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Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Responsible for enhancing operational efficiency and optimization through in-depth analysis of network traffic, allowing the NDR Product to employ machine learning and behavioral analytics to identify potential security threats, anomalies, and performance issues. Provided strategic guidance, technical leadership, and innovative insights to drive successful third-party integration projects and deliver substantial outcomes to Fortune 500 customers.• Led the design, implementation, optimization, and documentation of security detection integrations, seamlessly connecting ExtraHop with SIEM, SOAR, Firewall, and EDR automation solutions while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to gather integration details and ensure a unified approach to security implementation.• Established a baseline for integration functionality and performance, documented technical specifications, dependencies, and workflows, and ensured that integrations align with business objectives.• Conducted root cause analysis of high-profile technology problems and advised customers on their resolution.• Designed and implemented ExtraHop product deployments to maximize time-to-value and ongoing positive technical outcomes.• Mentored and guide new hires for professional growth• Created customer-facing documentation templates and ensured alignment with company's best practices• Contributed as a technical SME on hiring boards

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

Subject Matter Expert (SME) responsible for end to end ownership(design, development,implementation, operations and escalation) of technical solutions for an enterprise networkcomposed of 9,000 switches and routers in 42 different campuses, two data centers, and multiplebranches. Perform as Tier 3 escalation point for enterprise network operations.• Designed, configured, installed, and migrated Enterprise internet to dual internet POPs dramatically cutting down on Internet round trip times (RTT) allowing for business agility in consuming commercial SaaS solutions for Finance, HR, and Hotel Management Systems and positioning the company to agilely peer to Public Cloud Solutions.• Designed, configured, and implemented on short notice Private Cloud Azure peering allowing for PaaS and IaaS consumption by the business.• Implemented and configured on the wire data analytics solution for the Enterprise providing unprecedented insight allowing for capacity planning, development, testing, and production time to resolution previously unavailable to the business.

Served as network subject matter expert (SME) in LAN/WAN environment, responsible for configuring troubleshooting, and maintaining client/server infrastructure. Lead network installation, administration, and hardening. Perform networking needs analysis, planning, change control, risk management, solution delivery, and support for data and video dissemination including multicast technologies. Monitor and optimize network performance and recoverability; utilize best-practice network security and defense techniques. Present technical training sessions to junior engineers and to customer teams. Ensure availability and continuity for mission-critical systems; perform fault isolation, troubleshooting, diagnosis, and repair.• Partnered with the senior architecture team to conceptualize, configure, and implement an innovative proof-of-concept featuring integrated IP multicast, video, voice, and application technologies.• Adhere to organizational configuration management and change control procedures.• Played key role in architecture planning for system development lifecycle, precisely aligning solutions and service offerings with customer requirements and demands.

Provided in-depth voice, video and data network expertise for 24/7 operations supporting Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom (OIF / OEF). Held responsibility for system network and operations, network security and data integrity, as well as preventative maintenance efforts spanning upgrades, patches, migrations, and repairs of LAN/WAN circuits to ensure consistent performance against service level requirements.

Ensured network availability and connectivity for 6.8K users, maintaining diverse infrastructure hardware and software; designed, installed, and configured voice / data communication networks, performing the full range of patching, upgrade, testing, troubleshooting, and repair.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Information Technology

Mechanical Engineering