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Texas, United States

Dallas, Texas, United States

• Responsible for a geo-diverse team of seven Network and Telco engineers across the United States, Canada, and China.• Engineered and implemented two remote Aspira Government Services division data centers.• Orchestrated the successful remediation of security faults in SOC and PCI compliance protocols ensuring adherence to industry standards.Designed and implemented two remote datacenters for the Aspira Government Services division.

Dallas, Texas, United States

• Managed multiple Palo Alto firewalls both on-prem PA-850 and AWS VM100/VM300 series via panorama.• Supported over 600 remote client VPNs utilizing Cisco Anyconnect and Cisco firewalls.• Remote customer IPsec site-to-site VPNs via Cisco ASAs.• Migrated seven remote offices from MPLS VPN to IPSec VPNS using Palo Alto firewalls reducing operating capital for circuits by 80%.• Analyzed existing network and application architectures, presenting findings on possible enhancements and improvements to senior decision-makers.• Office Wi-Fi – Meraki APs utilizing Cisco ISE/AD/Radius for 802.1x authentication Cisco ASR/ISR routers, Cisco Nexus, and catalyst switches.• Led planning and technical design activities for routine operations and special projects.• Oversaw the company's entire network and related policies covering use, maintenance, and infrastructure.• Maintained strict adherence to regulations such as payment card industry (PCI) data security standards.

Tyler, Texas, United States

• • Mentored other team members and Network Operations personnel.• Via coordinated training sessions or developing operational run books.• Troubleshoot, resolved and recommended improvements for systems network and security problems.• Participated in research and evaluation of new products and services to meet the customer's needs.• Orchestrated the successful remediation of security faults in PCI compliance protocols ensuring adherence to industry standards.• Coordinated with third-party security information and event management (SIEM) providers to maintain protections and predict threats.• Managed, tracked, and coordinated problem resolution and escalation processes.

Tyler, Texas, United States

• Ensure network availability and integrity through preventative maintenance and upgrades.• Hardened network infrastructure to support PCI compliance.• Designed, integrated, and supported a distributed network across the United States• Orchestrated the successful remediation of security faults in PCI compliance protocols ensuring adherence to industry standards.• Troubleshoot complex multi-vendor network service provider issues.* Formerly Suddenlink Communications

Tyler, Texas, United States

• As Network operations manager, I managed a team of highly technical network engineers.• I defined a four-year plan and budget to address system issues, end-of-life OS, and hardware issues to increase service reliability.• Plan, coordinate, and direct all operational activities of the IT networking team, as well as supply direction and support for IT solutions that enhance mission-critical business operations.• Coordinated with multiple vendors on support and project-related engagements.• Function as an escalation point for the team and organization to get the resources and personnel needed to fix issues or move projects forward.

Tyler, Texas Area

• Worked to integrate other networks obtained via acquisitions.• Remote administration of networking devices across 14 states.• Designed and implemented network rebuild for PCI Compliance project.• Designed, installed, and maintained the Cisco VoIP system across the company.*Formerly Classic Cable

Tyler, Texas, United States

Administration and support of all infrastructure including Windows Servers, file/print servers, Microsoft Exchange, legacy WINS, Active Directory and DNS services, Cisco routers and switches.

Responsibilities included Windows server and Domain administration for several clients across the United States. This include monitoring and reporting of production servers. Build and design new server installations. Designed and maintained internal web site for monitoring and reporting server in Perl.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Responsibilities included Windows server and Domain administration for several clients across the United States. This include monitoring and reporting of production servers. Build and design new server installations. Designed and maintained internal web site for monitoring and reporting server in Perl. This company was purchased by EDS.

Irving. Tx

Supported end users on WinDD, for remote access from unix workstations to windows servers. Assisted in moving server functions to corporate office in preparation of closing the Irving office.

Pittsburg, Tx

Contracted to Lone Star Steel. Supported end user workstation and windows servers for the steel mill.

Dallas, Tx

Contract employee for Hoecst-Celanese where i was executive support. Supported the company executive staff with Remote access and Citrix connectivity.

Irving, Tx

With Volt I was a contractor for Microsoft, there i provided en-user support for Microsoft operating systems. Was a member of the escalation support staff that resolved calls that were transferred from first and second level support. Authored multiple Knowledge base articles.

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