Anthony Sytnik

· Work in the Envision group which is primarily focused on customer proof of concepts.

· Run lab scenarios for ERS to VOSS switch migrations.

· Focus on conducting multi-vendor wireless migrations to Extreme Wireless & NAC.

· Demo Extreme's Fabric (SPBM & IS-IS) solution to customers and assist in both pre-sales and post-sales activities.

· Engage with customers in ensuring a smooth migration to the Extreme product line.

Maintain and administer Envision testbed in the datacenter.

· Oversaw medium-sized higher-ed infrastructure consisting primarily of Aruba at the edge & Arista in the Datacenter.

· Utilized network management techniques to ensure that the campus network performed as designed.

· Determined the need for network management tools and participated in their design and implementation.

· Played a leadership role in the development of network strategy.

Created and maintained network design documentation to help facilitate the operation of the campus network

· Worked in consultant role for large financial institution helping them migrate their wireless & NAC infrastructure.

· Deployed and configured Aruba 2930F & Aruba 2930M access-layer switches and configured STP, VLANs, and dot1q trunks.

· Planned, implemented and troubleshot enterprise multi-site Aruba campus wireless network, remote-access, and multi-tenant environment.

· Configured and validated Aruba WLAN secure employee and guest solutions.

· Configured ClearPass services, enforcement policies and enforcement profiles.

· Integrated external servers with ClearPass products.

· Monitored & troubleshot using the Access Tracker, Logging and Policy simulation.

· Configure the Insight reporting tool, ClearPass Guest, MAC Caching, Posture, device profiling and onboarding.

· Setup admin operations using TACACS+ with ClearPass.

Designed & configured multiple-server ClearPass deployments including redundancy.

· Worked in a Senior Wireless Network Engineer role to help migrate Cisco AireOS solution to Aruba AOS v8 Mobility Master solution.

· Implemented secure and guest networking solutions.

· Utilized MultiZone to have multiple and separate secure networks while using the same Access Point (AP).

· Utilized secure Tunneled Node for wired switches.

· Utilized AirWave to monitor the health of the wired and wireless network.

· Troubleshot devices, users and applications on Aruba Mobile First networks.

· Setup admin operations using TACACS+ with ClearPass.

· Now referred to as Mass General Brigham, worked here in a Network Engineer Generalist capacity wearing many different hats in Routing & Switching, Wireless, and Datacenter technologies.

· Implemented Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV) to extend L2 between data centers.

· Employed Layer 2 Link Aggregation technologies in the datacenter such as Virtual Port Channel (vPC) and LACP Port Channel.

· Deployed Cisco N2K Fabric Extenders.

· Maintained and administered a 10,000 Cisco Access Point corporate implementation.

· Conducted site surveys using Ekahau across entire organization and proposed best-practice recommendations for enhanced wireless experience.

• Configured and maintained Cisco routers and switches, optimizing network operations for a 200+ node environment.
• Employed Cisco IOS software upgrades and patches to ensure network devices were secured against known vulnerabilities.
• Utilized Cisco ASA firewalls for network security.
• Monitored network performance using tools like SolarWinds and Wireshark to identify and troubleshoot network bottlenecks.
• Participated in the upgrade of network hardware, including routers, switches, and firewalls.

• Provided helpdesk support to 200+ end-users, resolving issues related to Microsoft Office applications, Windows operating systems, and email configurations
• Implemented upgrade of desktop operating systems across the company from Windows XP to Windows 7
• Managed user accounts and system access using Active Directory
• Provided end-user training and support, resolving technical issues and improving staff proficiency.