Edward DeMayo
Columbia,MD
Summary
Senior Network Design, Development, and Infrastructure Engineer with more than 25 years of progressively more demanding experience planning, upgrading, and maintaining complex network ecosystems. Talented Project Manager with a proven ability to strategically plan, assess, and deploy long and short term projects in a highly secure environment. Cisco trained expert with significant experience building, configuring, and troubleshooting major global networks.
Seasoned network professional equipped to drive robust and secure network solutions. Extensive experience in managing and upgrading network systems, ensuring seamless connectivity and performance. Known for fostering collaborative environments and adapting to evolving technological landscapes, showcasing skills in network design, security, and team leadership.
Results-driven Network Engineer with 25 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.
Pursuing full-time role that presents professional challenges and leverages interpersonal skills, effective time management, and problem-solving expertise.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr. Network Engineer
Dewberry
06.2021 - 06.2025
- Led design and implementation of scalable network architectures to support global financial operations.
- Optimized network performance through proactive monitoring and troubleshooting of complex systems.
- Developed and enforced network security policies to safeguard sensitive financial data against cyber threats.
- Mentored junior engineers on best practices for network configuration and management techniques.
SME LAN/WAN/Wireless Infrastructure
ActioNet
01.2016 - 06.2021
- Ensure the continued operations of clients diverse infrastructure operations, including design, implementation, and problem resolution. Key project:
- Department of Transportation (DOT)
- Responsible for the planning and execution of a robust network infrastructure for a customer with remote sites throughout the United States and at the main Headquarters in Washington, DC.
- Lead strategic planning and execution of network infrastructure for a 3000+ node network across five HQ campus buildings and a DR facility 30 miles offsite, ensuring redundancy, security, and essential connectivity for IMF data.
- Centralizing DOT infrastructure monitoring system using SolarWinds Suite of products.
- Transforming DOT monitoring from reactive to proactive, reducing downtime and issues resolution.
- Reducing operational cost by eliminating legacy, duplicate, and manual infrastructure monitoring tools and processes.
- Upgrading and maintenance of DOT’s infrastructure monitoring tool, SolarWinds
Senior Network Engineer
International Monetary Fund (Contractor)
01.1995 - 04.2018
- Senior team member charged with ensuring vital data connectivity for world’s leading international financial institution.
- Lead strategic planning and execution of network infrastructure for a 3000+ node network across five HQ campus buildings and a DR facility 30 miles offsite, ensuring redundancy, security, and essential connectivity for IMF data.
- Procure, install, upgrade, and maintain Cisco routers and switches, operating a robust, sophisticated, three-tiered global network comprised of Cisco Nexus 7Ks, Catalyst 6500, 4500, and 3xxx switches and 35xx/37xx wireless APs.
- Manage, maintain, and ensure security of 500+ Cisco Managed Access Points, overseeing expansion from 30 APs.
- Govern daily operation of Internet connectivity and web proxy servers, providing troubleshooting and repairs.
- Collaborate with key business partners to perform troubleshooting, remote & onsite maintenance, and upgrades.
- Coordinate comprehensive setup and breakdown of equipment from IMF’s large-scale international conferences – packing and shipping equipment, logging inventory, providing physical security and installation, and return shipping.
- Outline switch and server configurations to optimize network performance and maximize security and connectivity.
- Special Project Infrastructure Engineer in the years the IMF holds its Annual Meeting overseas; ensure core Infrastructure is installed and connected back to Washington from overseas venues, including liaising with IT Engineers in those countries.
Infrastructure Engineer
International Monetary Fund
01.1998 - 01.2007
- Develop staged, multi-phase upgrade rollouts and project managed timelines for essential network enhancements.
- Utilized historical data as well as future analysis to contribute to efficient, cost-effective network scalability planning.
- Worked autonomously to execute daily functions including routine and urgent maintenance, upgrades, and repairs.
Senior Network Analyst
01.1995 - 01.1998
- Served as Lead Analyst on the Network Operations team, overseeing all network communications for 3000+ nodes.
- Orchestrated upgrade and deployment of Bay Networks 5000 hubs and switches, from Synoptics 3000 models.
- Contributed key installation and configuration of Cisco 7513 routers, upgrading from Cisco AGS+ routers.
- Utilized Bay 5k virtual backplane feature to achieve micro-segmentation of the FUND network environment.
Senior Analyst II
DynCorp
01.1994 - 01.1995
Network Support Analyst
The Experts
01.1992 - 01.1994
Education
Technical Degree - Computer Technology
Porter & Chester Institute
Skills
- CISCO ROUTERS (7XXX, 4XXX, 3XXX, 29XX, 18XXX) NETWORK DESIGN STRATEGIC PLANNING & DEPLOYMENT
- CISCO ACCESS POINTS CISCO CATALYST SWITCHES (35XX, 45XX, 65XX) CISCO IPT & UNIFIED MESSAGING
- Cisco access control server management
- Wireless network planning
- Experienced in network routing protocols
- Data center connectivity solutions
- Service quality management
- Network optimization
- Vendor partnership development
- Network Access control implementation
- Switching technologies mastery
- LAN configuration management
- Internet protocol suite (TPC/IP)
- Wireless communication engineering
- Network switching technologies
- Layer-2/3 protocols
- Network troubleshooting
- Strong verbal communication
- Infrastructure planning
- Technical infrastructure upgrades
- Root-cause analysis
- Team-oriented
- 8021x experience
- Customer support
- Subnetting expertise
- Firewall configuration tools
Certification
- Cisco Courses Completed:
- Internetwork Troubleshooting - ARG
- Advanced Router Configuration
- Unified Wireless Training
- Unified Messaging & IPT
- Checkpoint FW
- Nexus
MILITARY EXPERIENCE
- United States Navy
- Petty Officer 3rd Class – Interior Communications: Honorable Discharge
Timeline
Sr. Network Engineer
Dewberry
06.2021 - 06.2025
SME LAN/WAN/Wireless Infrastructure
ActioNet
01.2016 - 06.2021
Infrastructure Engineer
International Monetary Fund
01.1998 - 01.2007
Senior Network Engineer
International Monetary Fund (Contractor)
01.1995 - 04.2018
Senior Network Analyst
01.1995 - 01.1998
Senior Analyst II
DynCorp
01.1994 - 01.1995
Network Support Analyst
The Experts
01.1992 - 01.1994
Technical Degree - Computer Technology
Porter & Chester Institute
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