Kareem A. Jones

About Kareem A. Jones

Senior network engineer & data center architect with 20 years of experience designing, implementing & maintaining computer networks across a diverse range of software & hardware platforms. A technology expert & leader who leverages extensive knowledge to serve high-level organizations across aerospace, finance, government, healthcare, technology & telecommunications. As a project leader, brings a strong ability to articulate complex technical language & ideas to non-technical audiences & delivers tailored & cost-effective solutions that speak to a client’s unique business challenges & goals. Leverages strong leadership capabilities with extensive experience as the primary point of contact & idea facilitator for internal groups & organizational management. CORE COMPETENCIES• Data Center Virtualization (UCS B Series / C Series, Nexus VN-Link (Adapter FEX, VM-FEX)• NX-OS Data Center Switching• Multi Datacenter High Availability MDHA• Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV)• NX-OS FC and FCoE Converged Fabric• NX-OS Storage Networking (Fibre Channel Switching, VSANs, iSCSI, FCIP, FCoE, NPV & NPIV, FC Fabric Services (FSPF, FLOGI, FCNS, Basic/Enhanced ZONING)• Security (Cisco ASA IPsec VPN Tunnels (Site-to-Site/DMVPN/ EzVPN/SSL/AnyConnect), Cisco IOS Security & Cisco Switch Security; Working knowledge of ASA 8.2 – 8.4/ASDM 6.2)• Application Centric Infrastructure (Network Centric / Application Centric /ACI Multi-Tenancy)• VXLAN with BGP L2VPN EVPN• Multi Site VxLAN• Layer 3 Routing (Understanding of routing protocols such as BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, & RIP v1/v2, Multicast (PIM-SM/DM, IGMPv3, PIMv2, MSDP, Anycast), High Availability (BFD/NSF/SSO) & FHRPs (HSRP/VRRP/GLBP)• Classical Ethernet Switching (VLANs, 802.1Q Trunking, LACP Port Channels, STP, MST, RSTP)• Switch Hardware (Nexus 7K/5K/2K switches, Catalyst 3750/4700/6500 switches)• Router Hardware (Cisco ISR G2 Routers & ASR 1ks)• Appliances (ASA 5510/FWSM, ACE 4710 & Riverbed Steelhead/Interceptor

Experience

1. Data Center Architect

   Cisco

   Aug 2018 — Present

   Technical lead and core member of the SME team overseeing design, deployment, and troubleshooting for global data centers across Walmart’s corporate offices, branches, and stores. Guide the development of a new data center utilizing Cisco Nexus VXLAN fabric, and BGP-EVPN overlay technology, as well as a refresh of existing data center to upgrade core devices. Lead all aspects of data center architecture and maintenance. Work closely with stakeholders and business units to define needs, evaluate new features, and recommend best practices. Review technical and business requirements to create pre/post-sales design and implementation plans for enterprise networks and data center architecture. Build simulated networks in labs to test new hardware used for investigating compatibility issues. Document procedures for implementation of new feature sets. Provide Nexus and ASR support for bug scrubs and configuration changes.

Skills

• Open Shortest Path First (Ospf)
• Cisco Nexus
• Data Center Architecture
• Stp
• Data Center Visualization
• Tcp/Ip
• Routing Protocols
• Wan
• Lisp
• Wide Area Network (Wan)
• Network Administration
• Network Architecture
• Lan-Wan
• Ipsec
• Technical Support
• Mpls
• Telecommunications
• Ospf
• Vpn
• Eigrp
• Cisco Routers
• Routers
• Border Gateway Protocol (Bgp)
• Security
• Vlan
• Troubleshooting
• Ip
• Network Engineering
• Network Design
• Routing
• Computer Hardware
• Otv
• Data Center
• Networking
• Cisco Technologies
• Ccie Data Center
• Ethernet
• Performance Routing
• Hardware
• Ccie