Mark Hudson
387 Brooke Road Fredericksburg,United States
Summary
Detail oriented Network Engineer proudly offering over 25 years' experience in system repair and technical support. An enthusiastic employee with knowledge in LAN and WAN infrastructure planning and deployment. Skilled in task prioritization, project oversight and effective communication.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Network Engineer
Criterion Systems LLC
Vienna , Virginia
08.2023 - 05.2024
- Identified and resolved network performance issues reported in Service Now in accordance with mandated service level agreements and customer service protocols.
- Configured, monitored, and maintained routers, switches, firewalls, and load balancers.
- Configured and monitored Solar Winds network performance monitoring software.
- Provided technical support for local area networks, wide area networks, Wireless LAN, virtual private networks and other data communication systems.
- Optimize routing infrastructure for BGP utilizing route maps, prefix lists precedent and preemption, HSRP and interface tracking to ensure seamless failover and High Availability.
- Created detailed documentation of the existing network architecture, processes, applications and services employing Microsoft Visio.
- Collaborated with project teams on the design, deployment, configuration and maintenance of a fully operational COOP site.
- Reviewed and updated current Wireless Local Area Network to incorporate new access points while maintaining end of life Wireless LAN controllers.
Senior Network Engineer
Guidehouse LLC, NOAA
College Park, MD
10.2020 - 08.2023
- Performed root cause analysis of problems, documented faults in tracking system and generated daily reports.
- Effectively managed variety of mission-critical network tasks, which included vulnerability and application patching, data backups and network configurations.
- Reviewed system logs to determine usage levels, bandwidth, performance and system security to target inefficiencies and implement appropriate solutions.
- Maintained production network according to agency SLAs to fulfill agreed-upon client specifications.
- Successfully deployed new Dell MX7000 modular chassis in primary and alternate data centers establishing agency standard baseline configurations for redundant Fabric network environment.
- Extensively researched unfamiliar products and technologies to learn how best to incorporate new options.
- Configured Cisco, Juniper and Dell routers, switches, firewalls and other hardware to deploy and manage LAN, WAN and wireless networks.
- Educated and trained network engineering team on new technologies.
- Employed firewalls and VPNs to safeguard network security and block unauthorized access.
Wireless Network Engineer
Virtual Services Operations
Washington, DC
11.2018 - 07.2022
- Analyzed system performance, network capacity and security and capacity to ensure SLA compliance for Howard University.
- Instrumental in designing, installing and optimizing a cloud managed wireless network in support of Howard University's network optimization project.
- Designed and engineered F5 Big IP server load balancing infrastructure for Howard University's integral application server environment.
- Supported end-users with network and device troubleshooting and diagnosis.
- Safeguarded data through installation of firewalls and data encryption programs.
- Demonstrated leadership by making improvements to work processes and helping to train others.
- Performed complete hardware refresh of the entire layer 2 and layer 3 network at Howard University.
- Architected, designed overhaul of the outdated network infrastructure for The National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.
- Coordinated all third party support for a complete fiber optic installation in support of modernized network deployment for The National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.
Capabilities Analyst
United States Marine Corps
Quantico, VA
03.2013 - 09.2015
- Manage $178M Network On the Move (NOTM) program portfolio consisting of Cisco routers and switches Fortinet Firewall and application security appliances in support of Marine Air-Ground Task Force tactical operations.
- Analyze capabilities and gaps within the maritime and tactical Information Technology IT infrastructure and make strategic and prioritized recommendations aligned with $355M budget of the Command and Control division portfolio.
- Establish network specifications by conferring with commanders, end-users, industry vendors and stategic planners.
- Forecast technology trends and improvements and make timely recommendations to improve end-user support and maintain synchronization of cost, schedule and performance.
Technical Controller
Marine Forces Pacific United States Marine Corps
Camp HM Smith, HI
03.2010 - 02.2013
- Authored Standard Operations Procedures network architecture and deployment in support of humanitarian support, disaster recovery plans, information assurance and rapid response support in the Pacific theater of operations.
- Conducted detailed layer 1, 2 and 3 network designs to support global exercises and deployments supporting Combined Task Force, Joint Task Force and Marine Forces operations in the Pacific region.
- Engineered, installed and maintained operational networks supporting more than 100 joint, international and Marine operations for multiple units for rapid response teams in South Korea and the Philippines.
- Designed a process for the management of Satellite access and Point of Presence access requests, decreasing the average approval time from 30-45 days to 15-30 days, enhancing deployment planning for the 1st and 3rd Marine Expeditionary Forces.
Education
Some College (No Degree) - Philosophy And Religious Studies
Christendom College
Front Royal, VABachelor of Science - Information Technology/Cyber Security Focus
Strayer University
Washington, DCSkills
- Firewalls and Endpoint Security Cisco ASA, Firepower Threat Defense and Juniper SSG, SRX
- Network Documentation Development
- Systematic Troubleshooting
- Performance Improvement
- Layer 2 protocols; STP, RSTP, PVST
- Routing Protocols; BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, HSRP, VRRP
- Network Maintenance and Repair
- GRE, L2L, IPSEC, VPN tunneling and security protocols
- Network Design Coordination
- Cisco ISE deployment, configuration and maintenance
- Cisco Nexus 9K, 7K, 5K Cisco Catalyst 4500, 6500
- Next Generation Firewall configuration, management and troubleshooting
- Cisco Meraki cloud managed switches, routers and firewalls and Wireless network devices
- Vendor Relationship Management
Certification
- Cisco Certified Network Associate ( Recently expired but currently working toward CCNP.
- Cisco Certified Network Assocate Security (Recently expired but currently working toward CCNP Security.
- CompTia A+
- CompTia Network+
- CompTia Security+
Timeline
Senior Network Engineer
Criterion Systems LLC
08.2023 - 05.2024
Senior Network Engineer
Guidehouse LLC, NOAA
10.2020 - 08.2023
Wireless Network Engineer
Virtual Services Operations
11.2018 - 07.2022
Capabilities Analyst
United States Marine Corps
03.2013 - 09.2015
Technical Controller
Marine Forces Pacific United States Marine Corps
03.2010 - 02.2013
Some College (No Degree) - Philosophy And Religious Studies
Christendom College
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology/Cyber Security Focus
Strayer University
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