Marvin Rhoads

Experience

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  United States Air Force

  Jan 1982 - Jan 1988

  Responsible for 5-person team performing test and evaluation of digital microwave radios and supporting multiplexer equipment. Responsible for development of technical designs in response to customer requirements, development of installation packages, bills of material, and other supporting details.

  • Captain - Test and Evaluation Team Lead

    Jan 1986 - Jan 1988

  • Lieutenant - Scheme engineer

    Jan 1982 - Jan 1986
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  GE Aerospace, Management and Data Systems

  Jan 1988 - Jan 1991

  Systems Engineer

  Supported development of program level network designsPerformed systems integration of activities spanning broad range of telecommunications and network technology disciplines.

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  Central Intelligence Agency

  Jan 1991 - Jan 2005

  Chief Network Officer

  series of network engineering positions with increasing levels of responsibility.; in this role I developed and implemented the Agency's network strategic initiatives as well as tactical responses to individual customer requirements. I also managed all technical aspects of worldwide local and wide area network architectures and individual system designs. My duties included:development of budget submissions and future year planning activities articulating a strategy for growth of the infrastructure over the coming 5-7 year period;establishing and implementing the Agency's network architecture;oversight and quality assurance of a distributed highly available, high-bandwidth worldwide network;chairing an engineering review board providing subject matter expert level senior review of detailed network designs;design and activity deconfliction (both technical and scheduling, e.g., identifying critical path dependencies) on multiple high availability operational networks supporting a broad customer base; andmanaging the configuration control and change management of network-related projects and programs. Earlier responsibilities and accomplishments during my Agency career included:deployment of the largest (at that time) flat bridged token ring network in the world,integration of networks developed independently by separate organizational components into a unified system, andestablishment of initial and successor network management systems and enterprise management processes and tool sets. Show less

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  Switch and Data

  May 2005 - Aug 2006

  Senior Member of Technical Staff

  I was responsible for engineering and support of LAN and WAN infrastructures for this nationwide provider of Internet backbone exchange and data center services. Responsibilities spanned all aspects of network life cycle - planning, design, implementation, operation, and optimization. I optimized our systems and support processes using ITIL Framework principles. After less than one year on the job, I was selected as the #1 best-performing employee from the IT and Engineering departments.

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  RealNetworks

  Jul 2009 - Oct 2011

  Network Engineer III / Senior Network Engineer - Senior engineer

  Current expert level expertise developing and evaluating network systems - at both the broad architectural level and detailed engineering design level. Current hands-on operational expertise including both network and end system (server and client) hardware and software.

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  Presidio Networked Solutions

  Nov 2011 - Mar 2014

  Senior Network Engineer

  Delivering security, switching, routing and network management designs and services to a broad range of clients.

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  Mastech, Inc.

  Apr 2014 - May 2014

  Senior Network Engineer
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  DISYS Solutions, Inc.

  Jul 2014 - now

  Senior Network Engineer

  Pre- and post-sales engineering lead role for a Cisco Gold partner focused on the State, Local and Educational (SLED) market.Currently working designing and delivering solutions using the full Cisco security product suite including ASA with (and without) FirePOWER services, FirePOWER appliances, FireSIGHT Management Center, Identity Services Engine (ISE), AnyConnect Secure Mobility client and Email Security Appliance (ESA). Also working with both design and deployment of networks with IOS- and NX-OS-based switches, various Cisco routing platforms, network management products (Cisco Prime Infrastructure, Prime LMS various Solarwinds products, PTRG etc.) and much more. Show less

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  Independent

  Dec 2016 - now

  Senior Network Security Engineer

  Providing expert level consulting, design and deployment services for enterprises' security infrastructure. Available for regional- and remote-based engagements.