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Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States

Supervised and lead 2 direct reports, which included mentoring and training personnel, assigning tasks and projects, holding weekly departmental meetings, and performing quarterly performance reviews, as well as leading other IT staff and peers.Saved 20K in professional services by getting Juniper JNCIA-ENT and JNCIS-ENT certifications and successfully.

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Upgraded and standardized 18 facilities with Meraki MX84 firewalls and Juniper EX2300 switchesDesigned, planned and successfully implemented L3 core routing and switching within the enterprise infrastructure, removing this load from the Meraki firewalls.Supervised wiring contractors during major infrastructure integrations at 18 plants assuring work met.

Architected and successfully deployed a new enterprise network design standardizing VLAN and IP addressing schema simplifying basic troubleshooting and allowing quick device location by IP address.Developed and maintained Visio as-built documentation.

Performed as the lead network engineer on 12 different, year-long or multi-year, SOW (Statement of work) projects, working closely with Project Managers to assure project milestones were met.Provided Network Build support, for over 65 SOW projects in five different environments across three different geographic locations, working with Application.

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Contingent worker for HP ES serving customer’s IT Service Transition Efforts.

Norfolk, Virginia

• Security responsibilities included the day-to-day management and troubleshooting of 18 Checkpoint, 14 Cisco ASA5540, seven Fortinet FortiGate firewalls, five NetContinuum Web Application firewalls, five Barracuda Web.
• Attending the 2008 Republican convention to install, manage, monitor, and troubleshoot the network and VPN access for the New York Times and Boston Globe reporters
• Implemented new network installations in contracted print sites for the New York Times newspaper
• Provided both network and firewall support during several PeopleSoft upgrades
• Provided on-site network support, management, and troubleshooting for Data Center consolidations Show less

Norfolk, Virginia

• Security responsibilities included the day-to-day management and troubleshooting of three Checkpoint firewalls; maintained Internet browsing security, RSA SecurID, user and vendor VPN access ACL's, vendor site-to-site.
• Researched, designed, and installed scalable and highly available Cisco LAN networks with redundant WAN connections utilizing AVPN and PIP leading teams of five to ten network, systems and support staff at locations.
• Provided both network and firewall support during several PeopleSoft upgrades
• Initiated a mentoring program to assist the helpdesk staff become more competitive for possible future position openings within the company Show less

Shared Services Center, Norfolk, Virginia

Daily responsibilities included desktop, printer, and software support for approximately 250 people. Services provided include new installation and support of all desktop hardware, Windows XP, Microsoft Office, Lotus Notes, FTP, VPN client, Active Directory, network scanning, and printing serial and network using Jet Direct. Managed "Break/Fix" inventory.

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, VA

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth