Previously held a Top Secret Clearance

Summary

15 years IT communications operation and support experience and expertise gained from hands-on assignments dealing with highly controlled equipment in a classified environment. Career highlights include communications backbone maintenance and integration, Information Assurance, Infosec, Enterprise management applications, troubleshooting for Juniper Routers, Switches, Domain Controllers, Workstations, Gateways, Firewalls, File and Print servers, and network skills.

Employment History

Confidential

Senior Systems Lab Engineer

• Building infrastructure for a multi-million dollar lab facility responsibilities include design, cabling, installations, configurations, testing, and demoing of multi-vendor networking equipment.
• Vendor list include:
• Juniper Routers, QFabric 3000-M, STRM, JUNOS Space, EX switches, SRX
• Cisco ASR1002, 3900 series, 2900 series, Catalyst 3550
• Riverbed Steelhead, Cascade, Shark, Pilot
• VMWare ESXi

Confidential

Senior Systems Engineer

• Member of a team in charge of building WAN communicators infrastructure for a new multi-million dollar government facility responsibilities include design, site surveys, installations, configurations, testing, and ad hoc support. Individuals' responsibilities include the upgrading/migrating of customers existing circuits across the MPLS infrastructure.
• Member of a site Network Engineering Team responsible for engineering, implementing, and network support of advanced communication technologies that include:
• SONET and IP networking
• 10 Gigabit, Gigabit and Fast Ethernet
• OSPF and BGP Routing
• MPLS Technology
• Cisco 3800/3750 Layer 2/3 switch/routers
• Juniper T, M, MX and J series routers
• KG-245A and KG-245X Fastlane Cryptographic Unit
• Site Surveys, Network Installation, Configuration and Testing

Confidential

Senior Engineer

• Tier III support engineer providing integration of communication, information assurance, network and system devices, and technical assistance to the DIA
• Assigned to design, configure, manage and maintain 72 Juniper M40e and M10 routers in a
• milieu supporting over 20000 users worldwide.
• Establish and sustain pathways of communication to generate and integrate information system
• solutions and problem resolution.
• Responsible for implementing, upgrading, managing and maintaining 145 KG-175A High
• Assurance IP Encryptors and other appliances that reside in the core network
• Assist in maintaining the network management suite consisting of Infovista, Dorado,
• Cyberguard Firewall and General Dynamics Encryptor Manager version 8 GEM .
• Configuring and monitoring network system access, and monitoring 250 physical links
• Troubleshooting a wide range of hardware as well as physical links connected to DISA routers

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Confidential

Command Control C2 Computer Maintenance COMC

• Maintained and repaired equipment including the following:
• Graphic Missile Warning display systems
• Text based Missile Warning systems
• Emergency Action Message dissemination systems
• Laptop-based MILSTAR terminals
• One Personnel Locator system
• These and other systems used extensively by the Joint Staff, the National Military Command
• Center NMCC , and the National Military Joint Intelligence Center NMJIC , and the SECDEF
• Performed routine and emergency maintenance on Digital Equipment Corporation VAX computers,
• Communications Network Servers, routers, display terminals, desktop and laptop computers,
• printers, modems, fiber optic transceivers, and cryptographic equipment.

Confidential

Telecommunications Specialist

• Specialized in satellite based communication system strategic and tactical including installation, protection, operation and maintenance.
• Provided deployable Special Intelligence SI telecommunications network support to the Combat Commander during exercises, crisis, and war as well as to other national customers as required.
• Supervised two to four man teams, deployed globally to setup, configure, test and maintain Critical Source-LITE communications suite and VSAT, to meet individual customer requirements.
• Provided training in the setup and troubleshooting of the Mini-Mux and related information technology equipment as needed.
• Responsible for over 1.1 million worth of sensitive communications equipment while deployed.
• Maintained three different Local Area Networks, fiber optic and CAT V, and up to 8 phone circuits during high tempo operations.
• Supervised and trained in the setup and configuration of Tactical Sensitive Compartmentalized Information Facilities

Confidential

Network Telecomm Customer Service Specialist

• Coordinated and supervised all requests for Hardware, Software and Network connections to the NATO Secret, NATO Restricted and NATO Unclassified networks. Created, coordinated and tracked trouble tickets between the customer the Network Section, IT Sections.
• Assisted with the planning of a major upgrade of network resources to include Windows NT to Windows 2000 upgrade for 2,700 users, LAN upgrade from 10Mb to 100Mb speed, 1Gigabit upgrade to FDDI network backbone and network security.
• Assisted with the development of a new trouble ticket tracking system using SQL focusing on page layout and data entry.
• Created and followed through to completion over 1,500 requests for NATO Local Area Network Connections
• Maintained detailed historical records for all software licensing agreements.

Confidential

Local Area Network Installation and Maintenance Technician

• Network technician responsible for the planning, installation and maintenance of fiber optic Local Area Networks for NATO headquarters. Coordinated with building managers and customers for timely and unobtrusive installation of networks.
• Installed and maintained fiber optic and coax LAN for 2,700 users on three separate networks.
• Implemented the use of MS VISIO for the cable management for the entire NATO facility.
• Transferred historical paper records into a database eliminating the need for paper records.
• Trained all incoming personnel on the cable deployment and repair, specifically fiber optic cables, coaxial and Ethernet.

Confidential

Tech Control Communication Technician

• Performed daily preventive maintenance on numerous crypto devices, multiplexers and wiring closets. Kept detailed paper records for historical tracking.
• As lower enlisted was trusted with the responsibility of keying over 350 secure telephones for senior military members of the military throughout the DC Metro area.
• Provided maintenance support for the Russian Direct Communications Link DCL , a critical communications link to the political and military leadership of the former Soviet Union.
• Identified and processed for turn-in over 400 pieces of excess equipment valued at over 200,000, providing the potential to enhance the operational mission success of other organizations and saved the U.S government thousands of dollars in procurement costs.
• Maintained communications links in accordance with tech control operation procedures.
• Consistently installed and updated communications secure key material.