Skills • In-depth Cisco Datacenter technology knowledge in design, architecture, administration, implementation and support. • Assist Enterprise and Service Provider customers with the planning and design of new • Hands on experience in configuring Storage Area Networking, MDS, FibreChannel, iSCSI • Provide consultative support to other Virtual Team Specialists and Systems Engineers. • Mentor less experienced Systems Engineers and be viewed as a leader by senior management, peers, partners, company and customers. • Gather evolving technical trends and changes within the various markets we play; develop deep technical knowledge and understanding and provide insight to internal and external customers and peers. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to listen, negotiate and presentation skills are required. • Strong desire to develop understanding and expertise of new and emerging technologies, vendors and technical solutions. Responsible for installation, configuration, design, operational, and implementation for several Fortune 500 customers across multiple industries. • Configured and implemented data and voice networks utilizing BGP, EIGRP, RIP, OSPF, VRRP and VoIP for various locations. • Deployed, certified, and configured Cisco Routers and Extreme Switches in LAN/WAN environments. • Installed and maintained security infrastructure, including Juniper IPS, IDS, log management, and security assessment systems. Assess threats, risks, and vulnerabilities from emerging security issues. Implemented security measures such as: ACL, RADIUS, TACACS+ and IDS. . Handling multiple simultaneous sales, design and installation projects. • Completed HP blade server installs, VMware installs, physical to virtual server conversion and SAN. • Deployed virtualized CUCM on the Cisco UCS C260 M2, Cisco UCS C200M2 and Cisco UCS C210 M2 rack-mount servers and ran load on the CUCM instance. • Deployed Unified Communications, VMware vSphere 5.0, 4.1, ESXi 5.0, 4.1, Data Center Virtualization, UC on Cisco UCS, Cisco Hosted Collaboration Solution (HCS) 8.6.2 and running Unified Communications Applications in a Virtualized Environment • Troubleshoot network with MPLS, BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, HSRP, and VoIP for various U.S. locations. • Responsible for configuring, implementing, and troubleshooting Nexus 1000, 4000 and 7000 switches.
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