Shawn A. Thomas

1801 Weybridge Road Frederick, MD 21702

Mobile:  (240) 446-8410

Email: ShawnThomas2kx@gmail.com
 

 

OBJECTIVE

 

To obtain a Lead/Principal Network Architect/Engineer position in systems development, project planning, and network implementation.

 

 

SUMMARY

 

Commercial and Military experience have provided me with advanced Network Engineering, management, and team leadership skills, and with the proficiency needed implementing large scale and complex network solutions from beginning to end.

 

·         Strong background in network systems analysis/design.

o        Local Area Networking (LAN) planning, design, and implementation

o        Wide Area Network (WAN) planning, design, and implementation. 

·         In-depth knowledge of Routing, Layer 2 switching, Cisco ASA firewalls, and maintaining very large scale networks. 

·         White House Communications Agency (WHCA), worked directly for the Office of the President of the United States of America providing communication services. 

·         ISP experienced with Sprint Internet Backbone Operations, and AT&T Government Solutions Research and Development.

·         19 years of IT experience both in the Federal and Commercial market

·         Current TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Senior Network Engineer                                                                                                                                            MAY 2012 – PRESENT

Connected Work Place Solutions (CWPS) – Reston, VA

 

Designs IP Network Hub and spoke architectures (LAN & WAN) for connectivity in a large Global Enterprise.  Networks support HSRP, VPN, IPSEC, GRE, EIGRP, OSPF, Advanced QoS, and BGP.  Network Devices consist of Cisco ASR 1000, 2900, 6500, and 7600 series routers, Cisco 4500, 3750 switches, the Cisco ASA platform, and encryption devices.

 

Principal Network Engineer/Architect                                                                                                                NOV 2011 – MAY 2012

Delta Bridge – Tyson’s Corner, VA

 

Primary Network Architect for a small IT firm.  In addition to daily operation and maintenance of the local and remote LANs, and WANs, regular duties included consultation and interaction with the site customer, senior management, and vendors.  Other responsibilities include complete network design, documentation, and configuration of all routers switches and firewalls, creation of high level and detailed network diagrams, network deployment, Implementation planning, installation documentation, lab preparation and evaluation of equipment, script work, equipment procurement, with project planning.

 

Principal Network Engineer / Network Manager                                                                                                   NOV 2010 – AUG 2011

TWD - Washington Naval Yard, Washington, D.C.

 

Managed a 6 person network engineering team that supported a large Campus Area Network with O&M and network design.  Was responsible for long and short range project planning, and implementation.  Evaluated network infrastructure, performed detailed technical site surveys to account for rack space, power, cooling, copper and fiber optic cabling requirements.  Designed a large Campus Network using Cisco Nexus devices.  Was the primary technical point of contact interfacing with civilian government counterpart on a daily basis.  Base line architecture consisted of Cisco Nexus 7010 routers, Cisco Nexus 5548 routers,  Cisco 4510R Switches, Cisco 3845 routers, Cisco ASA-5550 Firewalls, Cisco ASA-5520 Firewalls, Cisco 3750 Stacked Switches, Cisco 3560 Switches, and Cisco 2851 Fax Routers.  Client workstations consisted of Windows XP and Server software consisted of Windows 2003 Server and Windows 2008 Server.  Routing protocols mainly consisted of TCP/IP, OSPF, EIGRP, and Static Routes.

 

Sr. Network Engineer                                                                                                                                             JUN 2008 – OCT 2010

Tenacity Solutions, Inc. – Reston, VA

 

Provided LAN/WAN engineering support and architecture design, WAN circuit provisioning, hardware acquisition, systems integration, and information systems security planning.  Worked closely with customer in a joint effort to provide network engineering solutions/designs to meet mission requirements and standard specifications.  Responsible for long range and short range project planning, project designing and project implementation for mission critical solutions.  Traveled to hazardous OCONUS environments to provide network engineering support, and performed site surveys to account for rack space, power, cooling, copper and fiber optic cabling requirements.  Designed solutions and made recommendations for hardware /software configuration and implementation.  Base line architecture consists of Cisco 6500-E Switches, Cisco 4500 Switches, Cisco 3800 Routers, Cisco 3750 Switches, Cisco 3560 Switches, Cisco ASA-5550, 5520 , 5510  and 5505 Firewalls, Cisco Call Managers 7825/7835 and Cisco 7900 series of VOIP phones.  Routing protocols mainly consist of TCP/IP, OSPF, EIGRP, Static Routes, VPN and GRE Tunnels.

 

Sr. Network Engineer                                                                                                                                             APR 2007 – APR 2008

Verizon Federal Network Solutions – Herndon, VA

 

Provided consulting for an Enterprise network project division.  Worked very closely with customers to determine project requirements.  Evaluated current network infrastructure, performed site surveys to evaluate rack space, power, cooling, copper and fiber optic cabling requirements.  Designed Tier III Engineering drawings and scripts to be implemented by Tier II engineers throughout the organization.  Conducted independent off-site research and validation of the ASA-5500 platform to validate performance and customer requirements.  Helped create the first standard operating procedures (SOP’s) that the PED utilized for all other Tier III engineers to support ASA-5500 solutions.  Responsible for long range and short range project planning, project designing and project implementation providing mission critical and O&M solutions.  Researches, develops and writes engineering orders to meet specific customer requirements.  Designs solutions and makes recommendations to the government POC’s for hardware / software configuration and implementation.  Engineering tasks are used to support ongoing real-time.  Base line architecture consisted of Cisco 6500 Switches, Cisco 3800 Routers, Cisco ASA 5500 Firewalls, and Cisco 3750 Switches.  Routing protocols mainly consist of TCP/IP, OSPF, EIGRP, Static Routes, VPN and GRE Tunnels.

