Résumé

Profile

My name is Rick Mur and I’m 24 years old, despite the fact of my relatively young age I have several years of experience with computers, networking and a little bit of software development. After I graduated from HAVO (HGSE equivalent) I started working full-time and studying in the evening. I chose this form of education above going to college because I believe that several technical certifications along with several years of experience represent a higher value than a ‘global’ college degree. 
My qualities are designing, expansions, migrating and troubleshooting.

Information

Name:                Richard Sebastiaan Mur
Birthdate:          July 17th, 1987
Place of birth:    Utrecht, The Netherlands
Nationality:        Dutch
Marital status:    Single
Drivers license:   Yes

Certifications

CCIE (Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert) Storage Networking (#21946)
Date: April 2010 – August 2010
Exams: 350-040 Storage Written, Lab

CCIE (Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert) Service Provider (#21946)
Date: December 2008 – May 2009
Exams: 350-029 SP Written, Lab

CCIE (Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert) Routing & Switching (#21946)
Date:
November 2007 – September 2008
Exams:
350-001 R&S Written, Lab

JNCIE-M (Juniper Networks Certified Internet Expert – M&T-series) #851
Date: February 2011 – June 2011
Exams: JNCIE-M lab

JNCIP-M (Juniper Networks Certified Internet Professional – M&T-series)
Date: January 2011 – February 2011
Exams: JNCIP-M lab

JNCIS-M (Juniper Networks Certified Internet Specialist – M&T-series)
Date: October 2010 – October 2010
Exams: JN0-304 JNCIS-M

CCIP (Cisco Certified Internetwork Professional)
Date: November 2008 – December 2008
Exams: 642-642 QOS, 642-691 BGP+MPLS Composite

CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional)

Date: January 2007 – October 2007
Exams: 642-901 BSCI, 642-812 BCMSN, 642-825 ISCW, 642-845 ONT

CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate)
Date: October 2006 – November 2006
Exams: 640-801 CCNA

JNCIA-ER (Juniper Networks Certified Internet Associate – Enterprise Routing)
Date: August 2007 – September 2007
Exams: JN0-341   JNCIA-ER

MCSE 2003 (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer)
Date: March 2006 – July 2006
Exams: 70-293 Planning Network Infrastructure, 70-294 Active Directory, 70-297 Design

MCSA:Messaging (Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator:Messaging)
Date: January 2006 – February 2006
Exams: 70-284 Implementing and Managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2003

MCSA 2003 (Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator)
Date: June 2005 – December 2005
Exams: 70-270 Windows XP, 70-290 Windows Server 2003, 70-291 Network Infrastructure, 70-350 ISA server 2004

Education

HAVO (HGSE)    Niftarlake College, Maarssen    1999-2005    Graduated: Yes

Experience

Support Engineer, Telindus, Utrecht — March 2009 – present
Low-level design, testing, implementations, migrations and 3rd line troubleshooting on Cisco and Juniper networks at ISP customers

Route Reflector Replacement – Large Internet Service Provider all over Europe

  • Replace 28 internationally deployed route reflectors
  • Current platform: Juniper M7i
  • New platform: Juniper JCS1200
  • Responsibilities: pre-sales, lead engineer and part of project management
  • Communication in English

Core Collapse and Expansion – Large Internet Service Provider all over Europe

  • Implementing Cisco CRS-1 routers in the network core in Amsterdam and London
  • Implement Juniper MX960 with new 3D linecards
  • Migrate Cisco Catalyst 6500 coreswitches to Cisco CRS-1 and MX960 core
  • Implement IS-IS, BGP and MPLS VPN’s on the new devices
  • Communication in English

Advanced Support – Large Mobile Operator in the Netherlands

  • Advanced Support for IOS and IOS-XR related questions
  • Third/Fourth level support for the engineers
  • Network based on Cisco 7600′s and Cisco XR12000′s
  • Highly advanced VRF-Lite design with multiple layers

UCS implementation – Large law/legal company

  • Implement Cisco UCS bladeservers
  • Implement dual-fabric Fibre Channel network based on Cisco MDS switches
  • Implement VMware ESX 4.0 connecting to NetApp shared storage based on FC
  • Implement bladeservers to use SAN boot for stateless design

UCS implementation – Internet Application Hosting Company

  • Implement Cisco UCS bladeservers
  • Implement and migrate to new switchcore based on Nexus 5000′s on 2 locations with dark fibers
  • Implement VMware ESX 4.0 connecting to NetApp shared storage based on NFS

UCS implementation – Internet Application Hosting Company

  • Implement Cisco UCS bladeservers
  • Implement and migrate to new switchcore based on Nexus 5000′s
  • Implement VMware ESX 4.0 connecting to NetApp shared storage based on NFS

