Rodrigo Gomes dos Santos

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE R&S #54512)

Santo Andre Street, 60 #1301 – Canoas – RS – Brazil
+55 51 9 9911-0373
gsantos_analyst@hotmail.com
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/gsant0s/

Profile Summary

I am a Network and Telecommunications Specialist, with more than 15 years of IT career experience, being 3 in programming and
analysis of Oracle systems, 2 in the Windows / Unix environments administration area where I have achieved my MCSE
certification, and since then I work in the Networks and Telecommunications area where I have obtained my CCIE certification.

Knowledge, innovation and excellence: they make the difference in my career. Every activity is an opportunity to improve
knowledge, create a positive impact, interact with inspiring people and deliver amazing things. I am motivated by new challenges
and I appreciate teamwork.

Technical Strenghts
Routing: Routing protocols RIP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, MPLS, Frame-Relay
Devices: Cisco routers ISRs 2900/3900, ASR 1000 series, Juniper

Switching: Spanning-tree Protocol, HSRP, VRRP, GLBP

Devices: Cisco LAN switches (Catalyst 2960, 3560),
Cisco Core switches (Catalyst 3750, 4500 and 6500 Series)

Wireless: Standalone and Centralized network (including Cisco Prime)

Devices: Cisco WLAN Controllers 5500 Series, Cisco/LinkSys AP’s

Security: ACL, firewalls, TACACs, RADIUS, 802.1x, Web-proxy

Devices: Cisco ASA 5500X Series, ASA Service Module, Cisco ACS servers,
Cisco ISE

Datacenter: High performance LAN (vPC, Fabric Path, OTV), Load-Balance application and appliance
Devices: Cisco Datacenter switches (Nexus 2000/3000/5000/7000 series),
Cisco ACE Load-Balance Module, Cisco GSS Appliance, F5 LTM, F5 GTM

Voice: Cisco Call Manager and Unified Contact Center

Services: FTP/TFTP, SNMP, DHCP, DNS, TCP/IP, Netflow

Scripting: Bash, C+, Perl, Python

Other Knowledge
Microsoft: Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Lync, Exchange 2010

Linux: Base knowledge

Solarwinds: Network Performance Monitor, Netflow Traffic Analyzer, IP Address Management

Cisco: Prime Infrastructure

Computer Associates: Spectrum, e-Health, Performance Center

Riverbed: Steelhead and Shark

Access Data: Forensic ToolKit (FTK), FTK Imager, Registry Viewer, Password Recovery ToolKit (PRTK)

InfoBlox: DNS, DHCP, IP Address Management (IPAM)

NetScout: InfiniStream, nGeniusONE, Packet Flow Switch

Professional Experience
Employer: Sicredi, a credit cooperative with more than 3 million members and more than 110 years of existence.

Position: Senior Network Engineer January/2017 – Present

- At this moment I am a member of the Sicredi Networks and Telecommunications team, managing our
DataCenter infrastructure to support our 1400 cooperatives throughout Brazil .
- My main assignments are:
* Management and definition of Network Architecture (LAN and WAN) and Telecommunications of the
company in the most diverse technologies (Nexus 2k / 3k / 4k / 5k / 7k, F5 LTM, OSPF / BGP Dynamic
Routing, QoS, Traffic-Shaping, Infoblox for services like DHCP / DNS, etc);
* maintain the operating network environment availability, through targeted actions, with the objective
of maintaining the corporate network with adequate performance;
Main activities and * network environment technical documentation, aiming to optimize and qualify the support to this;
responsibilities: * analysis of risk and business impact, for required implementations, preventive action in the mitigation
of problems and proposing improvements to the environment, in addition to contributing to the planning
and implementation of new projects and technological innovations.
- This year is all about IPv6 and hybrid cloud.

