Network/Security Engineer with over 13 years’ experience in the technology business. Built mentored, member of and motivated onsite, remote, technical and cross company teams in order to improve the network infrastructure across the organization by leveraging technology. Structured Fortune 500 and startup organizations for audit compliance built and optimized processes to support organization’s growth.

Skills Summary

Hardware:

Cisco routers: 1800s, 2600s, 2800s, 3600s, 3800s, 2900s, and 3900s.

Cisco switches: 2960, 3550, 3560, 3750, 3548, 4506, 4510, 4948, 6509 and 6513.

Cisco firewalls: ASA5505, 5510, 5520 & 5545-X.

Cisco Nexus switch family: 1000, 2040, 5548, 7000 and FEXs.

Cisco Access points: Cisco AP1100s, AP1200s, and AP1300s, 2600s & 3600s.

Cisco Identity Service Engine: Version 1.1 & Version 1.2

Cisco Wireless Controllers: 2500 Series & 5500 Series.

CUCM: CallManager 8 & 9.

IP Telephony: Cisco 792X, 7940X, 7960X, 99XX.

Cisco UC Protocols/Codec’s: SIP, H323, MGCP, SCCP, G.729a/b, and G.711u/a.

 

Security

VPNs (Site-to-Site, IPSec, Remote Access, SSL, WebVPN, DMVPN, ezVPN),AAA,Radius, TACACS+,Cisco Authentication Proxy, Access Lists, NBAR, IOS Firewall, IOS Security, 802.1x, DDoS prevention, Cisco IDS, Cisco IPS, Cisco CSA, CiscoWorks Firewall & IDS MC, PKI, CA, Cisco Secure ACS, Cisco VPN Concentrator, Cisco PIX / ASA Firewalls, Cisco VPN Client,Cisco AnyConnect Client, Cisco CSM, Cisco NAC/Cisco MARS, Cisco IronPort, Cloud Security (ScanSafe, Cisco ASA1000V), Cisco ISE.

 

WLAN (Wireless LAN)

Cisco Access Points and Bridges (standalone and controller based (Flex connect)), 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11nstandards, WLAN antennas, RF site surveys (Airmagnet, Ekahau), Spectrum Expert, WLAN Security (“WEP”, WPA & WPA2 / AES, 802.1x, EAP, PEAP, LEAP, TKIP), Cisco Wireless Mesh Networking, Cisco Unified Wireless Networks, Wireless LAN controllers & WiSM blades, Cisco Wireless Control System (WCS), Controller based infrastructures (LWAPP / CAPWAP).

 

Routing

Static Routing, RIPv1, RIPv2, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, IS-IS, BGPv4, GRE, MPLS,

IPv6, Traffic Engineering, Policy Based Routing PBR, Route Filtering, Redistribution, Summarization.

 

Switching & Bridging

Catalyst CatOS and IOS based Switches, VTP, STP, MST, RSTP+, Trunking, VLANs, Layer 3 Switches, Logical Etherchannels, Transparent Bridging, DLSW+, MLS, Cisco Nexus (VPC), and Cisco Catalyst 6k (VSS).

 

LAN

Media: Ethernet, FastEthernet, GigabitEthernet, FDDI, CDDI, Token Ring, ATM LAN Emulation

Network Analyzers: Ethereal / Wireshark, Paketyzer, Radcom, Etherpeek and others

Load Generators: Spirent Smart Bits, iperf, IPTraffic.

 

WAN

Leased lines 64k – 1.55Mb (PPP / HDLC), Channelized lines (E1 / T1 / E3 / T3), Fiber Optic Circuits up to OC-48 speed, Frame Relay, ATM, ISDN, xDSL, Load Balancing, Multi Homing, Satellite links.

 

Various Features & Services

IOS and CatOS Features, HSRP, IRDP, NAT, SNMP, SYSLOG, NTP, DHCP, CDP, DNS, HTTP, TFTP and FTP Management, IPv6 projects, RAS Solutions, Cisco CNR (DNS & DHCP server).

 

QoS (Quality of Service)

WRED, Queuing features, FRTP, CAR, RTP, MLS QoS, LLQ, Policy Based Routing, CBWFQ.