 

Sr. Network Engineer                                                                                                                                             JAN 2004 – APR 2007

AT&T Government Solutions – Columbia, MD

 

Conducted research and development, network systems architecture design, analysis, product testing and integration in a test lab environment.  Performed advance network traffic engineering configurations, including the use of Network Based Application Recognition (NBAR), VLAN ACL’s, advanced Quality of Service (QOS), SPAN Ports/Port Mirroring, and advanced load balancing.  Utilized traffic playback recorders and Spirent network traffic simulators for traffic analysis.  Utilized a diverse inventory of networking equipment from Caspian, Juniper, and Cisco routers, Cloud Shield, APCON, and F5.  Client workstations consisted of Windows XP and Server software consisted of Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2003 Server.  Assisted and directed project development, and supported the production LAN/WAN using RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, and BGP and 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet, T1, T3, and Packet of SONET (POS).

 

Sr. Network Engineer                                                                                                                                             MAR 2003 – JAN 2004

Dynetics (Army Network Operation Security Center – ANOSC) - Ft. Belvoir, VA

 

Performed O&M for 3 different classifications of large campus Gigabit Ethernet IP Networks.  Base line architecture consisted of Cisco 6500 switches, Cisco 4000 switches and Cisco 2900 switches.  Client workstations consisted of Windows 2000 Workstation and Server software consisted of Windows 2000 Server.  Routing protocols mainly consist of TCP/IP, EIGRP, and Static Routes.

 

Sr. Network Engineer                                                                                                                                             MAR 2002 – MAR 2003

Raytheon - Chantilly, VA

 

Provided daily support on an Enterprise ATM backbone.  Monitored LAN/WAN infrastructures for faults.  Created fault reports/trouble tickets, and performed emergency maintenance to repair faults.  Provisioned, built, and maintained ATM infrastructure to include Cisco MGX8850 ATM Switches and Cisco 6500 Switches.  Operated GEM workstations to monitor/maintain all of the KG-75 FastLane Encrypters.  Used Cisco WAN Manager and HP Open View to monitor the state of the EIGRP network.  Routing protocols mainly consist of EIGRP, Static Routes, and ATM protocols.

 

Sr. Network Engineer                                                                                                                                              OCT 2000 – NOV 2001

Sprint Internet Backbone Operations - Reston, VA

 

Worked in the IP dial and Internet Backbone Operations group performing operation and maintenance of Sprints Service Provider Internet Backbone.  Assisted service provider peers, customers, and other third party technicians on router troubleshooting and configurations.  Developed a very in depth and thorough knowledge of TCP/IP, physical layer, and routing protocols (BGP-4, IS-IS, EIGRP, SONET, PPP, HDLC, OC192 – 3, HSSI, T3/T1 ISDN-PRI/BRI).  Created and edited primary and secondary DNS zone files using V I editor.  Modified and configured Prefix-list, Route Maps, Access-list, Distribution-list, and Quality of Service (QOS) settings.  Maintained USR high density modem chassis, and CSU/DSU’s.  Provided documentation and training on the network configuration, and troubleshooting techniques to fellow engineers.  Provided corporate client services for remote VPN tunneling, L2F, and L2TP connectivity.

 

Network Engineer                                                                                                                                            JUL 2000 – DEC 2000

Department of Justice Consolidated Network Operations Center - Rockville, MD

 

Performed operation and maintenance on the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) ATM/Frame-Relay backbone.  Provided Level II support monitoring, identifying, analyzing, and resolving network problems.  Configured Cisco Routers, Switches, Kentrox CSU/DSU, DSLAM’s and provisioned Frame-Relay, ATM, DSL, DS1/DS3, and T1 Circuits.  Used HP Open View and Remedy ticket tracking systems to perform daily work.  Supervised and trained employees and contractors.  Provided Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for daily operations to fellow employees.  Routing protocols mainly consist of EIGRP and Static Routes.

                                                                                                                                                                        NOV 1996 – JUN 2000

White House Communications Agency – Washington, D.C.

 

Was selected to serve at the White House Communications Agency (WHCA).  Provided Communications to the Office of the President and Vice President of the United States.

 

 

FORMAL EDUCATION, TECHNICAL TRAINING, MILITARY TRAINING

 

2 years of College

 

Implementing Cisco Quality of Service, Advance BGP, ITILv3 Foundation (2010), ITILv3 Service Operation (2010)

Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks, Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks,

 

US Army Combat Medic, US Army Line of Sight Radio Equipment Operator

US Army Primary Leadership Development Course (recognized exceptional leadership)

 

Server Hardware construction, and Operation System installation.

 

 

MILITARY SERVICE

 

US ARMY Sergeant (E5) with 9.5 years of service.  Stationed at 125^th SIG battalion HI, and White House Communication’s Agency, Washington, D.C.

 

 

INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS

 

Cisco Certified Network Associate – CCNA (recertifying)

Cisco Certified Network Professional – CCNP (recertifying)

Itilv3 Service Operations

 

 

CUSTOMER TRAINING

 

GLOCK, M4, (Expired)

Overseas Personal Security Course

 

Shawn A. Thomas, 1801 Weybridge Road, Frederick, MD  Mobile:  (240) 446-8410