Below are some accomplishments I've made during my career. Be sure to view some of my other work experience here: Resume, Projects.
Resume: Roy Kidder, Computer Networking Engineer/Administrator           


Roy Kidder
resume at rkidder.com
Roy Kidder: Accomplishments

Roy Kidder: Accomplishments

  • 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.