Ernest Yaw Nkansah
Canal – Winchester,OH
Summary
5 years in networking and security engineering with strong hands-on expertise in Networking with exceptional insight when troubleshooting routers, switches and firewalls.I have a strong passion for ensuring the security and reliability of network infrastructures. A dedicated, and progress-driven individual with hands-on experience who enjoys working in a challenging and dynamic environment that provides career advancement, professional development, and personal growth.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Networking Engineer (contract)
Matrix technology
08.2020 - Current
- Involve in complete local area network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN) developing including designing, installation, configuration, and maintenance
- Performed the switching technology administration by configuring Cisco switches
- Configured Virtual LANs (VLANs), VLAN Trunking, Inter VLAN routing, Port security, and Lan security on Cisco Switches
- Performed troubleshooting for VLAN misconfiguration and port security issues
- Configured Dynamic routing protocol OSPF on Cisco routers
- Involved in Creating IKE PHASE 1 tunnel and IPsec tunnel between remote offices and central offices
- Collecting data to evaluate network and system performance and troubleshooting issues as they arise
- Gather, interpret and analyze data related to a system or business process
- Resolved technical issues related to networks using troubleshooting techniques.
- Provided technical support for users having difficulties connecting to the network or accessing network resources.
- Managed all aspects of LAN and WAN design including physical layout, IP addressing scheme, routing protocols, segmentation strategies, bandwidth management.
Roofing Field Coordinator
DIS Aluminum
Accra, Ghana
02.2010 - 01.2019
- Inspect work performed and ensure manufacturers' installation specifications have been followed
- Visit new job sites and complete inspections to ensure correct job details are being followed
- Communicate with onsite customer contact on every project to get feedback on how the project is going
- Submit all reports to Sr
- Field Coordinator within 24 hours of inspection
Education
Bachelors (BSc) - Information Studies & Psychology
University of Ghana
Legon06.2015
A.B.M.A UK Diploma - Shipping And Logistics
Institute of Export & Shipping Management
Ghana West Africa06-2007
Skills
- GNS3
- VMware
- Virtual Box
- Cisco Packet Tracer
- Palo Alto
- Cisco 7600
- Cisco 3600
- Access Control List (ACL)
- NAT
- GRE Tunnel
- LAN
- VTP
- TCP/IP
- UDP
- DHCP
- DNS
- ICMP
- OSPF
- BGP
- EIGRP
- RIP
- Static Routing
- L2 SWITCH
- L3 SWITCH
- WAN
- WLAN
- VoIP
- VLANs
- STP
- RSTP
- Ethernet
- Windows XP
- Windows 7
- Windows 8
- Windows 10
- Cisco IOS
- Cisco switching expertise
- Network architecture design
- Switching protocols
- Connectivity troubleshooting
- OSPF routing
- IP addressing and subnetting
- Strong troubleshooting skills
- IP address structure
- Network configuration
Certification
CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate)
Timeline
Networking Engineer (contract)
Matrix technology
08.2020 - Current
Roofing Field Coordinator
DIS Aluminum
02.2010 - 01.2019
Bachelors (BSc) - Information Studies & Psychology
University of Ghana
A.B.M.A UK Diploma - Shipping And Logistics
Institute of Export & Shipping Management
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