Ian Fraser
Network Specialist @Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited
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WORK HISTORY
Network Specialist @Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited
Ottawa, ON, CA
Government of Canada Secret clearance-Senior member of the Corporate Network Team providing mentoring to less experienced teammates. Tasked to plan, test and execute complex changes on live network. Duties-Responsible for the design and deployment of SDWAN/ADVPN across the global network footprint, replacing other WAN technologies, resulting in a projected savings of over over a 5 year period-Design, configure, and deploy (rack, stack, and ship) Plug and Play Network solutions for standing up remote sites with minimal outside intervention, following ITSG-33, and leveraging Zero Touch Provisioning-Develop and maintain detailed documentation for a complex global network-Liaise with Internal Audit to satisfy all documentation requests and maintain compliance-Administer and troubleshoot Fortigate Firewalls, Aruba and Cisco switches, Velocloud, 3cX and Sangoma devices-Approve all MOP’s prior to change request approval-Participate in 24x7x365 on call rotation
EDUCATION
CCNP
Cisco Certified Network Professional, Network Routing and Switching
CDI
Diploma, Computer Programming
ABOUT IAN FRASER
Government of Canada Secret clearance.At my current employer I am leading a wide reaching network project which, when completed, will save over $1.9 million over 5 years, with an initial Return on Investment of less than 6 months.I\'m a Self Starter with a proven history of \"Top Contributor\" performanceWith over 20 years experience in Networking I\'ve acquired a very wide range of experience and skills including Architecting, Engineering, Deploying, and Troubleshooting at a global scale. I posses an exceptional breadth of knowledge in routing, switching, firewall, IPSEC-VPN, caching, load balancing, and Intrusion Prevention/Detection on a variety of Vendor\'s platforms.In my time at AECL I was a key resource in the design, deployment and management of a Cisco centric site wide fibre optic backbone across the Chalk River Campus and wide area connections to remote offices across Canada. I was awarded \'Significantly Exceeded Expectations\' on every performance review.As part of Nortel\'s Security Technology and Internet Engineering teams I successfully collaborated across time zones and cultures to both extend and troubleshoot Nortel\'s Internet and Partner facing infrastructure, providing Subject Matter Expertise on several platforms, and was recognized as \'Top Talent\' contributor (the top 5% of the company) every year of my employment.Following my time at Nortel I founded goZoom.ca and designed and built an Internet Service Provider network serving thousands of square kilometers and customers via Fiber, LTE, and proprietary wireless technologies.The company was extremely successful, and I lead a project where-in we partnered with Industry Canada in 2015/2016 in the Connecting Canadians program, completing the program 3 months ahead of schedule and on budget, and resulting increasing customer base by over %250.I sold the business in 2020 after having taken it far beyond my original exit plan, and switched back to a more hands on role which is where my true passion lives.
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