 

 

Multicast

Implementations from medium sized to large environments (Videostream over Multicast). Auto RP, Bootstrap RP,Anycast RP, IGMP, CGMP, Multicast Security, Shared & shortest path models.

 

Cisco IP Telephony : CUCM (7.X-9.X), Gatekeepers, Voice Gateways, Cisco Unity, Cisco Unity Connection, CME, Cisco Presence, Cisco IP Communicator, Cisco IP Soft Phone, Cisco 792X,794X,796X IP Phones, IPCC Express.

university OF BRADFORD, electrical and electronics engineering department

Master of Science Personal, Mobile & Satellite Communications (MSc), 2005, Merit

university of ibadan, department of electrical & ELECTrONICS engineering

Bachelor of Science (BSc), 1999, Second Class Upper

 

 

Senior Network Infrastructure Engineer/Architect    Kaco Systems Calgary                         April 2014 – Till Date

 

Responsibilities include the following;

 

·   Consult, design and Implement networking technologies and solutions for clients based on Industry best practices.

·   Convert client technical requirements into actionable scopes of work and provide knowledge transfer to customers.

·   Test network capacity and security to ensure it is functioning as designed and meets clients’ business requirements.

·   Work with clients to identify business and technical networking issues and develop cost effective solutions.

·   Document network architectures and work completed.

·   Pre and Post technical sales sides for successful implementation and delivery.

·   Maintaining a current understanding of strategic business initiatives and how they relate to corporate goals and objectives.

·   Document network problems and resolution for future reference.

·   Develop and deliver holistic internetworking solutions for customers; delivery and quality focused.

·   Perform project work with Cisco Route/Switch and Data Center networking technologies.

·   Developing network architecture, design, and assessments.

·   Provide knowledge transfer to the client to facilitate optimal usage of solutions.

 

Senior Network Engineer/ System Consultant         Softchoice, Calgary                                      Jan 2013 – Mar 2014

 

Responsible for the strategy, planning, acquisition, implementation, and maintenance of relationships with several clients concurrently in balancing the technological and commercial aspects of networking infrastructure whilst delivering against aggressive deadlines and cost reduction goals. The role included close vendor and clients’ interaction to analyze, design, develop, and deliver innovative state of the art data network services solutions.

 

In summary responsibilities include;

Lead all elements of the project lifecycle for multiple concurrent clients’ projects in partnership with project leadership. Applied project methodology (i.e. key practices in the phases of the project: scoping, planning, designing, build, deploy, close using critical thinking and leadership skills. Provide ongoing project management expertise and guidance to the project and engineering teams.Managing project plans to ensure schedules, dependencies, revisions and resources to achieve their organizational objectives.Responsible for resource capacity and scheduling, design, quality and metrics for corrective and enhancement delivery. Analyze customer network/application needs so that a cohesive proposal could be presented. Closely communicate with the executive team to assess proposed projects, including prioritization and resource allocation of new projects. Coordinate with cross-functional engineering, technical and management teams to identify and build innovative, relevant, and effective solutions to proprietary business requirements and specifications. In several cases the collaboration include: designing and implementing strategic approaches to solving business and production problems. Developed network architecture to best meet client needs, recommended new architectural technologies to improve performance. Evaluated existing network architecture and recommended improvements. Identified problem areas and provided corrective actions. Ensured that network architecture was in compliance with industry standards. Ensured to complete proposed work within assigned budget and schedules. Prepared cost analysis and compared vendors to ensure cost effective operations. 

 

Senior Network Engineer      Tervita, Calgary                                                              June 2011 – Dec 2012

 

