Implementation and management of WAN with over 400
locations across the United States,
including Alaska and Hawaii.
Implemented and maintained a monitoring system that
used SNMP and remote probing to monitor over 2,400 network elements and
services across the enterprise.
Designed and implemented a method for importing of
DNS records for dynamic external IP addresses for broadband-connected
network elements in order to assist in remote access to them as well as
for troubleshooting purposes.
Implemented and executed a training curriculum for
Help Desk support staff with focus on the corporate network and
network-specific troubleshooting techniques.
Acted as network liaison to corporate IT change
management committee: responsible for communicating the requirements,
justification, procedure, business impact and
back-out plan for network-related changes which might affect the business.
Implemented and maintained Unix/Linux servers related
to network functions such as DHCP, DNS, syslog, virtualization,
configuration backup, remote console, out-of-band management via console
and modem, in-band management and monitoring, departmental storage,
software updates repository
Designed and implemented a system for automation of
daily configuration backup for in-service network elements across the
enterprise, including an archive for each device dating back 5 years.
Designed, implemented and supported a mobile
catastrophe system that would allow for the quick deployment of a
"store in a box" to allow field market locations to quickly
recover and be back in business in the event of a catastrophe damaging or
destroying their physical building. This system has been deployed in
response to hurricanes in New Orleans and Florida.
Migrated large wireless network deployments from
Cisco autonomous IOS to Cisco controller-based LWAPP infrastructure.
Designed and implemented infrastructure for guest
wireless access at corporate offices as well as at customer-serving
locations throughout the U.S.
Designed and implemented a large roll out of Fortinet
network equipment. The implementation consisted of a redundant head-end
and used VPN over broadband with cellular backup. This resulted in a
reduction in cost for store by approximately 60% for a 100-store turn up.
Authored and documented corporate policy for DNS
resolution.
Redesigned network implementation for store equipment
to be more easily deployable, take up less space, and cost less.
Designed, implemented, and maintained a DNS
infrastructure that hosted over 300 public-facing zones.
Designed, documented and maintained departmental
standards for cable plant and network infrastructure, including
configuration standard for field-deployed equipment
Authored and documented corporate policy for network
time synchronization.