Nathan Johnson Email Address

Retired

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• Member of a 5 member team to support the University's Enterprise network and 3 Grant funded Broadband networks consisting of 300+ external customers • Provide support for the Campus's OSPF and BGP routed networks • Participated in the redesign and implementation of our NIUNet Broadband Core infrastructure expanding capacity to 100Gbps • Participated in the redesign and implementation of the University's first Campus wide security solution • Involved in the Campus Core modernization upgrade in which we moved our Campus Core infrastructure to the Cisco Nexus platform • Experienced in guiding projects though the design approval and change management process • Provide On-Call support for the Enterprise Campus and Broadband networks • Team lead on the Broadband networks day to day tasks, expansion, and service engineering • The lead network engineer in the iFiber Broadband core network upgrade project. • Works with external customers to provide ISP and L2 Transport services • Excel at troubleshooting Layer 2 and 3 issues in a timely and efficient manner • Experienced working implementing and troubleshooting fiber optic infrastructure • Knowledge of Cisco ASA firewall rule implementation and troubleshooting • Was one of the lead network engineer in implementing Northern Illinois University mew Cisco Firepower 9300 FTD Security Appliance • Multi-protocol experience including; OSPF, EIGRP, BPG, HSRP, LACP, VPC, HSRP, SNMP, AAA and more • Multi Vendor hardware support that includes Ciena, Dell Force 10 and Fortigate • Hardware experience on all of Cisco Catalyst 2900, 3500, 3600, 3800, 9300 and 9400, Nexus 5500, 7004, 7010, ASA 5585, Firepower 9300 FTD and ASR 9K • Committee Member of the NIU's Division of IT Change Management Board • Familiar with CWDM and DWDM passive • Excel at time management and troubleshooting techniques • Provide mentoring to Jr. level Engineers • Worked with external IT vendors to provide IT services and supplies for NIU's Division of IT