Edward A.
Details
Geology/Earth Science, GIS
North Carolina State University
2018 : 2022
Attended just to gain knowledge
Criminal Justice/Police Science
SUNY Orange
2005 : 2006
Attended just to gain knowledge
Astronomy
Northeastern University
1996 : 1996
US Army Engineer School
1988 : 1988
US Army Infantry School
1985 : 1985
Seventh Dimension, LLC
Area support Cell member
Information/Cyber Security, Data, VoIP and RF network consultancy.
State and Federal subcontracts contractor.
2018 :
Tactical Phish Consulting
Information Security Consultant
Provide guidance and design intergration support as the group SME on Brocade ADX Series of application delivery and layer 4 to 7 load balancing switches. I also conduct and lead in the field installations and troubleshoot of Brocade ADX products.
Provide installation and support of Brocade equipment used to build Brocade's Cloud solution utilizing Fibre Channel Networking, Brocade VCS Fabric technology.
I am a member of the Principal Systems Engineering & Services team my responsibilities are the turn-key design and implementation of the world's greatest IP networking and Cloud Infrastructure equipment. I work with diverse customer environments. I am also the team SME on Brocade Application Delivery Load Balancing Switches and OSI layers 4 through 7 in addition to the standard layers 1 to 3 IP delivery.
I also provide network interrogation, project scoping and best practice recommendations to assigned professional services clients with the high level of industry and home spun networking tools.
2010 : 2018
Brocade
Professional Services Delivery Consultant
Received the Brocade “Extraordinary Global Services Award” for Third Quarter 2010.
Responsible for the turn-key implementation of the world's greatest IP networking equipment in diverse customer environments. Provided customer trafficking protocol engineering support utilizing- BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, ISIS.
Provided eCommerce deployment support and network design for various Brocade customers and their clients SaaS/PaaS/IaaS needs.
Author technology documents on the implementation of Brocade Ethernet, Virtual Clustering devices and Load Balancing equipment.
Provide implementation-troubleshooting support to Brocade premier partners and value added resellers. Manage service requests for Brocade premier partners.
Provide installation support for Brocade FCoE, iSCSI, VCS/VDX platform, Vyatta 5400 Router, and SAN extenders.
Provide installation support for all Brocade IP, WLAN and Layer 4 through 7 products to include NetIron, BigIron, and FastIron platforms.
Provide pre installation planning and existing network assessments for Brocade customers
Provide customers with cross vendor expertise during Brocade equipment integration
Provide WLAN installation and survey support to Brocade customers
Provide Brocade customers with network design and troubleshooting support
2010 : 2013
Brocade Communication Systems
Partner Services Consultant (SME)
Responsible for providing lead engineer support to customers and staff engineers during post sales network installations and rollouts where exceedingly short time lines where met.
Supported and installation of the complete Brocade IP equipment line to includes MLX, NetIron, TurboIron, ServerIron, BigIron, SuperX, EdgeIron and FastIron platforms
Installation, use and support cross platforms of INM IronView Network Manager.
Provided customers with cross vendor expertise during Brocade equipment installations and troubleshooting.
Installation support of Brocade 7500 Extension Switches
2010 : 2010
Strategic Business Systems (A Brocade Company)
Sr. IP Consultant
Skills
Analyst Notebook, ASA, Cisco Firewall Security, Cisco Technologies, Contract Management, Customer Service, Cybersecurity, Data Center Construction, Data Center Infrastructure, Hazardous Materials, Information Security, Infrastructure, Infrastructure Security, Intra Vendor Integration (Best of Breed Solutions), Load Balancing Layers 4 to 7, Logistical Planning, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Network Administration, Network Infrastructure, Network Management Systems (NMS), Network Security, Project Management, Routers, Strategic Communications, Switches, Telecommunications, Troubleshooting, Unified Communications, Virtualization, VMware, WAN, Wireless Networking
About
I have been working in the Technology/Communications industry since 1993 for a very diverse field of companies. With proven performance and verifiable track record in network interrogation.
Some of my personal assets are; I am a INTP personality type, a strategic and analytical thinker with an attention to detail, tenacious problem solving drive. I have more than twenty years' solid industry experience in the technology, security and communications.
During my short career, I have worked in many business verticals such as; the Department of Defense-contractor, Local and State Government, Financial Investment, Banking, Telecommunications, Healthcare, Education, Service Provider, Software, and Hardware Manufacturing.
I am found to be professional, well‐versed at relationship‐building, skilled at conflict resolution with clients in high-stress environments.
Before entering into the tech sector I had a very successful career in the military were I served in various locations worldwide to include Asia, Europe, Central and North America
Specialties: Fiber Channel, Meru Networks, Cisco, Foundry/Brocade, Voice, Data, Wireless, LAN, WAN, MAN and Video Networking, Network Security, Project Management, N+1 and 2N+1 Data Center design and construction, Analyst Notebook, ArcGIS.
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