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Florida, United States

Tampa, Florida, United States

-Joined HCLTech as part of the partnership with Verizon Business and HCLTech for HCLTech to take over the Managed Services Delivery function for Verizon Business.-Part of a Development team that creates Ansible Playbooks and Python scripts to automate configurations, code upgrades, pre- and post-checks for network and security gear. - Vendors include Cisco Routers/Switches, Cisco SDWAN, Juniper Routers/Switches, Juniper MIST, Palo Alto, Fortinet, and Versa SDWAN- Playbook development also involves developing custom Python modules and filters

Temple Terrace, Florida, United States

Consulted with engineers to gather high-level requirements for Network Automation requests, calculate the benefits of the automation, and prioritize the Automation request.Engaged with Development team to gather low-level requirements for the Automation request, gather updates to present to Network Engineering Management and Executives.Automation consists of both workflow/process automation and device configuration automation.

Temple Terrace, Florida, United States

Design Engineer for Verizon Business Managed Network Services.Project-based role to create the Low-Level Design for a Managed WAN, Managed SD-WAN, or Managed LAN customer project.Created Engineering Design Document to detail the Low-Level Design after gathering customer requirements.Deployed and configured the Managed Infrastructure elements at the first site in the projectEngaged with implementation engineers to hand off the rest of the deployment.Used various test labs to mock up and test design if needed.Technologies include Cisco ISR routers and Catalyst Switches, Cisco SD-WAN, Versa SD-WAN, Juniper Routers

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

• Responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining Raymond James’ Enterprise Network• Network consists of 4 home office user tiers, 3 Data Centers, and 300+ branches, and over 3000 network devices• Designed, tested, and rolled out Cisco SD-WAN - vEdge 5000 routers on the Data Center side, and vEdge 1000 routers on the branch side. Starting to use Cisco cEdge routers on the branch side.• Implemented Solarwinds NCM, NPM, and NTA to monitor interface bandwidth, backup configurations, and audit configurations• Routing technologies include EIGRP as the core IGP/Inter-Data Center routing, and BGP for peering with ISP, MPLS PE, Palo Alto LSVPN headends, and Cisco SD-WAN headends.• Used route-tagging and BGP communities for metric manipulation based on route properties instead of the prefix itself• Multicasting used to support Speakerbus systems - PIM, and Auto-RP• Supported network configurations on Palo Alto Firewalls• Responsible for moving engineering lab from one building to another, and Data Center from one location to another• Deployed and designed authorization rules for Cisco ACS/ISE for TACACS/RADIUS device administration• Migrated device administration using TACACS/RADIUS from Cisco ACS to Cisco ISE.• Implemented Guest Wireless authentication via sponsored CWA and EAP-TLS using Cisco ISE• Implemented Forescout CounterACT NAC solution for wired and wireless control for 35,000+ endpoints• Wrote python scripts to push network configuration changes to Branch Routers, Switches, and Palo Alto Firewalls• Implementing AWS Direct connect circuits using Direct Connect Gateway and Transit Gateways.• Designed EEM applet to disable EIGRP peering when a circuit flaps. Used a Kron policy and TCL script to disable the EEM applet event after hours and enable the applet event during the day.• Responsible for documenting the design and configuration of SD-WAN, Forescout, Route manipulations, Cisco ISE, Solarwinds, etc

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Responsible for System and Network Administration for Hosted Data Optimization platform in both production and lab environments. Platform consists of IBM bladecenter, Cisco Blade Center Switch Modules, Cisco Switches, and F5 Load Balancers.

Remote - Tampa, Fl

• Solutions design architect responsible for designing network optimization platform solution in wireless carrier network.• Responsible for providing technical information to Sales teams.• Responsible for working with project management for level of effort calculations for Statements of Work.• Responsible for creation of Architecture and Design Documentation for the solution sold to the customer.• Responsible for communicating deployment details to deployment engineers.• Responsible for the project transition from Pre-Sales to Deployment to Post-Sales.• Wrote and executed test plans to ensure the platform performed as expected.• Troubleshot platform issues during deployment.• Assisted handoff of platform to customer support upon successful completion of deployment.• Designed Solaris Jumpstart Servers for rapid deployment of solution.• Solution components consisted of IBM Bladecenter or Sun Bladecenter hardware running Solaris 10, Cisco Switches, F5 Load Balancers, and Nortel Switch Modules for IBM Bladecenter.• Acted as Deployment Engineer to install and configure Solaris 10 servers, F5 Load Balancers, Bladecenter Switch Modules, and Cisco Intermediate Switches.

