David is an experienced and enthusiastic carrier class telecommunications professional, with a background in both the conventional telecom sector and the cable industry. He has contributed to the integration of the backbones of AS4323, AS3356, and AS3549, creating a large unified network. He has also supported Lumen Technologies, Level 3 and Centurylink in fulfilling their FTC requirements during their merger. Currently he has transitioned to a development role, where he shines in network automation engineering on the global network. His expertise is in touchless deployment in both day 0 and day 2 environments, bringing productivity and innovation to his work.Network Engineer with over 10 years in telecommunications, with a proven ability to analyze complex technical situations, multi-task in high stress environments with the ability to apply policies, procedures and common sense. And is up to the task of inherently driving to meet and exceed the needs of all clients and expectations.Core CompetenciesData Network Engineering * Technical process development * New technology deployment *Mentor * Transport networking * Optical networking * IP * MPLS*VPN/IPVPN * BGP * OSPF * ISIS * VOIP * Customer assurance * Certified Cisco and Juniper NetworksTechnical skills - applications, equipment, protocols- Windows/Linux, as well as the following hardware Juniper M/MX/QFX Series, Cisco ASR9001/9010, 7609, 7200, 3550, 2600, 920, Adtran, Adva, Overture OSPF, ISIS, BGP, SNMP, TCP/IP, UDPCertifications -CCNAJNCIA-SPJNCIS-SPJNCIP-SPMEF-CECP 2.0 CertifiedProgramming Languages:Python, Perl, SQL, Automation tools:YAML (YML), Jinja2, ansiblefastapi, mysql, postgres