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- Designed and implemented a highly available SD-WAN solution for corporate connectivity replacing the aging single circuit MPLS network.- Redesigned the Ellie Mae IT AWS VPC architecture to provide a highly scalable and secure environment for the physical datacenter migration.- Provide day to day hands-on support for Wireless, WAN/LAN, Firewall, Cloud connectivity and Remote Access VPN’s

San Jose, Ca

- Designed and implemented MPLS as primary corporate WAN and Dynamic Multipoint VPN (DMVPN) failover utilizing Internet circuits capable of providing a 99.99% SLA to customers.- Provided leadership and guidance for IT network architecture utilizing existing and next generation technology to ensure high availability, data integrity, flexibility, and supportability.- Designed next generation Data Center for Adobe which included Cisco 9k Nexus platform utilizing VDC and VPC for highly reliable and redundant connectivity for applications, reduced total cost from previous solution by 15%.- Designed the circuit infrastructure for a greenfield Data Center which included fully redundant and diverse circuit fiber connections from the building to local POPs and back to HQ in support of WAN, Internet, and replication traffic.- Created documentation and design standards to guide network engineers in their implementations, performed design peer reviews and provided technical guidance to ensure proper delivery of solutions.

San Jose, Ca

- Managed global Wide Area Network and Internet Service Provider business operations including contract and price negotiations, service level attainment, trouble escalation and resolution, project implementation management, architecture and design direction- Provided direct management, leadership, and career development for a global team of network engineers supporting Adobe's network- Developed and provided reporting statistics for service level agreement attainment to upper management and customers- Led efforts to integrate and standardize the network connectivity for many Adobe Merger & Acquisitions as well as coordinate network support efforts for Adobe site moves, adds and changes- During tenure as manager of Adobe's network we managed to more than double our bandwidth capacity, increase network availability and still reduce costs globally through contract negotiations and implementation of alternative network technologies

San Jose, Ca

- Provided 24x7 on-call network support of the entire Adobe enterprise network.- Coordinated troubleshooting efforts with team members, peers, and vendors to bring issues to resolution in a timely manner.- Identified root cause for issues and determined areas to improve to solve the issues at the source.- Worked with various teams and customers to provide network deployment solutions that would meet or exceed their needs for a reliable and fast network connection.

Oversee the operation of circuits, network equipment, network congestion, and routing issues in a 7x24 environment.Responsible for the design, implementation, maintenance and troubleshooting of LAN and LAN to WAN interconnections.Responsible for the installation, configuration and administration of networking and communication equipment in support of launch requirements.Troubleshoot networking and communication issues to provide a high level of system availability and reliability.Prepare and maintain documentation of network hardware, software configurations and deployment procedures.