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Portland, Or, Us

Portland, Or, Us

When traversing the growth phase of the business lifecycle, hiring a full-time CIO or CISO to plan the evolution of your IT Infrastructure and Information Security stacks & teams may not be at the top of your priority list.However, the cost of a major outage or security breach could be catastrophic to your business.So how do you stretch the limited IT & InfoSec budget AND stay ahead of the curve?At EUREKA Solutions, we provide modular CIO & CISO services at a fraction of the cost of hiring a C-level executive to help growing companies make strategic investments in Business Applications, IT Infrastructure, and Information Security & Compliance.Reach out today to see how EUREKA can simplify technology management while you scale!!

Tampa, Florida, Us

Tampa, Florida, Us

Tampa, Florida, Us

Designed Secure Cloud Architecture for migration of services to AWS, Azure, GCP, and Navisite.Improved WAN and cloud reliability for 4 offices globally without increasing infrastructure budget.Elevated security posture by instituting defense-in-depth strategy including access-level controls, intrusion prevention systems, and file-level malware-scanning.Implemented DevOps processes to improve software testing results & overall product quality.

Beaverton, Or, Us

Managed a team of 3 engineers and 5 remote technicians on Juniper/Aruba (2014) and Cisco (2016) network designs/deployments for over 1000 retail stores, corporate offices, distribution centers, and data centers world-wide, achieving 99.7% network reliability.Automated deployment of BGP & OSPF routing changes with python scripting, minimizing downtime, and improving success rate of changes by operations engineers by 28%.Facilitated cloud migrations to AWS and Azure leveraging Cisco's ACI policy-based framework to properly secure data while maintaining PCI compliance.Developed fully redundant, highly available (HA) Proof-of-Concept (POC) environments for Palo Alto firewalls, Meraki wireless, and Cisco ACI (SDN) w/ APIC for the global retail environment.Analyzed network performance regularly with SolarWinds Orion, Cisco Prime Infrastructure, and Aruba AirWave, both resolving performance issues and capacity planning for upgrades.Designed, deployed, and trained team on Cisco and Aruba Wireless Access Point layouts, utilizing site surveys and heat maps generated by AirMagnet, Cisco Prime Infrastructure, and Aruba AirWave.Recognized for responding to constantly evolving business needs with innovative solutions to complex problems across multiple business units and diverse teams.

Morrisville, North Carolina, Us

Designed and implemented fully redundant WAN architecture including BGP deployment over MPLS networks, improving overall network response time and reliability for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) customers.Developed disaster recovery, device patching and life-cycle policies including internal verification processes, monitoring, customer notification, capacity planning, and configuration management in a SaaS environment of 350+ servers and 50+ network devices.Maintained key customer and vendor relationships by balancing short-term milestones with long-term strategic focus while utilizing knowledge of current and emerging technologies.Initiated and drove "Order to Delivery Process” development, reducing average service delivery times from >90 to <30 days.Performed regular security and NERC-CIP compliance audits; developed and executed remediation plans.Led regular meetings between the Security and Operations teams to plan and execute changes to the environment, ensuring effective risk analysis and customer communication.

Morrisville, North Carolina, Us

Configured Cisco ASA firewalls with IDS/IPS and Dell SecureWorks SIEM, including real-time threat detection and response, regular rule auditing, and troubleshooting, preventing 100% of potentially harmful malicious activity from the Internet into the private network.Planned, coordinated, and executed a data center migration converting over 80 physical servers to virtual machines running on 8 Dell blade servers, lowering overhead costs by 45% and increasing system reliability by 12%.Worked with energy/utility companies to setup and maintain B2B WAN connectivity with private lines and VPNs over the internet utilizing Cisco and CheckPoint firewallsCreated network access policies using Remote Access VPNs with RSA SecurID authentication to secure employee and customer access to critical resources.Promoted to Senior Network Engineer and trained new network engineer on existing network infrastructure, access policies, firewall/VPN maintenance and change procedures.

Henderson, Nevada, Us

Upgraded corporate firewall from Cisco ACL firewall to Cisco Zone-Based Firewall for enhanced security.Monitored & managed network traffic with QoS using CLI on Cisco IOS 12.x and Cisco Security Device Manager (SDM).Planned, installed, and configured Citrix and Cisco-based VPN technologies to establish secure remote site connectivity and remote access for mobile workforce through RADIUS/LDAP integrated authentication.Configured routing protocols including RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, and BGP, as well as MPLS, VLANs, and frame-relay.Implemented & managed services such as DHCP, DNS, SMTP, IIS, and SQL, as well as VoIP telephony using Cisco CallManager Express and UnityMail.Evaluated new technology for process improvement while documenting processes for Sarbanes/Oxley auditing.

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Implemented, configured, and maintained Microsoft Exchange Server, Live Communications Server (LCS), Omtool Genifax, IronPort SMTP gateways, and Goodlink/Blackberry mobile messaging in a global enterprise environment. Monitored and managed over 100 servers globally using Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM).Improved disaster recovery response time by installing and configuring fiber SAN connectivity.Supported Tier 3 Active Directory Users and Group Policy Management ticket escalations.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Performed troubleshooting of applications, SQL databases, and internet connections using dial-up, aDSL, cable, satellite, and wireless over ATM-based networks. Exhibited flexibility and ability to consistently adapt and perform well in dissimilar tasks and environments.Educated non-technical end-users on a variety of topics ranging from basic pc maintenance and internet connectivity to advanced troubleshooting techniques.

Lan/Wan Engineer Program, Microsoft/Cisco Network Infrastructure

A.A.S., Computer Networking Systems Technology