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Charles E Epalle 

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Santa Clarita, CA  91387
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cepalle67@sbcglobal.net

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Resume Headline: Charles Epalle

Resume Value: fs77pyt3pt8cn4xc   

  

 


CCNP Cisco Certified Network Professional

CCSP Cisco Certified Security Professional

CCIP Cisco Certified Interwork Professional

CCVP Cisco Certified Voice Professional

CCNA Cisco Certified Network Associate

CCDE Pass Writing

CCNP Wireless Pending

CCIE Data Center (Pending)


TECHNICAL SUMMARY

EIGRP, IS-IS, OSPF, BGP, MPLS, Frame-Relay, ATM, IPSEC, PIM, IGMP, CGMP, H323, MGCP, SIP, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP, STP, ACL, NAT, GRE, VTP, WEBVPN, SSL-VPN, IPSEC-VPN, TACACS, RADIUS, QoS, SSH, GRE, VRF, WCS, WLC, MSC, L3VPN, L2VPN,VPLS, MPLS-TE, MPLS TE Fast Reroute, Multicast VPN, MPLS Qos,PPP, Ethernet, Fiber, Packet over Sonet, T1/E1, ISDN, WLC, Palo ALTO, Big F5, WLAN, 802.11 a/b/g/n, EAP/802.1x, AES-CCMP, WAP2, WEP Static/Dynamic, VSS.

 

SUMMARY

·               Accomplished, customer-focused Network Engineer with 10 years of IT experience and a background that includes:

·               Over 7 years hands on experience with enterprise series Cisco routers series 1800/2600/2800/3900/7200/7600 (and 2 years exposure to ASR 1000/ASR9000 /XR12000) Catalyst switches series 2950/3560/3750/4500/6500. Security enterprise Cisco PIX, ASA 5500, 3000 VPN Concentrator, IPS 4200 and Palo Alto Netwrok 200.

·               Over 4 years exposure to Cisco Nexus Emerging Technologies (OTV, vPC, Fabric Path, VDC, FCOE, VFC,VSAN, CNA, TWINAX Cables, SM-Fiber, MM-Fiber)  designed, configured, deployed Data Center Interconnect solutions, Cisco Nexus Switches (7000, 5000, 2000, 1000,  MDS 9500, Fabric Interconnect 6248, IOM/FEX 2208 XP).

·               Over 3 years exposure to IPT/CCE/CUCM upgrade: Planned, designed, upgrade from CUCM 7.5 to CUCM 8.5, CUCME, Cisco Unity Connection7, Cisco Unified Meeting Place Express, CUPS and Cisco voice gateway.

·               Over 3 years experience to design and configure Wireless LAN Controllers 2100/4402/4404 – Cisco Wism bundled in a Cat6kblade/5508 and 3600i/3600e/3500i/3500e/1130/1140 Access Points.

·               Strong understanding of routing protocols: EIGRP, IS-IS, OSPF, BGP and MPLS

·               Highly motivated, interpersonal, focused, and team-oriented.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

NBC Universal – Studio CityDec 2014 - Jun 2015

Sr. Network Engineer

·               Deployed Cisco Nexus Switches (7000, 6000, 5000, 2000 ) for Data Center Refresh; Configured VDCs on Nexus 7000 for Core to Core connectivity, back to back VPC and VPCs on Nexus 6000 and 5000 for distribution, Fabric Extender (FEX) on Nexus 2000 to act as remote line card of Nexus 5000 & 6000 to contain wiring in individual Rack for Server connections.

·               Upgraded hardware in NBC MPLS cloud and Configured Cisco router ASR 9000 for PEs connectivity using IS-IS, MP-BGP, L3VPN and VRFs; DMVPN for Multisite connections over IP network; EIGRP for internal network connectivity.

·               Used Service Now application for Change Control (RFC), Incidents, daily operations.

 

UNITED Airlines – LAX HUB – Western/Asia Region Sep 2013 - Jun 2014

Sr Network Engineer

·               Planned and upgraded the refresh of legacy Cisco hardware as well as the remediation of non-compliant network components in LAX Airport – Western and ASIA Regions.

