Network- and System Consultant

Referenznummer KDNR. 693

Birth Year:   1970

Experience:    since 1988

Availability:   01.10.2013

Languages

English: very good

German: Mother thought

Turkish: Mother thought

Training

Degree Computer Science, University of Darmstad/ Titel: Dipl. Informatiker

Job Experience

> 15 Years Work Experience

> 10 Years Project Experience

> 5 Years Management Experience

Foreign Experience

International projects at an Bank in the UK, CH and LUX

International project at ALPIQ in CH

Character

Motivated and practical with a pronounced sense for simplification and automation. Speaks the language of the users.  An experienced senior network designer and architect, project manager/project leader. Systematic and methodical in all functions.

Project Leader

In-depth project management knowledge and project management specialist (RKW/GPM)

IT-Consultant

Within the range of networks, security, systems, Internet and Intranet

System, network and security integration, SW-Implementation / Migration, Data management, Systems-Reengineering, System development, Planning and Implementation from Tests, Training & Documentation

Certification/Training

Project Management: Projektmanagementfachmann (RKW/GPM)

SUN Solaris: SUN Solaris Administration  1 ASADM1, SUN Solaris Administration  2 ASADM2

CISCO:  Building Scalable Cisco Networks; Building Cisco Multilayer Switches Networks; Introduction of Cisco Works Configuration; Cisco Works and System prerequisite; Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA); Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP); Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP); ICNX5 (Cisco Nexus 5K & 2K), Global Knowledge, the UK

Info. Services: Reuters Triarch Base and advanced training; Technical Member Training of Xetra

UHD: Remedy Action Request User- and Admin training

Netscreen: Administration and Virtualisation training in UK; Configuring Juniper Networks Firewalls/IPSec VPN Products; Network and security manager administration training in Germany.

Riverbed: Practical rollout and implementation of the Riverbed Steelhead WAN Optimisers.

Specialized Knowledge

Operating Systems, SUNOS and Solaris, IBM AIX and HP UX, SuSe Linux, Windows 2000 (Server/Client), Windows 2003 Server, Windows NT (Server/Client), Windows 95, 98 and ME, Windows XP and Windows 7, Novell Netware 3.x, 4.x, 5.x

Operating Systems Software / High Availability Systems

Veritas Volume Manager, Vertitas Cluster, Veritas Filesystem, SUN Cluster, Solstice Disk Suite, Windows  NT/2000 Terminalserver, Citrix Metaframe 1.8 und XPe

Hardware

SUN Ultra 1&2, E220, E450, E4501 bis E10K,  SUN Storage Array, EMC Symmetrix 8730, Cisco 6500, 5500, 5000, 3750, 4000, 2900 and 1900 Catalyst Switch Series, Cisco 7500, 7200, 4500, 3600, 2600, 2500 and 1600 Router Series, Cisco CSM and ACE 20 Load Balancer, Cisco Nexus N7K, N5K and N2K Switch Series, Fore Systems ATM-Switch Series, Triarch SSL4, Reuters 3000, DACS 4.2.1, AMS 7.2 und ISFS 4.1.2 Plattformen, Network Appliance Fileserver, Juniper Netscreen Firewall and NSM Series, Riverbed Steelhead WAN Optimizer 1050 and 5050 Series, Cyclades ACS Terminal Server Series

Software

Citrix NFuse and Citrix Extranet, ACE and Radius Server, BEA WebLogic Server 6.1 and 7.0, Apache Server, JServ, Tomcat, JSP, JSDK, Checkpoint Firewall-1 and NG, Nokia Checkpoint Firewall IOS, Netscreen Firewall IOS and NSM, Riverbed RiOS 6.1.4, HP-OpenView, CiscoWorks and Telealert, Vitria Enterprise Application & Integration Tool BussinesWare, DataWareHouse on the Basis SAS-System Rel. 6.12, Desktalk TrendSoft und TrendWeb, Remedy Action Request (UHD-Software), NET-ID (QIP) IP-Management Server Software, Lucent Vital QIP IP – Management Software