Worked closely with senior business executives and technical teams, Delivery Managers, Account Executives, Provided technical expertise, strategic & technology direction to senior executives and program managers to restructure outsourcing master services agreements which reduced cost by 50% over one year. Redesigned the corporate office (over 10 floors with average of 150 users on each floor) from layer 2 connectivity to the core switch to layer 3 connectivity all the way to the core switch. Created different VLANs and relevant SVI’s for Data, Voice, Printers, Wireless APs, and Management VLAN for each floor. Implemented Dual redundant paths to the DC/DR from the corporate office. Migrated the corporate network off VLAN 1 at both DC/DR and move the core switch from a Single C4510 switch to a VSS environment using C6500 Series switches. Implemented end of rack switches using C4900M series switches at both datacenters. Corrected existing QoS in the network to support the new network design for end users and hosts. Configured and activated over twenty-five (25) new remote sites network devices connecting back to the Datacenter. Daily monitoring of the network and trouble resolutions. Re-designed Tervita’s core network using Cisco Adaptive Security appliance 5520 (ASA 5520) at both Datacenters. Created DMZ, Inside & Outside network zones and migrated all corporate servers and resources into the right zones with complete architectural redundancy. All the security functionalities were previously done on a Cisco 3800 Series router. Incorporated an Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) in the firewalls to provide additional level of traffic filtering. Deployed Cisco Unified Communication using different flavors of IP Phones; 792X, 794X, 796X, and 99XX to corporate, regional and remote offices. Deployed over 1900 Cisco IP phones at the corporate office, regional offices and remote offices each with distinct requirements including but not limited to Cisco Communications Manager centralized cluster with remote sites running SRST functionality.

 

 

System Consultant       Longview System, Calgary                                                      Sept 2009 – May 2011

 

Provided product and technical solution expertise in support of sales team for all network products and services. Analyze networks to determine throughput requirements & infrastructure requirements. Improved and upgraded network infrastructures to meet changing business needs using life-cycle oriented processes and procedures. Troubleshoot, maintain, upgrade, and provide solutions to complex hardware/software problems. Interface with technical and business staff of customers, including the project sponsor and stakeholders of projects in more complex engagements, serve as technical point of contact on customer engagements, create and execute test plans to meet project requirements for assigned components, identify and communicate potential opportunities for cross-selling and up-selling to the sales team, manage time, BOM, and expense to meet or exceed expectations defined in the SOW and BOM. Worked with the sales team to assess and respond to customer RFPs. Work with Professional Services Managers, Service Delivery Managers, Account Executives, Program Managers, Project Managers and customers to manage expectations, milestones and timelines to ensure that expectations and commitments are being met, conduct/lead design workshops for complex designs to meet customer, business and technical objectives and also educate the customer on solution as appropriate throughout the life of the project or service life.

 

 

Network Engineer       Radian Communication, Calgary                                            Aug 2008 – Sept 2009

 

Assisted with helpdesk customer tickets by troubleshooting problems with regards to the VOIP system. Create dial plans, route patterns, and transformation patterns associated with service provider lines and remotely troubleshoot implementation problems. Installation, Management and Monitoring of Call Manager cluster and Call Manager Express. Troubleshooting Cisco Call Manager, CME and Voice Gateway Registration of IP phones (7940, 7941, 7960, 7961, and 7979) with Call Manager. Manage inter-cluster trunk for IP-WAN. Implement Qos (classifying, marking, treatment, traffic policing and shaping).Configuration of Call signaling protocols on Voice Gateways H.323, MGCP, SIP and SCCP.

 

 

Network Engineer       Mobile & Satellite Communication Research Centre, England            Sept 2005 – June2008

 

Provide comprehensive support for satellite research organization centers nationwide with regards to LAN, WAN and MAN connectivity. Designed network infrastructure and installed Cisco routers, switches, security and voice solutions devices.

Served on 24x7 on-call technical support team Network Operation Center (NOC).Implemented migration from Cisco 6509 Sup 2A (CatOS) + MSFC (IOS) to Cisco 6509 Sup 720 (IOS). Implement integrated & differentiated Quality of Service (QoS).Migrated the core network from layer 2 to full layer 3 topology.

 

 

 

 

Customer Support Engineering Lead           Gateway Telecom                                               Feb 2000 - Sept 2003 

Recruited, trained, lead and mentored a team of customer service engineers. Analyzed network operations performance and proposed

operations improvements opportunities to upper management. Interfaced between clients, upper management and vendors. Designed,

supported and implemented Cisco, Amazon and Nortel based integrated networks. These included SCPS, microwave, VSAT, frame-

relay and ATM IP and TDM networks. Clients included all of the international oil and gas clients like Shell, Agip, Total, Texaco, Mobil,

ConocoPhillips, Canoxy, Elf, Diamond Bank and the Central Bank.

 

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)

Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA)

Cisco Certified Voice Professional (CCVP)

 

Hobbies include travelling, golf, judo, soccer, racquetball and weight training.