SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS· Extensive experience in Carrier Telco, ISP and Enterprise based network architecture, design, and implementation disciplined in multiple technologies. · Proven track record with successful deployment of MPLS based network for FTTC backhaul, completed the one million customer IP backbone migration project and deployed Video Broadcast/VOD infrastructure network for FTTP on time and under budget. · Extensive experienced in project management, supervising and deploying Cisco, Juniper, ALU and other networks. Dedicated and highly motivated. · Proven track record for building successful teams that consistently surpassed strategic objectives · Ability to manage a diverse set of priorities in a fast-paced work environment PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Network System Engineer General Datatech, LP07/15/2013 – Present (Consulting and Engineering)
- TorchmarkCorp (Enterprise Security) – Provided network engineering for LAN, WAN and Security for break fix, implementation and design. Support for migration of security infrastructure from CISCO ASA 5K to Palo Alto 5K.
- Novartis (Enterprise) – UCS lab deployment, global planning of backbone provider cutover from managed service outing to internal network engineering support and datacenter/site migration and cutover.
- LUMOS Networks (Telco)- Network Engineering staff augment for Centralize Engineering and Planning. Provided engineering and CPOC testing for company’s first Carrier Class Metro Ethernet MPLS Backbone to support MEF 2.0 product offering and FTTC 99.995 SLA requirement. Network redundancy was based on MPLS FRR at the P/PE and G.8032 at the CE. The layer1 back bone was based on WDM technology and Dark Fiber.
- TelePacific (Telco) – Provided and tested solution for the company first Metro Ethernet ERPS/G.8032 ring deployment across CISCO ASR 903 and ME-3600 platform.
- Aliba, INC (Enterprise) – Network Migration project to separate two corporate networks as part of the spin off requirements. The work focused on enterprise switches and routers to support DHCP, Active Directory and Hosted VOIP.
Supervisor - IP Network ProvisioningFrontier Communication (Telco) 2010 – 6/28/2013
- Supervisor for IP Network Provisioning teams in Allen, TX and Rochester, NY responsible for BRAS/BNG routers, Ethernet Switches (Optic and EoC) across Frontier’s 27 states infrastructure network element adds, augments and migration of traffic.
- Completed the 1 Million customer IP migration and IP renumbering project from Verizon to Frontiers IP backbone on time resulting in over 60 million dollars in annual saving.
- Network Architect and implemented Frontier first Layer 2 MPLS based network for enterprise customers and Fiber to the Cell Site (ATT, Cricket, U.S. Cellular) with CoS/QoS based in the next generation Cisco ASR 9010/903 and the ALU 7750/7450/7210 platform.
- Implemented Frontier first SLA (Y1731) reporting and testing for ATT FTTC and enterprise customers.
- Completed IP Backbone traffic move from Cisco 12000 core routers to Juniper (MX960, MX480, M40E) aggregation routers in OR and WA for congestion issues and IP network restructuring of BGP private AS 47XXX to AS 5650.
- Network engineered solutions for COAMN out of band management and in-band for Layer 1, Layer 2 and Layer 3 network elements.
- Provided network engineering solutions for a migration path of all services on to the next generation MetroE MPLS platform.
- Managed infrastructure network build ATT Fiber to the Cell (FTTC) with 3rd party General Datatech (GTDT) for 2012.
Section Manager/ Senior Network Engineer LeadGTE/Verizon 2000 – 2010Section Manager (2009-2010) (Verizon Advanced Data, Inc. / SPINCO/ Telco) Irving, TX
- Section Manager for Layer 3 IP Engineering Team (Irving, TX), Layer 2 DATA Provisioning Team (Fort Wayne, IN) to support Engineering and Provisioning of IP Routers (CORE/BRAS), Switches (ATM/FR/Ethernet), DSLAM and COAMN (out of band) network for the Verizon 13 states spin-off (SPINCO) to Frontier Communication for acquisition in 2010.
- Network engineered solutions for ATM to IP DSLAM for network congestion issue and new deployment
- Managed, trained and developed a 6 member core team and expanded it to 35 plus for the acquisition transition network projects.
- Provided proof of concept testing for network integration of FR, ATM and Ethernet technologies and was responsible for LAB case designing, testing and validation of results.
- Completed BRAS/BNG redirect project resulting in 50 thousand dollars in new monthly revenue.