Database

Oracle, Sybase, MS SQL Server, MS Access, Lotus Notes

Security Products

TACACS, RADIUS, IPSEC, SSH and ACS

Network Technologies

Switches, Router, Cisco, 3Com, Ascend, ATM, FDDI, DFÜ (X.25, HDLC, SDLC, ISDN, Frame Relay and DDV), LAN (Token-Ring, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet), IP- Routing (OSPF, RIP, EIGRP, IGRP, BGP V4), Multicast routing: PIM, Multicast application: SmartPGM, ISO-Routing (CLNS, IS-IS, ES-IS, Integrated IS-IS), IPX-Routing (IPX-Rip, NLSP, EIGRP for IPX), Proxy, Firewalls, Timing systems: GPS and NTP, Mail (Qmail, sendmail, fetchmail, procmail), DNS, SNMP, IPSec, VPN’s, MPLS, VoIP, QoS End to End, Windows network: WfW, Win95, Win98, WinME, Win NT, Win 2000, Win XP, Win 7

Network Test Tools

WireShark, Wildpackets, NAI Sniffer configuration and utilization

Network Management Tools

Spectrum, HP OpenView, RMON and SNMP configuration and utilization

Internet Technology

Bea Weblogic Server, Tomcat, GNUJSP, Citrix NFuse, XML, Apache Server, JServ, Java, JSP, Servlets, Beans

Program Languages

Shell Scripting, C/C++, Java, Perl, PHP, HTML, XML

Methodology/Tools/Soft Skills

Production of IT-Strategies, Business Cases and Feasibility studies, Process analysis and –Design, Requirement Availability using Volere, Project Management and Project Controlling, Production of Service Level Agreements (SLA/OLA), Coaching, Change Management, Moderation, Creativity Technique

Banking Systems

IGEFI MULTIFONDS, SER V3.FONDS, AQUIN MIG 21, AQUIN RBK, RTD Trade System Software, Reuters Triarch System

Market Data – Providers

WM, Open Bloomberg, Reuters, Telekurs

Voice Support

Avaya Site Administration Client Software 5.2 Tool

Avaya Desktop Telephone User Support, Installation and Configuration to include Avaya Models 4610, 4621, 9608, 9630, 9650

Avaya DECT Support including Wireless Access Points

Projects

10/2012 – now   Senior Networkand Firewall Analyst/ Design/Architect and Engineer

Accounting and auditing company, DE and CZ

Assurance, Tax & Legal Consulting

Network/firewall design and implementation.

Data center project management.

Responsible for design, architecture, implementation and 2nd level support of the clients data center networking landscape.

Will be updated once the projects have been successfully completed.

01/2009 – 09/2012 Senior Networkand Firewall Analyst/ Design/Architect and Engineer

Investment and Private Banking company, Germany and Luxembourg

Network/firewall design and implementation. Data center project management. Responsible for design, architecture, implementation and 2nd level support of the clients data center networking landscape.

Creating network and firewall design documentation. Implementation and migration of the Cisco network and Juniper firewall environments.

Design and deployment of large scale Nexus N7K based data center solution leveraging OTV, VDC, vPC and VRF technologies.

Design and implementation of the Juniper SSG-550 stretched cluster based data center solution.

Design and implementation of the Cisco ACE load balancer within the data center sites in Germany.

Creating request of proposal, design, implementation and support of the MPLS backbone network across the German sales offices. Deployment of end to end quality of Service (QoS) architecture and strategy for the MPLS core network.

Rollout and implementation of the Riverbed Steelhead WAN Optimisers in Germany.

Performing multiple software upgrades (IOS/CatOS) across all Cisco platforms for 100+ devices in Germany and Luxembourg to remediate security vulnerabilities.

Introduction and implementation of the RunIP appliances in Germany.

Coordinated efforts with Global Engineering to ensure all networkdevices conformed to defined networkstandards.

Supervision and management of all planned network infrastructure installations to include version control, proof of concept and successful implementation into production with handover documentation.

Active participation in the evolving improvement and automation of the installation and provisioning process for services and infrastructure implementation. Coordination of all change control, release control and deployment activities.

Development and maintenance of complete documentation and status reports for the projects. Intensive collaboration with all engineering and operation teams during the projects.

Governance of the involved suppliers for the projects.

07/2009 – 12/2009   NetworkArchitect and Analyst

Leading energy company based in Switzerland and active across Europe

Network Engineering

Design and Integration of the three data centers across Switzerland based on the NEXUS 7010 (N5K & N2K) platform.

