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Chuck VanderWal

North Aurora,IL

Summary

Results-driven Network Engineer with 25 plus years of expertise deploying and maintaining LAN and WAN infrastructure. Dedicated technology professional with strong track record of accurately conducting system repairs and troubleshooting. Offering exemplary planning, project management and communication talents.

Overview

39
39
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Network Engineer

CME Group
02.1999 - Current
  • Network support for application implementation TCP/IP and Multicast.
  • Provided network support services for devices such as Routers, switches, Firewalls and Load Balancers.
  • Managed, tracked, and coordinated problem resolution and escalation processes.
  • Troubleshot complex multi-vendor network service provider issues.
  • Provided detailed network diagrams and procedural guidelines.
  • Performed troubleshooting for Juniper, Cisco, Arista, Palo Alto Firewalls, Fortinet Firewalls and packet analysis.
  • Established robust infrastructure and data capacity for new applications.

Field Service Technician

NewBridge Networks
01.1997 - 02.1999
  • Managed on-site and off-site installation, repair, maintenance, and test tasks.
  • Installed new equipment and explained operation.
  • Responded quickly to emergency maintenance requests for timely on-call support.
  • Provided technical support to troubleshoot, repair and maintain operational efficiencies for NewBridge Network equipment ( ATM, Frame Relay, TDM and Ethernet switching)

Field Service Technician

Timeplex Networks
01.1994 - 01.1997
  • Managed on-site and off-site installation, repair, maintenance, and test tasks.
  • Installed new equipment and explained operation.
  • Responded quickly to emergency maintenance requests for timely on-call support.
  • Provided technical support to troubleshoot, repair and maintain operational efficiencies for Timeplex Network equipment ( TDM/Frame Relay and Ethernet)

NOC Engineer

Motorola (Codex)
09.1991 - 01.1994
  • Monitored and maintained Customer Codex equipped networks. This included troubling shooting connectivity and hardware issues with hardware and working with carriers related to outages.

NOC Engineer

Amoco Oil Co
03.1984 - 09.1991
  • Kept detailed documentation on each support ticket and added lessons learned to knowledge base.
  • Installed fiber, ethernet, and console cabling in climate-controlled NOC.
  • Monitored and maintained network and software components according to established guidelines and best practices for IBM mainframes, NCPs and controllers.
  • Created graphical reports to visualize network performance and uptime to management members.


Education

High School Diploma -

Thorton Fractional South
Lansing, IL
05.1982

Skills

  • TCP/IP
  • Multicast
  • Cisco Switching / Routing IOS/NXOS
  • Arista Switching / Routing EOS
  • Juniper Switch Router / Firewalls
  • Palo Alto Firewalls and Panorama
  • Fortinet Firewalls and Fortimanager
  • F5 Load Balancers
  • Copper and fiber connectivity

Accomplishments

While working at the CME Group i have worked on many high profile projects from the migration of the CME , CBOT and NYMEX networks to become the CME Group.


I was the lead network engineer that worked on moving the CME Trading Floor into the CBOT trading Floor when the companies merged in 2007.


I migrated all Cisco Pix Firewalls into Palo Alto Firewalls to bring us into the next gen firewalls.


Implemented F5's at CME Group moving away from Cisco content devices.


Last year was tasked with migrating the trading floor to a new location, this was on schedule and without any issues to the CME Group or the trading firms.


I have also performed many different hardware and software upgrades and migrations across various vendors.



Certification

CCNA -Cisco network Associate ( Expired)

CCNP - Cisco network Professional ( Expired)

Timeline

Network Engineer

CME Group
02.1999 - Current

Field Service Technician

NewBridge Networks
01.1997 - 02.1999

Field Service Technician

Timeplex Networks
01.1994 - 01.1997

NOC Engineer

Motorola (Codex)
09.1991 - 01.1994

NOC Engineer

Amoco Oil Co
03.1984 - 09.1991

High School Diploma -

Thorton Fractional South

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