Remote - Kansas City, Mo

• Facilitated technical sales presentations, lab trials, and overall technical account mangagement for Wireless Carrier Network Optimization Services.• Gathered customer requirements to ensure accurate input into project plans. Worked with project managers and deployment Engineers to ensure successful implementation of products.• Responsible for answering RFPs.• Assisted customer in writing and implementing test plans.

Overland Park, Ks

• Worked in Network Development and Sprint’s Test Lab, responsible for the design, testing and certification of Bytemobile Optimization Service Nodes, F5 BigIP Load Balancers, and the Business Connection Platform• Technologies tested include: Solaris 10 x64, F5 BigIP versions 4.x and 9.x, Sun x4600 hardware, Starent ST16000 Home Agent, Cisco Content Switching Module Load Balancer Blades in a Catalyst 6509 Switch, and Nortel Service Edge Router 5500, and Spirent Avalanche Network Load Generation Tool. • Designed and executed regression, negative, and load test cases.• Responsible for writing design documents to be handed off to Network Operations• Responsible for the writing of release notes for the tested platform or application.

Lenexa, Ks

• Worked in Sprint’s Test Lab, responsible for the testing and certification of Bytemobile Optimization Service Nodes, F5 BigIP Load Balancers, and the Business Connection Platform• Technologies tested include: Solaris 10 x64, F5 BigIP versions 4.x and 9.x, Sun x4600 hardware, Starent ST16000 Home Agent, Cisco Content Switching Module Load Balancer Blades in a Catalyst 6509 Switch, and Nortel Service Edge Router 5500, and Spirent Avalanche Network Load Generation Tool. • Designed and executed regression, negative, and load test cases.• Responsible for the writing of release notes for the tested platform or application

Overland Park, Ks

• Responsible for all aspects of the administration of over 100 Sun and Intel systems in a 24x7 Production environment, as well as Test and Development. This includes capacity planning, system design, implementation, integration, and support. • Applications supported by these systems are: Bytemobile Optimization Service Node PCS 2G and 3G Gateways, Sprint PCS Multimedia Gateway, Sprint PCS Ringers and More, Sprint Long Distance and Local Fraud Prevention), Executive Document Storage System for Sprint Corporate and LTD (EON and LEON), Sprint Online Reference tool (SOLR), and Sprint Employee Attitude Survey.• Set up and administered Veritas Volume Manger, Sun DiskSuite, Sun RAID Manager, Veritas Netbackup, Sun Jumpstart, Redhat Kickstart, Samba, Rational Clearcase, Bugzilla, and Big Brother servers..• Mentored and trained operations/monitoring personnel in junior system administration functions.

Overland Park, Ks

• Taught Sun Solaris Classes in System Administration, Network Administration, Security, and Fault Analysis.• Set up and administered classroom servers and workstations and jumpstart servers, including troubleshooting and repairing on a weekly basis.• Strong knowledge of Solaris, as well as experience and knowledge in explaining the differences in how other operating systems perform the same tasks (Linux, Windows, etc).• Ability to research questions from customers that do not fall within the scope of the training curriculum.

Overland Park, Ks

• Taught Sun Solaris Classes in System Administration, Network Administration, Security, and Fault Analysis.• Set up and administered classroom servers and workstations and jumpstart servers, including troubleshooting and repairing on a weekly basis.• Strong knowledge of Solaris, as well as experience and knowledge in explaining the differences in how other operating systems perform the same tasks (Linux, Windows, etc).• Ability to research questions from customers that do not fall within the scope of the training curriculum.

• Administered Sun Sparc Servers to support development of Air Force Weather applications• Performed user administration, backup and recovery functions, as well as troubleshot problems• Developed and tested applications to store and retrieve meteorological information in the Air Force Weather databases.

Bs, Management Of Information Systems

Associates Of Applied Science, Computer Science

Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Cal Poly Rose Float Committee