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Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- Designed, planned and implemented a robust and resilient DNS & NTP solution eliminating single points of failure, adding integration with AWS Route53 and Microsoft Azure.- Excelled in all facets of network design, documentation, implementation, and troubleshooting in an extremely complex and regulated environment. - Platform owner for Infoblox DDI, Palo Alto firewalls, Forescout NAC and DDOS protection.- Engineered automation and efficiencies into several tedious and manual processes which enabled timely completion of auditory requirements and significant savings of human resources.- Acted as subject matter expert for several platforms, worked directly with diverse enterprise teams to determine standards, evaluate solutions, and design complex technical solutions.- Provided technical leadership and received technical escalations for problem resolution.Researched complex technical issues that were not resolved by level 2 engineering staff.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- Contracted to Ameriprise to provide Network Operations Support- Planned and implemented changes to complex, global firewall access control lists- As the corporation moved to the Cloud, I spear headed the project to implement massive the ACL changes needed to move from a trusted datacenter to a "zero trust" environment.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- Delivered technical expertise in the areas of WAN, LAN, WLAN, VPN and Firewall technologies.- Configured, implemented and performed troubleshooting with a variety of hardware and software products including; Advanced IP services, VPN, Firewalls, Routers, Switches and protocol analyzers.- Executed technical consulting services in a wide range of areas related to networking, the development of applications utilizing the network and many other IT related projects.

Bloomington, Minnesota

Senior Network Engineer, Supervisor: Information Technology Department.- Developed detailed implementation plans to accommodate network growth, security and enhancements by maximizing the functionality of network equipment.- Designed, implemented and supported modern Network Management tools (e.g. Solarwinds, Cisco Prime).- Automated several reports and processes, saving hundreds of hours of work that had been manual.- Launched the company into The Cloud by implementing secure B2B VPN and Microsoft Azure.- Improved network management and administration of IP, DNS, and DHCP infrastructure by optimizing existing tools, creating standard processes and supporting documentation.- Created end-to-end network drawings (Visio), hardware and software inventories, procedures and standards, most of which hadn’t previously existed or was obsolete.- Configured, implemented and performed troubleshooting with a variety of Cisco hardware/software products including: VPN, Firewalls, Routers, WLAN and Switches.- Provided technical support to other departments in a wide range of issues related to networking, the development of applications utilizing the network, and large scope IT related projects.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Network Engineer: Network Planning and Implementation Team.- Excelled in all facets of network design, documentation, implementation, and troubleshooting. - Designed, planned, implemented and delivered 3rd level Support of Enterprise Wide Network Services in a large-scale, complex environment, ensuring secure WAN and LAN solutions.- Collaborated directly with customers and business units, gathered requirements, designed, implemented and documented detailed solutions that fit a dynamic, continually changing and demanding business environment.- Actively maintained optimal network performance and security of complex network infrastructure. Oversaw information security initiatives and leveraged state-of-the-art technologies to prevent network failure or intrusion. - Designed, planned, implemented and delivered enterprise wide IPAM, DNS and DHCP services.- Vastly improved network performance while upgrading Cisco 6500, 5500, 3500, 2900 series switches and Cisco 7200, 4500, 3600, 2600 series routers.

San Vito, Italy

Organic Chemistry

Computer Engineering

Associate Of Arts (Aa), Biology And Chemistry

Activities and Societies: Phi Theta Kappa

Computer Science

Astronomy