Forrest Overaker

About Forrest Overaker

Currently work as a Lead Network Engineer on the Core Network Engineering team at…

Experience

1. Lead Network Engineer

   MetLife

   May 2023 — Present

   Design, deploy, configure, manage, and update enterprise network infrastructure including Cisco ACI, Cisco Nexus, Cisco Catalyst, Cisco ASR, and out-of-band console infrastructure. • Analyze and troubleshoot network incidents reported by internal business partners and 3rd-party vendors. • Collaborate and coordinate with internal and external IT infrastructure teams to facilitate the implementation of network infrastructure changes and troubleshoot network-related issues. • Migrated 3500+ hosts and 350+ SVIs from Cisco Nexus environment to Cisco ACI fabric, including large Private Cloud/HCI deployments running on Dell EMC VxRail, across two datacenters with minimal downtime. • Migrated 300+ critical call center servers from end-of-life Catalyst 6500 to Cisco Nexus 9500 platform switches, voice circuits to new ASR1002-X routers, and upgraded the voice circuits from DS3 to Ethernet, and will be doing the same in our secondary data-center later this year. • Coordinating and planning the migration of IBM mainframes in two data-centers from end-of-life Catalyst 6500 to Catalyst 9500 platform switches, which will simplify network design and reduce large amount of tech debt for critical business infrastructure. • Deployed NSX-T in two data-centers with an underlay network consisting of Cisco ACI. • Design, develop, and maintain RESTful API-based network automation applications purpose-built to simplify network operations, reduce configuration errors, and provide life-cycle management in a single pane of glass. • Designed and developed an applications to allow other infrastructure teams to request, provision, remove switch ports/configuration via a web portal upon approval. • Work in a Lean/Agile DevOps oriented environment alongside project team-members to provide continuous value quickly, while ensuring any blockers can be addressed soon after they arise. • Record and maintain documentation on existing and new network processes and procedures.