JOHN MCMEANS
Atlanta,GA
Summary
Highly adaptive network engineer with 10+ years of experience. Proven architect with dozens of networks designed across multiple business verticals. An experienced engineer with a wide breadth of knowledge across a wide range of networking platforms, with a focus in delivering secure and reliable network experiences to end users. Adept at working with vendors and integrators to deliver consistent, best practice results.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Network Engineer
Paradies Lagardere
01.2023 - Current
- Responsible for rollout of 500 new firewalls for refresh of network equipment
- Educated and trained personnel on new technologies.
- Implemented FortiManager for day to day management and provisioning of new devices
- Designed modernized network to bring environment in line with best practice
- Led cloud migration initiative and developed hybrid connectivity strategy
- Deployed NAC to increase overall security posture of the environment
Senior Network Engineer
MicroAge
10.2020 - 12.2022
- Lead networking resource for professional services as well as managed services.
- Designed and implemented enterprise IP networking infrastructure according to clients' parameters.
- Responsible for full network refreshed of clients across varying verticals and hardware vendors based on client need.
- Supported wide range of products (Fortinet, Brocade, Ruckus, Cisco, Meraki, SonicWall, Dell, HP, Aruba)
Senior Network Engineer
Semaphore Co
07.2015 - 10.2020
- Lead networking resource for professional services.
- Deployed and designed enterprise networks across multiple verticals (including retail, health care, government, and hospitality). Typically supporting a book of business involving upwards of 20 clients.
- Supported wide range of products (Fortinet, Brocade, Ruckus, Cisco, Meraki, SonicWall, Dell, HP, Aruba)
Education
History/Political Science
Auburn University
Auburn, ALSkills
- Firewalls (Fortinet, SonicWall, Meraki, Cisco)
- Switches (Fortinet, Brocade, Ruckus, Dell, Aruba, Meraki)
- Extensive experience with networking, including advanced routing protocols and security
- Extensive experience with VMware, Windows Server, and Active Directory, DR solutions, Backups, and more
Certification
- Sophos Architect XG Firewall
- Brocade BCNE
- Brocade BPIPA
- HPE FlexNetworking
- Fortinet NSE4
Timeline
Senior Network Engineer
Paradies Lagardere
01.2023 - Current
Senior Network Engineer
MicroAge
10.2020 - 12.2022
Senior Network Engineer
Semaphore Co
07.2015 - 10.2020
History/Political Science
Auburn University