Grant Delp has over 21 years of experience in IT management, network design and engineering, network administration, storage infrastructure, and network security. As a senior network engineer, he has led teams and taken on responsibilities such as managing IT field operations, designing new data centers and networks, administering firewalls, storage systems, and servers, and completing projects like office moves and equipment replacements.

1. GRANT DELP
grantdelp@outlook.com
972-877-3879
SUMMARY
IT Professional with twenty one years of experience focusing on IT Management, Network Design and
Engineering, Network Administration, Storage Infrastructure, and Network Security. Focus is placed on
the needs of the business and supplying the tools and infrastructure that best fit those needs. Quality
work approached with common sense and best practices.
IT Management:
• As Manager, I led a team of six Technicians and support personnel. The focus was supporting
the business and maintaining network operations.
• Managed all IT field operations. Including IT support for offshore and onshore drilling sites.
• Managed IT operations at multiple remote offices.
• It was my responsibility to work with the drilling group to provide 24/7 uptime while drilling was in
progress.
• Worked with business groups and other IT groups to develop our yearly IT program. This
included budgeting and implementing the yearly plan.
• Responsible for SOX controls for Infrastructure and Security. Responsible for creating control
documentation and also making monthly, quarterly, and yearly assertions.
• My role as Manger included Project Management. This included the complete lifecycle for the
project.
o Create Project Charter and present to Executive team for business justification and
approval
o Select team members as well as participate technically on team when needed.
o Manage project lifecycle including project completion review to discuss any issues or
future improvements to process.
• Responsible for all aspects of team management.
o Resume review and hiring of new employees and contractors
o Employee reviews
o Delegation of duties
o Mentoring
o Discipline
• Responsible for all changes made to network infrastructure. Followed change management
procedures and best practices.
Network Design and Engineering:
• Designed new onsite Data Center and one co-located Data Center. Managed team of Engineers
and Consultants during these projects
• Designed site to site connectivity during our office relocation to Houston. Managed project team
that completed the design. Studied effects of Latency on two hundred plus applications and
provided solutions where needed. Implemented Riverbed WAN acceleration devices to mitigate
issues with Latency. Assisted in HP RGS implementation to allow 3D graphics users to
successfully run 3d models across the WAN using resources in the data Center.
• Planned network equipment replacement. Moving from Nortel to HP Switches and HP Core.
Managed team of Engineers and consultants to successfully complete project. Implementation
and configuration work done as needed.
• Designed network and server infrastructure for users co-located on offshore oil drilling ships as
well as offshore production platforms. Design included satellite communication, WIFI in Gulf of
Mexico, Server and backup infrastructure located on rigs and Citrix infrastructure to support
applications as needed. Network Design for all other remote locations in Texas and Louisiana.

2. Network Administration:
• Daily focus was spent on keeping the network functioning properly and in a healthy state using
tools such as Solarwinds, OpManager, Wireshark/TCPdump.
• All hardware and OS installation for windows and Unix/Linux system.
• Working knowledge of Windows Server Operating systems, Solaris UNIX, Linux, HP and SUN
servers.
• Troubleshot Hardware and OS issues as needed.
• Performed Backup and Restore of Windows, UNIX, and Linux servers as needed. Policies and
Procedures documented
• Working knowledge of Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking protocols and topologies.
• Documentation of all network components using Visio and Excel.
• Change Management and Help Desk ticketing using Service Now and Remedy.
Security:
• Checkpoint Firewall Administration. This includes Rule base configuration and audit,
troubleshooting, log analysis, TCPdump analysis.
• DMZ management
• Palo Alto Firewall Administration. Used for LAN firewall in conjunction with VRF/VPN Instances.
Includes internal LAN Firewall configuration, audit troubleshooting and log analysis.
• Bluecoat Administration was used for Internet content Filtering. Familiar with Rule Base
configuration, HTTP and HTTPS interception.
• FireEye/Mandiant - Experienced with Mandiant SIEM. Experienced with Fireeye WEbMPS
malware detection.
• Juniper VPN administration
Server Experience:
• 18 years working with Microsoft Windows based servers.
• 15 years working with Linux/UNIX based servers.
• Windows OS version included but not limited to Windows NT, Windows 2008, Windows 2012
• Linux OS includes Redhat and Centos. UNIX includes Solaris 2.6, 8, 9 and 10.
• 32bit and 64bit Operating System experience.
• Experienced using the Operation Systems in physical and virtual environments.
• Experienced with installation, configuration, troubleshooting and daily operations.
Storage Infrastructure:
• 16 years of storage infrastructure experience.
• Storage Hardware included Network Appliance, EMC Isilon, HP 3PAR IBM SSA Arrays, and
SCSI storage. Brocade and Qlogic Fiber Channel switches for storage and tape connectivity.
• Completed numerous data migrations and familiar with data replication. Experienced with NDMP,
SnapMirror, SnapVault, FlexClone, NFS, CIFS, and DFS.
• Responsible for over 100 Terabytes of data.
• Responsible for backup/restore using Symantec Netbackup software, Quantum tape library and
Network Appliance Storage.

