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Schaumburg, Illinois, Us

Lake Forest, Illinois, Us

•Configured wireless networks for 117 plants & mills that needed to move from EoL wireless controllers to new ones. Supported migration while individual plants were in closing.•Resolved outage at Waco Sheet Feeder while other channels couldn’t. Determined Cisco and Aerohive AP’s were interfering with each other, causing forklifts & trucks to cycle rapidly between service areas, effectively halting production. Deactivated Cisco AP’s once isolated, and boosted Aerohive signal. •Ran packet captures to track down a rogue client that was causing an industrial plant's manager to be locked out repeatedly. Blocked device on the wireless firewall while it was located on-site.•Configured switches for SUN Rotary Die Cutters and shingle feeders at Salt Lake City South. •Configured Ubiquiti wireless bridges for Honea Path Plant to transmit data over a railroad, connecting 2 buildings 200 meters apart.•Configured or assisted with core switches at Filer City, Tomahawk, Wallula, and Lake Forest.

Austin, Texas, Us

•Troubleshooted and solved multi dealer MPLS VPN failure by reconfiguring CEF & OSPF. •Pinpointed network latency and other performance issues with SNMP captures & packet analysis.•Configured formqueues and DHCP from scratch for a seven site dealer.•Assisted dealers with setting up VPN's for remote workers.

Schaumburg, Illinois, Us

• Updated a client's servers by pushing patches with SFTP.• Addressed a crash on the CUCM's presence engine, discovered it was an iOS bug.• Troubleshooted and restored SOAP service for a client.• Restored recording for a bank's tellers, by re-associating profiles with JTAPI.

Vernon Hills, Il, Us

• Correctly identified OSPF packet flooding on a client's router while troubleshooting a regular alert, and resolved the issue.• Discovered a security vulnerability during troubleshooting on a core switch, with a port being left on the default management VLAN, and informed the client's security team.• Successfully troubleshot an EIGRP neighbor failure on a client's DMVPN routers, and restored service.• Managed multi region outage for a large client due to core infrastructure going down, until a Situation Manager could take ownership of the issue.• Creates new documentation upon request and updates existing knowledge bases as errors are discovered.• Regularly troubleshoots EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, SNMP & UDP failures daily. Drives issues until they reach resolution or escalates if necessary.• Handles calls from clients and follow-ups. Reaches out to contact any and all levels of organizations serviced.

Northbrook, Illinois [Il], Us

• Correctly diagnosed company wide e-mail failure due to remote DNS outage, then restored service by changing transport layer rules.• Completely reconfigured company's e-mail system for better customization and efficiency.• Reconfigured Microsoft Exchange to work around the Azure DNS bug.• Created batch scripts to enable warehouse printers to print shipping labels from NetSuite.• Cleaned up Active Directory and categorized employees to hook into cloud services with less work.• Created documentation for network topology, user stations, and mobile devices.• Installed and configured servers, workstations, switches and phones as needed.• Provided on-site support by troubleshooting end user issues, and maintaining network operations.• Assisted with transferring IT services from 3rd parties to headquarters.• Administrated all devices and cloud services.

• Created a solution for a crucial month long halt in production, in a single day of being assigned the task. Helped the Health Department utilize 111k in inventory.• Helped diagnose an Outlook issue causing repeating login requests. Found that OneSync was changed to a generic sync engine in an update and it led to the auto-discover registry fix.• Installed Cisco 9150 switches and uninstalled old HP ProLiant DL 380 G5 servers in the data center.• Expanded the wifi network by installing new Cat 6 cables and Aruba access points.• Assisted with systems administrator duties by adjusting Active Directory entries, remoting in to user workstations to fix issues, and configuring account and password information.• Efficiently imaged HP Elite Desk 705 G3's or HP EliteBook 840 G5's with Windows 10. Replaced obsolete workstations with imaged devices to bring County up to date.• Politely collaborated with staff to resolve issues and kept user satisfaction KPI above 75% by efficiently troubleshooting problems.• Secured Personal Health Information and Personal Identifying Information by implementing encryption according to Health Department policies.• Secured inventory in the correct locations throughout Lake County, and tallied them for auction.• Submitted orders for new equipment as needed, through our agreement with CDW.

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