Scott Lofthouse
Network Engineer at The NPD Group- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Cisco BGP Essential Training
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Exam Prep: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
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Introduction to Cloud Computing for IT Pros (2018)
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Learning Cloud Computing: Core Concepts
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Microsoft Azure: Networking Concepts
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Experience
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The NPD Group
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United States
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Market Research
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700 & Above Employee
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Network Engineer
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Mar 2005 - Present
• Administer network infrastructure within Data Centers and 30+ remote offices. • Responsible for design, implementation, and support of our Data Centers. Performed upgrades and tuning throughout environment which included enabling jumbo frames, adding uplinks to increase buffer size, recognizing resource limitations and proposing equipment upgrades.• Deployed Netscaler load balancing environment within our 2 Data Centers. Manage Citrix Netscaler environments including upgrades and configuration changes, SSL certificate management. Configured Citrix Command Center for monitoring of Netscaler entities.• Deployed Infoblox Grid environment to Data Centers, local office, and remote offices. Provide on-going support of Infoblox DDI environment. This includes upgrades, management of domains, DNS records, DNS views, DHCP, IPAM, PXE, and access control. Management of external DNS through Neustar. Configured Bonjour services to support Apple devices.• Maintain updated documentation and Visio diagrams of Network infrastructure.• Support server installs with IP assignment, DNS updates, switchport configuration, firewall ACL and NAT updates, and cable runs.• Deployed and manage Cisco ASA firewall’s within our Data Centers and remote sites for firewall and VPN services including RSA and Site to Site tunnels.• Managed Email Deliverability by keeping up-to-date Feedback Loops, Whitelisting, and maintaining compliance with ISP’s.• Deployed and configured Cisco ASA’s to provide Guest access for company visitors.• Managed APC and Liebert UPS systems. Load balanced power across UPS’s for redundancy and monitored power load.• Utilize monitoring tools Extrahop, SolarWinds, HP IMC, Opengear, and Citrix Command Center to monitor network infrastructure. Show less
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Server Engineer
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Oct 1999 - Mar 2005
• Successfully installed, configured, troubleshot, maintained, and upgraded 100+ HP-UX and Linux servers – OS, software, patches, and hardware such as disks, processors, memory, NIC’s, and fiber-channel cards.• Effectively provided 24x7 support with on-call duty for all HP-UX and Linux server’s worldwide supporting 1000+ users and clients.• Ensured system integrity by accurately analyzing patches and updates on servers periodically.• Increased server performance by closely monitoring systems utilizing Glance and Openview ITO – quickly recognizing inefficiencies and instituting corrective measures.• Overseen user environments and system security; configure Ignite server for disaster/recovery; automate Ignite backups of all HP-UX servers.• Created script to gather information for each server to be used for reference in the event of a failure.• Managed configuration of LUNS for servers connecting to XP Storage Devices. Show less
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Computer Operator
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Sep 1995 - Oct 1999
• Provided hardware/software support for HP3000 servers.• Executed backups of all servers and workstations using Omniback.• Managed printer spooler within Unispool.• Performed data restores upon requests.• Managed job streams within OCS job scheduler.• Provided support for site printers.
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Education
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2006 - 2007
Farmingdale State College
CCNA, Cisco Networking 1 & 2, Cisco Advanced Networking 1 & 2
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