3. EXPERIENCE:
January 2015 to Present Sabre
Senior SAN Administrator (Contract)
• Working on large data migration project moving NAS data from Netapp filers and Vfilers to EMC
Isilon arrays. Project requires detailed migration plans and coordination with the global business
units. Using tools such as isi_vol_copy, snapmirror and rsync to complete data migrations.
• Storage maintenance and management for 3Par, Netapp, and EMC disk arrays. Includes disk
provisioning, performance monitoring, SMB shares, NFS exports and other storage related tasks.
• Maintenance of Brocade Fibre Channel switch Fabric. Including Zoning, firmware maintenance
and cabling
• Proof of concept testing with SSD disk arrays. Work with business to test arrays using real world
data as well as testing performance with tools such as VDBench and I/O meter.
• General troubleshooting of storage related issues.
• Daily use of Linux, UNIX and Windows to assist customers with storage issues and to also assist
in troubleshooting.
1992 to October 2014 Nexen Petroleum U.S.
Lead Network Engineer
Projects:
Network Core and Edge replacement (11/13 to 09/14)
The company was using Nortel networking equipment at the Core and at the Edge. The company’s
strategy was to form partnerships with HP for infrastructure and security support. At this time it made
sense to remove the Nortel equipment and replace it with HP equipment to provide a level of vendor
continuity through the network.
• Network review and design sessions done prior to equipment purchase. HP and HP integrator
assisted in design.
• HP equipment purchased based on design work done with HP.
• Implementation plan put in to place in early 2014. The plan was two tiered with layer2 cutover first
followed by a final layer 3 cutover to new cores.
• Data center network migration done first and completed on schedule
• Houston office location complete one week behind schedule due to hardware failure.
Network Separation from Corporate office to "Stand Alone" office (2013)
Due to the company being acquired, was given a project which required the US office to be completely
separated from Nexen Global Network within a two month time frame. The following work was completed
on time by the team:
• New AD infrastructure - Team effort with help from third party. Personally responsible for DHCP
configuration and Perimeter security.
• New Exchange environment - Team effort. Performed perimeter security, MX record setup and
DNS entries on the internet edge router and DNS provider. Responsible for setup of load
balancing hardware for Exchange using Radware/Alteon switches fronted with Nortel switch
stacks.

4. • MPLS separation - Worked with third party to setup AS filters to block access to and from
international sites. Continued work with Verizon to move Nexen US to its own VRF on the
Verizon MPLS cloud.
• Mandiant NTAP device installation to increase security monitoring. Worked with Mandiant to
place NTAP devices at strategic locations on our network to monitor network for Malware activity.
• FireEye Web MPS - Installed FireEye device on the network using an inline installation that
provides real time monitoring for Malware on the network.
US Corporate office move including Datacenter move to Colocation Facility (2011 to 2012)
This was a complicated move having three main offices up and running at same time as well as new DC
build out at new Colocation facility
• Colocation facility planned, built and moved in 6 months prior to office consolidations.
• New cabling using GigaBIX frame and over cabinet patch cabling design
• New data circuit installation. Design was done as a team and later implemented by WAN group.
• Weekend Data Center move with zero support calls on Monday morning related to the Data
Center move
• After Data Center move, office build-out in Houston was completed.
• All infrastructure consolidated and all users moved to new office over a 3 day weekend.
Storage/Backup improvements (2009)
Vault storage system with snapshots and replicas created using NetApp hardware and software for 24/7
backups without affecting network performance. Increased uptime and reliability.
• Vault Configured to use as DR solution in case of main storage failure, Storage organized and
centralized with input from the technical applications group. Ongoing data management is done
by application teams with infrastructure group providing the tool for them to manage the data
effectively.
• Symantec Netbackup software upgraded to version seven
• Added new Quantum tape Library with LTO 4 tape drives.
US Corporate office move from Dallas to Frisco (2007 to 2008)
Two sites operational at same time for testing: One production, one test
• New DC build including pre-cabled DC using End of Row design.
• New cabling for 4 floors
• New data circuits
• Data migration to new storage systems coordinated with move.
New office installation in Houston with numerous expansions (2006 to 2007)
New datacenter onsite to accommodate local storage and servers.
• New cabling infrastructure.
• Worked with vendor to install VOIP phone system using Nortel CS1000 PBX
• New network circuits - Designed the network and worked with vendors during install.
• Office space was expanded to the 6th floor, the third floor and the first floor. Extended the
network to these floors and insured proper connectivity. This was done using previously recorded
benchmarks, using network monitoring tools, user feedback and simple "stop watch" testing.
Windows OS rollouts
Windows seven - worked on all back end NAS and SAN storage infrastructure. Also extensive application
testing. 2011
• Windows XP - worked on extensive application testing/validation and workstation rollouts. 2001

5. • Windows NT - workstation builds 1998
• Windows 95 - independently upgraded all workstations using Ghost image. 1996
Daily Operations
• Team Management/Team Lead
• Tier 2/3 support
• Troubleshooting
• Desk side support
• Application support
• Security Management
• Storage Management
• Backup Management
• LAN/WAN Administration
• System configuration
• Project work as required by other teams or departments
• Change management, patch management, processes and standards including SOX controls

6. • Windows NT - workstation builds 1998
• Windows 95 - independently upgraded all workstations using Ghost image. 1996
Daily Operations
• Team Management/Team Lead
• Tier 2/3 support
• Troubleshooting
• Desk side support
• Application support
• Security Management
• Storage Management
• Backup Management
• LAN/WAN Administration
• System configuration
• Project work as required by other teams or departments
• Change management, patch management, processes and standards including SOX controls