· Project Management skills: o Ability to independently study, analyze, map and document a given enterprise network / communication infrastructure for the purposes of defining the scope of operations, maintenance requirements, upgrade issues, and future expansion capacity. o Ability to analyze and optimize key business application data path in terms of major network end-to-end traffic flows including identifying and discovering machine/server hardware performance, topology flaws, network bottlenecks, and legacy technology limitations. o Ability to understand customer business needs and customer technical requirements while providing consulting services on a case-by-case basis. o Special case project deployments such as enterprise-wide IP address migrations i.e. private Class A (10 network 10.x.x.x) address assignments and protocol migration to support CIDR & VLSM. This also includes the 172.16.X.X - 192.168.X.X Private Networks. · Network Management & Capacity Assessment skills: o SNIFFER used to gage existing LAN/WAN traffic. Other tools used included Multi Router Traffic Grapher (MRTG), Wild Packets, Wireshark, SolarWinds Engineering tool kits & Orion Console o CiscoWorks 2000 & VISIO for documentation. · Design Installation and Configuration: o Layer 1 § Leading to redundant Backbone & Distribution Patch Panel Locations & Positions. § Category 5, 5e, & 6 solutions and design. § Troubleshooting T1 data & voice line failures and deployments. o Layer 2 § Catalyst 19xx, 29xx, 55xx, 4xxx, and 65xx Series Switches Maintenance upgrade replacement - operations. § Dual Supervisor III setup, Root Bridge/Load Balancing, Port Fast, Uplink Fast, Backbone Fast. § Cisco VLAN Pruning, Port Security. § ISL & 802.q trunks, Fast & Gigabit Ether Channels or Bundles over Cat5, 5e & 6 Cables or MMF optics. o Layer 3 / 4 § Access Layer Design & Deployment with Cisco Routers 2500/2600/3600 Series [Remote Sites] § Distribution Layer Design & Deployment of Catalyst 35xx/4xxx § Multilayer Switch Design & Deployment Catalyst 6513s (Hybrid & Native IOS) modes. § Cisco PIX Firewall 515, 520 & 525 or ASA configuration including NAT features & DMZ design & validation. PIX or ASA Fail-Over Feature setup. Maintenance tasks such as checking log files and testing connectivity · Networks & Technology Upgrades/Migrations: o Network infrastructure overhauls by upgrading ALL 10Mbps half-duplex links with 100Mbps o ISL Trunks & 802.1q Trunks o Private Address Ten Network Implementation per RFC 1918. o Cisco SmartNet and SmartCare Certification · Security Hardware & Software: (Installation & Setup) o Various Industry Standard Authentication System Implementations including Cisco ASA, PIX, RADIUS and TACACS+ o Cisco PIX and ASA Firewall deployments including EZVPN in a Client/Server operation. · Wireless Networks o Setup of Autonomous APs and Controller based § Security Layer 2 · WPA (With and without MAC Filtering) & WPA2 (With and without MAC Filtering) o AES, TKIP & PSK · 802.1x (With and without MAC Filtering) · WEP Static (With and without MAC Filtering) · CKIP (With and without MAC Filtering) § Security Layer 3 · AAA § QoS Voice Video Best Effort o Setup of Lightweight APs to Wireless controller § Security Layer 2 · WPA (With and without MAC Filtering) & WPA2 (With and without MAC Filtering) o AES & TKIP · 802.1x (With and without MAC Filtering) · WEP Static (With and without MAC Filtering) · CKIP (With and without MAC Filtering) § Security Layer 3 · AAA § QoS Voice Video Best Effort · Cisco IP Voice & AVVID o Voice over & VOIP Design & Deployment: · IP Voice Hardware and Licensing: § Cisco Call Manager release 4.x/5.x/6.x/7.x/8.x BE & Enterprise Cisco servers § Cisco Call Manager Express release 4.x/5.x/6.x/7.x/8.x on the Cisco routers § 2600/2800/2900/3800/3900 FXS/FXO/Multi-Flex VWIC-2MFT-T1 Digital Packet Voice Truck Modules § Catalyst 3500/4000 inline power WS-4148RJ45V & WS-4604GWY/Access Gateway § Catalyst 6500 8-T1/E1 PSTN digital (WS-X6608-T1/E1) & 24-FXS analog (WS-6624-FXS) § IP Voice