Derek Small

Education:
Miami University, Oxford, OH, 1993
Bachelor of Science in Systems Analysis
Bachelor of Arts in Physics

Professional Certifications:
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE # 5832)

Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP)

Cisco Voice Specialization (Cvoice)

NSA-ISS (INFOSEC)

Goals and Background

I am looking for a position that will allow me to use my years of experience in successfully leading and completing large scale IT projects.  My ideal job will allow me to work with people to develop solutions for their IT problems, which are cost-effective and meet the primary requirements of all the parties involved.  My ability to look at problems from multiple disciplines, often gives me the insight to identify solutions to problems that others overlook.  I am quick to accept reasonability, and to give praise, and want to work as part of a tightly connected team, where I can share and mentor others.

Throughout my career I have worked as the team lead on numerous voice and data communication projects across an extremely broad range of technologies.  I enjoy developing automation tools and systems that help ensure consistency and accuracy.  Lately, I have designed and deployed cloud based solutions and implemented software defined networking solutions as well as converged and hyper-converged infrastructure.

Work Experience:

Presidio, Cincinnati, OH                                                                                                                        July 2015 through present

Senior Network Engineer

Provided design/build/install services for various customer projects including:

·         Cisco UCS/Nexus data center upgrades.  These were mostly standard UCS installs with either boot from SAN via iSCSI or Fiber-Channel blades, but also included a few UCS C-Series servers both with and without UCS Manager. Most installs included Layer-2/3 core switching being migrated to or created on Nexus 9K switches.

·         Completed a project to install Cisco iWAN with LiveAction for 30 site multi-national company.

·         Performed WAN upgrades with DMVPN or GET-VPN for several customers with large multinational networks.

·         Performed Data Center upgrades to Nexus for several large customers with minimal to no down-time.

·         I have been working lately with storage solutions from Nimble and Pure and integrations with Cisco UCS.

·         I have completed several projects based on Meraki MX/MS/MR platforms.

·         Created tools to help automate Cisco UCS and Nexus installs for faster and more accurate deployments.  One of the tools placed in the top five in an internal nationwide “Sharktank” contest for internally developed tools.

·         Installed Cisco ASA/SoureFire, Palo Alto, and Fortigate firewalls.

Fifth Third Bank, Cincinnati, OH                                                                                                     May 2012 through July 2015

Principle Network Engineer/Architect

·         Responsible for fork-lift upgrades to core infrastructure in all of Fifth Thirds data centers, mostly based on Cisco Nexus 7K/5K/3K/2K series switching.  Project involved all of IT, supported every system that Fifth Third had and was completed by the planned deadline, and with no impact to production.

·         Created custom inventory tracking and network management system for all Fifth Third network assists, including backend database, front-end web site with complete network diagrams, and all discovery and data collection services.  Also included DB integration with other data bases maintained by other groups within Fifth Third and partners. 

·         Maintained and upgraded F5 LTM/GTM platforms, and Riverbed WAN acceleration appliances, and InfoBlox servers.

·         Lead project to install BlueCoat Proxy server farm to handle all outbound WebTraffic.

Cincinnati Bell Tech Solutions, Cincinnati, OH (at General Electric)                                        Oct 2011 through May 2012

Principle Network Engineer/Architect

·         Server as principle network engineer/architect to design and build-out a multi-tenancy cloud service offering for GE Corporate based on Cisco UCS with EMC storage.

·         Implemented redundant virtualized data centers as a model for later global deployment at all GE data centers.

·         Final solution utilized Cisco Nexus/UCS/ASA/ASR hardware, and F5 LTM/GTM systems.

Cincinnati Bell Tech Solutions, Cincinnati, OH (at General Electric)                                        Oct 2007 through Oct 2011

Global WAN Architect

·         Lead a team to design and build-out a global DMVPN based MPLS WAN for five GE divisions.

·         WAN supported approximately 1200 sites on five logical WANS, one for each GE division.

·         Developed several automation tools, utilizing web interfaces, and database back-ends, to better control network hardware inventory, and improve the visibility of network performance from a user perspective.

·         Developed global standards and templates for a highly complex network environment with special attention to security and government compliance issues, utilizing the latest Cisco hardware and software.

Student Loan Xpress, San Diego, CA                                                                                              Oct 2005 through Oct 2007

Senior Network Engineer

·         Primary responsibilities include design and maintenance of data systems for Student Loan Xpress.

·         Implemented VPN based WAN which improved WAN performance over old MPLS solution by factor of 10, while reducing cost by half.

·         Also charged with developing corporate NOC to monitor all aspects of IT operations for internal alerting, and for various audit requirements.

Evelocity, Maineville, OH                                                                                                October 2004 through October 2005

Senior Network Engineer

·         Worked as a high-level network engineer to design and deploy Cisco CallManager based voice systems.  I worked extensively with CallManager, CallManager Express, Unity, Unity Express, Personal Assistant, and IPCC Express.

Trimble Navigation, Sunnyvale, CA                                                                                October 2003 through October 2004

Senior Network Engineer

·         Provided leadership to junior and mid-level network staff, including mentoring and meeting their training needs.

·         Provided high-level technical skills for the maintenance and support of Trimble’s global VPN-WAN and Cisco VoIP installation.  In addition I worked to improve security and functionality of the wireless network, improved security and network management solutions for the global network, and mentored Trimble employees.

Radian Group Inc, Philadelphia, PA                                                                                     April 2002 through October 2003

Senior Network Architect

·         Designed and built three large primary data centers for Radian based on Cisco and HP hardware. The data centers supported over 800 different servers.

Cincinnati Bell Tech Solutions, Cincinnati, OH                                                                             January 2001 to April 2002

Business Consultant

Netigy Corporation, San Jose, CA                                                                                        February 2000 to September 2000
Senior Network Consultant

·         I worked as the principle WAN architect on a team tasked with redesigning and upgrading the USA backbone for Visa Credit Cards USA.

Linc Network Systems, Inc., Blue Ash, Ohio                                                                             January 1997 to January 2000
Enterprise Network Engineer

·         Provided Post and Pre-sales support to Linc customers for all network projects.

·         Performed several network assessments and security assessments for Linc customers, including baselining, gap analysis, risk assessment, penetration testing.

City of Hamilton., Hamilton, Ohio                                                                                                April 1993 to January 1997
Enterprise Network Engineer

·         Was hired to oversee a Geographic Information Services project to map out all utilities for the City of Hamilton, and link all elements in those maps to an Oracle data base.

·         While I was there I created the IT department for the City of Hamiton’s Utilities department.  When I left it support all departments for the City except for Fire and Police.