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Charles
cgrissom1173@gmail.com
706-504-8401
Lacey WA 98513 About
Lacey, WA 98503
Senior Network Engineer/Section Sergeant (Senior/Mid-Level management)
20 years experience W2
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Summary

An exceptional leader and IT security professional with over 15 years of progressive technical experience in Information Security and Network Administration. My vast experience has led me to have a very wide set of technical skills and knowledge; in which, I have been very successful in my military career. I’m a strong capable leader, able to prioritize objectives, organize people, and resources to meet strict timelines.

I have experience in engineering, configuration, installation, integration, escalation support and troubleshooting of various technologies for enterprise environments. Naturally, my experience would include proficiency in routing, switching, security, voice, wireless and datacenter technologies. I have a detailed knowledge of security tools, automations technologies and best practices. As well as strong organizational and communication skills. With over 15 years of military leadership experience. I’m comfortable with leading a diverse team with multiple different backgrounds. Currently, I hold Secret and Top-secret/SCI with CI polygraph clearances at the time of retirement in 2022.

Skills & Abilities

Network/Data Center Technologies: Cisco Routers (3900, 2900, 1900, 800), Cisco Catalyst Switch (6500, 5500, 4900, 4500, 3000, 3100), Cisco Nexus 5k and 7k Series, Cisco ASA, Cisco WLC, VMware, Port-Profiles, Routing and Service Profiles, MySQL Linux, Kali, Python. Ubuntu, PowerShell

Routing/Switching: WAN, LAN, TCP/IP, Spanning Tree, Frame-relay, PPP, Network Address Translation (NAT), Port Address Translation (PAT), Access Control List (ACL), RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, MPLS, VTP, SNMP, SMTP, Static Routing, VLAN, HSRP, EtherChannel, Netonix Switches, Cisco networking experience including voice, video,

Security Technologies: ASA, AAA, Cisco RV110W Wireless-N VPN firewall, IPS/IDS, TACACS+, RADIUS, SSH, VPN, DMVPN, Cisco ACS, Data Loss Prevention, IPSec, Port Security, MAC Address Filtering, IPS/IDS, Juniper Net-screenFirewalls, TACLANE, SPLUNK, Palato NGFWs, Simple Key Loaders (SKLs), KMI

Voice/Wireless Technologies: VoIP, QoS, PoE, SIP, RTP, UCCM, UCCX, IEEE 802.1x & 802.11, WLAN, WAP, AP, SSID, CSMA/CA, Cisco Call Manager (CUCM), Cisco Call manager Express.

Satellite/Radio Technologies: FBCB2 platforms/EPLRS, PRC-148 MBITRS, PRC-152 Harris, PRC-117G, Selex Radios, 1523s A-F, AN/TSC 167/187, SMART-T, Star Link, SIPR-NIPR-Access-Point (SNAPs)

Monitoring/Apps: Wireshark, Remedy, VMware, SolarWinds, NetFlow, IP SLA

Other Technologies: Active Directory, Windows, Visio, Fiber Optics, scripting, automations,

Software: PKI MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Access, PowerPoint, Publisher, One Note, Visio, MS Azure, Python, C++, Remedy Help Desk Ticketing System, AWS, API, CSS, HTML, PKI Management of SSL Certificates, Cisco Telepresence hardware – WebEx room kits

Experience
Education
Bachelor's in Information Technology Networking and Cyber Security
American Military University logo American Military University
Certifications
3M Fiber Certification
Internet Institute USA IDS/PIX Firewall
Troubleshooting and Installation of Cisco Networks
CompTIA Security Practitioner (CASP)
Information Assurance Security Officer
Security+
2013
Communication Security Account Manager
KMI Operational Account Manager (KOAM)
Information Technology Field Services Branch Network Management
Information Technology and Cisco Routing
Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices
Cisco Certified Network Associate
AWS Certified-2020
Cisco Automations Certifications
Skills
Cisco
2022
13
Network Engineer
2022
7
Routers
2022
7
Switches
2022
7
WAP
2022
1
Wireshark
2022
1
Commercial
2017
6
Project Management
2017
5
Analysis
2022
4
Approach
2022
4
Brocade
2022
4
Command
2022
4
Cyber Security
2022
4
DoD
2022
4
LAN
2022
4
Military
2022
4
Network Infrastructure
2022
4
Network Support
2022
4
Training
2022
4
backbone.js
2009
1
Cabling
2009
1
Fiber Optics
2009
1
VoIP
2009
1
Account Management
0
1
AWS
0
1
BGP
0
1
C++
0
1
Cisco ASA
0
1
Cisco UCS
0
1
CSS
0
1
Customer Service
0
1
Cyber Security Architect
0
1
Data Center
0
1
DMVPN
0
1
EIGRP
0
1
Firewall
0
1
HSRP
0
1
HTML
0
1
IPsec
0
1
Juniper
0
1
Linux
0
1
Microsoft Office
0
1
MPLS
0
1
MS Azure
0
1
MySQL
0
1
Network Administration
0
1
OSPF
0
1
PowerShell
0
1
Problem Solving
0
1
Program Management
0
1
Python
0
1
Scripting
0
1
SolarWinds
2022
1
TCP/IP
0
1
Team Build
0
1
VLAN
0
1
VMWare
2022
1
VPN
0
1
WAN
0
1
Windows
0
1
WLAN
0
1