Lance Hubbard

Network Systems Engineer

Tel 858.605.6605 – lancechubbard@gmail.com

Professional Summary

Lance is a network systems engineer with over 15 years experience in design, planning, management,

and operation of enterprise and service provider internetworks. He is proficient in local-area (LAN), widearea

(WAN), Telephony, Network Management and Information Assurance tools, technologies, and

techniques. An exceptional written and verbal communicator, Lance is able to convey highly technical

and abstract concepts to non-technical audiences in understandable terms. Lance is effective both at

working as part of a team and in a self-managed role and is committed to delivering a quality product on

time and within budget. Currently holds active DoD Top Secret Security Clearance.

Professional Experience

ViaSat – Network Systems Engineer – Carlsbad, California, USA

June 2012 - Present

  · Provides technical leadership on systems engineering, network architecture, information

assurance, and project management initiatives which contribute directly to ViaSat’s $200M

Airborne and Maritime IP-over-Satellite mobile broadband products and services line of business.

  · Lead all technical aspects of Network lifecycle including, design, management, security, training

and new feature development for network consisting of 800+ network devices, 200+ servers

distributed across 20 geographically separate sites providing services to thousands of

commercial and government mobile subscriber customers.

  · Incorporates DIACAP-compliance into design and implementation practices, executing a phased

rollout of network infrastructure, security and management technologies in support of rapid

network growth including IPSEC, DMVPN, SSL, IPS, Anti-Virus, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, VMware,

Linux and Widows servers, TACACS+, RADIUS, Active Directory, SNMP and analytics tools.

Computer Sciences Corporation – Network Systems Engineer – Kingdom Of Bahrain

June 2010 – June 2012

  · Performed Windows 2003 Server administration, network engineering and information assurance

management, implementing industry best-practices in support of tier 1-2 operations for DISA

Central Command, Providing net-centric services to end-users in South West Asia.

  · Migrated 93 end-users from Windows XP to Windows 7 on 110 workstations within a five day

window. Coordinated with organizational leadership and users to mitigate impact to operations.

  · Utilized various network penetration/vulnerability and performance verification tools, technologies

and techniques to perform network systems analysis and metrics collection, ensuring compliance

with availability requirements, information assurance policies and service level agreements.

  · Developed and maintained system documentation to include Interconnections, rack drawings, IP

addressing schemes, standard operating procedures, desk guides and integration checklists.

NetCentric Design Professionals – Network Systems Engineer – San Diego, CA/R.O.C. Taiwan

October 2007 – June 2010

  · Designed and delivered Network Architecture, Systems Management, and Information Assurance

solutions in support of a $1B+ U.S. Navy/Taiwan Ministry of National Defense (MND) Program

(Po Sheng) providing Taiwan modern Command & Control, Computer, Communications and

Intelligence capabilities, integrating legacy Command & Control Systems with advanced systems

and sensors installed at 80+ fixed and mobile platforms, multiple aircraft and other platforms.

Traveled extensively throughout Taiwan to support field deployments.

  · Served as Technical Lead for the Lockheed Martin Po Sheng Network Engineering Team.

Mentored 15 teammates in technical design, implementation, and process-related matters.

  · Provided senior military and civilian management with a wide range of substantive oral briefs and

presentations, including Information Assurance Strategies and clear, concise, timely and accurate

progress of system development and troubleshooting efforts.

  · Developed and delivered classroom technical training for 50+ Taiwan MND end-users.

Scitor Corporation – Network Systems Engineer – Boulder, Colorado, USA

December 1999 – October 2007

  · Designed and implemented global, mission-critical network architectures, providing highly

available voice, video, and data services, in support of the Space Based Infra-Red Systems

(SBIRS) missile warning system.

  · Coordinated with multiple government and commercial entities to resolve technical, cost, and

political issues regarding communications service delivery and Service Level Agreements.

  · Identified budgetary, schedule and technical risks associated with planned deployment of legacy

voice systems in support of HEO pre-launch testing. Designed a multi-site Voice over IP solution

delivering secure voice capability on schedule and saving the program over $500K.

  · Hand-selected to produce network and systems design solutions for a $10 Billion dollar

Integrated Wireless Network (IWN) proposal effort. Evaluated products, technologies, and

techniques for integration and evolution of various Homeland Security, FBI, Border Protection

Agency, and Secret Service wireless voice and data systems for 80,000 mobile end users.

  · Orchestrated all aspects of a site-wide network infrastructure upgrade of the SBIRS Mission

Control Station. Conducted network design, lab modeling, testing, and system integration.

Coordinated schedules and maintained strict adherence to a narrow implementation window.

Devised and executed system performance test and verification plans.

Trident Data Systems – Network Engineer – Sunnyvale, California, USA

January 1999 – December 1999

  · Maintained one of the world's largest secure military communications networks, supporting

various Department of Defense (DoD) customers. Managed 10 unique WANs at 52 locations,

worldwide. Responsible for capacity planning, ensuring optimal network performance.

  · Designed and installed a scalable gigabit-speed LAN utilizing Cisco Catalyst switches and

routers, transitioning 750 customers and 1200 nodes from legacy bridges and hubs with little or

no impact to end-users, paving the way for Window XP migration from Windows NT and NeXt.

  · Pioneered development of VoIP deployment strategy, saving $50K in equipment costs per site.

Lockheed-Martin – NOC Engineer – Sunnyvale, California, USA

January 1997 – January 1999

  · Served in a technical leadership role in a $30M Network Operations Center (NOC) facility.

Managed over 6,000 circuits servicing 52 locations, worldwide. Coordinated with commercial and

government entities to isolate and resolve circuit and system faults.

  · Installed and configured $300K SONET ring. Eliminated legacy equipment, saving the Air Force

$1.2M over six years, while supporting projected growth.

  · Completed $1M facility cable infrastructure project, increasing network capacity by 500%.

Certifications/Education

  · CCNP – Routing and Switching

  · CCNP – Security

  · CompTIA Security+

  · ITILv3 Foundation Certified

Tools, Technologies and Techniques

Management: Cisco Prime Infrastructure, LMS, Call Manager, various syslog and Netflow Analysis

tools, InterMapper, Solarwinds Orion, Cacti, Active Directory

Security: Cisco Security Manager, ACS, IPS, McAfee Sidewinder Firewall, KG-194/95, KG-75,

TACACS+, nmap, eEye Retina, IPSEC, device security hardening, security log event correlation

Networking: TCP/IP, OSPF, EIGRP, RIP, BGP, SNMP, IP Multicast - PIM, IGMP, QoS, Ethernet,

VLANs, ATM, SONET, T1/DS-3, IP Telephony, WCCP, DMVPN, NAT

Operating Systems: Cisco IOS, JUNOS, Unix/Linux, Windows XP/7 Desktop, Win2003/2008 Server

Tools: tcpdump, Wireshark, SecureCRT/Putty/SSH, VNC, Rancid, various FTP/TFTP/SCP clients,

VPN access clients, iperf, Mgen/Drec, DISA STIG Viewer, Webex, Teamviewer, Microsoft Office.

Hardware: Cisco Routers, firewalls, MGX, ONS, and Catalyst switches, Bluecoat Proxy SG,

Enterasys, Juniper, Promina/IDNX, various GPS/NTP servers and console/terminal Servers.

Misc. – Salesforce, Remedy Ticketing systems, network documentation using Visio, powerpoint,

Excel. Network Automation using IP SLA, TCL and Embedded Event Manager