Summary

IP Solutions Architect with over eighteen years of experience designing, implementing, and managing Cisco and Juniper based carrier class networks utilizing technologies including BGP, IS-IS, MPLS, IPSEC, IPv6, etc. Over ten years of experience providing project management, process improvement, and technical consultation in support of classified federal communications and support systems.

Clearance

DOD Top Secret (SSBI), January 2014

Experience

Innovation, Collaboration, Synergy (ICS), Washington, DC         02/2016 – 08/2016

Technical Manager, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Worked as a contractor, supporting the Network Operations Unit (NOU):

·               Research, develop, test and document unclassified and classified network designs. Recommend performance improvements for the customer’s IT network infrastructure environment.

·               Analyze, recommend and implement appropriate network upgrades to support future requirements applying best practices towards the successful identification, design and development of engineering initiatives

·               Develop organizational processes, work instructions, and provide mid-long term strategic and technical planning.

Experience (cont.)

Cambridge International Systems, Inc., Fort Meade, MD               01/2015 – 02/2016

Senior IP Engineer, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)

·               Analyze current network architecture of the Defense Red Switch Network (DRSN). Develop enterprise solution architecture to transition secure voice from TDM to IP technology. Detail network design by authoring Solution Design Document (SDD).

·               Engineer and test the IP solution, including mocking the design in the lab, running test call and network failure scenarios, and the implementation of a fully functional Proof of Concept (POC) network.

·               Develop processes for sustainment, support and operations of the proposed IP solution by authoring Concept of Operations (CONOPS) and Tactics Techniques and Procedures (TTP) documentation.

·               Work with secure voice solution vendors to convey customer requirements, review proposed solutions, and assist in the continued development of the IP solution.

Experience (cont.)

Booz Allen and Hamilton, Fort Meade, MD                                     08/2013 – 01/2015

Associate, Defense and Intelligence Group (DIG), Supporting DISA

·               Successful implementation of DISA Mobility Gateways at several Distributed Enterprise Computing Centers (DECC). Installation of the enterprise wide solution to provide the DOD community with a secure mobile communications platform.

·               Engineer Cisco Router, Switch and ASA Firewall device configurations, including industry best practices and device hardening via the DOD Information Assurance Support Environment (IASE) Security Technical Implementation Guidelines (STIG).

·               Integration of the DOD Mobility platform with the Cisco Unified Communications (UC) suite deployed globally in support of the DISA Voice over IP (VOIP) transition.

·               Project Management and coordination activities, including updating the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) via MS Project and tracking engineering tasks.

Experience (cont.)

KASNR Technologies, Inc., Fort Meade, MD                                   03/2010 – 06/2013

Sr. Technical Consultant, Supporting DISA

·               Technical assistance and programmatic support for DISA Network Services, Unified Capabilities (UC) Real Time Services Division (RTS) efforts to migrate the Defense Department’s Voice and Video traffic from TDM to IP Technology.

·               Architecture of the Net-Ops Concept for Enterprise Voice over IP solution in a multi-vendor environment. Author of supporting documentation including Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTP) and Concept of Operations (CONOPS).

·               Network Management System (NMS) integration for RTS servers and systems with the DISN Operational Support Systems (OSS). High level and detailed guidance in support of integrating numerous Performance Management tools.

·               Successful implementation of active network performance devices, at strategic locations around the world, to measure real-time network performance and provide valuable data to RTS team.

Experience (cont.)

MCI / Verizon Business, Ashburn, VA                                             09/2004 – 03/2010

Principle Engineer, Department of Labor Network (DOLNET)

·               Life Cycle Engineer working as primary technical consultant and customer liaison.

·               Implementation of a managed customer edge solution to a multiple agency customer, utilizing VRF-Lite, BGP and Virtual LAN (VLAN) technologies.

·               Third Tier escalation for all operations and implementation concerns.

·               IPv6 pilot program to comply with Office of Management and Budgeting guidelines.

·               Evaluate and modify network architecture for integration with existing network management tools and security guidelines.

·               Network testing of configuration, protocols and IOS for use in production network.

Senior Engineer, Defense Research and Engineering Network (DREN)

·               Network maintenance and surveillance for 150+ DOD high speed research sites.

·               Configure and maintain large dual-stack (IPv4/IPv6) network infrastructure including integration of network management tools and implementing new technologies on-demand as requested by HPCMO.

·               Configuration and support of IP and ATM over MPLS backbone.

·               Design and implementation of an industry first fully meshed IPSEC network.

·               Escalation point for operations support of multiple government contracts.

·               Investigation and support for network security as directed by the HPC-CERT.

·               Design and implementation of internal knowledge base to assist operations.

·               Creation, instruction and evaluation of training curriculums on specific network concepts.

Experience (cont.)

DIGEX / Intermedia Communications, Greenbelt, MD                    09/1999 – 05/2003

Network Architect, Data Engineering

·               Complete re-design of internal routing topology for network merger using IS-IS and BGP.

·               Successful merger of three separate nationwide IP backbones after acquisition.

·               Third tier escalation point for the Network Operations and Customer Support staff.

·               On-going network performance analysis and traffic optimization.

·               Project management to maintain efficiency within as many as 30 ongoing engineering projects.

·               Maintain large network lab to test implementation of new designs and product offerings.

Manager, Network Operations

·               Extensive work on process implementation and documentation

·               Technical and administrative escalation point for the Network Operations Center

·               Design and institute an aggressive employee skill training and testing system

·               Create detailed metric tracking system for employee performance evaluations

Team Lead, Network Operations

·               Lead technical escalation point within the Network Operations Center

·               Extensive network grooming based on network capacity and future sales projections

·               Traffic engineering including analysis of traffic flows, real-time updates of IS-IS metrics, utilization of MPLS traffic engineering tunnels to help deal with severely congested areas

·               Training to improve the overall understanding of routing policy and traffic engineering theories

·               Vendor management to track on-going issues to resolve vendor-specific operational problems

Senior Engineer, Network Operations

·               Responsible for isolating, ticketing and tracking any customer or backbone outages

·               Troubleshooting backbone DS3, OC3, OC12 and OC48 circuits during outage

·               Troubleshooting within Ethernet, Serial, ATM, Frame Relay and Packet over SONET interfaces

·               Responsible for over 600 Cisco routers, over 40 Juniper M series routers, and over 200 Alteon, Cisco and Alpine switches

Experience (cont.)

Sprint, Reston, VA                                                                             01/1997 – 08/1999                       

Network Engineer, Network Operations

·   Responsible for isolating, ticketing and tracking all customer and backbone outages

·   Extensive experience troubleshooting BGP and IS-IS routing issues

·   Experience configuring, monitoring and troubleshooting several hundred Cisco routers

·   Helped to develop an internal website to consolidate the knowledge base

Network Technician, Proactive Monitoring

·   Responsible for monitoring and ticketing all customer, peering and backbone circuit outages

·   Maintained several email role accounts to accommodate customer DNS, IP Access-List, Static Route updates as well as general network performance questions

Education & Certifications

Computer Information Systems – GPA 4.0

Strayer University, September 1996

Juniper Networks Certified Internet Associate (JNCIA), November 2015

CompTIA Security+, September 2014

IT Service Management Foundation (ITIL-F), October 2007

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), August 2005