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CCNP certified consultant with over 7years experience. Combining excellent Cisco, LAN, WAN, TCP/IP, security, troubleshooting and firewall knowledge, with solid experience in delivering robust, scalable and secure solutions. Will deliver resourcefulness, drive, excellent communications skills and an exceptional response under pressure.
Possess 7 years of solid experience in delivering LAN/WAN projects, from design concepts, to deployment and configuration, to monitoring and management. Also very comfortable in support role, backed by 5 years previous experience
Solid knowledge in LAN/WAN design and installation, router and switch IOS configuration, VLANs, SNMP, OSPF, BGP, EIGRP, Access Lists, VPN, TCP/IP, Spanning Tree, AAA, CiscoSecure ACS, PIX/ASA, SDM/ASDM, QoS, VoIP, IPS/IDS, WLAN, CallManager, HP OpenView, CiscoWorks, Hyperic, MRTG, SolarWinds
Configuration skills covering a range of products including but not limited to Cisco Catalyst 2948/2960/3500XL/3550/3560/3750/6500 Switches, Cisco 837/1800/2500/2600/2800/3600/3800/7200 Routers, PIX 515/515E/520 Firewalls, ASA 5500 Firewalls, Nortel 2208/2424 Load Balancers (Alteon), Cisco CSS Content Engines
experience
| Job Title | Company Name | Date From | Date To | Description |
| Consultant | Net-A-Porter Ltd. | Feb 2008 | Dec 2008 |
- Assisted and advised in-house Network support team - Designed and deployed network LAN/WAN solutions for scalability, robustness and security - Reviewed and implemented security policies |
| Network and Security Analyst | John Lewis Direct, | Nov 2004 | Feb 2008 |
- Responsible for network monitoring and application delivery to 2 call centres of approximately 350 agents each. Tasks included monitoring of application response, network availability and speedy and effective troubleshooting of faults - Supported office network consisting of approximately 125 users and various server farms. Advised helpdesk when fault escalation occurred and assisted in various projects |
| Junior Network Analyst | Euler Hermes UK plc | Oct 2002 | Nov 2004 |
- Provided 3rd Line voice and data network support to 4 nationwide locations as member of small team - Maintained networking devices and provided fault analysis and diagnosis for PBX/VoIP, voice and data networks |
| Network Design and IT Support | Howard Frank and Co. | May 2002 | Jul 2002 |
- Responsible for the installation and configuration of a small office LAN as part of team of three, as well as the maintenance and troubleshooting of IT equipment |
education, training and professional qualifications
| Date From | Date To | Estab | Qualification |
| Oct 1996 | Jul 2001 | University of North London | BEng (Hons) Electronic and Communications Engineer |
| Sep 2001 | Oct 2008 | Cisco Systems Inc. | Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) |
| Jul 2002 | Oct 2008 | Cisco Systems Inc. | Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNP) |