New Network Architecture – Large Internet Service Provider all over Europe

    • Implementing a new Network Architecture as per low-level design
    • Creating configuration templates and implementing changes during change windows at night
    • Network stretches over several European countries.
    • All communication in English
    • Combined Cisco and Juniper internetwork
    • All high-end platforms, Cisco 12k, Cisco CRS-1, Cisco 6500, Cisco 7500, Juniper MX960, Juniper M320, Juniper T320, Juniper M7i
    • IBGP migration from Confederation set-up to Route Reflector set-up
    • IGP migration from OSPF to IS-IS
    • Enabling MPLS
    • Configuring QoS

Disaster Recovery Datacenter – Large Enterprise

  • Large data consolidation and WAN optimalization project over 40+ sites in Europe
  • NetApp Storage (implemented by storage department: ISIT)
  • WAN Optimalization with Cisco WAAS
  • Troubleshooting project about disconnected drive shares involving Microsoft, NetApp and Cisco
  • Joined customer in creating new WAN/LAN architecture and design
  • Joined customer in travel to the worldwide headquarters in the US to defend and approving new designs
  • Future Asian/Pacific project on the roadmap
  • Migrated entire current datacenter to a resilient dual-active datacenter with split WAN stacks consisting of Cisco 7200s, dual-active WAAS cluster with WCCP and GRE Return.
  • Installed Cisco 3750E access and core switches with 10GE layer 3 and layer 2 links

LAN refresh – School

  • Installation of over 40+ Juniper EX4200 switches
  • Creating switch stacks from 5 to 7 high using braided chain stacking
  • Configuration of all Virtual Chassis (switch stacks)
  • Migrating old coreswitch Cat 6000 to new 5-high Juniper EX4200 switchstack
  • All 10 GigabitEthernet uplinks, bundled as 20Gbps channels
  • Installation and partial configuration of Juniper SRX650 as firewall and DMZ
  • Configuration of native IPv6 internet connection (no tunnels) and enabling IPv6 routing on all VLAN’s
  • First all-Juniper Enterprise network in the Netherlands
  • First IPv6 enabled enterprise customer network for Telindus

LAN and VSS troubleshooting – Bank

  • Technical support after Cisco VSS (Virtual Switching System) implementation
  • Multiple troubleshooting sessions on DMZ and Core network
  • Assisted in new Spanning-Tree design

LAN refresh – Enterprise

  • Migrate old LAN environment to new Cisco 3750G-PoE network
  • Migration of Catalyst 6513 coreswitch from CatOS to Native-IOS
  • Over 35+ Cisco 3750G-PoE switches
  • Create switch stacks from 5 to 8 high on each floor using braided chain stacking
  • Configuring different VLAN’s
  • Removing old- and installing new patch cables

New LAN design – Government

  • Architecture and Design for new Cisco VSS based core network
  • Creating BOM (Bill of Materials)
  • Assisting with implementation and migration of new Core network on the roadmap

Network Engineer, Legian Professionals, Den Haag — June 2007 – February 2009
Secondment positions at the following clients:

    • KPN Mobile CARE Change, Senior Change Implementer
      • Research, creating low-level design and implementation physically and remote of various changes in the production network that consists of approximately 350 Cisco routers, 500 Cisco switches and 300 HP and Sun servers.
      • Supporting the design team for building a new backbone and DMZ using VSS, FWSM (firewall) and ACE (load-balancing) module’s in Cisco 6500 switches
      • Support in the design and support team of a backbone based on 12 Cisco 7606 routers. Built a new testing platform, created configuration snippets and upgraded software in the production network
    • KPN Mobile Test & Acceptance, Test Manager
      • Built a out-of-band management network based on Cisco, Avocent and HP equipment in 6 data-centers with a total of 70 devices. Work consisted of 
placing physical devices and configuring
      • Developed and gave a training for users of the out-of-band network
      • Support, building and configuration of hundreds of management interfaces after the move of the test-center and building and configuring a new test network that consisted of 30 Cisco routers and 20 Cisco switches
    • KPN Mobile Transmission Services, Junior Network Engineer
      • Support of the lead designers by testing and changing designs and configurations and testing new features for the network

Systems Manager, Mur Conditioning, Utrecht — June 2005 – present
Management and expansion of the complete network and self developed applications, the network consists out of 5 Dell servers, 10 workstations and 11 PDA’s. 
Worked on the following projects:

