Senior infrastructure engineer with over ten years of experience designing and implementing scalable global systems infrastructure.
Seeking to use proven skills to make a meaningful impact at a mission-driven organization.
Well versed Routing, switching, and firewall management and design experience.
Multiple cloud (AWS/Azure) cloud competency.
Proven ability automating infrastructure deployment with config management tools.
• Redesigned Azure tenant to use hierarchal layout for ease of administration with Management Groups and Subscriptions. Removed unused or under-utilized resources, reducing monthly Azure spend by 30%.
• Transferred Azure accounts to least-privilege along with configuring best-practice security frameworks on Azure VM’s. Created monitoring and alerting plans for critical resources. Setup detailed logging to Azure Sentinal for InfoSec team.
• Engineered and performed migration from VPN to ExpressRoutes with high availability design. Increased front-end web server uptime availability from 99% to 99.99%.
• Operational lead for converting applications from basic authentication to modern authentication (OAuth) via Azure Active Directory.
• Innovating and improving software development process by working closely with developers and DevOps team utilizing Azure DevOps tools.
• Ease O365 administration by creating PowerShell scripts and handing them off to colleagues with the creation of Standard Operation Procedures.
• Managed Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) along with supporting Nexus switching hardware. Migrated customer-facing DMZ networks from legacy Catalyst switch infrastructure to ACI environment.
• Automated wide-scale router and switch configuration changes via custom Python scripts. Reducing engineering time required by all team members to implement changes.
• Deployed Cisco ISE services to provide networked device visibility and security posturing services. Maintained Checkpoint virtual firewall and Pulse Secure VPN solutions for security at the network edge.
• Technical lead for regional VoIP migration from aging Avaya PBX to Cisco Unified Collaboration environment. Implemented N+1 redundancy along with a full disaster recovery site for all collaboration services. Lowered monthly voice costs by 80% by leveraging two redundant SIP circuits and decommissioning 14 PRI circuits.
• Provide monthly technical training to junior IT staff members. Along with creating network and telephony SOPs for the helpdesk team. Allowing the network engineering team to focus on the design and deployment of new services.
• Team lead for Amazon Web Services (AWS) integration with on-premise network. Deployed VPC networks for business partners and engineering environments.
• A primary resource for America region LAN/WAN Refresh which includes replacement of aging switches, routers, and firewalls. Introducing edge and core layers to existing flat layer 2 environments. Implementing Juniper core switches, edge routers, and edge switches. Along with replacing competition firewalls with our own Forcepoint’s NGFW (Next-Gen Firewalls).
• Installed multiple virtual F5 Load Balancers with local and global load balancing capabilities. Configured load balancing VIPs and assisted with managing Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB).
• Increased WAN efficiency by deploying a dynamic routing protocol (BGP) to replace static routing. Taking advantage of multihoming with differing ISP’s by using edge routers and receiving complete internet routing tables to perform policy-based routing.
• Provide Tier III network support to Tier II Operations teams along with knowledge transfers and supporting documentation. ITIL incident, change, and knowledge methodology process followed.
• Successfully migrated seven global business unit acquisitions to Laird's network, wireless, and VoIP standards.
• Increased Global WAN bandwidth by 100% along with reducing latency and increasing reliability. With over 99% up-time measured by monthly KPI reports. Accomplished by implementing Cisco DMVPN solution globally within an 18-month timeframe.
• Planned and provisioned multiple Cisco call center sites which included assisting with project plans, technical on-site installation, and vendor management.
• Proactively reduced internal telephony costs along with decreasing overhead and outages by implementing High Availability, reviewing vendor accounts, and implementing major upgrades when necessary.
• Provide consultative advice and design for the Gateway Church network environment. Attend bi-weekly meetings and assist with network troubleshooting and implementation.
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
AWS Certified Developer - Associate
Azure Fundamentals
Cisco Certified DevNet Associate
Cisco Certified Network Associate & Professional (CCNA/CCNP)
Cisco Certified Design Associate & Professional (CCDA/CCDP)
Juniper Networks Certified Associate Junos (JNCIA-Junos)
Juniper Networks Certified Specialist Enterprise Routing and Switching (JNCIS-ENT)
Cisco ID No. (CSCO11593294)
Juniper CertManager ID No. (JPR00256976)
Amazon AWS Validation No. (56522GQ1DB1EQ4G5)
Microsoft MCID (991069058)