Engineer Network

Stephen J Homan 847-***-**** Cell

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Louisville KY 40223

Objective

To obtain a position as a Network Engineer, Senior Network Engineer, or equivalent position.

SUMMARY

*20 plus years’ experience in LAN/WAN routing, switching and wireless. EIGRP, BGP, OSPF and RIP routing protocols. 8540/5508/4408 WLC (Wireless LAN controller), 3X02i Wireless Access points (WAPs). Data center Nexus 9K/7K/5K/2K. 6807/6509/4500/3850/3750 multilayer switches. ASR 1K/3925/3825 routers. VLANS,VPN, MPLS, Frame Relay, DS3,T1, ISDN. AT&T and Comcast shared Ethernet and point-to-point circuits.

*Configure, deploy, and troubleshoot many Cisco router, switches and wireless models.

*Design, development, engineering, integration, and 3rd level support of an international, national and regional routed, switched and wireless enterprise data communications networks.

*Develop solid technical solutions in response to evolving business and strategic requirements to deliver maximized ROI.

*Coordinate with key vendor partners, mentor junior technical staff, and provide IT management overview, work within the larger company management team and remote technical staff to roll out solutions.

*I was a CCNP for 12 years, from late 1999 to 2011, however I allowed the certification to lapse as my employer did not require it.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Northwestern Medicine January 2015 - Present

Winfield IL – Senior Network Engineer

*Install, configure, troubleshoot and support a regional routed, switched, wireless network.

*BGP and EIGRP routing protocols. 1K ASR, 3925, 3825 routers. 8540, 5508, 4408 WLC, 3X02i WAP. Data Center Nexus 7K, 5K, 2K. 6807, 4500, 3850, 3750 multilayer switches.

*Configure, troubleshoot, support a Cisco 8540/5508/4408 with 3702i and 3602i WAP (Wireless Access Points).

*Work with the team to bring up newly acquired hospital systems, new doctor offices, Medical Office buildings. Assign and document the data and voice IP blocks, VLANs. Rack, fiber, cable and configure the switches, routing, WAN connections of the new sites into the data centers, as well as the configurations into the data center 6807 routers. Routing protocols were EIGRP then moved to BGP as the scale of the network grew.

*Given the lead to integrate a newly acquired hospital system into the Northwestern Medicine network. Multiple challenges with overlapping IP networks were successfully resolved.

*Support the storage and server teams by configuring the 9K/7K/5K/2K Nexus data center gear per the teams requested requirements. Assign needed IP addresses, create VLANs, VPC to create needed host connectivity.

ADP Dealer Services – now CDK Global April 2007 – January 2015

Hoffman Estates IL – Network Engineer III

*Converted a multi-national Frame relay network to a MPLS network. Work with a group of engineers to design a solution, build it in a lab, configure the routers on a mass basis, ship them out and work with local management and technical teams to do the conversion.

*Replace a 6509 switched network with a 7K/5K/2k Nexus switched network after VM servers overran the buffers of the older C6K LAN network.

*Work with a team of engineers to replace a non-standard network in 25 offices throughout Europe and Asia with a MPLS based network, open internally and firewall from outside.

*Layout, initial and final configuration, troubleshoot, provide ongoing support of an 802.11 Wireless network across US, Europe and Asia, configure and use Cisco Prime in ongoing support.

*When a new company was purchased, redesign and rebuild their existing network infrastructure into a network that matched ADP/CDK network standards.

*Support, troubleshoot, and maintain the LAN /WAN network across approximately 40 North American sites and 30 European and Asian sites.

*Take office moves and new expansion offices from start to move-in, size the WAN circuits, order the lines from the common carriers, order, build, configure the router, switches, wireless network, travel out to the remote site and bring it all up, or work remotely with the local management and technical team.

Motorola Corporation June 2004 – April 2007

Arlington Heights IL

Principal Staff Systems Engineer – FOA (First Office Application)

*Develop a networking solution to integrate Cisco 10008 routers into the Sprint EVDO transport network by creating, testing and documenting the router configuration used in the nationwide network.

*Find a technical solution for a Verizon EVDO transport problem where a routing solution was needed on a layer 2 only Cisco 6509 by pointing out a router-on-a-stick solution.

*Technical team lead for rollout of EVDO Release 4 software to the Sprint EVDO network.

*Load the application software, router and switch configurations. Run multiple tests against the application software and transport infrastructure against the written standards and documentation. Document and submit any defects found. Work with the developers to find a solution.

