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Kenneth Drewen

Belmont,North Carolina

Summary

Hardworking and reliable Network Engineer with 27 years of broad experience in data networking. Highly organized, proactive and punctual with team-oriented mentality.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Network Engineer / Senior / Lead

Ciena
Linthicum Heights, MD
06.1996 - 04.2024
  • Instrumental in technologically enabling Ciena's growth from a one building private company to a global corporation with locations around the world.
  • Designed, implemented, configured and supported all network routers and switches for a Global corporation of - at one time - over 33 locations using a combination of Cisco, Juniper and Ciena switching and routing equipment.
  • Maintained Firewall policy per the requirements of the Cyber Security team on Palo Alto, Fortigate and to a lesser degree Checkpoint.
  • Instrumental in the roll out of Infoblox DDI.
  • Instrumental in the roll out of Zscaler Internet Access and Private Access.
  • Supported Ivanti SSLVPN, remote access appliances.
  • Performed in-depth syslog analysis and reporting using Splunk.
  • Managed all Changes, Incident tracking and requests through Service Now.

Education

High School Diploma -

Perry Hall High School
Baltimore, MD

Harford Community College
Bel Air, MD

University of Maryland - University College
Hyattsville, MD

Skills

  • Attention To Detail
  • Verbal And Written Communication
  • Switches And Routers
  • Troubleshooting And Analysis
  • Firewall Management
  • Teamwork Mindset

Affiliations

  • Play guitar and have performed both in church and elsewhere in a successful band and later an acoustic duo.
  • Avid snow skier for many years, having skied several places in the United States and a few places in Europe.
  • Volunteered at a local food pantry.

Accomplishments

  • Received 33 'applause' awards from my peers, coworkers and management since the platform became available approximately 10 years ago.

Certification

  • CCNA - Long Expired
  • CISM - Expired last year

Timeline

Network Engineer / Senior / Lead

Ciena
06.1996 - 04.2024

High School Diploma -

Perry Hall High School

Harford Community College

University of Maryland - University College

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