Employer: Santander GetNet

Position: Network and Telecom Consultant February/2015 – January/2017 (1y 11m)

- On my second time for GetNet, at the time already belonging to the Santander Group, I had the
opportunity to be one of the Experts that would carry out the technological update of DataCenter that I
had designed in 2008 of Cisco Catalyst 6500, ASA and FWSM Firewalls, ACE Load Balancers and GSS
Site Balancers for a full Nexus environment (7k / 5k / 3k / 2k), Palo Alto Firewalls, F5 LTM Load
Balancers, and F5 GTM Site Balancers.
- These technologies were simultaneously replaced as part of the project scope over a 6-month period
with success and zero impact, following the best practices and features recommended by the
manufacturers (RSTP, LACP, HSRP, vPC, bridge-groups, OSPF and BGP), achieving a high level of
Main activities and redundancy and resilience.
responsibilities: - During this period I was also responsible for the interconnectivity between the company's branches in
Brazil, as well as between the company's partners, maintaining constant relationship with service
providers, defining and supervising new projects for the expansion, migration and optimization of
dedicated and hybrid links, in multiprotocol networks.
- In my last year in this company, I was the technical leader of GetNet's migration project into
Santander's DataCenter Tier-4 in Campinas, again performing a technological upgrade to Santander's
global standards (full Nexus 9000).
- That same year, I earned one of the highest technical certifications of the Cisco career, the Cisco
Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE).

Employer: RBS Group

Position: Senior Network Analyst February/2012 – February/2015 (3 years)

- In 2012, I had the opportunity to join the Network and Telecommunications team of the largest media
group in Southern Brazil (Television, Radio and Newspaper) affiliated to Rede Globo: the RBS Group.
- My main assignment was the Corporate's LAN and WAN Network Administration (BGP, OSPF), Wireless
Network (Cisco, Enterasys and Linksys), QoS, in addition to DataCenters Management and technical
leadership of the Telecom team.
- During this period I was also responsible for the interconnectivity between the company's branches in
Brazil, as well as between the company's partners, maintaining constant relationship with service
providers, defining and supervising new projects for the expansion, migration and optimization of
Main activities and dedicated and hybrid links, in multiprotocol networks.
responsibilities: - I took up the challenge of performing the Restructuring and Implementation of the new Active-Active
DataCenter structure, acting as a technical leader aiming to migrate the entire DataCenter Network Core
from Extreme to a new structure based on virtualized Cisco Networks (Cisco 6500 VSS) as well as the
activation of the new Nexus switches, providing the infrastructure required for a high availability and
scalable environment, separating the network into distinct virtual environments.
- A series of Cisco 6500 and Nexus 7k / 5k / 2k devices have been activated using all best practices to
achieve the highest level of redundancy and resilience through features such as VSS, STP (RSTP), LACP,
HSRP, VPC, FabricPath, OSPF and BGP in order to logically unify the two DataCenters and make them
adherent to the Active-Active model.
Certifications
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Cisco: Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) Routing and Switching

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)

Microsoft: Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) Windows 2003
Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) Windows 2003

Computer Forensics: Access Data Examiner V.6 (ACE)

Education
IPOG - Postgraduate Institute
Expertise, Forensic Computing and Digital Expertise, 2016 - 2018

Getulio Vargas Foudation

Update, Project Scope Management and Fundamentals of IT Management, 2011

Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Expertise, Network and Distributed Systems, 2003 - 2004

Lutheran University of Brazil

Graduation, Information Systems, 1997 – 2002

Technical Training: Win2K Professional(MS2151) => Sisnema - 2001

Win2K Server(MS2152) => Sisnema - 2001
Tru64 Systems Administration => RioLux - 2001
Preparation Cisco CCNA => Senai Mauá - 2002-2004
Win2K Infraestruture(M2153) => Sisnema - 2002
Win2K Active Directory (MS2154) => Sisnema - 2002
Exchange 2K (MS2257) => Sisnema - 2003
Win2K Design(M1561) => Sisnema - 2003
Win2K ISA Server(MS2159) => Sisnema - 2003
Network Security (Firewall) => Sisnema - 2003
Upgrade MCSA to Win2003(MS2209) => Sisnema - 2003
Upgrade MCSE to Win2003(MS2210) => Sisnema - 2003
VoIP HG 1500 (Siemens) => HLW Service - 2006
Deployment Cisco IPCC (UCCXD) => CTT SP - 2009

Technical Hands-On: Hands On Win2K Server => Sisnema - 2002

Install Day Win2003 Server => Sisnema - 2003

Languages
Portuguese Native or bilingual proficiency
English Professional working proficiency