Based at Cisco Systems in Perth

As a technical lead for a team of 15 network engineers, this role required me to coordinate the upkeep of 800 school networks and participate in the planning of campus and DC future state to support them.

This senior role required a step back from operational tasks to focus on the bigger picture with technical road mapping and project scoping. Whilst still implementing technical solutions, my responsibilities included developing others around me and proactively identifying future business needs.Key Work and Responsibilities• Mentoring of junior staff and developing team skills• Coordinating completion of 750+ schools to single unified wireless and wired solution• Identifying team training needs and driving standards• Liaising with key business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions• Technical road mapping in conjunction with enterprise architects• Authoring and presenting content for yearly technical forum of school-based network administrators• Technical Lead for the network component of NAPLAN Online delivery• Multi-level site survey and consulting for inter-state government contract• Design and migration of FortiGate web filtering solution to replace Cisco CXs• GovNet Wireless design for Kinetic IT and consulting with Datacom on theirs• VoWiFi design and successful proof of concept• Design and migration of ACS product to ISE with AD integration for VPN and TACACS services• Presentation of in-house toolsets to Tasmania Education• Perth Children’s Hospital network design for education component in liaison with Dimension Data• Identifying business needs and developing project work• Assisting with tender responsesTechnical ExposureCisco• WAN and DC Routing Protocols - iBGP, eBGP, OSPF• ASA 5500 series configuration and refresh• VPN Technologies with IPsec and L2TP• Data Center and LAN QoS Policies• VoWiFi with 8800 series handsets• Cisco ISE 1.x and 2.x deployment• ACS to ISE Migration toolsFortinet• Configuration of 100, 300, 500D and 101, 501, 61E series ForitGates• Design and deployment of Fortianalzyer and FortiManager tools

This role presented a huge variety of work in supporting remote sites and the central DC. My specialization in wireless technologies was realized throughout this role as I consulted across several contracts on varying solutions.Key Work and Responsibilities • Providing level 2 escalation support in adherence to an ITIL framework• Implementing a central corporate and guest wireless network for 3000 users• Migration and upkeep of Cisco WCS to NCS and CPI• Central Office DC and Campus switch refresh implementations• Krone wall patching and fibre cabling within the DC• Optimisation of Campus LAN networks• Coordinating large scale data centre software upgrades across switches, firewalls, and load balancers• Change management and capacity available planning• Cross contract wireless consulting in both Unified and Converged wireless• Design and implementation of Unified and Converged wireless solutions• Implementation of a 400 site FlexConnect solution in lieu of a local model• Comparison of Meraki and Cisco wireless solutions for long term investment• Hardware scoping and implementing of Point-to-point and point-to-multipoint wireless bridge solutions • Office Extend Wireless solution for corporate users• Design and implementation of Public Private Partnership (PPP) network in conjunction with SpotlessTechnical ExposureCiscoo Unified WLAN Design across 5500, 8500 and vWLC platformso Converged Wireless design across 5760 and 3800 platformso WCS, NCS and CPI setup and maintenanceo Nexus 5K and 7K configurations – vPC, OSPF, spanning treeo 6500 series switches – VSSo PIX and ASA firewall configurationso TACACS and VPN within ACS 4.x and 5.xo ACE20 and ACE30 Load balancer configuration and replacement o Prime Security Manager (PRSM)o CX SSP-20 module configurationso Configuration of Meraki cloud managed wireless APs F5 BIGIP Load balancer configuration Common Toolso Netflow and Scrutinizer analyzing tools o HP NA and NNMo Cisco ANM

A blend of remote systems integration and centralised training before permanently moving into a junior network role.Key Work and Responsibilities • Technical Lead of Schools Onsite Support (SoS) team• Authoring of network infrastructure reports with upgrade recommendations for wired and wireless• Authoring and creation of an end user video training series• Network diagram template design• Consolidating distributed knowledge base into a single templated repository for internal use and end users• Migrating 200+ sites from static to BGP routingTechnical ExposureCisco• CatOS and IOS on 2k, 3k 4k series switches• IOS on 2k and 3k routers• Static and basic BGP routing• 5508 and 4400 WLAN ControllersWindows• Server 2003/2008 - IAS and NPS Policies for 802.1X authentication

State-wide travelling integrating network, server, and desktop systems in schools as part of the schools’ onsite support team (SOS). This role required delivering within strict time frames to ensure continual project delivery and satisfaction.Key Work and Responsibilities • Building network and server configurations to predefined specifications• Campus LAN installations• Desktop support during transition for onsite staff• Training of onsite technical support• Escalation of issues to level 2 support teams• Daily reports of project status to key stakeholders• Negotiating project sign off with onsite principals and resolving any outstanding issuesTechnical ExposureWindowso Server 2003/2008 - Configuring Group Policy, AD, DHCP, DNS, Print Queueso Windows XP supportCiscoo Catalyst 3k and 2k series switches (L2 and L3 technologies)o 1140 and 3502 Lightweight and Autonomous APs