Apostolos Mikronis, Senior Network  and Security Engineer

Apostolos Mikronis

Senior Network and Security Engineer

Millennium Bank SA

Location
Greece
Education
Master's degree, Decision Support Systems
Experience
25 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :25 years, 6 Months

Senior Network and Security Engineer at Millennium Bank SA
  • Greece
  • My current job since August 2007

· Network design, implementation, optimization, and operation of the bank’s data and telephony network.
· IT security team member with responsibilities for providing RnD services and configuration on Cisco ASA, PIX, Checkpoint FW and IDS systems.
· Design and implement the core network on Cisco 6509E L3 switches and the disaster recovery site to provide full network redundancy for the core banking services.
· Design, optimize and troubleshoot the security infrastructure.
· Migration of the 160 branch WAN network from a star topology to MPLS. For this project I had the responsibility of designing the topology, defining the Service Level Indicators, making the Request for Information (RFI) and Request for Proposal (RFP) documentation, negotiating with vendors, evaluating the proposals, designing the migration, implementing and troubleshooting the network.
· Design and implement WAN optimization solution based on BlueCoat ProxySG appliances.

Corporate Support Technical Supervisor at AltecTelecoms SA
  • Greece
  • June 2004 to July 2007

• Supervise the corporate support technical team and act as the contact point for more than 90 corporate customers from the public and private sector.
• Develop and manage SLA's and OLA's.
• Availability, Capacity and Demand Management.

NOC Engineer at AltecTelecoms SA
  • Greece
  • January 2003 to May 2004

•Install, maintain, and troubleshoot the data and voice network of the ISP. The network consists of 60 Points of Presence all around Greece. The company provides Internet, MPLS, and voice services via dialup, DSL and leased lines.
•Manage and Troubleshoot the Frame Relay, ATM, and Ethernet network of the ISP.

Technical Project Manager at Space Hellas SA
  • Greece
  • May 2001 to December 2002

•Project leader on network installations and upgrades for various customers, and responsible for ensuring the quality of the final product.
•Write thorough documentation for each project; reduce time needed to meet Service Level Agreements (SLAs); manage equipment ordering process.
•Delegate projects to other team members and ensure their successful completion.
•Manage software upgrades across all Cisco platforms.
•Install and configure part of the core switched network of the National Bank of Greece, based on Cisco Catalyst switches 6509, 4006, and 2924.
•Install and configure the “Nikas” 6 point secure VPN network (Voice and Data), using 2600 and 1700 Cisco routers.
•Manage, install and configure Thessaloniki-Skopje Oil Pipeline 17-node optical network, based on Optical Access OSM400 routers. For this project I was trained on Access Mesh Networking by Optical Access.
•Migrate the Bank of Attica’s network. Install Cisco routers on more than 70 branches and 90 ATMs all over Greece. For the rollout of the project I coordinated several teams of field engineers, vendors, service providers, as well as configuring and troubleshooting the network. The technology used was Frame relay.

Network Engineer at Algosystems SA
  • Greece
  • October 2000 to April 2001

•Installation and configuration of Cisco network devices for the clients of the company.
•System administrator for the internal servers of the company (DNS, Web, File server).

Network Engineer at Gateway Telecommunications SA
  • Greece
  • October 1999 to September 2000

•Installation, monitoring and maintainance of the company’s voice network.
•System administrator, responsible to install, configure and maintain the internal servers of the company.
•Configure and maintain the Public Key Infrastructure of Verisign.

Customer Support at Hellas on-Line SA
  • Greece
  • January 1996 to November 1996

• First level technical customer support

Education

Master's degree, Decision Support Systems
  • at University of Sunderland
  • September 1999
Bachelor's degree, Biomedical Engineering
  • at Technological Educational Institute of Athens
  • September 1996

Specialties & Skills

Security
CCNP Security
ITIL Foundation (Syllabus 2011)

Languages

English
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Greek
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