Gregory Crain

Gregory Crain

Systems Administrator

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Technical Training | Networking | Automation | Security

  • Education

    • University of Central Florida

      2011 - 2013
      Bachelor of Science - BS Information Technology
    • Eastern Florida State College

      2008 - 2010
      Associate of Arts (AA) General Education
    • University of South Florida

      2016 - 2020
      Master of Science - MS Cybersecurity
  • Experience

    • Orlando Day Nursery

      Oct 2012 - Apr 2013
      Systems Administrator
    • Tropical Foods (Tropical Nut & Fruit)

      Apr 2013 - Oct 2013
      Systems Analyst
    • Raisecom

      Oct 2013 - Sept 2015

      Supported Carriers/ISPs in the Americas (North/Central/South) and performed Lab Engineering functions regarding the regression testing of new equipment/firmware. • Supported Carrier Ethernet, MPLS-TP/IP, xPON, and NMS/EMS product lines• Performed regression testing of new device firmwares and hardware revisions• Worked with customer engineers/architects to design solutions to fit their requirements• Assisted with equipment trials and homologations• Worked with R&D on equipment fault isolation and feature requests • Composed test plans, methods of procedure, and training documents for regional use Show less

      • Lead Network Engineer

        Oct 2013 - Sept 2015
      • IT Systems Manager

        Oct 2013 - Mar 2015
    • Digital Lightwave

      Sept 2015 - Nov 2015
      Systems Test Engineer

      Engineer dedicated to the testing, validation, and support of Optical Test Equipment.• Performed bit-level regression testing for traffic generation at layers 1-4, speeds 10M-100G, including Packet over Transport Mappings, as well as OTN, SDH, PDH, and Fibre Channel• Trained and assisted customers with configuration and troubleshooting• Verified of compliance with ITU/IEEE standards• Automated testing via Python and SCPI

    • Frontier Communications

      Dec 2015 - Aug 2016
      Sr. Network Engineer (Contractor through APN)

      Sr. Network Engineer responsible for the end-to-end provisioning of EVCs/OVCs through Frontier's footprint, as well as Engineering lead for Network Automation team. • Provisioned across a network composed of various Actelis, Adtran, Alcatel Lucent, BTI, Canoga Perkins, Ciena, Cisco, Juniper, Nortel, and RAD equipment• Worked with Access/Aggregation design teams to troubleshoot and suggest path changes• Supported field technicians with equipment turn-up and device troubleshooting• Completed turn-up testing of OVC circuits with operator/carrier engineers• Assisted programmers with automating service provisioning Show less

    • SDN Essentials

      Aug 2016 - Jul 2018
      SDN Engineer

      Professional Services Engineer supporting the design and implementation of legacy and next-generation networks.• Assisted Service Providers with network discovery, design, integration, and troubleshooting• SME for the writing and development of industry certifications• Supported EDU with course development and lab management • Automated deployments of OpenStack/Contrail/vMX/vSRX/EX using Ansible• Organizer of Rockstars Transfer of Information (TOI) Tech Talk Fridays program Show less

    • Juniper Networks

      Aug 2018 - Apr 2024
      Technical Curriculum Developer, Juniper Mist
    • Palo Alto Networks

      Apr 2024 - now
      Senior Technical Training Developer
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • MEF-NF

      MEF Forum
      Dec 2017
      View certificate certificate
    • JNCIA x 5

      Juniper Networks
      Jun 2020
      View certificate certificate
    • ONF SDN Associate

      Open Networking Foundation
      Dec 2016
      View certificate certificate
    • Network Virtualization Technical Post-Sales Accreditation: NSX

      VMware
    • MEF-SDN/NFV

      MEF Forum
      Jun 2018
      View certificate certificate
    • Juniper Networks Certified Associate, Design (JNCIA-Design)

      Juniper Networks
      Jun 2020
      View certificate certificate
    • Juniper Networks Certified Associate, Automation and DevOps (JNCIA-DevOps)

      Juniper Networks
      Mar 2020
      View certificate certificate
    • Juniper Networks Certified Associate, Security (JNCIA-SEC)

      Juniper Networks
      Aug 2019
      View certificate certificate
    • Juniper Networks Certified Associate, Cloud (JNCIA-Cloud)

      Juniper Networks
      Mar 2020
      View certificate certificate
    • Juniper Networks Certified Associate, Junos (JNCIA-Junos)

      Juniper Networks
      Apr 2017
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