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United States

Chicago, Illinois, US

Chicago, Illinois, US

Chicago, Illinois, US

Northbrook, IL, US

• Built out Confluent CE Kafka on AWS EC2 using Terraform, bash and python scripts, and custom AMIs. Integrated Security with Apache Ranger 2.x, Active Director Kerberos, and SSL key-stores.
• Worked with analytics engineers on enabling Spark workloads on AWS, evaluating EMR, Glue, and other services.

Northbrook, IL, US

• Functioning as a Cloud CoE, tested out AWS Tools such as EMR, GPU Backed Instances, and the Deep Learning AMI.
• Worked with other teams to enable their POCs such as creating S3 data ingestions scripts, Lambda and python backed APIs, and Security Compliance and Integration with third party vended cloud solutions.

Northbrook, IL, US

• Created Jenkins Pipelines to Automate and Standardize deployment and management of Cloud Resources.
• Created Python Scripts for DevOps Automation and Infrastructure as Code in AWS Environments to enable Analytical Workloads on the Cloud.
• Developed Cloud Formation Templates and Terraform Templates for building Analytics Environments.

Northbrook, IL, US

• Wrote scripts to perform network discovery and analysis to fill gaps in IPAM and Monitoring Tools as-well as to automate zone creation with Cloud based DNS platforms.
• Upgraded DDI Infrastructure to support new API calls, improve discovery and reporting, and support cloud integration.
• Analyzed and worked on re-architecture to shore up Infoblox DDI Solution to increase fault tolerance, designed solutions to fix Anycast routing through route redistribution, use of F5's for screening DNS resolution.
• Performed DR compliance exercises for DDI infrastructure in a Fortune 500 network environment.

Bonita Springs, FL, US

• Designed a fault tolerant Voice Ready DMVPN network to utilize MPLS and Broadband Backup with access to AWS hosted cloud resources.
• Assessed consultant designs and re-implemented Cisco ASA Firewalls with Firepower to be within security standards including IPS, URL Filtering, and Application Control.
• Performed Network Discovery, Documentation, Monitoring, and Migrations for a 300+ site global wan during a corporate separation from HERTZ.
• Managed vendor resources to help augment staff and keep projects on schedule to meet business expectations.

Plantation, Florida, US

• Responsible for the design, implementation, and support of E Commerce, Virtualization, LAN, and WAN infrastructure.
• Established VPN Connectivity between Azure and Cisco ASA's for the development environment.
• Migrated off legacy static ipsec VPN to a DMVPN wan, planned out budget for EOL hardware replacements and migration plan.
• Tuned Enterasys wireless system in 800,000 sqft warehouse for proper coverage in complex RF environment.
• Integrated monitoring of multiple network vendors including Enterasys, Extreme, Cisco, and HP
• Deployed REDIS HA cluster for centralized caching of ecommerce websites.

Burlington, Ontario, CA

• Responsible for the design, implementation, and support of Virtualization, LAN, and WAN infrastructure.
• Consolidated 4 disparate WAN solutions into a unified DMVPN Cloud running a unified IGRP
• Expanded Monitoring Tools using FOSS solutions to give a higher level of visibility into the network.

Fort Myers, Florida, US

• Lead team of network engineers in day to day operations, coached other staff on best practices and troubleshooting strategies.
• Documented WAN and LAN, took inventory, mapped out network, and organized solutions for lifecycle management of all network and voice hardware.
• Setup monitoring using OSS, increased visibility into network, and improved response times to issues.
• Lead in contract renegotiation to consolidate WAN solutions and lowed MRC while eliminating potential costly ETFs.
• Performed a Config Refresh on Nexus 5k and 2k infrastructure, correcting misconfigured VPCs and FEX uplinks to 2k TOR Switches.

• Responsible for Cisco and Linux infrastructures
• Chief Network and Linux systems Architect, functioning as subject matter expert for Security, Routing, Switching, load balancers, system and network monitoring, and a large LAMP-based web hosting environment.
• Managed and mentored other engineers from entry to senior skill levels to make sure they kept on track with business needs, kept up with current training, and their employee needs. Managed staffing for team including.
• Designed and streamlined policies for group hierarchy, peer review, policy escalation, and project work flow to increase productivity and skills growth.
• Suggested and reviewed proposed projects and assigned them to various team members based on current skills or potential skill growth areas.
• Organized yearly budgets for Capital Projects and Training as well as Operational expenses.

• Responsible for Cisco and Linux infrastructures
• Managed the priorities of 4 other engineers to make sure they kept on track with business needs. Function as subject matter expert for Security, Routing, Switching, application load balancers, system and network.
• Suggested and reviewed proposed projects and assigned them to various team members based on current skills or potential skill growth areas.
• Organized yearly budgets for Capital Projects.
• Implemented large network-related projects including a highly redundant DMVPN-based network for approximately 65 locations.
• Senior Network Engineer 2007-2010

• Lead engineer for all Cisco and Linux infrastructures, managing implementation and project lifecycle, as well as budget and vendor relations.
• Gathered technical information from monitoring and trending systems, and worked with IT management to develop detailed technical requirements for 3 year Telecom/Data RFP from nationwide carriers.
• Rebuilt and managed a linux hosting environment that sustained page views in excess of 50,000 hits per day, and over 80mbps of web traffic. Utilized tools like kickstart and puppet to automate and easily scale the.
• Migration for 100+office network including the UK and Canada.
• Implemented a fully redundant Disaster Recovery plan for all WAN sites.

• Administered Linux servers used for WAN/LAN Monitoring (RHEL 3/4/5 - LAMP), Basic Administration of Windows Servers(AD/SMB/Exchange/etc).
• Implemented Monitoring for all hosts and Network Devices using Cacti/Nagios.
• Documented LAN/WAN Hardware, Consolidated Support/Warranty Contracts, and Inventoried and diagrammed all network related equipment from minimal documentation on a 150+ router/switch network.
• Implemented Change Control system for all routers and Switches (Rancid) that pulled all configurations of network devices into a CVS Repository. Implemented ViewVC as a web front end with Apache/AD Authentication to.

Cape Coral, Florida, US

• Managed a Windows 2000 AD environment, including Exchange, Backup Exec, and Terminal Servers.
• Migrated company from a proprietary Firewall Solution to a FOSS solution bringing a net savings of $20k/year and increase functionality to field users through standard integrated support (PPTP).
• Responsible for a FreeBSD Based Firewall (Monowall) and Firewall Rules for web hosting and email along with supporting 40 Field Service users via PPTP VPN.
• Leveraged a variety of remote support solutions like VNC and RDP to manage effectively and centrally a distributed user base.