·               Designed and configured a Cisco WLCs 5508 and Access Points with LWAPP/CAWAPP (DHCP, DNS), WLAN, SSID,WLC Mobility, Roaming, Security ( WPA, EAP, PSK/Radius) Multicast, QOS, Foreign WLC, Anchor WLC, AP Group, LAG, AP Failover and H-READ.

·               Performed and configured LAN/WAN/Security network devices: Cisco Catalyst IOS Swithes 3750 stacks, 6500 and NX-OS 7000/5000/2000; Cisco Routers 7200/2800 and Cisco ASA 5500 series.

·               Replaced EIGRP with OSPF for internal routing connectivity and BGP to connect into united MPLS cloud.

 

Paramount Pictures – Hollywood, CAFeb 2013 - Jun 2013

Sr. Network Engineer

·               Configured, deployed data center interconnect and wide area network solutions: Cisco Nexus Switches (7000, 5000, 2000, 1000) and Cisco Catalyst (IOS) products 3750 POE stacks; Decommissioned all Cisco Catalyst 6509 and 4500 core switches. Vlans, STP Edge port, STP bridge assurance, VDC, Nexus 7K Virtual Port channel & Trunking and SVI, Nexus 5K and FEX, HSRP configuration for layer 2 & 3 LAN connectivity.

·               ASA 5520 Software migration from 8.6 to 9.0. Configured ASA Active/Standby Failover, IPSEC VPN, DMVPN and SSL-VPN for remote users and  FWSM for transparent firewall.

·               Wide Area Network connectivity: Configured Cisco router (1800, 2600, ASR 1000, 7200, 7600) for CE-PE and remote site for MPLS; EIGRP for internal network connectivity and single home BGP external network connectivity.

·               Exposure to LAN & SAN (Storage) VDCs connectivity for FCOE: Cisco Dual-Fabric MDS 9500 SAN CORE, CNA, Twinax 10 GE cables, OM3 fiber and UCS 6248 UP, IOM/FEX 2208XP, 5108 Blade Chassis, UCS blade servers B230 M2, UCS Rack Mount Servers C260M2 and UCS I/O adapters.

·               Troubleshoot LAN and end to end and WAN Optimization

 

PCMALL Corporate/NSPI – El Segundo, CAMay 2010 - Sep 2012

Sr. Network Engineer

·               Designed, configured, deployed data center interconnect and wide area network solutions: Cisco Nexus Switches (7000, 5000, 2000, 1000) and  Cisco Catalyst (IOS) products ( 6500, 4500, 3750 stacks). Replaced VSS with VPC, VDC, FEX, Trunking & Port Channels, Rapid SPT and HSRP configuration for LAN connectivity.

·               Configured EIGRP for internal network connectivity and multihome BGP for external network connectivity with AT&T and Time Warner. L2VPN configuration for data center interconnect

·               Configured ASA 5520 Multiple Context mode to allow multiple Virtual firewall.

·               Troubleshoot LAN and end to end and WAN Optimization, Monitoring network devices and Bandwidth. Teamwork environment.

 

AVVIDD/Direct Money Source - Los Angeles, CAJul 2007 - Apr 2010

VOIP/Network Engineer

·               Implemented LAN/WAN and Unified Communications solutions for Direct Money Source Duties included: LAN/WAN assessments, VoIP site surveys, circuit PreTurnUp provisioning, VoIP migration, Provided support to onsite Techs and troubleshoot or resolved technical issues

·               Installed, Configured CUCM7.1, CUCME and CME, ISDN, SIP and H323 trunk via Verizon for Branches offices; Duties included implementing, maintaining Cisco voice gateways, 2600, 2800, 3800 series.

·               Implemented, configured and troubleshoot CUCM7.1 endpoints (SCCP and SIP).

·               UC and CUE integration with CUCM for Mailbox.

·               Configured SRST for backup call agent in the branches routers and AAR for redundancy in case of network congestion in CUCM server.

·               Excellent Troubleshooting and resolutions to QoS issues.

