Buffy Pearson

Experience

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  JCPENNEY

  Jan 1997 - Apr 1999

  Technical Support III

  • Provided store systems technical support for all 2500 J.C.Penney retail stores and POS and Back Office equipment.• POS – Supported Department store POS equipment software and hardware problem resolution.• Managed Back-office servers.

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  Sprint

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2014

  Network Administrator/BSA II

  • Reporting - Financial, Call Center Statistic, and QA reporting. Functional Requirement gathering for Projects.• Experienced in MS Office Suite tools, (queries and pivot tables), PowerPoint, Visio, Lotus Notes.• Experienced in SQL, Crystal, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Micro strategy, CIS Systems; and other BI management tools.• Supported Cisco VOIP conversion. PC Hardware and Software upgrades.• Human Resource IT - Exony and Total view reporting and system admin functions.

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  Core-Mark International

  Jul 2015 - Sept 2017

  Network Administrator

  *Network Support for Routing, Switching and VOIP technology*T1; Fiber Optic conversions and upgrades*Install and support VOIP CUCM and Unity Platforms*Manage File Servers/DHCP*Thin Client Technology*Support Wireless Scanner technology

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  Crow Holdings Capital

  Dec 2017 - Aug 2018

  Network Infrastructure Engineer

  Network Administrator / Systems Admin • Implemented & Supported Cisco Catalyst Switches (2960 – 6500 Series); Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers and AP’s• Monitored, mapped and managed network with SolarWinds and WhatsUp Gold, Cisco Prime for AP’s & other network monitoring resources.• Managed and Configured Cisco Meraki VPN remote sites; and VMWare vSphere for Server Management. • Utilized CUCX, CUCM and Unity to configure and support a robust VOIP platform.Project Management Responsibilities:• Project Lead on adding 7 MPLS remote sites; worked with CenturyLink PM and Site Managers to ensure the sites 100MB circuits where installed and operational.• Vendor Relations:o ViaWest – Company outsourced level 3; worked with team for level 3 changes and IP address orders.o Century Link – Worked with PM for New MPLS sites needing new 100MB circuits installed and hardware for new remote offices. Show less

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  OmniSYS (healthcare)

  Jan 2019 - Feb 2021

  Network Administrator/Engineer

  Network Engineer • Support Cisco Catalyst Switches (2960 – 6500 Series); Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers and AP’s• Palo Alto 820 and 850 NGFW cloud managed devices on MS Azure Cloud platform.• Network Security management Palo Alto, Panorama and Prisma (AT&T Net-bond and Fortinet; and Sophos Firewall management)• Network trouble shooting and management.Project Management Responsibilities:•• Upgrade internal WIFI for 3 remote sites; converting from 2540 Cisco Wireless LAN controller to Cisco Meraki Dashboard and installed Meraki MR42 Access Points.• Upgraded to Palo Alto 820 and 850 managed endpoint device router platform; on MS Azure cloud platform• Used the Panorama management dashboard on to administer 3 remote sites• Vendor Relations:o Century Link/Level 3 for OSI level 3 Platform managemento Windstream for Sarasota site phone circuits and SIP connectionso AT&T for Net-bond Firewall management and MPLS Remote site additions.o Virtustream for Datacenter and internal server traffic support for DMZ and IMZ Show less

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  IOPEX Technologies

  Jun 2021 - Jan 2023

  Network Engineer

  IOPEX: 06/2021- Network Engineer • Network Engineer for Private and Government clients• Cisco ASDM Firewall; Cisco and HP 5000 series layer 3 switches• HNC and Internet WAN design and support.• Network trouble shooting and management via Project NETSRM’s• Disaster Recovery testing and Network Management.Engineering NetSRM projects:• Ordering Internet and HNC/WAN circuits for Data Centers.• Year-round Disaster Recovery testing by State.• Change Management for Layer 2 and Layer 3 configurations.• HP 5900 and Cisco ASDM Firewall management. Show less

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  Intelinet Systems

  Mar 2023 - Apr 2023

  Systems Engineer II

  Managed Projects and Request from clients utilizing the Remote Management of their internal network.Remote Service Provider and Remote Monitoring ManagementInstalled Hardware in Data Center, for remote access to internal network.Worked with, O365, Auick network mapping, and other resources to perform job duties.

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  Tekzenit

  May 2023 - Jan 2024

  Cisco Meraki Dashboard Management and Configuration, Network Professional. Cisco Meraki Dashboard

  • Network Professional

    May 2023 - Jan 2024

  • Network Professional

    May 2023 - Jan 2024
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  Buchanan Technologies

  Jun 2024 - now

  • Network Engineer II

    Jun 2024 - now

  • Senior Network Engineer

    Jun 2024 - Jun 2024