Summary
Experience in Data Center Engineering, Network Engineering and System Design. With a deep understanding of operations, security, root cause analysis, Linux administration, LAN/WAN administration / design, virtualization (VMware), and system design. Currently expanding expertise through AI and machine learning courses (Udemy/Coursera) and integrating AI-assisted tools (ChatGPT, Manus) to enhance technical documentation and workflow optimization.
Technical Skills
Networking
TCP&UDP/IP, Cisco IOS, Cisco NXOS, Data Center Networking(L2), vlans, vsans, FCoE, HSRP, VRRP, EIGRP, RIPv2, MPLS, BGP
Unix/Linux
Redhat/Fedora/CentOS/Ubuntu/SuSE/ESXi/Solaris/HPUX/BSD/AIX, NFS, NIC troubleshooting, firewalld/iptables(deprecated), Scripting(BASH, Z shell, Korn shell, Python)
Troubleshooting
Root kit, Suricata, SELinux, nmap, firewalld, iptables, Wireshark, tcpdump, tshark, iptraf
Protocols
SNMP(Solarwinds/Nagios), SSH, POP3, FTP, FTPs, sFTP, DNS, DHCP, SMTP, HTTP, HTTPS
Hardware
Cisco UCS (B/C series), Cisco routers/switches, Cisco 9K, HP Blade, IBM Blade, Dell Blade
Firewalls & Virtualization
Palo Alto, Cisco FirePower, ASA, VMware ESX/ESXi, VirtualBox
Monitoring & Tools
Nagios, Solarwinds, Splunk, Microsoft Suite, Visio, Google Workspace
Professional Experience
Avaso Tech
5/2026 – presentDC, Southern MD and Northern VA
- •Repair Dell hardware, display, ssd, wifi card, motherboard, battery
- •Repair Notebook, All-in-one, tablets
- •Repair onsite, within 90 minutes
Personal / Primary Care Giver
1/2023 – 5/2024Upper Marlboro, MD
- •Took my mother to and from appointments to Univ of MD Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
- •Mother under doctor's care
- •Also had surgery for heart arrhythmia and blood clots
Noblis / Team Lead – 7 member team
5/2022 – 1/2023NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
- •Coordinated team's activities, i.e. in place tech refresh (hardware upgrade)
- •O/S upgrades and operational issues
- •Proficient with Excel, Visio, Google Sheets, Docs
- •Managed Cisco/Juniper Routers/Switches and Firewalls, other network hardware
- •Managed RHEL 7/8 and Oracle Unbreakable Kernel 7/8
iCES Corporation / Solutions and Security Architect
9/2018 – 4/2022Suitland, MD / Fairbanks, AK
- •Primary function System Architect/Network Architecture
- •Develop Visio/Google Slides/Microsoft Power Point presentation for architectural changes
- •Design/implemented secure Cisco network to deliver satellite images to international partners
- •Installation and configured FTP(vsftpd) RHEL7
- •Configured Cisco firewall(ASA 5515-X(deprecated)), Palo Alto
- •All systems Linux, Cisco, Palo Alto, ESXi required to be STIG compliant
IronNet Cyber Security / Quality Assurance Engineer
3/2018 – 6/2018Tyson's Corner, VA
- •Quality Assurance for release of networking tap device
- •Developed new direction for certification for operators
- •Aided with direction of appliance fortifying for security
GEICO / Linux/Data Linux Engineer SME
6/2017 – 12/2017Chevy Chase, MD
- •Led the efforts to move from legacy HP DL380s to Cisco UCS B200M4
- •Troubleshooting issues with RHEL 6/7/8, SLES 11/12 and VMware 5.x/6
- •Documented DHCP and DNS procedures
- •Linux performance tuning MySQL 5.6/5.7 and Oracle RAC
- •Security patching
- •Trained peers on Linux(SuSE, RHEL) Networking
Cisco Technical Support Engineer
2/2006 – 5/2013Research Triangle Park, NC
- •Server Virtualization Team: Data Center Troubleshooting for Cisco client relationships
- •Supported networking on UCS(Unified Computing System) firmware/network/fiber channel
- •Used nmap, Wireshark, TCPdump and other applications to inspect network traffic
- •Expert knowledge of OSPF and other switching and routing protocols
- •Network Management System Team: Infrastructure support, routing/switching
- •Supported Cisco DHCP, DNS on Linux (Redhat 4/5) and Windows, Solaris
Certifications
Current
CCNA Enterprise (exp 6/2026)
CompTIA Linux+ (exp 12/2026)
Candidate
CCNP Enterprise
AWS Practitioner
Education
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
B.S. Electrical Engineering
Greensboro, North Carolina | 12/2005
Computer Science coursework also completed.