Work out migration concepts of the server and client access switches to the Nexus 7010 data center environment.

Design and Implementation of the new MPLS backbone and network across Switzerland and Europe.

Responsible for the IP network design of ALPIQ AG hosted in data centers in various locations in Switzerland. Support ALPIQ AG service product introduction as IP designer and planner.

Analyze network requirements coming from ALPIQ business service integration projects or from network maintenance demand (end-of-life replacement, design optimization, etc).

Design a network integration and extensively document it in “Product Network Design” and “System Network Design” documents. All documentation is in English and German.

Align the network design with the System Architects, Security, Transport Network Planning, Testing and Operations.

Develop and design switch, router, load balancer and firewall configurations.

Document configuration in the relevant Configuration Management Database.

Co-ordinate and troubleshoot the execution of Change Requests.

Co-ordinate small maintenance projects in the data centers, starting from project initiation until final delivery including project reporting.

Support the planning project lead in service integration projects.

01/2005 – 12/2008 Networkand Firewall Analyst and Engineer

Investment company, UK

Network Operation Center

Provided high level technical support of the CUSTOMER’s data networkand e-commerce infrastructure.

Configured, managed and monitored multi-tiered DMZ’s using Cisco routers and switches, and Netscreen Firewalls to set-up routing and security policies.

Created plug proxies on UNIX Bastions Firewalls and Sidewinder virus scanners to permit communication between the corporate network, the DMZ and the internet.

Managed the Bluecoat Cacheflows modifying policy and forwarding files to optimize bandwidth and performance of the Credit Suisse browsing infrastructure.

Implemented load balancing solutions using Cisco Content Switches, Global Site Selectors, distributed directors and local directors for fault tolerance and fail over for web and application server farms.

Made tactical changes to Netscreen and Nokia Checkpoint-NG firewalls in response to Market Data and Exchanges Services firewall change requests.

Formulated and implemented various security solutions including, standard and extended access-lists, NetworkAddress Translations (NAT) and setup VPN connections to third party clients.

Utilized networkmanagement tools such as spectrum, Concord and Netflow to perform daily health checks identify any anomalies.

Remotely accessed European branch networks and router logs to isolate outages, performance issues and intermittent behaviour of networkdevices.

Maintained and supported Cisco 2500, 3600, 4000, 7200 series routers as well as Catalyst 5000, 5500 and 6500 series switches.

Performed multiple software upgrade (IOS/CatOS) across all Cisco platforms for 1000+ devices in the UK and Europe to remediate security vulnerabilities.

Organized QIP database for IP address allocation and management.

Coordinated efforts with Global Engineering to ensure all networkdevices conformed to defined networkstandards.

Involved as a Senior NetworkEngineer in the CUSTOMER’s office in DE relocations. My responsibilities range from assisting in project management, infrastructure design, construction, deployment & evaluation. Managing subnet assignments and IP address control. Providing networkrelocation support. IPT rollout for new premises. Providing out of band and iLO connectivity for Windows and UNIX servers. Juniper Netscreen Firewalls deployment and configuration.

Secondary responsibilities involve maintenance and project workinvolving Juniper Netscreen firewalls, Cyclades Alterpath terminal servers. Provided 2nd and 3rd line support for any Juniper Netscreen firewall work.

Completed new office networkinstallation, including the deployment of IPT and server installations in Germany. This includes the locations Berlin, Bielefeld, Braunschweig, Bremen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover, Köln, München, Nürnberg, Regensburg and Stuttgart.

Good all roundknowledge of data networking especially routing, switching and market data delivery mechanisms. Hands on networkoperations experience of supporting major corporate Cisco networkinfrastructure. Ability to analyse faults and diagnose networkthrough to application issues using management/support tools.

Firewall skills and market data and applicationknowledge as the fundamental part of this role was working closely with market data teams.

As a member of the NetworkOperations Team, the primary function was to analyse complex problems, using networkmanagement tools/data, to provide pro-active monitoring/support to support and troubleshooting the bank’s electronic trading applications.

The role was requiring to undertake some core networkoperational duties when needed. This role is very business facing so strong communication skills are required to engage a range of users from senior management through to applications developers and non-IT business users.