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Hicksville, Ny , Us

• Manage team of network engineers and contractors providing Network Design and Operational support.• Provide architectural guidance for network designs.• Function as Palo Alto Networks Principle Architect for firewall design and implementations. • Work closely with the Information Security team on network security standards.• Maintain budget for capital and operational expenditures.• Drive replacement of end of life network devices for the bank.• Drive data center consolidation and standardization from the network perspective.• Work with Internal Audit and Enterprise Risk Management on regulatory requirements for network infrastructure at the bank.• Participate in regulatory audits.

Hicksville, New York, Us

Hicksville, New York, Us

• Manage team of network engineers providing Network Design and Operational support.• Provide architectural guidance for network designs.• Function as Palo Alto Networks Principle Architect for firewall design and implementations. • Work closely with the Information Security team on network security standards.• Maintain budget for capital expenditures.• Drive replacement of end of life network devices for the bank.• Drive data center consolidation and standardization from the network perspective.

Hicksville, New York, Us

• Manage team of network engineers providing Network Design and Operational support.• Provide architectural guidance for network designs.• Function as Palo Alto Networks Principle Architect for firewall design and implementations. • Work closely with the Information Security team on network security standards.• Maintain budget for capital expenditures.• Drive replacement of end of life network devices for the bank.• Standardize on the Meraki solution for wireless.• Drive replacement of Cisco ACS with Cisco ISE for TACACS authentication.• Drive data center consolidation and standardization from the network perspective.

Hicksville, New York, Us

Manage team of network engineers providing Network Design and Operational support for 250 plus bank branches, front end, and back end locations.Provide architectural guidance for network designs.Function as Palo Alto Networks firewall SME.Maintain budget for capital expenditures.Drive replacement of end of life network devices for the bank.Standardize on the Meraki solution for wireless.Standardize on the Infoblox platform for DHCP, DNS, and IPAM.Drive network buildout of the banks strategic data centers.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Transition support on the Thomson Reuters contract.•Led the team responsible for the management of the Corporate LAN in the North America and the team which maintains it. This includes Management / Implementation of network components including but not limited to Cisco switches and routers, CheckPoint, Juniper Netscreen, Palo Alto and Cisco ASA firewalls, Wireless, Blue Coat Proxies and WAN Optimizers, Cisco, Juniper, and Nortel VPN, and IPS/IDS systems.•SME for the Global Thomson Reuters strategic end user Internet Gateway Solution utilizing Palo Alto Next Generation firewalls at the core of the solution. Led the global Internet Gateway Team. Defined processes and procedures for global changes to the environment. Performed periodic reviews, upgrades and enhancements to the infrastructure. Ensured maximum uptime for the 60,000 plus Thomson Reuters users in over 500 sites globally.•Lead SME for the Thomson Reuters strategic end user remote access solution. Based upon the Cisco AnyConnect solution. The solution supported Thomson Reuters employees and 3rd party vendors globally.

Toronto, On, Ca

• Managed the team responsible for the LAN in North America. Provided hands on support with the team to maintain maximum uptime for the LAN/WLAN for 185 sites in North America.• Participated in the design and implementation of strategic network solutions for Thomson Reuters for both North America and global deployment.• Provided global firewall support based upon various platforms including Juniper Netscreen, Cisco ASA, Check Point, and Palo Alto Networks.• Lead SME for the Global Thomson Reuters strategic end user Internet Gateway Solution utilizing Palo Alto Next Generation firewalls at the core of the solution. Contributed to the architectural design of the Internet Gateway solution. Led the global Internet Gateway Team in the operational support of the infrastructure. Defined processes and procedures for global changes to the environment. Performed ongoing review of the infrastructure ensuring upgrades and enhancements to the infrastructure were kept current. Ensured maximum uptime for the 60,000 plus Thomson Reuters users in over 500 sites globally. Provided cost saving by migrating the user population from 200 plus Internet gateways to 25 strategic ones.• Lead SME for the Thomson Reuters strategic end user remote access solution based upon the Cisco AnyConnect platform. Led the global Remote access team in the operational support of the infrastructure. Performed ongoing reviews of the infrastructure ensuring upgrades and enhancements to the infrastructure were kept current. The solution supported Thomson Reuters employees and 3rd party vendors globally.

Basking Ridge, Nj, Us

• Provided network support, design, and implementation for the Thomson Reuters PMO.• Responsible for the implementation, configuration, and maintenance of all network switches and routers.• Provide 2nd and 3rd level global support for Thomson Reuters ITS firewalls. This included firewall design, configuration, troubleshooting, and maintenance.• Implemented and maintained remote VPN services. This included User, Office-to-Office, and 3rd party VPN. This included Nortel, Juniper SSL, and Cisco IPSEC/SSL platforms.

Toronto, On, Ca

• Direct Systems staff in the maintenance, management, and upgrade of all corporate computer equipment for the MG division of Reuters Research. Hands on manager involved with the design, implementation, and maintenance of all Server/Network infrastructures.• Responsible for the implementation, configuration, and maintenance of all network switches and routers.• Provide 2nd and 3rdlevel global support for Reuters ITS firewalls. This included firewall design, configuration, troubleshooting, and maintenance.

Us

• Direct Systems staff in the maintenance, management, and upgrade of all corporate computer equipment for the MG division. Hands on manager involved with the design, implementation, and maintenance of all Server/Network infrastructures. • Negotiated support contracts with vendors.All performed for the Market Guide division of Multex.com.Remained in the position until the acquisition of Multex.com by Reuters in 2003.

Direct Systems staff in the maintenance, management, and upgrade of all corporate computer equipment for the MG division. Hands on manager involved with the design, implementation, maintenance of all Server/Network infrastructure including DNS, WINS, AD, File storage, Print, network, and firewalls.Responsible for Operations staff. Generation of product data files and delivery via the Internet and FTP servers.

Palo Alto Networks Optimizing Firewall Threat Prevention (Edu-214)

Palo Alto Networks Firewall Troubleshooting 8.1 (Edu-330)

Algosec Firewall Analyzer

Firewall Essentials: Configuration And Management (Edu-210) 8.1

Administering Big-Ip V12.1

Configuring Big-Ip Ltm V12.1

Palo Alto Essentials 2: Extended Firewall Management (205)

Palo Alto Panorama Essentials I

Palo Alto Advanced Firewall Troubleshooting (311)

Palo Alto Essentials 1: Firewall Management (201)

Vpn 2.0 - Deploying Cisco Asa Vpn Solutions

Check Point Ngx Ccsa/Ccse

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