Software Service & Features and Licensing: § Dial Plan for 500+ VOIP device environments with SRST mode and PSTN Gateway fallback. § Cisco CallManager release 6.x BE with Unity Connection 2.x § Call Connector Stand Alone § Call Connector Server & Client § Call Connector Operator § Cisco CallManager release Express with Unity Express 4.x/5.x/6.x/7.x/8.x § Catalyst 28xx: VOIP Gateway, Voice VLAN features & Catalyst 6500 § Cisco IP Phones 79xx: 792x (Wireless), 7936 (Conference), Analog Stations, Voice Gateway, Analog Trunks Gateway § Cisco IOS MGCP & SRST Gateways configurations § Cisco AVVID Applications such a Unity Voice mail, Automated Attendant § Cisco Scripting tools for Automated attendant § Cisco VXML Gateway deployment § IPCC (Cisco Unified Contact Center) with Unified CCM Installation Hardware & software Infrastructure only not scripting in a production environment. · IPCC Models o Single Site o Multi-Site Centralized Call Processing o Multi-Site Distributed Call Processing · ICM Installation & Documentation o Router Installation & Documentation o Logger Installation & Documentation o CTI Server and CTI Object Server (CTI OS) Installation & Documentation o Administrator Workstation Installation & Documentation o Peripheral Gateway (PG) Installation & Documentation o Peripheral Interface Manager (PIM) Installation & Documentation o Cisco Agent Desktop (CAD) Installation & Documentation o Call Server Installation & Documentation o VXML Server Installation & Documentation o VXML Gateway Installation & Documentation o Reporting Server Installation & Documentation o Operations Server Installation & Documentation · Cisco Servers and storage o MCS 7825 Server § Both HP OEM and IBM OEM systems § Hardware upgrade & Firmware upgrade § RAID solutions § Software Installation with CallManager Enterprise CallManager BE and Unity o MCS 7835 Server § Both HP OEM and IBM OEM systems § Hardware upgrade & Firmware upgrade § RAID solutions § Software Installation with CallManager Enterprise CallManager BE and Unity o MCS 7845 Server § Both HP OEM and IBM OEM systems § Hardware upgrade & Firmware upgrade § RAID solutions § Software Installation with CallManager Enterprise CallManager BE and Unity o UCS C Class Server 200 § Hardware upgrade & Firmware upgrade § RAID solutions § Software Installation with CallManager Enterprise CallManager BE and Unity o UCS C Class Server 210 § Hardware upgrade & Firmware upgrade § RAID solutions § Software Installation with CallManager Enterprise CallManager BE and Unity o UCS C Class Server 250 § Hardware upgrade & Firmware upgrade § RAID solutions § Software Installation with CallManager Enterprise CallManager BE and Unity o UCS C Class Server 460 § Hardware upgrade & Firmware upgrade § RAID solutions § Software Installation with CallManager Enterprise CallManager BE and Unity · Microsoft Windows Operating Systems and Applications o Microsoft Windows Server 2008 2003 2000 NT 4.x NT 3.51 · Setup, Licensing, Installation and Documentation · Active Directory Domain Installation (DC BDC) · Application Services o DNS DHCP WINS - IIS (Internet Information Server) Installation & Documentation o Certificate Server File Server SharePoint Services Installation & Documentation o IMAP MAPI Web Base Email POP3 SMTP Terminal Server Remote Access VPN Installation & Documentation o Streaming media server SQL Server 2000 SQL Server 2005 Installation & Documentation o Microsoft Windows Workstation (all versions) § Setup, Installation and Documentation o Microsoft Windows 7 (Including earlier versions Vista XP 98 95 DOS 3.3) § Setup, Installation and Documentation o The entire Suite of Microsoft Office 2010 (Including earlier versions of 2007 2003 2000 XP) § Microsoft Word Excel Outlook - Access FrontPage PowerPoint Publisher o Many of the Adobe Suite of applications § Photoshop Acrobat PageMaker Illustrator Flash player Air Shockwave o Some of the VMware tools and players Looking forward: I am working towards my Cisco CCVP, CCNP, CCDP & Architect Certifications. |