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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 redeploying Juniper switching environment in a Virtual Chassis configuration.Successfully designed, planned, and implemented… Show more 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 redeploying Juniper switching environment in a Virtual Chassis configuration.Successfully designed, planned, and implemented major infrastructure upgrade projects for the primary and DR/BC data centers upgrading Core switching and Firewalls to Juniper EX4600 core, EX4300-MP data switches and Meraki MX250 firewalls respectively.Instrumental in the successful consolidation of six facilities into three locations.Imagined and lead the development of a new FSG-Enterprise Wi-Fi environment allowing enterprise assets and employee personal devices to access a single SSID with radius AD authentication and automatic VLAN assignments to eliminate the need for captured portal tokens and improve the network security requirements.Managed vendor relationships with multiple cable contractors, internet service providers, consultants, and distributors. Show less

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 current infrastructure standards.Managed key capital projects, coordinating with Contractors, Vendors, and other IT… Show more 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 current infrastructure standards.Managed key capital projects, coordinating with Contractors, Vendors, and other IT Staff, and completing all projects on time and within or under budget. Evaluated hyper converged systems from different vendors along with the IT Director before recommending HP SimpliVity.Managed vendor relationships with multiple cable contractors, internet service providers, consultants, and distributors.Managed the enterprise-wide Wi-Fi infrastructure consisting of over 130 Ubiquity access points allowing seemly wireless access for traveling staff as well as implementing a captured portal for visitor and employee access with personal devices.Implemented Cisco ASA client VPN for remote access for employees, contractors, and vendors maintenance.As a senior member in IT department, I trained, mentored, and lead over eleven IT personnel.Upgraded over 30 WAN circuits across the enterprise infrastructure, working with over five different internet service providers.Successfully migrated from a Century Link MPLS infrastructure to Direct Internet Access circuits reducing cost and increasing enterprise network speeds. Show less

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 integrators, Unix, Linux, Windows, VMware teams, DBAs, Project managers, and Change Management. Support responsibilities included firewall… Show more 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 integrators, Unix, Linux, Windows, VMware teams, DBAs, Project managers, and Change Management. Support responsibilities included firewall and F5 load balancer changes, switch port assignment and configuration.Responsibilities included the addition / modification / deletion of firewall rules on Checkpoint, Cisco ASA, and Juniper SRX firewalls along with F5 load balancer support for Virtual Server instance, server pool, and node creation, PKI certificate request generation, and PKI certificate import.Collaborated with Network Build team and other Engineering team members in offices around the country in a virtual team environment.Attended biweekly Change Advisory Board meetings and represented planned changes as needed.Contributed technical knowledge to SOW design and planning meetings. Show less

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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 Application firewalls, maintaining Internet browsing security, RSA SecurID, user and vendor VPN access ACL's, vendor site-to-site VPN tunnels as well as securing company infrastructure from vendor direct circuits.Network responsibilities included the day-to-day management… Show more 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 Application firewalls, maintaining Internet browsing security, RSA SecurID, user and vendor VPN access ACL's, vendor site-to-site VPN tunnels as well as securing company infrastructure from vendor direct circuits.Network responsibilities included the day-to-day management, monitoring, and troubleshooting of over 250 Cisco routers and switches with as many 500 VLANs, based on site size, with redundant WAN MPLS circuits using AT&T's AVPN and Verizon's PIP supporting 10,000+ users encompassing six geographic redundant hosting centers, 100+ businesses units, and 25 + contracted print sites located globally; managed Infoblox DNS/DHCP, VitalQIP (DNS/DHCP), implemented and managed Orion SolarWinds, and CiscoWorks. Special projects included:• 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 VPN tunnels as well as securing company infrastructure from vendor direct circuits.Network responsibilities included the day-to-day management, monitoring, and troubleshooting of over 200 Cisco routers and switches with four to eight VLANs, based on site size, with… Show more 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 VPN tunnels as well as securing company infrastructure from vendor direct circuits.Network responsibilities included the day-to-day management, monitoring, and troubleshooting of over 200 Cisco routers and switches with four to eight VLANs, based on site size, with redundant WAN MPLS circuits using AT&T's AVPN and Verizon's PIP supporting 4,000+ users encompassing six geographic redundant hosting centers, 40+ businesses units; Implemented and managed VitalQIP (DNS/DHCP), implemented and managed Orion SolarWinds, and CiscoWorks. Special projects included:• 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 whose size varied from 125 – 500 users with 20 – 100 servers each • 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, performed printer maintenance and repair. Update and close service tickets assigned to desktop support.Answered incoming Helpdesk… Show more 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, performed printer maintenance and repair. Update and close service tickets assigned to desktop support.Answered incoming Helpdesk calls, create service tickets, troubleshoot and resolve or escalate to Level 3 support. Show less

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Va

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth