a fast paced environment supporting clients ranging from medical, title processing, financial, dental, fitness.
• Handle support calls varying from remote network troubleshooting, technical hardware and software issues, printer and scanner installation/troubleshooting, and active directory configuration
• Provide on-site troubleshooting and support when necessary
• Log, track, prioritize, and update incidents with ticketing based software
• Monitor and troubleshoot server/workstation issues, and daily backups with remote management services
• Hands on experience with VMware, Windows server, active directory, Exchange, server/workstation hardware, wireless access point configuration, Office 365, and virus/malware/rootkit removal and prevention