- Provided support to the Allen, TX NOC organization for last resort network troubleshooting support on IP, ATM, FR, Ethernet trouble issue.
Network Engineer Lead (2005-2009)(FTTP (FiOS), Video, IP, Switch, DATA) Verizon - Thousand Oakes, CA
- Deployed FTTP/FTTH FiOS IP DATA/Video network and FOA (First Office Trial) in CA, TX, IN, OR, WA, FT, VW, PA and SC which included test and turn-up of hardware and provisioning configuration for services.
- Project managed Provisioning infrastructure builds for all Video VHO/VSO offices in Texas and provided team and field on technical support issue.
- Deployed Video Broadcast platform EDFA (AFC, Scientific Atlanta/Cisco) and BigBand BMR for local VHO/VSO/LFA master channel lineup.
- Deployed IP Cisco based (6509/7609 Router) infrastructure network to support SeaChange Video on Demand (VOD) platform.
- Deployed IP Internet infrastructure network based on Cisco LCR 12000, Juniper E & M series and CIENA DN7100 to bridge ATM to IP Ethernet network.
- Deployed FTTP PON OLT network based on AFC (DMAX 1120), Motorolla (AXS2200), Tellabs (1100)
- Deployed 6509 (CATOS) flat network (VLAN based) for Switched Ethernet Services for Enterprise customers and FTTC (fiber to the cell).
TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLSNetworking Hardware:
- Firewall: CISCO ASA 5000, Palo Alto 5000
- Cisco: Router (7200, 6509, 7609, 12000 LCR, 9010/903 ASR), Switch (1900, 2900, 3500, 3700, 3600, 4500, 6500), ISR4000, Nexus 5000,7000, 9000
- CIENA
- Juniper: ERX-1440, M320, M40E, MX-480, MX-960
- ALU (Alcatel Lucent): 7450, 7750, 7210, 7705
- WDM – CIENA 6500 and CISCO 15454
- Redback: SMS 1800/500 (BRAS/BNG)
- ATM /Frame Relay/ISDN: Lucent CBX-550, GX 550, Ciena DN7100, Cisco, Juniper
- BTI Networks: 704, 714, PacketVX over WDM 7010
- DSLAM (ATM/FR/IP): ADTRAN (TA5K, 1200), Netvanta, Lucent (1000, 7300), Fujitsu SpeedPort
- Actelis: ML2300, 1300, 130, 230, 600.
- Terminal Server: Cisco 3662, 2621, 2811, MRV, AI, WTI, TeleSec, General DataCom (GDC) SpectraCom
- Video: PON Network: Scientific Atlanta (Cisco) EDFA, OLT- (Motorolla, Lucent, AFC), BingBand BMR
- Voice: GendBand, GR303, TR-08, FlexGrow
- Transport: SONET, WDM
- CPE: Speedstream, Cisco 600, Sonic Firewall, Netvanta, Westell, LinkSys, Actiontec, Speedport
Network Protocol and Services:
- OSPF, IS-IS, BGPv4, RIP, IGRP/EIGRP, GRE, MPLS-TE, PBF, VNN, VTP, STP, MST, RSTP, PVST, VLAN, LAG/LACP, ACL, LSP, VRF, Virtual Router, DLCI, VPI/VCI, CoS, QoS, IGMP, BUM (Broadcast, Unicast, Multicast), VoIP, GR303, TR-08,FlexGrow
- HSRP, PPP, DHCP, xDSL, OCX, MetroE, DNS, HTTP, CDP, NTP, SNMP, NAT, TFTP, FTP, WiFi, VOD, IPTV, FTTP, FTTC, Vo-IP, ATM, WAN, LAN, MAN, VPN,
- CatOS, IOS, XR, XE, TiMOS, JunosE, Junos
Network Monitoring and Management:
- HP-Openview, WaveFlow, eHealth, MRTG, RANCID, SAM, AMS, Total Access, MetaASSIST, NetCool, NetMinder, Remedy, Wireshark, AFC Panoram, Solarwinds
Desktop Systems and Software:
- Linux, Windows Server 2K, 2003, 2012 (8), MAC, Windows 95/98/ME/2K/Vista/7/8,
- MS-Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Visio, Access, Project), Secure CRT, Hyper Term, Putty, Photoshop, Dream Weaver, FrontPage, Exchange