Jake Vargas

Current

Principal Network Architect at Cryptic Studios

Past

Product Line Support Engineer at Nokia
Director of IT and Operations at CFN, Inc.
Deputy Dierctor of IT at New York City Office of the Mayor

Sr. Network Engineer at Computer Horizons
Technologist at Compaq - Global Office

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Education

University of Phoenix
Irvine High School
Irvine Valley College

Sierra Vista Middle School

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Recommended

3 people have recommended Jake

Connections

93 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Jake Vargas’s Summary

As a Network Security Expert and Overall IT Generalist, Jake has implemented ground up IT infrastructure all the way from the blueprints of building and communications for NOC layouts to end users via LAN, Server and Desktop implementations. His end to end experience truly puts Jake in a position to conceptualize a Global and complete IT solution.

Jake has gained experience as Deputy Director of Information Technology for Mayor Bloomberg’s Office in New York City, and received an award from outgoing Mayor Giuliani for his efforts during the 9/11 disaster and subsequent recovery.

Currently Jake has added to his expertise protocol level analysis and product line support through his current position within Nokia.

In his curent function, his experience with network program developers has put him in an excellent position where he is able to understand end user problems, analyze data and replicate problem conditions for delivery to development further analysis.

In addition to this, Jake has built entire campus networks for a few Fortune 500 companies within the private sector as well as stabilized, built upon and maintained government networking infrastructure for FDNY 911 Starfire System, NYC Emergency Medical Response Computer Aided Dispatch and the New York City Office of the Mayor for Cisco AVVID (Architecture for Voice, Video and Integrated Data) solution.

Jake Vargas’s Specialties:

Protocol Packet Level Analysis and Troubleshooting Layer 1 - 4, End User Support, Developer Interface, Server Design and Implementation, Routing and Switching, Network Assessment, Design and Implementation, Presales, AutoCAD and Visio layouts, floorplans and blueprints, etc...

Jake Vargas’s Experience

Principal Network Architect

Cryptic Studios

(Privately Held; Computer Games industry)

April 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)
Product Line Support Engineer

Nokia

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NOK; Telecommunications industry)

December 2006 — April 2008 (1 year 5 months)
Director of IT and Operations

CFN, Inc.

(Partnership; 51-200 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

September 2004 — December 2006 (2 years 4 months)
Deputy Dierctor of IT

New York City Office of the Mayor

(Information Technology and Services industry)

August 2003 — August 2004 (1 year 1 month)
Sr. Network Engineer

Computer Horizons

(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

November 2000 — August 2003 (2 years 10 months)
Technologist

Compaq - Global Office

(Information Technology and Services industry)

August 1997 — October 2000 (3 years 3 months)