Director Of Network Operations
CurrentLed and managed enterprise Data Network operations support across network and security devices; Cisco routers/switches, Checkpoint firewalls, F5 load balancers, proxies, VPN’s, DNS/DHCP and wireless. Owned governance framework, policies, process, procedures, and standards; Change Management, Problem Management, Incident Management, Configuration Management, Device Compliance, and Audit & Risk Management. Oversaw support of Business Continuity and DR events. Key Highlights: -> Oversaw the daily network and security managed service infrastructure to help drive overall performance and reliability. Mitigated any opportunities of downtime and enabled the businesses to improve their customer experience through continual device maintenance, upgrades and infrastructure deployments. -> Established enhanced core network and security ITIL best practices through more robust risk assessments, validations, approvals and business/technical justifications. Efforts improved overall uptime, business productivity and dramatically decreased high severity outages. -> Drove an appropriate level of strategic direction and execution of network configurations to increase and sustain a 95%+ trajectory against technical device compliance ratings. Achieved results by driving reports to analyze violations and trends, proactively modifying procedures and building relationships with Information Security, Risk Office and cross-functional teams.