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Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) #42519 (R&S) Over 15 years of experience as an IT professional with a wide range of experience and special interest in network administration and network security. Hands on IT professional managing network security appliances such as Cisco switches, firewalls, and site-to-site VPNs in large corporate environments/data centers. Network administration experience including server installation and configuration. Strong technical and analytical skills with the ability to trouble-shoot hardware and software issues quickly. Past experience includes being one of the principal engineers supporting the 3rd largest school districts in the country. Current project that I'm working on is being the lead engineer/architect supporting the OSF (St. Francis) Healthcare Network that spans more that 200 hospital locations throughout the Peoria and Rockford regions. R&S Specialties that I have personally installed, configured and managed. 6500 VSS Install/Design, Cisco 4500x, all versions of the Catalyst 6500 platform supporting from SUP32s to the new SUP8Es on the 4500s. Cisco ONS 15454, Cisco 7609s, Cisco ASR, and the list goes on. There to many other models to list but you get the point :-) Multiple Data Center Designs and Installations utilizing Nexus 7ks,5ks,2ks. Currently deploying the new Nexus 9k platform for a customer as well. Manage and install Cisco ACE load balancers and Citrix NetScalers. Security Specialties: Cisco ASA, IDS/IPS system and design. Installed as well as upgraded many deployments of the ASA model dating back to Cisco PIX, ASA5510s, and all the way to the latest models such as 5545x including Firepower services. Have performed numerous ASA migrations from 8.x to 9.x code. Palo Altos, Juniper Netscreen. WAN Experience: Vast experience supporting/installing WAN related circuits such as Opt-E-Mans, GigaMan, MetroEthernet, DS3s, T1s, DWDM. Routing protocol specialties includes OSPF, EIGRP, Mulithome BGP, MPLS,