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Michael
Michael.Totoro16@gmail.com
302-354-4543
Newark, DE 19702
Director of Global Network Engineering
23 years experience W2
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  • As a leader in network architecture and design he is very knowledgeable with all of the IP Services required to design and deploy network solutions. This includes DNS, DHCP and GSLB as well as various other required IP services such as TACACS, NTP, Syslog, and SNMP. He has experience deploying each of these solutions across various network deployments over the past 20 years.
  • IP Address Management (IPAM) tools like Infoblox and Bluecat have always been required to manage large blocks of IP address space. He is very familiar with both of these solutions and would consider himself a user of these tools for the past 20 years. Although, as a leader in IT, he did lead the team administering the Infoblox solution for about five years.
  • GSLB solutions like Cisco’s GSS or F5’s Big IP have also been included in his designs and he is very familiar with these solutions, how they operate and how to integrate them into my designs. As far as administration of these tools he has also led similar teams and has hands on experience with Cisco’s GSS.
  • In regards to the Unix/Linux command language, he is very familiar with language and its application although he would not consider himself an expert but perhaps intermediate.

  • Deployed a global multi-tenant, fully automated Versa SD WAN Solution and saved firm over $1 million dollars' in operational expenses year over year.
  • Simplified the network edge by virtualizing network technologies utilizing a network functions virtualization (NFV) strategy. This reduced total capital and operational expenses by decoupling network functions from proprietary hardware and supporting a pay as you grow model.
  • Transformed the data center core infrastructure by implementing a spine leaf architecture utilizing VXLAN and BGP routing providing layer 2 adjacency and increased scalability.
  • Developed a global data center design with configuration standards and supervised all global deployments. This helped ensure standardized deployments saving time on builds and simplified troubleshooting efforts.
  • Leading teams to develop and automate manual efforts utilizing scripting, API’s and Unix/Linux programming.
  • Led efforts to build out a hybrid cloud infrastructure using AWS direct connect with a transit VPC.
  • Collaborated with network security and architecture teams on multiple data center consolidations including 12 major US data centers down to two and the consolidation of 4 EMEA data centers down to two.
  • Led teams across the globe in the design, certification and implementation of various network related projects, system migrations, data center redesigns, new technologies and product evaluations, some of which include:
    • Internet architecture in US, APAC and EMEA utilizing full redundancy, dynamic routing, application delivery controllers and global load balancing.
    • Client network architectures in the US, APAC and EMEA utilizing a fully redundant, scalable design providing stateful failover and supporting over 5,000 client endpoints.
    • Route health injection (RHI) solution to provide seamless failover from primary to backup data center.
    • Overlay transport virtualization (OTV) design and standards documentation to provide layer 2 adjacency across geographically dispersed data centers.
    • IPv6 Internet WAN and web hosting solution utilizing Citrix application delivery controllers (ADC) to provide IPv6 to 4 conversions.

Experience working with a variety of vendors and technologies, some of which include:

  • Switches: Cisco Nexus 7k, 6k, 5k & 2k. Cisco Catalyst 9k 6k, 4k, 3k, 2k, Juniper QFX, EX, Arista 7K
  • Routers: Cisco CSR 1k, ASR 1K, 9K, ISR 4K, 3K, Juniper SRX, MX, vMX
  • Routing Protocols: BGP, OSPF, EIGRP
  • Technologies: Versa SD WAN, Arista VXLAN, MACSEC, VMware, NSX-T, Cisco DMVPN, MPLS, OTV, QOS
  • Tools: Splunk, Wireshark, Ehealth, Netscout, CA Performance Manager, CA Spectrum, HP Opsware
  • Automation: Python, Ansible, REST API, Unix/Linux

Education Rutgers University Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Certifications:

  • AWS Solutions Architect Associate (In progress)
  • CCNP – Cisco Certified Network Professional (inactive)
  • Government Security Clearance Level - FISMA 6C

