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 NETWORK ENGINEER  at Casino

• MLAG, EVPN, VXLAN, iBGP, eBGP, BFD high availability data center / campus  design, implementation, and documentation.
• Multivendor Multicast Routing.
• Palo Alto SD-WAN implementations using Panorama. 
• Mentor, train, and coach network technicians, technical support operators, and network engineers.
• Created checklist and project plans for network onboarding and documentation with NetBox.
• Design, configuration, implementation, and documentation of Zero Touch Provisioning for Arista and Aruba Switches.
• Manage Networking for 9 casinos, an event center, and several other properties.  
• Created network diagrams in Lucid Charts. 

Senior Network Engineer at MSP

• Oversaw, trained, and coached network team on network support and best practices around switching, routing, DNS, and IP address. - built documentation processes for new network engineers. 
• Created checklists for networking and security configurations, installations, and audits.
  • Firewall, Switches, Storage, Wireless, Wattbox, Onboarding, and Vulnerability Assessments.
• Used audits to gain sales opportunities and later onboard customers.
• Managed multi-tenant data center, conducting several switches and security system hardware/software upgrades.
• Won new client by resolving VoIP failover issue after several vendors were unable to identify problem. 
• Cutover client datacenter for 60 locations using Juniper SRX, Palo Alto, Fortinet, Cisco, Juniper ESX, Juniper Pulse Secure, and Citrix SD-WAN to a more simplified solution of SonicWALL and Aruba switches. 
• Led planning and technical design activities for hundreds of networks in Auvik and Check_MK. 

Network Engineer at MSP

• Provided complete end-to-end engineering and installation of route-based IP network solutions for 100+ clients.
• Oversaw on-call schedule and work activities for all technicians and engineers. 
• Evaluated, designed, and implemented SonicWALL solution close to SD-WAN for a 12-site client in 1 day and a client with 3 offices in the United States, China, and Europe.  
• Created scripts for Groundwork monitoring to observe VPN failover and Channel bonding on firewalls and Ecessa.
• Implemented scalable, efficient, and cost-effective network automation framework.
• Installed and configured Wireless Planning / Site Surveys using Adtran, HP, OpenMesh, Cisco, SonicWALL, and Aerohive.
• Employed expertise in the following areas:
  • Network Assessments. LAN/WAN Design. Network Diagrams. Server Rack Diagrams. 
  • Telecom Planning and Selection. WAN optimization / Load Balancing & Acceleration. Ecessa, SonicWALL.
  • Network Hardening / Firewalls and Security. SonicWALL, Ecessa, Fortinet, Watchguard, Juniper.
  • Secure Remote Access / VPN. SonicWALL, Aventail, Juniper, Citrix Netscaler.
  • Switch planning and installations. Aruba, HP Procurve, Cisco, Adtran, Netgear, SonicWALL, Juniper, Dell.

TECHNICAL SUPPORT ENGINEER LEVEL 2  at SDWAN VENDOR

• Trained new technical support employees, coordinated problem resolution and escalation processes, and designed tests.
• Managed high touch channel partner accounts. Design and planning for complex implementations. 
• Served as Project Manager for larger installs and internal projects. Cutover up to 30 sites in under a month. 
• Remote support for a simultaneous 8-site cutover from WatchGuard to Ecessa. 
• Built and improved network documentation and training procedures to lead a successful team.
• Highest point of escalation in technical support before it went to development. Ecessa subject matter expert (SME).

TECHNICAL SUPPORT ENGINEER  at SDWAN VENDOR

• Planned, designed, implemented, migrated, and maintained 25-site hub. Collaborated directly with clients in rollout and post-rollout stages to train and support new applications and systems. 
• Analyzed issues to identify troubleshooting methods needed for quick remediation of complex Firewall and VPN configurations, implementation, and troubleshooting.
• Created bash shell scripts for coworkers to perform job tasks quicker.