Kerry Cordero

Sr Network Architect

I have been in the IT industry for 15+ years. In the beginning, I decided while I was in college to get my MCSE and CCNA. I knew I needed these to get started. I was the youngest person in the class when I took a couple MCSE courses. I was in my teens when I got my NT4.0 MCSE. This exam at the time was HOT. I met people making 100k+ with their MCSE and experience. I also got my CCNA around the same time. For awhile I was doing both Microsoft and Cisco work. I ended up getting my MCSE 2003 and CCNP along with the Cisco Specialist Firewall and VPN cert years later. I started to do more and more Cisco work and loved it. I found myself going Cisco full time. I have been doing Network Engineering work for 10+ years now. I’ve been fortunate to work for and gain great experience with large Fortune 500 companies like FPL (15k+ Employees) & Kintetsu World Express (World Wide 10k+ Employees). I’ve also worked for companies like BE Aerospace (Fortune 1000 / World Wide 10k+ Employees), Broward County (10k+ Employees), Raymond James Financial (Fortune 1000 / 10k+ Employees), Sandals/Beaches Resorts (10k+ Employees), & Shriners Hospitals for Children (10k+ Employees).  Working for Sandals/Beaches also included responsibilities for more than 5 other companies.  Currently I am working for Progressive Insurance (10k+ Employees) as their Lead IT Systems Engineer.

Certifications

  • Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE – R&S Written & Lab – Yes, just not on the same day 🙂 )
  • Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE – Data Center Written)
  • Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
  • Cisco Certified Network Professional Security (CCNP – Security)
  • Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
  • Cisco Certified Network Associate Security (CCNA – Security)
  • Cisco Specialist: Firewall, VPN, and IPS
  • 4013 Recognition National Security Agency (NSA) and the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS)
  • 4011 Recognition National Security Agency (NSA) and the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS)
  • Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE 4.0, 2003)
  • Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA 2008)

Core Networking Skills

Networking Hardware

Routers:

Cisco (ASR1000, 9000), Juniper M Series

Switches:

Cisco (Nexus 9k-7k-5k-3k-2k, 6800, 6500, 3850, 3750X, 2960X)

Load Balancers / Application Network Services:

F5 LTM/GTM, Cisco CSS, Cisco ACE (Application Control Engine Module), Cisco GSS

Firewalls:

Palo Alto, Cisco ASA / Cisco Firewall Services Module (FWSM), Checkpoint, Sonicwall, Watchguard

Security

Security / Firewalls / Web & Email Security:

SecureAuth Two-factor authentication, SecureComputing Two-factor authentication, SSH, IPSec, VPNs, Cryptography, Key Management, AAA Model (RADIUS, TACACS+, Kerberos), Cisco CAR RADIUS Proxy, Cisco Authentication Proxy, Access Lists, IOS Firewall, 802.1x, IOS Security Features, DMZ set ups, CBAC, DoS and common threats prevention, Cisco IDS / IPS (Intrusion Detection / Prevention System), Certificate Authority (CA), PKI, Cisco Secure ACS Server, Cisco VPN Concentrator, Cisco PIX / ASA Firewall, VPN Client, Cisco Security Manager (CSM), Checkpoint, Linux IPTables, Sophos Web Appliance, WebSense, TrendMicro InterScan™ Messaging Security Suite

NAC:

Cisco ISE, ForeScout

MFA:

Cisco ISE, Okta

SIEM:

Splunk

Routing

Routing:

Static Routing, RIPv1, RIPv2, RIPnG, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGPv4, ODR, GRE, MPLS, IPv6, Traffic Engineering, Policy Based Routing PBR, Route Filtering, Redistribution, Summarization

Switching

Switching & Bridging:

Catalyst CatOS and IOS based Switches, VTP, STP, RSTP, Trunking, VLANs, Layer 3 Switches, Etherchannels/PortChannels, Transparent Bridging, IRB, CRB, DLSW+, MLS, VRF, VPC, VDC

LAN

Media:

Ethernet, FastEthernet, GigabitEthernet, Fiber (SC/ST/LC/SFP/OM1-4)

Network Analyzers:

Wireshark, Snort, and others

Load Generators:

iperf

WLAN (Wireless LAN)

Cisco AP’s and WLC’s

WAN

MPLS, Cloud Direct Connect (AWS and Azure)

Various Features & Services

IOS and CatOS Features, HSRP, IRDP, NAT, SNMP, SYSLOG, NTP, DHCP, CDP, DNS, HTTP, TFTP and FTP Management, IPv6 test projects, RAS Solutions, Cisco CNR (DNS & DHCP server)

QoS (Quality of Service):

WRED, Queuing features, FRTP, CAR, RTP, MLS QoS, LLQ, Policy Based Routing, CBWFQ

Multicast:

Sparse-Mode, Dense-Mode, Sparse-Dense-Mode, IGMP, CGMP, Rendezvous Points.

VoIP (Voice over IP) / IPT (IP Telephony):

IP Telephony utilizing Cisco routers, QoS implementation

Network Monitoring and Management Systems:

Solarwinds Orion, PRTG

Ticketing Systems:

ServiceNow, Remedy

ISP (Internet Service Provider) related:

Registry Handling with RIPE, ARIN, AP-NIC, DNS handling with various NICs

General IT Skills

Hardware:

PC, Laptop, and Server hardware

Software:

MS-Office Package (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook etc.), MS-Visio, Omnigraffle

Operating Systems:

Microsoft Windows and Linux

Client / Server Architecture:

Microsoft Active Directory

Server – Multiuser / Multitasking Architecture:

Web, Mail, FTP, TFTP, DNS, WINS

Server – Microsoft based:

Setup, Operation and Maintenance of WIN NT 4.0, WIN 2K, WIN 2K3/2k8 Server, 2016, 2019