Summary

• Experienced IP/MPLS Network Designer/Transport/Backbone Engineer for implementing IP/MPLS and SONET design and provisioning for wireline and wireless carriers.
• Successfully designed or redesigned networks to meet voice, data and video requirements.
• Skilled at deploying routing techniques and QoS specification to meet growing traffic needs and individual customer specifications.
• Follow formal OA M procedures to track, document and monitor network modifications.
• Managed Projects to achieve operational objectives by contributing information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews preparing and completing action plans

Technical Skills

• Akamai
• Adtran
• Alcatel
• ATM
• C/C
• CCNA
• Cisco
• CWDM
• DOCSIS 1.1/3.0
• Dragonwave
• DWDM
• EIGRP
• Frame Relay
• Granite Designer
• Tellabs ONT Shelfs
• IBM-compatible computers and peripherals
• IGRP
• ISDN
• LAN/WAN
• Linux
• Cyan Z22, Z33, Z77
• Ciena
• 95/98/2000/XP/2003
• Microsoft Project
• Microwave
• MPLS
• Novell Netware
• OSPF
• Pathloss
• PRI/SIP
• QoS
• RIP
• SDH BGP
• Sun OS 8 9
• T1, T3
• VISIO
• VOIP
• 2000/XP/2003
• WLAN 802.11b, 802.11g
• Calix E7 and E5
• Occam
• Vmware/ESXi
• Riverbed
• Trouble Ticketing System

Professional Experience

Confidential

Senior NOC Engineer

• Focus on monitoring customer location uptime, provide immediate support to address voice and network quality
• Communicate with systems and Engineering departments as well as external carriers to resolve and prevent issues
• Provide 3rd level support to resolve complex, technical customer problems
• Effectively communicate status to customers and internal staff
• Documentation of trouble resolution through the use of trouble ticketing system

Confidential

Senior Field Engineer

• Support of network deployments for Cisco UCS and Data Centers
• Communicate with systems and Engineering departments as well as external carriers to resolve and prevent issues
• Provide 3rd level support to resolve complex, technical customer problems
• WAN/LAN designs and wireless implementations
• Created SOW/ MOP for all deployments

Confidential

Sales / Mobility Network Engineer Remote worker

• Design and implementation of Q in-Q, VPLS's and 801.q for commercial customers
• Support account exec on new business by supply design and training sale engineering support.
• Adhered to and enforce policies associated with Managed Unmanaged LTE service offering
• Design and implement solutions to meet LTE requirements of AT T wireless customers across a large number of sites.
• Migrated 3500 customers off legacy ATM/frame 2G platform to LTE network

Confidential

Network Engineer Remote work

• End to end network and service design, equipment specification, capacity planning and documentation.
• Design and implement solutions to meet backhaul requirements of major wireless customers across a large number of sites.
• Deliver product solutions on time and within budget.
• Supervised, Trained and worked with peer groups, ISP and OSP internal system teams in the refinement of requirements of documents, support, install and test of FTT solutions.
• Use of Metasolv and Granite application tool and Cisco and Juniper Layer networks to help design and scale the network.

Confidential

Consultant Remote work

• Installation and implementations in Data center environment
• Build stronger relationships with customers and vendors
• Support for compliance with SOX, HIPAA, and security standards.
• Design, test, trained engineers and implement Metro Ethernet business solutions
• Set up, implemented and provided support for server environments
• Coordinated vendor network changes for customer's network environment
• Help establish migration path for VOIP and MPLS
• Supervised, planned, and reviewed network upgrades and implementation work
• Deployed VMWARE ESXi blade solutions for virtualization hosting and SANs storage.
• Listen to clients' needs and design a solution that meets that need
• Create high level and detailed network drawings and inventory docs for client's network

Confidential

Senior Network Engineer

• Racked installed, configured ASR6 for peering with BGP as part of core redesign.
• Designed and built MPLS Core and Implemented meshed or dual meshed environments. Configured QoS and routing features.
• Designed and built DWDM and CWDM optical transport network using Calix E7s over MPLS for Cellular backhauling ClearWire, Verizon Wireless
• Trained engineers on DWDM and CWDM standards and build out process.
• Support account exec on new business by suppling design and sale engineering support.
• Configuration of commercial customers and services on core MPLS routers and DSLAMs
• Design and configuration of commercial customer termination gear and services using optical fiber muxing and demuxing and circuit design / provisioning of T2000 and TE206
• Design and implementation of Q in-Q, VPLS's and 801.q for commercial customers

Confidential

Consultant Broomfield

• Built relationships with customers and vendors
• Design, test and implement Metro Ethernet business solutions.
• Supervised set up, trained implemented, and provided support for user environments Data Center / Network
• Coordinated vendor network changes for customer's Network/ Data Center environment
• Establish change management process and network change control process for clients
• Help establish migration path for VOIP and MPLS
• Planned and reviewed network upgrades and implementation work
• Listen to clients' needs and design a solution that meets that need
• Create high level and detailed network drawings and inventory docs for client's network
• High capacity circuit design with Granite and M6
• Support sales force in role of sales engineer

