Mathew Kaze
Broken Arrow,OK
Summary
Network Systems Engineer and USMC Veteran with prior Secret Clearance and combined nearly 7 years of proven experience in the United States Marine Corps and the City of Broken Arrow local municipality government. Accomplished measurable results while leading a team of 15 in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. Possess a comprehensive background in System and Network Engineering derived from conducting domestic and global operations in Arizona, California, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, and Djibouti as well as aboard (4) different U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ships. Managed risk upon multiple lines to protect assets, property, and equipment valued over $10 million while meeting the expectations of senior leadership. Possess extensive skills in teamwork and communication. Recipient of multiple awards for outstanding performance and professionalism.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Network Systems Engineer
City Of Broken Arrow
Broken Arrow, OK
11.2021 - Current
- Oversaw major network architecture upgrade, with minimal downtime, to include city wide access switch refresh, and full mesh VPN network infrastructure setup for (20) remote locations to include white-paper design, deployment, configuration of devices.
- Administration of over 100+ guest virtual machines in Hyper-V environment across multiple clusters and network storage devices.
- Designed, planned, and implemented large enterprise network configuration to include (24) internal network office locations across wide scale, city owned fiber network and (20) branch office remote locations utilizing ISP circuit.
- Designed and implemented SD-WAN with Next Gen. Firewalls (NGFW) for (20) branch office locations utilizing IPsec VPN and redundant GRE tunnels.
- Windows Server 2008/2012/2016 administration to include Active Directory (AD), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Domain Name Service (DNS), and Group Policy Objects (GPO)
- Collaborated with vendors to identify best options for optimizing network performance
- Contributed to implementation and support of SNMP monitoring software and other network monitoring tools.
- Configured and troubleshot VoIP and multi-media distributed systems and platforms
- Configured, managed and evaluated multi-protocol network elements for end-to-end communications with Cisco and Fortinet network devices.
- Integrated fixed wireless connectivity into facilities requiring high-speed networks
- Troubleshot complex multi-vendor network service provider issues
- Monitored network capacity and performance to diagnose and resolve complex network problems
- Provided detailed network diagrams and procedural guidelines
- Provided complete end-to-end engineering and installation of route-based IP network solutions
Tactical Data Systems Engineer - Sergeant
USMC - MACS-1 - 15TH MEU - SPMAGTF-CR-CC
Yuma, AZ
11.2015 - 09.2021
- Responsible for integration and maintenance of over 25 different C2 hardware and software platform throughout many different joint exercises and deployments utilizing both Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) and Government Off The Shelf (GOTS) devices.
- Managing functionality and efficiency of over (68) assigned group of computers running on one or more operating systems to include Windows 10, Red Hat Linux Enterprise, CentOS and Windows Server 2008, 2012, and 2016.
- Maintaining integrity and security of VMware ESXi virtualized servers, CISCO network systems, and over (56) virtual machines (VM).
- Windows Server 2012/2016 Active Directory account creation and setup to include PKI, DHCP, DNS, and GPO administration.
- Maintaining system documentation and after-action reports daily, weekly, and monthly.
- Performed day-to-day LAN and WAN administration, maintenance and support.
- Constructed and maintained Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN).
- Identified and immediately resolved issues with network devices.
- Planned, coordinated and implemented network security measures.
- Wrote policy, procedure and manuals governing internal IT use.
- Led team for network and systems engineering services and supported key clients in development efforts, establishing standards, determining specifications and creating Service and Operational Level Agreements (SLA) and (OLA).
Education
Marine Corps Communications And Electronics School - Command And Control (C2) Network Systems Admin
Tactical Data Systems Occupation Specialty School
29 Palms, CA2017
H.S. Diploma -
Sperry High School
Sperry, OK2015
Skills
- Network Hardware and Software
- Next Generation Firewall (NGFW)
- LAN/WAN, TCP/IP Cisco and FortiNet
- EIGRP, OSPF, RIP, BGP, MPLS
- Network Protocol Analysis - Wireshark
- VMware and Hyper-V
- VOIP - Voice over IP network infrastructure
- Tactical Data Systems (C2)
- Server Maintenance
- Security Implementation
- Network Troubleshooting
- Remote work support
- Network performance monitoring
- System integration
Timeline
Network Systems Engineer
City Of Broken Arrow
11.2021 - Current
Tactical Data Systems Engineer - Sergeant
USMC - MACS-1 - 15TH MEU - SPMAGTF-CR-CC
11.2015 - 09.2021
Marine Corps Communications And Electronics School - Command And Control (C2) Network Systems Admin
Tactical Data Systems Occupation Specialty School
H.S. Diploma -
Sperry High School
Certification
- NSE3- Fortinet Network Security Expert
- MTA: Microsoft Networking Fundamentals
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