·               Configuring VitalSuite to discover WAN circuits MIB II, LAN Segments MIB, and setup reports for MPLS.

·               Troubleshoot WAN/LAN and VOIP telephony system and McAfee’s Firewall configuration for Antivirus protection

 

CBS Corporation  - Los Angeles, CAApr 2006 - May 2007

Cisco Network Engineer Consultant

·               Designed, planned and implemented LAN /WAN and physical media (Gig, T1/DS3, OC12, SM & MM Fiber) for DRT, data center and remote sites.

·               Conducted LAN implementation hardware and configuration: Catalyst switches (3560/3550/4510/6509 series), 5520/8900 Nortel Switch. VLANs, Spanning Tree Portfast, BPDU Guard, Multicast IGMP, and HSRP.

·               Designed, implemented Layer 2 WAN Frame-relay to connect with ISP and sites; OSPF Configuration with Multiple areas connections.

·               Planned and deployed ASA 5520 firewall for stateful inspection, failover and IPSEC VPN and DMVPN connection for remote sites.

·               Planned and deployed Cisco AIRONET ACCESS POINT, Wireless LAN Controllers for APs management and monitoring.

·               Troubleshoot LAN/WAN and WAN Optimization; Packets inspection and Bandwidth. Teamwork environment.

 

99 Cent Stores Only – City of Commerce, CAFeb 2004 - Feb 2006

Sr. Cisco Network Engineer

·               Designed and implemented LAN /WAN and physical media (FastEthernet, T1/DS3, SM & MM Fiber) for data center, warehouses and stores.

·               Conducted LAN implementation hardware and configuration: 3560/3550/4510/6509 series Catalyst switches. VLANs, Spanning Tree Portfast, VTP, BPDU Guard, TACACS and RADIUS server for AAA, and HSRP.

·               Designed, implemented Layer 2 WAN Frame-relay to connect with ISP and sites; OSPF Configuration with Multiple areas connections and EIGRP. Migrated Layer 2 (Frame-Relay) to Layer 3 MPLS (VRF, BGP, MPLS-VPN ), PIM Sparse core for Multicast.

·               Upgraded ASA 5520 software from 7.0 to 8.1, Configured ASA 5520 for stateful inspection, DMZ, failover and IPSEC over GRE tunnels for stores backup, VPN Concentrator 3000 to allow remote users connection.

·               Configured IPS 4200 for IP address, enable sensing function, IPS Inline Vlan pairing to create multiple virtual sensors and multiple signature definition engines.

·               Trouble shot LAN/WAN and WAN Optimization; Teamwork environment. Monitored all the WAN devices using WhatUp Gold and Cisco devices using Cisco Works and McAfee’s Firewall configuration for Antivirus protection

 

 

ViewSonic Corporation - Diamond Bar, CAJan 2002 - Feb 2004

Cisco Network Engineer 

·               Conducted LAN implementation hardware and configuration: Cisco 2900/3500/ 4500 series Catalyst switches. VLANs, Spanning Tree Portfast, VTP, BPDU Guard, TACACS and RADIUS server for AAA, and HSRP, secure protocol SSH in all Cisco devices for management

·               Configured Layer 2 WAN Frame-relay to connect with ISP and sites, EIGRP configuration for inter connectivity. 24/7 monitoring Wan network and sites.

·               Performed installation, setup, of Window 2000 server, Exchange/Outlook.

 

 

EDUCATION

University of Saint-Denis Paris, France

BS Computer Science

CHARLES EPALLE

Santa Clarita, CA 91387

626-807-4404

Cepalle67@sbcglobal.net

 

 

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Current Career Level:

Experienced (Non-Manager)

Years of relevant work experience:

5+ to 7 Years

Date of Availability:

10/6/2014

Work Status:

US - I am authorized to work in this country for any employer.

Active Security Clearance:

None

US Military Service:

Citizenship:

US citizen

 

 

Target Company:

Company Size:

 

Target Locations:

Selected Locations:

US-CA-Los Angeles

Relocate:

Yes

Willingness to travel:

Up to 50% travel