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Cisco Network Engineer
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US-Illinois-Chicago
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June 2005 Present NOC Engineer, Savvis Communications Inc. Elk Grove Village, IL
Work directly with customers to provide Level 2, hands on support of servers, routers, switches and firewalls.
Perform onsite data center support including monitoring electrical power, systems alarms, network alerts, server administration, and IDC access logs.
Monitor and maintain data center facilities and related equipment to meet 100% SLA uptime standards.
Perform Telco duties that include laying, terminating, and testing both Cat5 and Fiber Optic cable.
Responsible for customer support including daily backup procedures, equipment installations and turn-up, testing network connections and remote hands assistance.
February 2005 June 2005 NOC Engineer, eSignal / FutureSource Lombard, IL
Responsible for managing all servers and network infrastructure at multiple collocation sites.
Responsible for escalating disruptions to relevant teams in a professional manner with a sense of urgency.
Updated server databases on a daily basis and performed necessary backups.
Maintain detailed time based technical checklists and incident logs.
Quickly and systematically resolve customer-visible disruptions while proactively improving infrastructure and processes.
January 2004 December 2004 Network Administrator, XNet Information Systems, Lisle, IL
Assisted in network engineering efforts consistent with the infrastructure of an
Internet Service Provider and support of such network services.
Technical assessment, design and development of robust service offerings and
solutions for dedicated connectivity and co-location offerings.
Support and maintenance of NOC/Co-location facility. Racked, cabled and
networked servers and network equipment.
Responsible for monitoring, support and troubleshooting for dedicated network connections and servers. Responsible for configuring and provisioning of collocation network connections and VLANS for collocation customers.
Installed, managed and patched requested OS and software packages on company and customer-owned collocated servers.
Answered technical support phone calls and emails from customers and
assisted end users with resolving and troubleshooting systems and
connection issues.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS - Developed and maintained a labeling and inventory system for NOC/Co-location facility.
- Assisted in the deployment and upgrade of ISP email, system monitoring and web
servers including the installation, cabling and networking of servers.
- Configured customer premises routers for a variety of small to large business networks,
including IP block, firewalls and VPN services to meet customer LAN requirements.
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SUMMARY Self-motivated, experienced networking professional noted for exceptional interpersonal
skills and applying creative solutions to solving complex problems.
QUALIFICATIONS Successful completion of Cisco Networking Academy Program Courses
Experience with numerous networking components
Capable of working independently or as part of a team
Enthusiastic to learn new skills
TECHNICAL SKILLS Software and Protocols
Cisco IOS, Cat OS, Windows 98/2000/XP, RedHat Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, TCP/IP, ssh, ping, traceroute, vi, POP3, IMAP, BGP, FTP, DNS, TFTP, DHCP, NAT, VPN, PPTP, Postfix, Courier IMAP, Apache, IPSec, RADIUS
Hardware and Platforms
Desktops and Servers, Cisco Routers and Switches (1x00, 2x00, 3500, 7500), Cisco/ArrowPoint Load Balancers, F5 Big-IP Load Balancers, CAT5 cabling, Fiber Optic, T1, DS3, OC-x
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EDUCATION College of DuPage, Certified Internetwork Technician, Graduated 2003
Cisco Networking Academy Program, 2002-2003
Currently pursuing CCNA
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Tim has received 3 endorsements.
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IT Support - 9 yrs experience |
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Network Administrator/systems engineer. CCNA. MCP |
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Invitation to look at current job openings in Chicagoland area
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10.20.07 |
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09.28.07 |
I would like to network with you regarding a position our executive search firm has been retained to fill. It is for a great company in Chicago.
Perhaps someone in your network might be interested in a Senior Exchange Messaging Engineer position. Please see the job description below. Im happy to answer any questions. Feel free to forward on to anyone you like.
Whether this is of interest to you or not, I encourage you to reply with a resume. It would be helpful for us in future searches that might be ideal for your background. Our firm has been in business for 30 years & is a pioneer in diversity. Thank you.
Don McCauley
dmccauley@dgai.com
Position Specification
Title: Senior Exchange Engineer
The Team
Technical Architecture The position is a part of the Research and Development department and fills a senior role in our messaging systems development group. The teams involved consist of managers/staff, Communications Department, Operations, Application Development, contractors, and vendors.
Position description
As a senior member of our messaging R&D department, the candidate will be responsible for maintaining and improving the companys state of the art global messaging environment with some cross platform (Microsoft/Cisco) unified messaging design and support.
The candidate will work with SMTP, Microsoft Exchange Server, Presence, SonicWall, and related email concepts, protocols and methods along with the opportunities to perform major upgrades to our messaging platforms. The candidate will work alongside our Communications department to help design and support our unified messaging environment.
Person
The candidate shall have a broad background in messaging technologies and shall have demonstrated proficiency in the following areas:
Exchange 2003\Exchange 2007
Live Communication server (LCS)\Office Communications Server (OCS)
Mobile Messaging Technologies (Active Sync, BlackBerry, Good Technologies)
Remote Messaging Technologies (OWA, RPC over HTTP)
Anti-Spam Technologies
Anti-Virus Technologies (messaging specific)
Messaging DR best practices
Storage technologies (SANs, FC Switches, HBAs)
Microsoft Outlook 2003/2007
Active Directory
Windows 2003 Server
DNS
SMTP
Understanding the principles of UM (Cisco\Exchange)
Job Responsibilities
The candidate will have the following responsibilities with the potential of expanding:
Researching and developing solutions to meet enterprise wide messaging needs.
Researching, architecting, testing and planning the integration of new messaging technologies and upgrades to existing platforms.
Staying current with new technologies, and industry best practices; particularly those dealing with messaging and storage.
High level maintenance and troubleshooting of the current Exchange 2003 messaging environment based on industry best practices. (Responsibilities include but are not limited to troubleshooting and resolving high level mail routing issues, public folder issues, mailbox issues, Exchange server\services issues; adding\removing messaging servers, configuring servers, services, routing policies, etc., establishing maintenance procedures based on current industry BP).
Maintaining and troubleshooting SMTP internet gateway issues (Currently SonicWall).
Maintaining and troubleshooting Live Communications server 2005.
Establishing DR procedures for all relevant messaging servers. (Exchange, LCS, Blackberry, Good etc).
Maintaining and troubleshooting BlackBerry and Good Technologies servers.
Maintaining and troubleshooting Outlook Web Access \ RPC over HTTP
Maintaining and Configuring EMC SANs and FC Switches.
Working with Communications group to troubleshoot Cisco Unity issues.
Keeping documentation up to date for the messaging environment.
Testing and deployment of upgrades, hot fixes and other updates.
Education and/or Experience
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent 7 to 10 years of relevant experience.
Excellent problem solving, written and oral communication skills.
Deep knowledge of SMTP, Microsoft Exchange Server, and related email concepts, protocols and methods are required.
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