Experience
Director of Global Backbone and Edge Network Engineering
Banking/Financial
Jan 2018 - Apr 2020
Wilmington, DE
Leading a team of six IT architects in the design, implementation and support of the global backbone, corporate WAN, data center inter-connectivity, Internet infrastructure, wide area and edge networks.
  • Evaluated 15 vendors, selected best of breed and built a global SD WAN network. Currently directing efforts to migrate clients and corporate offices across the world to the global SD WAN infrastructure.
  • Designed and built an edge network solution using virtualized network infrastructure. Currently supporting deployments of clients to the edge network in co-location facilities utilizing NFV technology.
  • Designed, Implemented and now supporting the AWS hybrid cloud connectivity.
  • Designed and deployed secure, isolated data center environments for two Government networks.
  • Evaluated, designed and deployed a high speed Backbone utilizing MACSEC encryption.
IT Leadership Network Infrastructure NFV Project Management WAN Data Center Network Engineer Hybrid Cloud AWS Auditing BGP Cloud Infrastructure Global Deployments Network Security OSPF
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Director of Global Network Solutions Engineering
Banking/Financial
Jan 2011 - Jan 2018
Wilmington, DE
Engineering Directed a team of six IT Architects and two engineers in the design, testing and implementation of network solutions globally for the First Data corporate and client network. Also played a dual role as Director of Business Office Solutions for 2 years managing a second team of five engineers overseeing all new office builds, ongoing support and a refresh cycle of 20% per year.
  • Evaluated VXLAN solutions, selected best vendor and deployed an Arista VXLAN Data Center fabric which provided increased scalability, standardized configurations and simplified deployments.
  • Developed and documented configuration and design standards for all new network hardware and technologies resulting in consistent deployments and ease of troubleshooting.
  • Collaborated with network architecture and security teams on network technology roadmaps, strategy and planning.
  • Designed, implemented & supported the First Data client network, corporate backbone & Internet architecture.
  • Developed a solution to replace legacy analog dial backup utilizing 4G LTE and an Internet dial VPN solution. This enabled the decommissioning of costly end of life dial infrastructure.
  • Proactively monitored and mitigated all network audit, compliance and security matters.
  • Managed network hardware and software life cycles ensuring current releases are maintained.
Data Center Project Management Network Design IT Leadership Auditing Compliance Problem Solving VPN Hybrid Cloud Network Engineer Network Infrastructure NFV WAN BGP Cloud Infrastructure Global Deployments Load Balancing Network Security OSPF
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Director of Global Network Architecture Services
Information Technology
Jan 2004 - Jan 2011
Wilmington, DE

Managing a team of three IT Architects and four engineers in the overall global network architecture, strategic direction and policy management for the First Data domestic and international network. Consulted with senior management on strategic direction and high priority initiatives. Performed capital budget planning and managed expenses against approved plan.

  • Designed, tested and published low level design documentation for the global client network and Internet web hosting infrastructure.
  • Developed solution to provide a seamless stateful failover from the primary to backup data center utilizing route health injection.
  • Played integral role in multiple data center consolidations across the globe.
  • Managed vendor and carrier relationships.
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Director of LAN Engineering
Information Technology
Jan 1998 - Jan 2004
Wilmington, DE

IT Leader responsible for managing a team of engineers in the design, configuration and implementation of the First Data domestic enterprise LAN and client network infrastructure.

  • Performed product evaluations and product selection for routers, switches, application delivery controllers and wide area optimization solutions.
  • Provided high level technical support for all technical staff.
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Non-cloudteam Skill
Education
Bachelor's in Computer Science
Rutgers University
Certifications
AWS Solutions Architect Associate (In progress)
CCNP - Cisco Certified Network Professional
Skills
Project Management
2020
22
Data Center
2020
16
Network Infrastructure
2020
15
Auditing
2020
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BGP
2020
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Cloud Infrastructure
2020
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Global Deployments
2020
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Hybrid Cloud
2020
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IT Leadership
2020
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Network Engineer
2020
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Network Security
2020
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NFV
2020
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OSPF
2020
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WAN
2020
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Compliance
2018
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Load Balancing
2018
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Network Design
2018
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Problem Solving
2018
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VPN
2018
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LAN
2004
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Routers
2004
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Switches
2004
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AWS
2020
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Cisco
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Citrix
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DNS
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EIGRP
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GSLB
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Infoblox
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Juniper
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Linux
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MPLS
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Python
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REST
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Scripting
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Solutions Architecture
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Spectrum
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UNIX
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