pauline peter

I Consider Myself as a very Self Motivated , Self driven individual who has passion for for continuous growth and learning . I have great problem solving abilities , am resilient and work diligently through difficult problems without giving up to provide sustainable results . I have a great wealth of experience accumulated over the years and am confident in my ability to contribute to the success of the organization. 

Network Infrastructure Engineer KCB Bank Group, 2008 to 2013 

Key Responsibilities: To Research, source, advise, implement and support a compliant and secure network/cloud infrastructure within KCB Group for all end systems (e.g. T24, Unified Communication Systems, Credit Quest, Mobile Banking, Internet Banking and Email) in order to Ensure Excellent Consistent standards of service, meet business needs and Implement continuous improvement initiatives

Manager, Network Infrastructure Administration, Planning and Compliance/Project Manager KCB Bank Group (2013 to Currently) 

Key Responsibilities: Team Lead a team of 5 Network administrators who oversee the KCB Local Area and Wide Area network, Virtualized server Infrastructure on different Regions withing the KCB Bank group Kenya and its subsidiaries. Ensure that the Network Infrastructure Compliance with IT Security, Procurement, Audit, Risk and Best practice network infrastructure service policies, processes and procedures, and planning activities for the various network infrastructure operations. Champion for Strategic innovation conceptualization and realization for KCB Group Infrastructure systems and related technologies.

SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

1. Strong proficiency in developing Corporate Network infrastructure compliance policy documents and Compliance of standards. 

2.  A strong technical acumen with a wide variety of Enterprise networking and Security systems, concepts, tools and standards

3. Creating corporate IT Infrastructure  vision and strategic plans to match evolving business needs. 

4. Researching and advising on modern technologies for continuous improvement of the network and Virtual Infrastructure in line with set standards Capacity management and audit of IP addressing and hosted devices within data centers. 

5.  Installation and support of Security Information systems  IPS, IDS, DAM, WAF and Integration with SIEM Solutions 

6. Designing, Implementing and support for Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine ) Upgrade to over 204 branches within Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda 

7. Implement and Support Data center Firewalls (FortiGate, Forti Manager and Forti analyzer) Network Address Translations , IPSEC VPNs ,secure North south and East West traffic within the data center . 

8. Core Data center Upgrades (Core Data Centre Switches Nexus 7710 with NX-OS and Wide Area Network Upgrade to Cisco ASR 1006) with minimal system downtime (OTV, VLANs, XVLANS,HSRP,VRRP)

 9. Successful business acquisition and Secure Network Integration .Team Lead the Network Work Stream for KCB – NBK Integration that enabled the bank to cut on heavy costs due to enablement of resource sharing between the two banks 

10. Implementation , Post implementation and Support for SDWAN Among Various KCB Branches and SDN withing the data center 

11.  Being part of a team that successfully Implemented Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure • DevOps testing and release management of Software 

12. Network Automation with Ansible and Python – Push network configurations to remote Cisco routers and switches  

13. Working with procurement team by writing Request for Proposals (RFPs) to vendors, Service Level Agreements, Vendor evaluation and selection.

14. Team Leadership & Mentoring: performance appraisal through review of balance score cards of the team members’ quarterly, coaching, and mentoring staff. Nurturing positive organizational culture.

Bachelor Of science in Information Technology 

 Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) 

 Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP)

  Cisco Certified Network Professional Security (CCNP Security) 

 Cisco Certified Specialist (Security Core)

 Cisco Certified Specialist - Security Identity Management

 Checkpoint Certified Security Administrator 

 Checkpoint Certified Security Expert 

  ITIL Foundation Certification (ITL)

  ITIL Service Operation (ITL) 

 ITIL Service Strategy (ITIL) 

  PRINCE2 Agile Foundation

  PRINCE 2 Agile Practitioner

  SAFe DevOps – Training