Experience

Disney Technical Solutions and Serviices (10/14–01/15)
Sr. System Engineer  - F5 SME (Contract)

●        Short term contract. AWS/IaaS Chef script creation and execution for mass updating of Centos or Redhat Enterprise Linux and Windows servers in the cloud for Disney's Messaging Services servers (SMS/EMail/Push servers) for Disney and real time sports updates for ESPN and ABC. Scripted and assited in implementation of extremely large scale F5 LB WIP/iRule migration . Assisted in creating, deploying and executing Chef scripts to update fundamental Messaging push, SMS, email campaign servers in Disney's clouds (AWS, IaaS etc)

F5 Networks (11/13–10/14)
Lead Sr. System Engineer – EPC Integrattion

●        Developed virtualized environment for marketing demos and test harness creation. Placed BigIP's in a virtualized EPC environment. Worked at a development level with OpenEPC, KVM, Proxmox and in-house virtualization orchestration. Architected Solutions for Telecom Service Provider demonstrations. (GTP- load balancing and DNS SNAPTR load balancing, etc.)

AT&T (7/12–11/13)
Senior Network Design Engineer/Sr. LTE Traffic Engineer (Contract)

●        Sr. Design Eng. responsible for HA infrastructure design. PCRF/DPI/OCS/DNS etc. Creation of Implementation Guides, Engineering Design Plans, IWOS, MOPs etc. Senior LTE engineer responsible for upgrades/operations and maintenance of very large scale Cisco/Openet PCRF/PCEF/OCG/CGS/PGW/SGW system.

Cricket Communications Inc. (9/11–6/12)
Sr. LTE Design/Traffic Engineer III (Contract)

●        Senior Engineer (LTE-4g) responsible for architecture, engineering, network design of CDMA/LTE Policy Charging Enforcement Function units that were in-line to the subscriber data-path and enforce those rules on subscriber flows.

●        Extensive expertise in: Clustering designs, IP Mapping, SOAP XML, Policy Language and Protocol/Subscriber usage collection and a comprehensive understanding of the 3GPP EPC PCEF/PCRF/OCS architecture as it pertains to very-large Scale CDMA/LTE wireless environments. Very advanced problem resolution and root cause analysis. GTP-c GTP-u Diameter Call flow analysis (S11 S1, S1-u, S1-MME, S5/8, S6a) Radius Call flow Analysis (A11/A12) and PCEF to PCRF/OCS communications. Subscriber traffic analysis/ shaping/ policing and tethering detection.

●        Extensive use of: FreeBSD, Linux, Perl and other scripting languages.

AT&T (7/11–9/11)
Bothell, WA
Senior Systems Engineer III (Contract)

●        Provide 7x24 production support to accept, operate, and maintain SMS messaging gateway elements including but not limited to firewalls, access lists, routers, switches, IPS, servers associated with the network infrastructure and external customers including but not limited to business, large enterprise, public safety, federal, and military customers.

●        Life Cycle management of a complex data network supporting a multi-site Cisco UCCE call center deployment with secure integration to client back-end applications – design and ongoing support

●        Configure switches, routers and firewalls in multi-protocol networks across all network layers

●        Conduct network assessments and assist client with determining their requirements for network performance, security, capacity and scalability.

●        Conduct health checks and key performance indicator monitoring. Troubleshoot end to end network and application connectivity.

●        Conduct daily, weekly, and monthly proactive maintenance activities per Change Management directives. Ensure that project deliverables and expectations meet milestones, deadlines, and quality standards.

Clearwire Inc. (2009–2011)
Kirkland, WA
Senior Network Traffic/Policy Engineer (Sandvine SME)

●        Senior Deep Packet Inspection SME/Engineer (Sandvine) for Clearwire Inc. responsible for architecture, engineering, design and maintaining a network of 100+ deep packet inspection units that were in-line to the subscriber data-path.

●        Extensive expertise in: Policy Traffic Switch (PTS) Clustering designs, IpUserMapping, NDS and SOAP XML and raw SQL Query creation and execution. Policy Assembly Language and Protocol/Subscriber usage collection and a comprehensive understanding of the Sandvine architecture as it pertains to Very Large Scale ISP environments. Very advanced problem resolution and root cause analysis. Packet traces of AAA call flows and other specific targets, teeing and PTS to SPB communications, as well as subscriber traffic analysis/shaping. Implemented network systems involving 1G, 10G and 30GB switches. Configured switches and firewalls to provide security and functionality.

●        Extensive use of: FreeBSD, Solaris and Linux, Perl and other scripting languages. Created and executed advanced maintenance operation procedures on 100s of systems in dozens of unique Autonomous Systems. Postgres/Oracle/MySQL DB schema creation, optimization and maintenance.

Various Companies (2003–2009)
Bainbridge Island, WA
MIS Consultant

●        Worked with several companies in Seattle, Kirkland and Kitsap/Poulsbo, as a contract managerial consultant for IT/QA/Development team hiring processes. My role was to direct and define the hiring requirements for internal Network, IT, QA and Development teams, and then participated in the technical interviewing and hiring process, to ensure candidates had the proper technical skills to meet company needs.

DayCity Internet Services, Inc. (2002–2009)
Chief Engineer

Internap Network Services, Inc. (1999–2002)
Senior Lead Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Quintessent Communications, Inc. (1998–1999)
Senior Lead Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Microsoft Corp -Core Networking - Windows Platform Dev. Team (1995-1997)

Software Dev Test Engineer Education

B.S., Computer Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.

Coursework, Oregon Polytechnic Institute.

Coursework, Humboldt State University.

Coursework, Oregon Institute of Technology.