Director of Network Engineering

Director of Network Engineering — Strata Infrastructure Solutions

Seattle, WA | January 2022 – Present

• Directed a team of 14 network engineers and architects to design and deploy a global SD-WAN infrastructure across 32 regional offices, reducing network transport costs by 28%.
• Managed an annual networking and telecom budget of $3.6M, negotiating carrier contracts and vendor pricing to save $450,000 in operational expenses over a 24-month period.
• Architected and implemented a Zero Trust network access model utilizing Palo Alto firewalls, which reduced unauthorized access attempts by 98% and improved compliance audit readiness.
• Led the integration of network monitoring tools (SolarWinds and Datadog), reducing mean time to resolution (MTTR) for critical network incidents by 34% across the enterprise.

Senior Network Engineering Manager — Nexis Global Networks

Seattle, WA | June 2017 – December 2021

• Supervised 8 network engineers in maintaining and upgrading a multi-site data center network, achieving a 99.999% uptime SLA across 4 core processing sites over 4 years.
• Spearheaded the migration of enterprise network traffic to AWS using Direct Connect, decreasing network latency by 32% and reducing cloud data egress costs by $120,000 annually.
• Developed automated network configuration scripts using Ansible and Python, reducing manual switch configuration provisioning time from 4 hours to 12 minutes per device.
• Orchestrated a comprehensive refresh of legacy edge hardware for 18 facilities, finishing the project 3 weeks ahead of schedule and $45,000 under the approved $600,000 budget.

Lead Network Architect — Beacon Enterprise Systems

Bellevue, WA | September 2013 – May 2017

• Designed and implemented a network redesign for a corporate headquarters housing 1,200 employees, which increased local LAN throughput by 45% and eliminated bottleneck issues.
• Deployed BGP routing protocols across 3 redundant Internet connections, which prevented potential outages and maintained 100% network connectivity during 14 separate provider outages.
• Negotiated hardware acquisitions with Cisco and Juniper representatives, obtaining a 35% discount on bulk hardware orders that saved the company $210,000 in upfront costs.
• Automated IP address management (IPAM) system updates using Python and API integrations, reducing manual entry errors by 94% and saving 12 hours of weekly administrative labor.

Network architecture, SD-WAN, Zero Trust security, BGP, OSPF, Budget management, Contract negotiation, Vendor management, Cisco IOS-XE, Juniper Junos, Arista EOS, Palo Alto PAN-OS, Terraform, Ansible, AWS Direct Connect, Network automation, Python scripting, Data center migration, Incident management, Disaster recovery

Enterprise SD-WAN Modernization

Role: Director of Network Engineering

Tools: Cisco SD-WAN, Palo Alto Firewalls, SolarWinds, Ansible

Led the migration of 32 offices to an SD-WAN architecture, reducing overall transport costs by 28% and increasing regional office bandwidth by 150% in 12 months.

Hybrid Cloud Network Infrastructure

Role: Network Engineering Manager

Tools: AWS Direct Connect, BGP, Terraform, Arista EOS

Architected a dual-region AWS Direct Connect transit gateway network, reducing cloud egress fees by $120,000 annually and network latency by 32%.

• Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure) (2018)
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) (2021)
• AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty (2020)

• Languages: English (Native)
• Volunteer Work: Mentorship lead for Seattle Tech Youth Initiative (2020-present)
• Availability: 4 weeks notice