Nick Becker CV

Experience

AWS and NAC Automation Engineering using Itential

Contracted to work soley for Johnson & Johnson on their Network Software and Automation Team.
Created cloud network device self-service automation that can deploy either a set of CSR8000v routers in AWS and register with vManage using cloud_init as userData or a set of FTDv firewalls in AWS and register with FMC.
Created NAC phase 2 and 3 inventory and deployment automation that can poll the switches at a site, generate CSV reports on current and proposed configurations and deploy those configuration into the production environment.
Installed and configured AWS EC2 opensource Itential adapter in linux using git.
Created Jinja templates that can take switch data and create a formatted CSV file and also generate email reports.

Cloud Architect and Engineering, DevOps and Network Automation

Now on the DevOps/Cloud Engineering team I have built Ansible playbooks using Jinja to update network equipment and utilized Python and JavaScript to make MACD in Cisco CallManager and Unity.
Utilized Postman to make API calls to Meraki.
Created AWS EC2 multi-AZ redundant instances running nginx and used security groups and application load balancers to host the web server securely using SSL.
Created simple CRUD APIs using API gateway, Lambda and DynamoDB.
Deployed an S3 hosted website with a custom DNS name using CloudFormation.

Unified Communications and Paging

In 2021 I worked on the NC AOC eCourts upgrade where I utilized skills in Cisco DNA center, vManage, CUCM, CME, Unity, CUE, XMedius, InformaCast, analog voice and racking/stacking hardware. I developed code that increased the efficiency of the team, reducing hours and costs on the 40 million dollar project.
I was involved in several UC upgrades to 12.X that involve large voice clusters comprised of CUCM, Unity, UCCX, CUBE, and Attendant Console for City of Durham, Santee Cooper, NC DHHS, South Piedmont CC, Carolina Biological and Lion Oil, a new Jabber implementation for NC DHHS, a migration to SIP/Oracle SBC for PPL Electric and a SIP migration for Michelin.

Design and Implementation of Routing, Switching, Palo Alto and Cisco ASA Firewalls

Engineered NC DHHS Morganton Hospital network using 6800-XL cores w/VSS multiple VRFs, 2 ASA 5585’s with HA, multi-context and FirePower IPS and a pair 4451-X edge routers using BGP to peer state service provider and redistributing into internal EIGRP.
Installed and configured 2 Palo Alto VMs for CREE in Azure to secure their cloud infrastructure and configured management in Panorama.
Designed and implemented City of Winston Salem fiber ring w/OSPF over MPLS routing 20 sites w/Cisco ASR routers back to HQ Nexus 7k.
Engineered a Active/Active datacenter Palo Alto 5060 managed w/Panorama between Nexus 7k and Nexus 9k for Meadowbrook Insurance.
Migrated Pfeiffer University campus to Meraki MS350 switches, MR53 APs and MX600 firewalls connecting back to old Cisco DC switches using OSPF and LACP.

Network Architect and Project Management

Project lead for Cyprus LAN/WAN redesign, connecting Cyprus up to Frankfurt with VPN and installing new layer 3 switch.
Project lead for DMVPN solution that provides redundant paths from European sites up to hub locations for email and internet access.
Network project lead for European Office 365 WAN connections, designed connectivity, sized WAN connections and ordered equipment.
Project lead to fix DMVPN connecting Colombia, Mexico and NA data centers, removed all static route and implemented EIGRP across the WAN.

Principal network and voice architect and engineer

Lead voice architect responsible for 3 global CUCM, Unity and UCCX clusters for several cluster upgrades and daily operations.
Architect and team lead for Internet redundancy project changing our WAN infrastructure at HQ and DR sites from Static routes to EIGRP to edge and BGP on to Internet with redistribution. I acquired a /24 from ARIN and re-IP addressed all Internet facing applications.
Architect and team lead for network installation at new Toronto warehouse where I managed cable vendors, supplied statement of work documents, drawings for wireless AP deployment, MDF/IDF installations, fiber runs and network drops.

Started out on the ground floor of Under Armour’s global telecommunications services

Supported 3 MPLS clouds, EIGRP on the LAN and BGP in the MPLS clouds with redistribution and summarization between the protocols and VPN connections for redundancy.
Engineered Riverbed Steelhead appliances for compression and TCP optimization across the WAN. Developed QoS strategy reducing latency for voice and business network traffic using CBWFQ.
Migrated Cisco VPN for corporate remote users to Juniper Secure Connect SSLVPN.
Migrated analog voice T1 circuits to Level3 SIP service for local and toll free services.