ABOUT ME

REED WEIERMAN

Network engineer experienced in both onPrem and Cloud environments

Passionate about building and maintaining reliable and secure networks

801-647-5426
email@rdubnet.com
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CERTIFICATIONS & TRAINING

Cisco CCNP
Cisco CCSP

Juniper SSL VPN training
Cisco VoIP Administration training
Cisco ROUTE course
Citrix Access Gateway Impl. training

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts
Information Systems and Technology
Weber State University : 2006

Associates of Science
Salt Lake Community College : 2004

EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS

Configure and manage F5 ASM Web Application Firewall (WAF)

Manage Check Point CloudGuard implementation with AZR Kubernetes (AKS) environments to maintain PCI compliant security posture

Migrated onPrem network environment to both Azure and AWS Cloud environments with redundant Cloud connections

Manage external/internal CheckPoint firewalls

Created and maintained enterprise site-to-site VPN tunnels (Cisco, Arista)

Manage remote access SSL and IPSec VPN (Juniper, Cisco)

Manage F5 LTM and GTM load balancers including SSL client certificates

Responsible for maintaining 24x7 network uptime in both FinTech and college networks

Responsible for redundant ISP BGP connectivity for multiple data centers and offices (Internet and MPLS connections)

Participate in semi-annual PCI audits of firewalls and VPN in order to remain PCI compliant

Experience with WiFi and surveillance (UniFi, Cisco)

Configured VRF independent networks for hosted and managed customers for their Oracle environments

Supervised Infrastructure team (SLCC)

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

Route : 15
Switch : 15
Data Center : 8
Content Services : 13
Wireless : 12
Firewall/VPN : 14
Cloud : 3

CLOUD

AZURE
VNET, Peering, Subnets, VRT, Firewall, Resource Groups, Security Groups, VM, Express Route, Enterprise Apps

AWS
VPC, Subnets, Security Groups, Elastic IPs, Route Tables, Route 53

CLOUD DEPLOYMENTS
Ivanti Connect Secure (Pulse)
Check Point Firewall
Check Point CloudGuard
Cisco CSR 1000v
Arista EOS

TECHNOLOGY

ROUTE
EIGRP, OSPF, HSRP, BGP, VRF

SWITCH
VSS, VPC, STP, LACP, VLAN, CDP

SECURITY
IPSec/SSLVPN, ACS, ACL, SSL, RADIUS, 2FA, SAML

PROTOCOL ANALYSIS
ASA CLI, Wireshark, tcpdump

MONITORING
Nagios, Cacti, NetIQ

WIRELESS and SURVEILLANCE
UniFi, Protect, WCS, WLC, CAPWAP

HARDWARE

ROUTERS, SWITCHES & DATA CENTER
Cisco ISR, ASR, Catalyst, Nexus, FEX

FIREWALLS and SECURITY
CheckPoint Firewalls
Cisco ASA Firewalls
Ivanti Connect Secure SSL VPN (Pulse)
Palo Alto Firewalls

CONTENT SERVICES
F5 LTM/GTM
F5 ASM Web Application Firewall (WAF)
BlueCoat Web Proxy

WiFi & SURVEILLANCE
Ubiquiti Unifi and Protect
Cisco WLAN Controllers

WORK HISTORY TIMELINE


Principle Engineer Network and Security
Vesta
May 2022 - current

Senior Network Engineer
Vesta
May 2016 - May 2022

Senior Network Engineer
Data Intensity, LLC
Dec 2011 - May 2016

Infrastructure Specialist III
Salt Lake Community College
Jun 2011 - Nov 2011

Infrastructure Specialist II
Salt Lake Community College
Nov 2006 - Jun 2011

TAC Customer Service Engineer
Cisco Systems, Inc
Jun 2006 - Nov 2006

IT Help Desk
Ogden City
Oct 2005 - Jun 2006

DETAILED WORK EXPERIENCE

Principle Engineer Network and Security : May 2022 – Current

Vesta Corporation

  • Configure and manage F5 ASM Web Application Firewall (WAF)
  • Manage Check Point CloudGuard implementation with AZR Kubernetes (AKS) environments to maintain PCI compliant security posture
  • Participate in addressing annual external Pen Testing findings to maintain PCI compliance
  • Migrated Azure Cloud network environment to onPrem
  • Continue to perform all other duties listed below as Senior Network Engineer

