THEOGENE NISHIMWE, CCIE Voice (written)

25 N. Main Street Apt #2E, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137

Phone: 630-278-0260 E-mail: tn8cb1b4@westpost.net
Summary of Qualifications
* Voice/Security Engineer professional with higher education and more than six y
ears of work experience.
* Advanced skills in designing, installation, configuration, administration, tro
ubleshooting and security of data and voice Networks.
* Continuing certifications trainings in various fields of networking provided b
y different organizations and vendors such as ISC2, Cisco, Red hat, Federal IT S
ecurity Professional Institute.
* Worked in various industries including Telecommunications companies and regula
tors, Technology consulting companies, government and non-profit international o
rganizations.
Professional Experience
Our Children's Homestead, Naperville, IL 11/2009 to 07/2010
IT Analyst
* Responsible for maintaining voice system of the organization
* Installed and configured Cisco ASA firewall ,VPN and IDPS.
* installed, configured, troubleshoot, maintained and upgraded operating systems
* Troubleshoot and resolved hardware, software, telephone and connectivity probl
ems, including user access and component configuration
* Installed, configured, and upgraded desktop hardware and peripherals to includ
e; cards, printers modems, telephone, add-in boards, memory and networking infr
astructure
World Relief, Chicago, IL 04/2009 to 09/2009
IT Manager Assistant
* Administered, maintained servers, LAN and remote sites of the organizations.
* Recommended QoS solutions to resolve multi-site quality problems.
* Analyzed and secured WAN traffic using various sniffers like Wireshark, Nessus
, Nmap, firewall and IDS.
* Monitored, analyzed and troubleshoot Citrix issues.
Synch-Solutions, Chicago, IL 01/2008 to 04/2008
Network administrator
* Administered, maintained and troubleshoot UNIX servers and webmail application
s.
* Administered LAN and WAN of the company
* Performed Router, switches, firewall and IDS installation, configuration and h
ardening
* Design, configure and implement Blackberry Enterprise system including carrier
selection.
* Maintain site to site VPN connections between headquarters office and remote s
ites.
* Provided security solutions for operating systems hardening , PeopleSoft, Orac
les and other applications
* Configured TCP/IP protocols in various networks devices
* Used shell/Perl scripting commands to provide user interfaces for UNIX operati
ng system.

Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency, Kigali, Rwanda 04/2004 to 01/2007

Telecommunication Engineer
* Tested and monitored microwave transport networks with frequencies: 11, 18 & 2
3 GHz
* Radio network planning: point-to-point and point-to-multipoint, with frequenci
es 5.2, 5.8 and 2.4 GHz
* Site survey, link test, antenna selection, coverage testing and optimization
* IP network planning, frequency planning, prepared documentations
* Provided testing and QOS solutions for switching systems, data communications,
and Ericsson manufactured Base Transceiver Stations (BTS).
Entregel, Kigali, Rwanda 11/2002 to 03/2004
Telecommunication Engineer
* System level testing of ALCATEL Ethernet switch including:
- Final integration test of the ALCATEL 7750/7450 routers and switches
- Test and troubleshooting of optical modules OC12/OC48/OC192
- System level testing and debugging of prototypes
* Coordinated installation, testing, and troubleshooting of transmission facilit
ies (OC48, T3, T1, and DSO);
* Maintained Telecom Environment supporting SS7 , TCAP, PRI and TCP/IP systems
Computer and Telecommunication Skills
Hardware: Cisco Routers , Juniper Routers, Catalyst Cisco Switches, Cisco VPN c
oncentrators series, Cisco Call Manager, Cisco IP Phones, Cisco PIX 500 series
; ASA 5500 series; IPS Sensor, Easy, SSL VPN, IPSec VPN, Cisco Unity, Cisco IPCC
, UCCX, UCCE.
Software/Languages: Cisco unified Call Managers, Shell/Perl Scripting, C++, Jav
a, SQL, Oracle, Wireshark, Nessus, and Virtualization. COSITU, IBM Tivoli Storag
e Software, Nmap, PGP, Snort.
Protocols: TCP/IP, OSPF, STP, RIP, BGP, EIGRIP, AAA security, AES, DES, EAP, PE
AP, DNS, DHCP, ARP, 802.1x,H.323,MGCP,SIP.
Operating Systems: UNIX sun Solaris, Windows, Linux, VMware, Novel Netware 5.1
,
Telecommunication: T1/T3, IP telephony, VoIP, CDMA, GSM, SS7, ISDN PRI, BRI, Fi
ber optics, Microwave Technologies, Transmission and Switching Systems, Wireless
, VSAT, Frequency Management, Broadband Technologies, ISP.
Standards and Laws: PIC, NIC standards, NIST, HIPPA, Sarbanes-Oxley, GLBA, ISO
standards
Certifications and Training
* Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert(CCIE) ,Voice written
* Cisco 360 Learning program for CCIE Voice Lab
* Training on "Economic aspects of interconnection" and "Cost, Tariff and Taxes
related to Telecommunications'' by ITU(International Telecommunication Union)
* Training on ''Telecommunication pricing and Interconnection'' by Public Utilit
y Research Center of University of Florida
* Training on Frequency Management by Kemilinks
* Training on Project Management by "Institut de Mathematique Gauss"
* CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) Candidate

Education
Master of Science in Computer, Information and Network Security (2009)
DePaul University's School of Computing, Chicago, IL
Taking classes towards Master of Science in Telecommunications
University of Colorado Boulder, CO.
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication Engineering (2002)
P.S.G College of Technology, Coimbatore, India
Post-graduate certificate in Telecommunications Management (2005)
Blekinge Institute of Technology, Blekinge, Sweden
Languages (English, French)