•Responsible for contributing to the design, engineering, implementation, maintenance and operational support of the enterprise data and VoIP QoS network infrastructures•Responsible for network design and implementation of two new state of the arts data centers (primary and DR) integrating VM virtualization and IBM AIX P770/P560 virtualization technology, Cisco Nexus vPC technology, Data Backup network leveraging Comvault technology, F5 Load Balancers, SNA DLSW, and Data Replication network supporting Mainframe XRC w/Brocade FCoE and SAN-to-SAN FCIP and Vendor/Customer DMZ supporting VPN and dedicated circuit secure B2B connectivity•Senior level architect/engineering network troubleshooting and problem resolution•Serves as key contributor to the design, distribution, operation and maintenance of router and switch configurations•Provides senior network engineering skills and services for data network centric projects•Serves as key contributor to the definition and analysis of WAN/LAN utilization reports•Contributes to the 24-hour on call network support rotation for 3rd Level Support

•Backbone consisted of Catalyst 5500 switches and Cisco 7507 routers•Internet connection through Cisco 7204 router utilizing DS3 circuit, running IP and BGP•Remote locations used Hughes Network Systems Personal Earth Station and Directway DW1000•Management via CiscoWorks•Responsible for monitoring and ensuring the integrity of data communications for 900+ Retail Stores nationwide•Provided technical management support relating to LAN/WAN/Satellite data network design, implementation, and maintenance issues•Lead project to provide remote access to 700+ corporate users including authentication server, security tokens, and client software •Supported help desk technicians for NT Server including user accounts, print services, IP and IPX configurations, DHCP services