Senior Network Engineer : May 2016 – May 2022

Vesta Corporation

  • Migrated onPrem network environment to both Azure and AWS Cloud environments
  • Manage cloud environments in both Azure and AWS (VNETs, VPCs, VMs, Peering, etc.)
  • Manage onPrem connections to Cloud via Private Connections (AZR ExpressRoute and AWS Direct Connect) and site-to-site VPN
  • Manage external/internal Checkpoint firewalls
  • Manage Cisco ASAs and Arista EOS for site-to-site VPN tunnels
  • Manage Ivanti (Pulse) Connect Secure SSL VPN for user remote access VPN
  • Manage F5 LTM load balancers for internal and DMZ URLs
  • Manage F5 GTM load balancers for DNS and redundancy
  • Responsible for maintaining 24x7 network uptime for 3 data centers, 2 cloud environments, 3 offices, and many partner connections
  • (Redundant MPLS with BGP, private circuits, site-to-site VPN, remote access VPN, and Cloud direct connections)
  • Manage office WiFi and surveillance using Ubiquiti hardware/software
  • Create and manage site-to-site VPN tunnels for external partners and customers with Cisco ASA
  • Participate in semi-annual firewall audits to maintain PCI compliance
  • Hands-on for onsite hardware (network, servers and storage) installations including all power and network cabling

Senior Network Engineer : Dec 2011 – May 2016

Data Intensity, LLC

  • Configured VRF networks for managed and hosted customers for their Oracle environments
  • Created and managed site-to-site VPN tunnels for managed and hosted customers
  • Managed F5 load balancers for internal and DMZ URLs
  • Responsible for keeping all corporate and customer SSL certificates up-to-date
  • Responsible for all redundant ISP connections to multiple data centers using BGP and OSPF

Network Engineer/Infrastructure Specialist III : Jun 2011 – Nov 2011

Salt Lake Community College

  • Supervised Infrastructure Team (network and telecommunications teams)
  • Responsible for entire campus WAN, LAN, and WLAN network connectivity
  • Maintained SLCC’s 9 campus data and voice networks
  • Maintained disaster recovery site
  • Configured and installed VPC on Nexus 5020 pair with 4 2148 fabric extenders
  • Led hiring process for second Infrastructure Specialist III position
  • (same duties as mentioned below in Infrastructure Specialist II position)

Network Engineer/Infrastructure Specialist II : Nov 2006 – Jun 2011

Salt Lake Community College

  • Administered both Cisco IPSec and Juniper SSL VPN solutions
  • Administered F5 load balancers and Citrix NetScalers
  • Administered campus WLAN using Cisco WCS, WiSMs, and CAPWAP
  • Managed network monitoring using Nagios, Cacti, and SNMP
  • Managed trouble-ticket queue to make sure all issues are getting resolved
  • Assisted with SLCC data network core upgrade to Cisco 6500’s and VSS
  • Assisted with Cisco UCM, UCCX, and Unity configuration and installation
  • Assisted with Cisco UCM administration
  • Assisted with IP phone adds, moves, and changes
  • Worked with campus facilities to migrate all HVAC devices to networked solution
  • Gained experience with punch blocks, tone tracers, and cabling
  • Acquired limited experience with VMware and Cisco integration
  • Assisted with Conference of Information Technology (CIT) 2008 network setup
  • Led hiring process for new Infrastructure Specialist II position multiple times

Cisco Network Consultant : Jun 2006 – Nov 2006

Convergys

  • Built and maintained enterprise level virtual private networks (VPN)
  • Troubleshot and resolved customers’ secure network issues

IT Help Desk Personnel : Oct 2005 – Jun 2006

Ogden City – #3 Digital City (75,000-124,999 population category)

  • Resolved customer computer and technical issues in timely manner
  • Maintained city’s end-user computer systems

Assistant Manager : Feb 2002 – Dec 2003

Western Wats Research Center

  • Managed research call center
  • Coordinated teams of 3-20 employees
  • Performed research studies via phone