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senior network engineer

About

Experienced Network Engineer possessing exceptional troubleshooting qualities. Implementing innovative technological processes and procedures has resulted in increased productivity and efficiency in the workplace. * CCNA, CCNA Route, MTCNA, MTCRE, MTCINE, Security+ CE, Project+, A+ Certifications. * OSPF, BGP, VRRP, MPLS, VPLS, SNMP, VPN, VOIP * Solarwinds NPM, NCM, NTA, Scripting * Last Mile Fiber and Wireless Implementations * Methodical Lineal Troubleshooting and Problem Solving.

Country

united states

City

lacey

Industry

telecommunications

Skill

windows server, vmware, microsoft sql server, networking, troubleshooting, active directory, firewalls, tcp/ip, cloud computing, asterisk, security, technical support, solarwinds, osi model, mysql, microsoft exchange, apache, iis, voip, enterprise software, asp.net, php, virtualization, linux, software documentation, xen, testing, disaster recovery, sql server, windows server 2008, xenserver

Experience

technical implementation specialist

navex global

2005-2 - 2007-10 · 2 yrs 9 mos

* Traveled to customer locations to install, setup, and train customers on Policy Manager product. * Participated in sales conference calls as a technical liaison to answer technical questions from Prospects. * Setup and Managed Exchange and Active Directory for 40 employees. * Performed helpdesk duties to resolve customer issues in a timely manner.

software support engineer

click2learn

2001-1 - 2003-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

* Provided advanced technical support for an e-learning enterprise platform and authoring software including web-based distribution. * Composed technical Knowledge Base articles to document resolution of issues for future use by both technicians and clients. * Worked to reproduce bugs, report them to development, and test them before the fix is delivered to the client. * Developed a notetaking web-application for the purpose of increasing case organization and supplemental storage. * Troubleshot IIS, SQL Server and Oracle Installation and Configurations.

systems administrator and support manager

labstats

2007-10 - 2011-8 · 3 yrs 11 mos

* Became the first employee and successfully partnered in the building of the company to a team of 30 people * Maintained strict budget control by utilizing minimal resources; such as open source, cloud computing, and personally built PC’s * Independently troubleshot and resolved a high volume of helpdesk tickets, averaging 30 per week * Achieved a Helpdesk, Google Premier, XenServer virtual environment

senior network engineer

noanet

2016-5 - Present · 10 yrs 5 mos

* Layer 2 and Layer 3 provisioning of carrier and enterprise circuits, including MPLS L2VPN, VPLS, and VRPN * Proficient in Cisco iOS, Mikrotik RouterOS, Alcatel TimOS, Juniper Junos, and ADVA Optical Networking * Maintain 17 points of presence in southwest Washington and northwest Oregon * Field work performing customer installs, maintenance windows, and network upgrades (-48VDC, 24VDC, 120VAC) * Experience in ADVA DWDM, CWDM, layer 2 and layer 3 transport, and MPLS.

network analyst

okanogan public utility district

2012-2 - 2016-5 · 4 yrs 4 mos

* Project Manager for new customer service portal used to order, maintain, and bill broadband services * MOP creation, service provisioning, circuit turn up, performance and SLA benchmarking * Managed a project providing last mile fiber optic and WiFi services to an area covering 5K+ square miles, at speeds of up to 1000Mbps * Oversee Layer 2 & 3 configuration and management, service provisioning, monitoring, troubleshooting, and virtual environment configuration & management * Carry out security audits, traffic sniffing, process development, and documentation