  • Network- and Systems-management (current job)
  • Network- and Systems-management at several small companies
  • Migration of a single NT4 server to a new hardware platform and installation of a 
Windows Small Business Server 2003 environment
  • Design and development of a temperature registration web-application in C# 2.0
  • Support and database management of a migration from a Microsoft Access database to Microsoft SQL server with a Microsoft Access front-end
  • Design and development of a generic web platform with C# 2.0 and Crystal Reports for customers and employees to view and print all their relevant data.
  • 2010 project was migrating current hardware server environment to a new VMware ESXi with shared NetApp storage accessed over iSCSI, NFS and CIFS/SMB. Environment contains 8 virtual servers based on Windows 2008 R2 x64 with SQL 2008 R2, Exchange 2007 and hosts various web applications

Developer, De Heer Software, Sliedrecht –  December 2005 – January 2007
Design, development and maintenance on the following projects:

  • Tweaking, optimizing and debugging a VB6 based planning tool
  • Design and development of a universal planning tool in VB.NET 2.0
  • Changes and development of several PDA applications in VB.NET Compact Framework using XML templates and advanced SQL queries
  • Development of supporting web service in C# 2.0 for the universal planning tool
  • Design and development of several implementations of the universal planning platform
  • Installation and implementation at several clients of all above applications

Properties

Personality

  • Enthusiastic en driven
  • Motivated and ambitious
  • Autodidactic and curious
  • Calm
  • Team-player and individually strong

Qualities

  • Creativity
  • Analytical
  • Tenacious
  • Troubleshooting skills

Languages

  • Dutch spoken and written: native
  • English spoken and written: very good
  • German spoken and written: good

21 comments so far

  1. mador on

    GOD BLESS U
    U R HONORED MAN
    I WISH TO BE LIKE U

  2. sreerama on

    Hi,

    Thats really a great achievement at that age.My hearty congratulations and wish you all the best for your future

    sreerama

  3. ippoint on

    you are great man!

  4. CCIE 24659 on

    You are really a genius. You have done a lot of work and I wish you all the best.

  5. timaz on

    hi. i sant u many mails but u did not reply me anymore :( … anytime i often refer to your site to see if you get another certificate. i am on the way you are. but i’m not allowed to take my exams and then have very limited chance to take good jobs because i’m an Iranian. God blesses u.

  6. naim ahmed on

    I find my self interested in the cisco while am 45th i did ccna and now i am self-studying ccnp on my way to ccie, now i am 49 year old,

    my best regards

  7. Abhynay on

    Cisco Prodigy.I believe you have matured to a level where you can suggest Cisco few changes to the certification needs.

    You are just awesome.

  8. TheCiscoPeople on

    You are fanatic about technology,due to which you have been able to crack toughest nut CCIE at the age of 21 and went on to complete tripe CCIE.

    Just unbelievable,

    Sandy.

  9. Stu Chicago on

    Congratulations…. You are one blessed young man!
    Im just starting ccna any advice?

  10. nd on

    great site !

  11. Adeel shahzad on

    Hi Rick how are you great dear nice job its a very proud to be achivement dear can you tell me the rotten of this achivement i mean how did you do this? because i want to do this as well i am ccna, ccnp, ccai, mcse ,mcts and jncia certified what was your rotten i mean were you read complete books or cbts or any other material please please tell me what is the procedure how should i start?????

    thanks with regard adeel shahzad

  12. denk on

    U R great wall!!

  13. Ron de Graaff on

    Hoi Rick ik heb je naam uit mijn netwerk. We zijn opzoek voor een grote opdrachtgever in Zuid-Holland naar een SR. Network Engineer (support).

    Wil jij werken bij van de bedrijven die zelfstandigheid en zelfontplooiing hoog hebben staan bel ons dan!!

    MVG
    Ron de Graaff
    Associer Werving en Selectie
    tel +316 51184163

  14. submiza3 on

    You are of other world.

  15. Paulo on

    Tu é Fodão !!

  16. www.antal.com on

    Hi Rick,

    I stumbled across this website in a google search. I am an IT recruiter and always interested in speaking with Cisco engineers!

    Are you currently open to a career move?

    Kind regards,

    Julie Carpenter
    JCarpenter@antal.com

  17. Tanuj Aggarwal on

    Hi Rick

    I’m very impressed by your achievements. I’m also planning to go your way. I have completed my CCNA training, will soon be sitting for my exam. I’m from India. Can you please guide me about the future prospects after CCIE, i.e how much one can get paid as a CCIE, I’m planning to go for specialization in either Security or Wireless or may be both. What are the career scopes in these two specialization.

    Kind regards

    Tanuj
    aggarwal.tanuj@yahoo.com

  18. Pete on

    I have a big project for u if interested building an ISP and IP Telephony Network for 200000 customers in a flat area distance 30 KM circle.
    More info contact me

  19. Chachi on

    U R not a normal man…..
    i cant say what u r…..

  20. timaz on

    woooooow! you have got your JNCIE ?!!!! you deserve the bests …..

  21. Sohail Akhtar on

    Wish u a very bright and shining future.


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