Gary Cohen
Network Tda @Capita
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WORK HISTORY
Network Tda @Capita
As Technical Design Authority I\'m accustomed to:• Working with stakeholders to extract and translate their full business and technology requirements to produce high quality detailed network solutions.• Authoring technical designs (HLD/LLD and network design briefs) to defined standards, often against challenging timescales. • Providing input into technical designs authored by non network teams, maintaining a level of cross-functional technical knowledge.• Acting as a SME and mentor to Network Engineering staff and wider teamsI have demonstrable experience with:• Cisco, Juniper routing and switching design.• In depth configuration of routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP), MP-BGP, MPLS/IP VPNs.• Network security and firewall solutions (Cisco ASA, Checkpoint, Palo Alto and Juniper).• Network virtualizations within cloud environments (AWS, Azure, Oracle) • Remote access technologies/VPN using SSL, IPsec (Cisco ASA and PA Global Protect).• Data centre switching (Cisco Catalyst, Nexus and Juniper).• Load balancing (F5).• Experienced in the design of large scale WAN/ISP environments. Hold current SC and NPPV3 clearances.Projects worked on and key assignments:• Designing cloud environments across UK datacentres for Capita.• Network design for Capitas\' hosted Unified Communications cloud solution.• UK telehotel central firewalling migrations, customer device consolidation into strategic datacentres.• On boarding of private sector client networks into Capitas\' fully managed service.• Desktop management, SCCM solution across UK enterprises for customers.• Business acquisitions and network migrations for major high street retailers, global financial clients and UK government.
ABOUT GARY COHEN
Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto, Citrix and Microsoft certified IT professional [CCNP, CCDP, JNCIP, PCNSE, ACE, CCA and MCSA].Large scale network architecture experience with excellent consulting skills.Specialist Skills: routing, network security, switching, load balancing, wireless, network monitoring.Over twenty years of experience in all stages of network lifecycle including pre-sales, solution architecture, design phases, build implementation, test, optimization, operational support, maintenance and infrastructure refresh. Vast experience with the following Infrastructure: firewalls, routers, switches, servers, wireless controllers, load balancers, proxy and cloud solutions. In my current role I am ultimately responsible for designing and delivering network solutions for Capita on time and in budget.
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