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Summary

Dedicated Engineer with excellent technical, analytical and communication skills demonstrated by over fifteen years of experience, certifications including JNCIE-SEC #69 and JNCIE-ENT #492, and active membership of the elite Juniper Ambassador group.

Work experience

Twitter, Inc
2016-09Present

Senior Network Engineer

Increased network capacity to cloud providers from 1Gbps to 100Gbps while maintaining security posture

Reduced SSLVPN issues by 50% by implementing Passthrough Proxy and Anycast services

Overhauled internal stateless filters and security enforcement points to enable automation teams to dynamically update hosts as needed

Wrote visualization tool to take XML output from Juniper routers, output HTML, and display it for non-technical users

Designed, deployed, and enforced network security design across four sites for 3rd party vendors in Trust & Safety department using SSLVPN solution

Deployed mitigations to address of security issues in PCI-scoped networks during a PCI Audit

Nexum, Inc
2015-032016-09

Senior Network Engineer

 Designed and deployed multiple datacenter security solutions utilizing high-end SRX clusters (SRX5k series)

Led multiple network and security design assessments, including configuration analysis and proposed mitigation solutions

Presented at CHINOG 06 and BOSNOG on Ethernet VPN

Active instructor for Pulse Secure and Palo Alto Networks with high ratings from students

Overhauled Lab and Training virtual environments to efficiently utilize datacenter resources

Wrote automation scripts to automatically deploy VM Environments for training classes utilizing python, chef knife, and bash

CentraComm Communications
2006-062015-03

Senior Systems Engineer

Architected mass deployments of Juniper SRX firewalls with managed nodes in 4 continents

Deployed multiple Global SSLVPN solutions utilizing both MAG and SA Series for 20, 000+ concurrent users

Mentored junior engineers in solving complex customer issues and deployments

Designed and deployed Splunk solution for long-term log-management

Developed and maintained CRM solution powered by Salesforce to provide business intelligence, automation, and accountability across the organization

Performed deep-dive discussions and presentations on topics such as Virtualization Security, Disaster Recovery, and Mobile Security

Wrote scripts (bash, powershell, python) to help with automating repetitive tasks

Deployed and maintained MX Series, EX Series, and SRX Series solutions for multiple customer environments

Technical liaison between customers, vendors, and account managers - led customer deployments from pre-sales to post-installation operations

Overhauled physical infrastructure to migrate to a 95% virtualized environment

Northwest Ohio Orthopedics And Sports Medicine
2004-032006-06

System Administrator

Designed, built, and implemented servers, fiber-channel SAN, and external storage for a Document Management System

Researched, implemented, and managed a core switch replacement

Installed, configured, and maintained Juniper SSL VPN system

Designed and built 10 Small Form Factor computers for daily use Implemented and maintained Anti-Virus, Anti-Spam, and Content Filtering systems 

Bluffton Exempted Village Schools
2003-062005-05

SWIFTY

Assisted in system migration from Novell 4.1 to Windows Server 2003

Developed in-house solutions for patch management, computer image deployment, and application deployment

Maintained Infrastructure, as well as assisting students and teachers with a variety of technological questions

Supported Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Adobe Premiere, Symantec Ghost, Pegasus Mail, and a variety of educational programs

Education

University of Findlay
2003-092008-05

B.Sc - Computer Science

Major courses include C++, VB, and Assembly; Network Management and Forensics; Unix Environments; and Technical Communication

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Affiliations

Juniper Networks Ambassador

National Youth Leadership Forum of Technology Representative

Buckeye Boys State

Certifications

Juniper Networks Certified Internet Expert #69 – Security (JNCIE-SEC)

Juniper Networks Certified Internet Expert #492 – Enterprise Routing & Switching (JNCIE-ENT) 

Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Instructor (PCNSI)

Pulse Secure Certified Instructor (PSCI)

Publications
  • Co-authored
    • Juniper Ambassadors Cookbook for 2014
    • Day One: Juniper Ambassadors’ Cookbook 2017
  • Edited
    • Day One: Juniper Ambassadors’ Cookbook 2018
Skills

JNCIE, Firewalls, VPN, Security, Juniper, Network Architecture, IPS, Data Center, Networking, Network Security, SSLVPN, Servers, Zscaler, WAN, UAC, Switches, Routers, BGP, OSPF, Network Design, Splunk, Security assessments, Stateless Filters, Stateful filters