Confidential

Transport/Backbone Network Engineer

• Designed and built MPLS Core and services for both North and South rings. Significant experience creating Bill of Materials as well as installing, configuring, wiring, and troubleshooting, network components. Implemented meshed or dual meshed environments. Configured QoS and routing features
• Designed, supervised and built DWDM and CWDM optical transport network for North and South Ring over MPLS and Cellular backhauling for ClearWire
• Support account exec on new business by supply design and sale engineering support.
• Installed, and configuring of Cisco ONS 15454 ROADM and Transponder shelves
• Configuration of commercial customers and services on Alcatel 7750 SR7's and SR12 core MPLS routers and implementing of DOCSIS 3.0
• Design and configuration of commercial customer termination gear and services using optical fiber muxing and demuxing and circuit design / provisioning of SONET T1-OC192
• Design and implementation of Q in-Q, VPLS's and 801.q for commercial customers
• Implementation of Switch Digital Video SDV servers and switches
• Design and implemented Multicast on North and South Ring for SDV, start over and High Definition HD projects
• Set-up Servers for Monitoring of network devices and add of devices to monitoring Hobbit, Cricket, Netcool, MRTG
• Customer facing work includes NFL Buffalo Bill's PRI design, NYS Buffalo Court System VPLS for 11 sites
• Used Granite for inputting Telco equipment, circuit information, rack and shelf location
• Complete Bill of Materials BOM , network design and turn-up of services and projects

Confidential

Transport Network Engineer

• Configured MPLS IPSec VPNs and QoS on PAETEC PE routers/CE routers
• Configured Cisco routers translations/routing database for voice services
• Provided design and troubleshooting support for the integrated voice/Data environment
• Provided design support for customer MPLS IPSec VPNs
• Adhered to and enforce policies associated with Managed Unmanaged VPN offering
• Configured customer routers CE and PIX/ASA firewalls for DMZ,Site-2-Site,VPN
• Configured and support Remote Access VPN/IPSEC
• Provided sales engineering support to customer and sales team
• Customer facing work includes Raymour Flanagan's PRI design and turn-up for 25 stores, and Ripley's Believe It or Not internet and PRI design and turn-up for all east coast locations
• Use of Metasolv for Ticket and circuit design and information tracking
• Mentored and trained new engineers on technologies and configuration for services on network.

Confidential

Network Engineer

• Designed VPN access for Fortune 500 and 1000 companies
• Configured WAN/LAN for Fortune 500 and 1000 companies
• Designed and implemented WLAN for fortune 1000 companies using Cisco solutions
• Architected Pix configuration for same companies for DMZ, Site-2-Site

Confidential

Network Engineer

• Racked and installed equipment in data center environment
• Assisted in redesign of Firewall authentication between the remote sites and primary and secondary HUB site into DMZ.
• MPLS Engineer for tier 3 and 4 escalations
• Architected wireless authentication using Active Directory and S3 with Cisco's Air net appliance with clean access
• Worked on configuration and installing Cisco Call Manager for use with VOIP.
• Designed, developed and implemented Sarbanes and Oxley compliance process
• Customer facing work includes JCrew account for VOIP deployment, Bank of America for VOIP plot

Confidential

Transport Network Engineer

• Worked as a traffic/capacity planning engineer for growth of network and build outs of SONET Ring and circuit design and provisioning T1,T3,DS3,OC3,OC12,OC48,OC192
• Designed and implemented MPLS core network
• Assisted in architecting Xerox's ATM and Frame network and migration to MPLS
• Designed, tested and implemented template for IMA service over ATM for cellular backhaul.
• Using Microwave survey tools, maps, Pathloss v3.0 S/W, GPS, safety climbing tools, mirrors and AutoCAD
• Select microwave equipment, radios Dragonwave Airpair, Dragonwave Horizon Duo, Horizon Compact, Redline-AN80 and Motorola PTP600 and antennas that guarantee network capacity and availability requirements
• Functioned as a sale engineer in supporting sales account managers
• Worked with Microwave transmission and RF design/set-up for Skytel and 911 communications
• Designed and implemented ISDN-dial back-up between remote router to hub site router
• Assisted in design, phase planning and implementation for Xerox's migration from AT T to MCI's network
• Troubleshot layer 1 thru 4 for connectivity issues
• Mentored new engineers to the team and trained them on processes and technology used by customer.
• Worked in Lab to test VPN over broadband and create template for deployment
• Designed wireless solutions using Radius with 802.1X
• Customer facing work includes Xerox, Amtrak , Carnival Cruise lines for wireless deployment

Confidential

System Administrator

• Reorganized and supervised rebuilding of company's network infrastructure
• Administrated and maintain Citrix and NT user accounts and programs
• Maintained and monitored WAN and LAN status through SNMP tools
• Installed and configured Checkpoint firewall for DMZ,Site-2-Site, VPN connectivity
• Worked with Time Warner to resolve bandwidth monitoring issue
• Configured VPN for our New York, Rochester NY and Singapore offices
• Monitored voice and data traffic through connect-reach using cricket SNMP software
• Function in the role of a 'help desk specialist' for company

Confidential

NT Administrator

• Set-up and maintained Proxy Server 2.0
• Recommended, wrote and enforced network security policy
• Configuring and set-up of CSU/DSU and Cisco 2610 and 1600 Routers
• Speared head all phases of connecting our other branches via frame relay with voice over IP
• Maintained and administrated Citrix METAFRAME 1.8 server and MS Exchange 5.5
• Tracked critical processes on servers and remote workstations using SNMP tools
• Create and maintain users' local, global and roaming profiles on NT and Novell

Confidential

Tech Support Rocheste

• Internet configuration / modem device set-up for Mac / Windows
• User desktop support for Mac / Windows
• System/ device configuration /set-up for Mac / Window computers
• Application walk through for users on Mac / Windows
• Troubleshot PC / Mac connectivity, device, and driver problems
• Contacted person for ISP and LEC outages and restoration times