Seven Space Corporation, Oakbrook Terrace IL July 2003 – June 2004

Senior Principal Systems Engineer

*Architect, design, engineer, configure, install, migrate over and document a network for a customer who wanted to reduce operational and support costs, meeting all objectives.

*Work as part of a 4-person team to monitor, manage, configure and troubleshoot a very large (600 plus sites) customer network. Configure, troubleshoot and fix routers, firewalls, switches and WAN issues. Assist tier one personnel as needed

CDI CORPORATION, PHILADELPHIA PA 1997 – June 2003

Senior Network Engineer/Architect - Enterprise Information Systems

*Provide the architecture, design, engineering, IP address layout, choose the routing protocol, implement and provide 2nd and 3rd level support for a corporate network consisting of multiple Frame-Relay T-1 links, OSPF routing protocol with BGP links between autonomous areas. The total network was 160 sites with 5000 users and approximately 200 servers.

*Lead Engineer who provided technical direction and leadership for 2 network engineers.

*Set the overall standards to ensure network connectivity of multiple divisions back to the corporate network. Provide 3rd level support for all division connectivity issues back to the corporate network.

*Evaluate network security and do research on how to improve network security. Architecture, engineer, order, configure and bring on line Cisco PIX and Raptor Firewalls, Cisco 4230 IDS and VPN gateways. Test security with Linux based scanning and intrusion tools

*Provide the architecture, design, engineering, implementation, documentation and 2nd / 3rd level support for secure corporate Internet site holding all the corporate Internet web, mail and database servers including dual DS-3 links to the Internet for inbound connectivity and outbound enterprise connectivity. It paid for itself in one year and increased security by consolidating multiple Internet feeds across the company to a single point.

*Troubleshoot and evaluate problem with slow response time between engineering sites transferring large CAD files. Architect, design, engineer, configure, document and provide 2nd / 3rd level support for a hardware and software solution using triple-des encrypted VPN routers in a peer-to-peer VPN network.

*Research, evaluate, order dual MAX 4048 and 4 ISDN PRI lines, configure the box and bring up the hardware-software and nationwide roll out, saving the company 3000$ a month in long distance bills.

*Configure and bring up a nationwide VPN solution for work at home users. Provided significant savings over frame relay links or analog dial.

*Research and evaluate new technologies as possible solutions to save the company money or resolve a network problem.

*Research external DNS solutions, design, layout, configure, support redundant Sun RAQ 550 boxes to do external DNS.

*Design and layout the IP blocks and IP summarization for local and remote sites, experienced with OSPF, BGP, and RIP routing protocols, and teach the network engineers how to configure, troubleshoot and support the enterprise network.

*Brief senior management with presentations or informal meetings as needed.

*Give briefings, work with and coordinate with internal managers, customers and vendors as required to support the ongoing projects.

Memorial Hospital MT HOLLY NJ – Now Virtua Hospital 1993 - 1997

Network Support Specialist

*Identification, investigation and design of data communication network solutions to solve business problems for the Health Alliance

*Engineering, integration, implementation and 3rd level support of these solutions into the LAN / WAN infrastructure of the Alliance.

*Turn a large bridged network suffering heavy traffic congestion into a routed / switched non-congested network.

*Research, design, deploy ISDN network to connect Doctor Offices into the hospital systems, bringing revenue to the hospital system.

*Save the Alliance money by identifying products with better functionality at a lesser cost.

USERS INCORPORATED VALLEY FORGE PA 1992 - 1993

Product Specialist Optical Imaging

*Presale and post-sale technical support.

*Turnkey install and support of PC based optical imaging systems.

DEVELCON ELECTRONICS Cincinnati & Valley Forge PA 1983 - 1992

Senior Field Engineer and National Technical Phone Support

On-site at General Electric Aircraft Engine Group (GE-AEG) Evendale Ohio

National Field Support across the United States based in Cincinnati Ohio

National Field Support based out of Valley Forge PA

*Provide technical phone support and on site field support across the US and Canada for Asynchronous data communication matrix.

CINOX ELECTRONICS CINCINNATI OHIO 1982-1983

Production Supervisor

*Supervise and train twenty-one assembly people and five bench technicians. Make up daily production schedule and set priorities. Recommend design changes to engineering

DATAPOINT CORPORATON CHARLESTON WV 1980-1982

Customer Service Engineer

*Cover the state of West Virginia with on other Field Engineer

*Installation, customer training, remedial maintenance on mini computer systems.

EDUCATION

Cincinnati Technical College Cincinnati Ohio

Associate Degree in Electronic Communications

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