Network Engineer
CurrentLead technologist providing overall guidance and vision for the technical direction of city resources. Seek out and implement automation opportunities. Strong leadership ideology paired with a comprehensive technical skillset in Windows Server, VMware, Palo Alto, and Cisco networks. Provide technical solutions and direction to junior support personnel. Develop operating procedures and training for new IT projects. * Designed and implemented the cloud emergency response solution for the City of Elk Grove. Successfully preconfigured all city employees for a remote work environment ahead of the Covid-19 pandemic. Utilized best practices with Remote Desktop Services, Office 365 with Teams, and Palo Alto Global Protect to maintain 100 percent availability of city services. Had the foresight to implement solution two years prior to the pandemic and achieved the goal of service continuity during stay at home order.* Manage the City of Elk Grove’s infrastructure budget to include the tracking of all reoccurring maintenance and support expenditures. Provide strategic thinking to ensure future projects continue to optimize organizational work processes at the city. Adhere to city purchasing guidelines while managing vendors to ensure optimal pricing is achieved for all purchases. * Lead for the city’s Cyber Security team. Developed the city’s Cyber Security plan. Responsible for CrowdStrike end point protection implementation, KnowBe4 security awareness training, firewall technology, zero trust architecture, network intrusion detection, and patch management. * Led cross-functional team to migrate city traffic signaling from copper to 5G wireless technology utilizing CradlePoint routers. After a successful proof of concept deployment, continue to provide direction for the implementation at the remaining intersections. My network design improved the availability and survivability of the traffic network, while avoiding network bottlenecks and single points of failure.
