TORRIN GRAY
Network Engineer
Puyallup,WA
Summary
Experienced Network Engineer with a TS-SCI Security Clearance and a proven 15-year track record. Demonstrated expertise in designing, configuring, testing, deploying, and troubleshooting network configurations, wireless systems, and virtualization hardware. Known for innovative and strategic problem-solving abilities. Highly proactive, autonomous, and critical thinker with extensive experience in project management, network configuration, cyber security, system testing, change management, root-cause analysis, and risk assessment.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
2025
2025
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Certifications
Work History
Site Reliability Engineer Fellowship
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
9 2024 - Current
- Training in change management for cloud solutions using cross-domain solutions (CDS)
- Learning to leverage integrated cloud logging and monitoring tools; familiarized with utilizing security scanning and troubleshooting software for cloud environments
- Leveraging established and new skills to maintain uptime and availability of high-demand classified resources critical to national security
Senior Network Engineer
U.S. Army
04.2023 - 09.2024
- Responsible for designing, implementing, installing, and managing network and telephony solutions that ensure seamless operations for our global DoD operations centers
- Planned and configured Radio Frequency (RF) transport connections using both Line of Sight and Satellite transport systems
- Collaborated across teams to deliver high-quality solutions, from concept to production, and led network projects to optimize contact quality, network latency, and scalability while adhering to best network engineering practices
- Partnered with broader Network/Infrastructure teams to ensure geographically dispersed agents can handle contacts flawlessly and adhere to operational performance standards
Network Engineer
U.S. Army
04.2021 - 04.2023
- Configured, maintained, installed, and troubleshot over 50 network edge locations across 4 continents; monitored LAN/WAN network performance to ensure over 99% uptime and maintain security for critical national security data
- Planned and configured Radio Frequency (RF) transport connections using both Line of Sight and Satellite transport systems
- Collaborated with data/software engineering teams to efficiently deploy new designs, products, and network software tools
- Developed and maintained documentation on network implementations, deployments, recurring issues, procedures, and knowledge transfer
- Worked alongside top-tier escalation engineers to resolve complex network and telecom issues
- The desire and ability to work in an operational, fast-paced, collaborative environment is essential
IT Support Technician/ Senior Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Lead
U.S. Army
09.2009 - 04.2021
- Delivered Tier 2 hardware, software, and application-level technical support to Tier 1 technicians and users in remote locations
- Planned missions and troubleshot technical SATCOM system issues resulting in over 99% uptime providing maximum operational efficiency for over 100 organizations within the DoD
Education
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
American Military University
Skills
Active TS/SCI Clearance
Major Internet Routing Protocols (15 years: BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, RIP)
Multi-vendor networking language (Cisco, Brocade, and Juniper)
Network hardware and topology failure diagnosis
Optical Ethernet technologies
Lab environment change management
Network troubleshooting
On-Call Technical Support
Network Security
Python
Bash syntax (Linux)
Virtualization technologies
Wireless network design
Incident management
System monitoring
Certification
CompTIA Security+, 06/2015
Timeline
Senior Network Engineer
U.S. Army
04.2023 - 09.2024
Network Engineer
U.S. Army
04.2021 - 04.2023
IT Support Technician/ Senior Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Lead
U.S. Army
09.2009 - 04.2021
Site Reliability Engineer Fellowship
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
9 2024 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
American Military University