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Florida, United States

Deliver comprehensive network infrastructure consulting services across various domains, including LAN, WAN, and Data Centers, for a diverse range of clients from small enterprises to large corporations.

Florida, United States

Provided expert network infrastructure consulting services for large enterprises, encompassing all aspects of LAN, WAN, and Data Center operations.Network Equipment Staging: Prepared and configured network equipment for deployment.Deployment and Documentation: Implemented new network equipment and created/revised/corrected associated diagrams.Infrastructure Optimization: Enhanced existing wired and wireless network infrastructure for improved performance.Compliance: Ensured adherence to industry best practices.Vendor Migration: Managed seamless migration between different vendors.Automation: Automated repetitive tasks to increase efficiency and reduce human error.Change Management: Managed network changes and supported integration teams in planning and executing changes.Team Coordination: Coordinated with various intervention teams for effective network management.Documentation: Maintained and updated production documents.Configuration Management: Reviewed and applied necessary configuration changes.Change Verification: Verified results of network changes to minimize production impact.Incident Management: Managed network incidents, performed incident analysis, and applied relevant patches.Project Management: Provided technical management of projects, including planning, deployment, and monitoring.Administrative Meetings: Participated in weekly meetings with project managers to track progress.Impact Analysis: Analyzed impacts, deployment, and monitoring of production.Design and Implementation: Designed and implemented wired and wireless network solutions.Configuration Changes: Managed and implemented configuration changes.Network Infrastructure:Routers: Cisco 3XXX, 4XXX, VeloCloud, Juniper.Switches: Cisco 68XX, 9XXX, 65XX, 450X, 3XXX, Nexus 7K, 6K, 5K, Aruba 2900 Series.Other Equipment: Cisco, Fortinet, Juniper, Aruba.Applications: Microsoft, ClearPass, Aruba Central, and ISE.

Florida, United States

Consulting as a Senior network engineer and collaborating with Senior Architects and Engineers to deliver robust network solutions.Bill of Materials Audit: Ensured accuracy for ship’s network equipment.Network Equipment Staging: Prepared and configured network devices.Deployment and Documentation: Deployed new network equipment, created/revised/corrected diagrams.Infrastructure Optimization: Enhanced existing network infrastructure.Migration Projects: Managed migration from 6500 series to 9000 series and overall service migration.Change Management: Supported integration teams in planning network changes, analyzing Cisco bug scrub, coordinating intervention teams, and maintaining production documents. Verified change results and minimized production impact.Incident Management: Managed and analyzed network incidents, applied related patches.Project Management: Oversaw technical aspects of projects, participated in weekly meetings with project managers, proposed equipment development, and analyzed deployment impacts.Monitoring System Design and Implementation: Designed and implemented a ZABBIX monitoring system, addressing fleet needs for network performance, health, configuration changes, and ACL updates. Worked with IT managers for implementation, including auto-discovery, templates/MIBS/OID, severity level setup, notifications, alerts, and automation.Configuration and Compliance Management Software: Developed software for configuration backup, network inventory, software/hardware compliance, configuration compliance, extensibility, change automation, and reporting.Network Infrastructure Expertise:Managed over 5000 networking/security devices.Routers: Cisco 3XXX, 4XXX.Switches: Cisco 68XX, 9XXX, 65XX, 450X, 3XXX, Nexus 7K, 6K, 5K.Other Equipment: Cisco, Fortinet, SilverPeak, Aruba, Meru.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Provided network infrastructure consulting services for Minister of Justice of Quebec (Courts and prosecutors in Canada Quebec)Deployment of new network equipment, creation/revision/correction of associated diagrams.Optimization of existing infrastructure, staging, installation, and network interconnection.Ensuring compliance with Cisco SAFE best practices. Installing and configuring Core Switch C6807 in VSS.Migration from 6513 Core switch to C6807-XL Migration of all Services from Cisco 6513 to Nexus 9k.Migration of FWSM to Checkpoint Firewalls with security teams.Replacement of all Cisco Firewalls ASA5540 with ASA5525-X with security teams.Design and Implementation of the Edge WAN, Internet and Intranet Migration of the Campus and all Branches Switches (Distribution and Access)Analysis of the new Architecture for the Cisco Nexus Product-Based Data CenterPerforming analysis and diagnostics on network failures.Replacing Defective network equipment.Maintaining and updating network equipment.Studying and implementing network best practices and standards to facilitate new deployments (generic configuration, Architecture standard).Supporting integration teams planning network changes. Analysis of Cisco bug scrub.Maintaining production documents.Revision of the configurations to be apply.Setting up network devices on time.Verifying results of changes and minimizing potential impacts on the production network.Network incident Management and Incident analysis.Application of related patches. Technical management of projects.Weekly administrative meetings with project managers, follow up on progress.Analyzing impacts, deployment and monitoring of production.Network Infrastructure:3000+ Networking / Security devices. Routers: 720X, 760X, 3850, 28XX, 37XX.Switches: Cisco 6807-XL, 65XX, 450X, 35XX, 2960-XR, 29XX, Nexus 9K 5K.Others: Cisco FWSM,ACE, F5, Checkpoint, Fortinet.Applications: Cisco Prime, ACS, Infoblox, SDM.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Network Engineer N2 SOCIETE GENERALE (SG) for BRITISH TELECOM ( BT )Deployment of new network equipment, creation/correction of associated diagrams.Optimization of network resources, deployment of new switches, stacking, deployment of VLANs/VRF to meet the client needs, WAN Links upgrade.Following compliance on new deployment on the MAN.Analyzed Needs of the stock market / retail division of Société Générale.Performed analysis and diagnostics on network failures.Replaced Defective network equipment.Maintenance and updating of network equipment.Studied best practices and network standards to facilitate new deployments (generic configuration, Architecture standard).Managing Network Changes. Supported integration teams planning network changes. Coordinated with various intervention teams.Maintained production documents.Revised configurations to be applied.Setup network devices on time.Verified results of changes and potential impact on the production network.Network incident Management.Incident analysis.Application of related patches.Technical management of projects.Analyzed impacts, deployment and monitoring of production.Technical Environment:Deployment:Protocols and Standards: OSPF, BGP, STP, VPC, HSRP/VRRP/GLBP, NAT.Operations:Protocols and Standards: MPLS, PIM, IGMP, FABRICPATH, ISE, Dot1x, Load-balancer, VDC, VSS, MSTP, QoS, DNS, VTP.Network Infrastructure:40000+ Networking / Security devices. Routers: 720X, 760X, ASR100X, ASR9000, ISRg1, ISRg2.Switches: Cisco 650X, 450X, 35XX, 29XX, Nexus 5K,7K, Avaya 4550-PWR.Other: Cisco ACE, F5, NetScaler, Juniper, Checkpoint, FortinetApplications: eHealth, Spectrum, Cisco Prime, ACS, Splunk, Netshot, Infoblox, ITSM

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Information technology and Networks Consultant SMBIndependent Consultant, Montreal.• Worked with clients to define their needs.• Planned and scheduled necessary resources.• Analyzed problems and made recommendations.• Defined software, hardware and network requirements.• Presented solutions and implemented new systems. Designed, installed new monitoring systems.• Configured switches and routers.• Built and maintained School Labs.Skills:• Protocols and standards: TCP/IP

• Managed all network components, including installation, configuration and maintenance.• Established and maintained contacts with suppliers for sales and support.• Designed, installed and administered the network.• Troubleshot and maintained the LAN and WAN.• Installed Windows servers, implementing network services.• Documented network projects.• Monitored the network.• Supported printers and fax machines.• Installed and troubleshot software and hardware.• Provided technical support.