Ian Mock
Principal Network Architect at Valvoline Global Operations
- Role
- Principal Network Architect at Valvoline Global Operations
- Location
- Dallas, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ian Mock
Experienced Senior Network Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. Skilled in Routing, Switching, Servers, Data Center Networking, Data Center planning, and Windows Server. Strong information technology professional with a Bachelor of Science (BS) focused in MIS from Western Governors University.
Experience
Principal Network Architect
Sep 2024 — Present
Architectural Modernization: Spearheaded the design and deployment of next-generation infrastructure, including SD-WAN integration, cloud connectivity, and centralized cloud management to support a security-first global footprint.Strategic Alignment: Acted as the primary liaison between Infrastructure and Enterprise Architecture, ensuring technical roadmaps were communicated and synchronized with long-term business objectives.Operational Excellence: Engineered a \"Single Source of Truth\" by building a comprehensive network documentation ecosystem in Confluence from the ground up and introduced standardized templates for daily operations.Security & Compliance: Led the development of audit-ready documentation and successfully remediated critical initial findings, significantly improving the organization\'s risk posture and governance according to NIST guidelines.Global Connectivity: Evaluated and implemented high-scale Global WAN solutions and B2B connectivity frameworks to optimize performance and redundancy across international sites.Process Automation: Templatized recurring tasks and operational workflows, reducing manual overhead and increasing the consistency of network deliveries.
Education
Western Governors University
Bachelor of Science (BS), MIS
2007 — 2012
Skills
- Troubleshooting
- Active Directory
- Windows Server
- Switches
- Blackberry Enterprise Server
- Dell Poweredge Servers
- Cisco Nexus
- Hyper-V
- Dns
- Data Center
- Group Policy
- Network Engineering
- Dell Computers
- Ipsec
- Firewalls
- Networking
- Cisco Call Manager
- Servers
- Cisco Ios
- Network Administration
- Cisco Asa
- Ospf
- Mpls
- Nagios
- Disaster Recovery
- Vmware Esx
- Vmware
- Virtualization
- Routers
- Cisco Technologies
- Microsoft Exchange
- Sonicwall
- Symantec Endpoint Protection
- Infrastructure
- Dhcp
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