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Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Responsible for planning and executing First Office Application of hardware and software,deployment, and continued maintenance of the network.Lead cross functional planning with multiple internal groups and network vendors. Responsible forproviding technical leadership and training with regard to the 5G Fixed Wireless Access/NewRadio and 4G LTE purpose built and virtual cloud based Extended Packet Core (EPC) and 5GC Standalone Coreelements (VNF and VNF-M) during planning, staging, first office application, commercialdeployment, and continued maintenance in order to fulfill complex business requirements.Primes planning, designing, equipment selection, staging, testing, and integration of newsystem hardware and software. Creates and maintains functional and technical requirements,analyzes hardware/software features and enhancements. Understand and troubleshootssystem architectures, end-to-end designs and device-system interactions.Provides direct oversight for outage resolution and stands as the point of escalation andsupport to operation and performance teams when outages occur. Responsible for vendorescalation to ensure minimum outage duration.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Responsible for planning and executing First Office Application of hardware and software,deployment, and continued maintenance of the network.Works cross functionally with multiple internal groups and network vendors. Responsible forproviding technical leadership and training with regard to the 5G Fixed Wireless Access/NewRadio and 4G LTE purpose built and virtual cloud based Extended Packet Core (EPC)elements (VNF and VNF-M) during planning, staging, first office application, commercialdeployment, and continued maintenance in order to fulfill complex business requirements.Primes planning, designing, equipment selection, staging, testing, and integration a newsystem hardware and software. Creates and maintains functional and technical requirements,analyzes hardware/software features and enhancements. Understand and troubleshootssystem architectures, end-to-end designs and device-system interactions.Provides direct oversight for outage resolution and stands as the point of escalation andsupport to operation and performance teams when outages occur. Responsible for vendorescalation to ensure minimum outage duration.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Responsible for the daily proactive monitoring of the regional data network utilizing available tools including SQM, SevOne, Agilent, Netscout, and Solarwinds among others. Create reportsthat track and trend Key Performance Indicators and critical triggers, which will enableefficient and effective resolution to existing and potential data network issues.Collaborate with and provide guidance to network operations, network performance and otherinternal organizations, as well as vendors, on all design aspects of the regional data network,to include functionality enhancements, capacity expansion projects and the integration ofnew platforms and services. Developed, reviewed and modified Method of Procedures (MOPs)for all local and remote work activity on the regional data network equipment.Provide primary support and driver for resolution in data network outage events/issues.Provide subject matter expertise and leadership within the regional data network.Manage multiple vendors to obtain Root Cause Analysis for all outages andobtain/create/distribute preventative procedures to avoid reoccurring outages.Develop and maintained detailed engineering documents for multiple data networkingplatforms

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Responsible for the advanced installation, operation, and maintenance of the core wirelesstransport network elements, ensuring network integrity and quality. Networks protocolsinclude, but not limited to, MPLS, BGP, OSPF, IPSec, BFD, LACP and VRRP as well as mobilenetwork protocols including radius, MIP, SIP (Simple IP Protocol) and L2TP.Troubleshooting, upgrading, administering these platforms and providing support to a varieduser community; updating daily logs with site-pecific information; and composing clear,concise reports for system documentation.

Tinker, Afb

SSBI Top Security Security ClearanceOperate, maintain and troubleshoot the Data Processing (IBM 4PiCC-1, IBM 3360 variant) andData Display computer system aboard the E-3 AWACS. Complete pre-flight objectives neededfor systems to be operational for AWACS sorties. Applied external power and A/C, and allpreparation procedures to perform job duties on the grounded E-3.Managed a maintenance crew of Airman as a Staff Sargent during various shifts. In charge ofleading troubleshooting efforts to resolve critical mission impacting issues related to the DataProcessing system.

Bachelor Of Science Information Technology, Information Technology

Currently enrolled

Computer, Routing And Switching, Cryptographic Systems, 3.9 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Distinguished Graduate Technical training for enlisted Computer, Switching and Cryptographic Systems Technician.