IT professional with a proven track record of solving complex issues while maintaining an excellent work ethic, quickly learning new technologies, and building/maintaining positive coworker and customer relationships.
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Senior Network EngineerPortland General Electric Feb 2014 - Sep 2024Portland, Or, Us● Company-wide technical lead for all of PGE’s F5 BIG-IP infrastructure. ○ Successfully completed the build-out of 20 F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition appliances comprised of BIG-IP DNS (4) and BIG-IP LTM/APM/ASM (16) to replace a legacy hardware. ○ Successfully migrated over 150 virtual servers and related configuration along with cutovers of 50+ applications. ○ Successfully migrated global server load balancing (GSLB) services from legacy F5 physical appliances to F5 vCMP hardware to F5 VE appliances.● Automation/Coding Credits ○ Python3 script that automates the configuration via API of all aspects of BIG-IP DNS/GSLB records as well as local DNS records CNAME and external host record. ○ Python3 script that automates the rotation of BIG-IP local root and admin account passwords via API. ○ Python3 script that bulk adds new IPv4 network objects to the BlueCat Address Manager (BAM) via API. ○ Bash script to bulk generate certificate signing requests and private keys for certificate authority (CA) issued certificates. ○ Created an internal “Whats My IP” application fully hosted on BIG-IP LTM that only uses an iRule available on F5 Dev Central. ○ Bash script that checks SSL certificate expiration dates, and then emails the report/results. ○ Bash script that queries all F5 BIG-IP devices, grabs their SSL certificate, and then chains the certificates together for use with F5 BIG-IP iQuery.● Documentation, documentation, documentation!!● Utilized Solarwinds to create 21 configuration compliance checks to assure the F5 BIG-IP appliances following configuration standards.● Responsible for the day-to-day management and lifecycle of network infrastructure including Cisco ASA, Palo Alto NGFW, Palo Alto Panorama, Cisco routers, Cisco switches, BlueCat Address Manager/DNS/DHCP, etc. -
Network Engineer SeniorSungard Availability Services Dec 2010 - Feb 2014Wayne, Pa, Us● Responsible for the build, support, documentation, and the overall lifecycle of three SunGard Managed Cloud Services vBlock deployments comprising 2000+ virtual machines, 300+ firewall instances, and 100+ load balancer instances.○ Annual product revenue rapidly grew from initial release in 2011 to approximately $60 million in 2014.● Subject matter expert for the Riverbed Stingray Traffic Manager (load balancer), Juniper 5400 firewalls, and Cisco ASA 5550 firewalls.● Knowledgeable in Cisco Nexus 7000, 1000v, and 5010 switches, VMWare vSphere/vCenter and Cisco UCS.● Worked closely with customers, vendors, and internal SunGard teams to complete enterprise projects on a quickly evolving platform within a fast-paced and challenging technical environment.○ Achieved successful outcomes for hundreds of worldwide customers spread across a diverse range of business sectors deploying their development, test, and production environments in an industry leading Cloud environment often under tight timelines. -
Security Engineer Promoted To Senior Security EngineerSungard Availability Services Oct 2006 - Dec 2010Wayne, Pa, Us● Successfully completed a major redesign and migration of the SunGard AS internal core IT firewall infrastructure that was commonplace for connectivity failures that resulted in a significant loss of productivity and revenue. Achieved by reducing overall complexity through firewall policy consolidation, NSRP, multiple virtual routers with BGP & OSPF routing and route redistribution.○ Increased supportability, availability and reliability that resulted in zero downtime since being implemented.● Responsible for managing the hardware and software lifecycle for SunGard’s Managed Firewall/VPN Service offering on the Cisco ASA/PIX and Juniper ScreenOS platforms. Included device and software code selection/certification through to the creation of process and procedural documentation detailing implementation, troubleshooting, modification/change, backup/restore, upgrade, configuration best practices, and decommission.● Technical escalation point for Tier II/III teams responsible for operational support of the Managed Firewall/VPN Service comprising over 1200 Cisco PIX/ASA and Juniper/NetScreen firewall and VPN solutions deployed across a diverse, worldwide customer base.● Technical project lead responsible for the selection and implementation of the HP Network Automation system. Engaged in the full lifecycle including development of business requirements, "proof of concept" testing, network architecture design, documentation, and staff training. Provided continuity with day-to-day administration of the HP Network Automation system. -
Systems ProgrammerUniversity Of Pennsylvania Mar 2003 - Oct 2006Philadelphia, Pa, Us● Analyzed, designed, configured, documented, and supported network and network security architecture across departmental LAN subnets consisting of over 300 mixed OS servers.● Responsible for day-to-day management and troubleshooting of devices including PIX 500 series, two ASA 5500 series active/standby failover pairs, Cisco2651XM router, Cisco2851XM router w/ EtherSwitch, F5 Firepass SSL VPN, Checkpoint NG firewall, assorted Ethernet switches (Netgear, 3com, Cisco 2950/2960/3750, HP), and Cisco Coarse Wave Division Multiplexer (CWDM) jointly used to provide reliable access to network resources located on campus and at a disaster recovery site for intranet, internet, and out-of-band management network traffic, along with more secure access using IPSEC lan-to-lan, IPSEC remote-access, & SSL remote-access vpn tunnels.● Extremely knowledgeable and experienced with troubleshooting real-world network issues end-to-end using device logging/debugging/statistics, network sniffer, protocol analyzer, and other tools.● Management of approximately 25-30 departmental and University-wide systems running Windows NT4, Windows 2000, & Windows Server 2003 being used as file/print, web, and/or application servers, as well as handling the daily/weekly server backups using Veritas Backupexec.● Experienced with restoring files and systems from tape/disk in real-life and simulated disaster recovery situations.● Responsible for the day-to-day support of approximately 35 windows desktops. Perform system administration, installation, configuration management and operational/maintenance oversight of complex local area networks. -
Network EngineerAdvanced Network Products, Inc. Feb 2001 - Feb 2003Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, Us● Configured, installed, and performed troubleshooting on routers, switches, PIX firewalls, multiplexers, site-to-site VPNs, remote-access VPNs, and other networking solutions as well as provided technical support for clients while tracking/documenting the progress through the use of ticketing software.● Designed and deployed multi-node Cisco and Motorola, multi-protocol networks with one or more of the following: T3, T1, multiplexed T1, fractional T1, frame-relay, ISDN BRI/PRI, & POTS whether used as a primary, backup, or out-of-band management link. Extremely knowledgeable in troubleshooting all of the aforementioned circuit types, then as needed, driving the service provider to take the appropriate corrective action.● Experienced in base-lining network performance, availability, reliability, & utilization through the use of the Concord E-Health suite as well as using the suite to troubleshoot and resolve network-related issues.● Authored company’s “Best Practices” document for network documentation.● Technically sound with LAN/WAN cabling and termination.● Basic Windows NT/2000 experience with OS installation, account administration, and share administration, and hardware/software troubleshooting as well as day-to-day experience with Windows 2000 Professional.
Mike Z. Education Details
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Temple UniversitySport And Recreation Management
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Mike Z.'s current role is Senior Network Specialist (Engineer) at Portland General Electric.
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Mike Z. attended Temple University.
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