Casey S.

Experience

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  Prairie Hill School District #133

  Jul 2009 - Oct 2009

  Information Technology Assistant

  Responsible for configuration and maintenance of new computer installations throughout the district. Also responsible for responding to various help requests from faculty.

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  23 WIFR - Gray Television

  Feb 2012 - Aug 2013

  Prepared various commercials and programs for air, monitored over the air signals, and performed other master control duties.Used Ross Overdrive with Ross Vision, Ross Xpression, Avid Airspeeds, and other broadcast technologies, I prepared and directed on-air newscasts.Regularly assisted the Engineering department with general IT maintenance and troubleshooting duties Primary on-site designer for second generation switched network with a focus on VLAN, redundancy, and securityReceived Employee of the Month recognition for effectively isolating, recovering from, and protecting station network against a worm that had hit multiple Gray stationsAssisted sister stations in isolating and removing said infectionContinued to maintain, support, and troubleshoot devices and systems that I worked on as the Broadcast Information Technologist Responsible for assisting with the maintenance and troubleshooting of user computers, Windows 2003 servers, networking equipment, and broadcast technologies

  • Technical Media Producer

    Jul 2012 - Aug 2013

  • Information Technology Assistant

    Jul 2012 - Aug 2013

  • Broadcast Information Technologist

    Feb 2012 - Jul 2012
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  University of Illinois Springfield - Office of Electronic Media

  Sept 2013 - Jan 2015

  TV Production Assistant Student Worker

  Set up, transported, and tore down cameras, cables, and other broadcast gear for live eventsOperated over the shoulder, fixed position, and mobile camera platforms to record live events and private productionsProvided networking, IT, and broadcast engineering support as needed

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  Network Knowledge TV

  Oct 2013 - Jan 2015

  Master Control Operator

  Prepared programming and promotions for air.Monitored three broadcast transmitters to ensure the quality of on air signals.

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  Electronic Arts (EA)

  May 2014 - Aug 2014

  Network Engineer Intern

  Migrating load balanced virtual servers and IPs from Cisco CSM/SSLM to Citrix NetscalersAssisting with projects and troubleshooting as needed

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  Lincoln Land Community College

  Jan 2015 - Jul 2017

  Network Administrator

  Responsible for day-to-day troubleshooting, maintenance, and optimization of TCP/IP network for the largest community college district in Illinois by geographic size.Sole network administrator for main Springfield campus, campus data center, five primary regional education centers, and five additional satellite sites across central Illinois, including more than 60 L3 switches (Avaya ERS, Dell N-series, Dell PowerConnect), 12 firewalls (Barracuda X-series, Cisco ASA), and nearly a dozen routers (Ubiquiti EdgeRouter, Cisco 2800).Designed and deployed dynamic routing (multi-area OSPF) using Ubiquiti EdgeRouters to ensure high availability of services at remote sites.Planned and deployed eBGP peerings to ensure availability of external facing services.Designed, implemented, and supported complete redesign of campus network core, integrating first hop redundancy using VRRP, Dell MLAGs (vPC), and Multiple Spanning Tree (MSTP).Made numerous enhancements to authentication and access control on Dell N series switched network, including multiple spanning tree optimizations and additions, as well as two factor authentication.Wrote and contributed various PHP scripts to extend device support for the open source LibreNMS project Show less

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  Duluth Trading Company

  Jul 2017 - May 2019

  Network Engineer II

  Responsible for day to day troubleshooting of DTC store, office, and datacenter networkingDeployed partial re-design of office and store WAN connectivity using GRE and IPSEC tunnelsBuilt, tested, and began deployment of Linux-based Docker container environment to host network tools and supporting infrastructure.

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  Netgain Technology, LLC

  May 2019 - Mar 2020

  Network Engineer

  Responsible for day-to-day client engineering and support on Juniper and Cisco routing/firewalling platforms, as well as Microsoft AzureResponsible for data center activities, including interconnects, client co-location, and operational support.Lead network configuration and onboarding of new clients using Juniper, Cisco Meraki, and Microsoft Azure

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  Fort Dearborn Company

  Apr 2020 - May 2021

  Infrastructure Engineer