Lab Testing for all Tier III to field operations. Technological evaluation and certification of enterprise level Cisco and Juniper router platforms, software and fiber optic technology. This includes software code testing, 1/10/100 Gigabit linecards and advanced L3/L2 VPN configurations. Special projects CONUS and OCONUSNetwork architecture, design and deployment with other government and intelligence agencies. Specifics brief:IP MPLS L3VPN/L2VPN, QoS, Circuit emulation services. All associated underlying protocols for the IP/MPLS suite: ISIS/BGP/LDP/RSVP. IXIA traffic simulators and packet analysis with custom per-project design specifications. Physical and logical lab architecture simulation setup and automated scripting enhancements. As an IP network engineer I work with some of the best government engineers, architects, and contractors in the industry. People love working with me because I am easy to get along with, and a fast and open learner.

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Brief Technical Overview:Lab testing technical expert and tier III support on a large sophisticated network design and test team. Network designs with a wide subset of Juniper, and Cisco technologies plus numerous specialty vendors. New network deployments for global government DISN core services and custom network designs. Full network architecture simulation.MPLS, BGP, IGPs fiber optics, test traffic simulations. Also specialized in converting legacy technology to modern IP MPLS, L3/L2 MPLS & VPLS based VPN designs and deployment. Pre and post deployment with scripting support and packet level analysis in a large lab environment.

Contractor for DISA, Information assurance for TACLANE encryption device and software functional testing. Research testing for experimental technology acquisition. Lab testing and reporting, technical specification for HAIPE IPSEC, and Tier III engineering support.

Network operations and engineering supporting DHS, TSA, and HHS networks. Provided support to airports connecting to provider MPLS and city wide MAN sites. Outage resolution, configuration, and stand up of new networks at airports throughout the United States.

Conducted support and deployment of IP router backbone, and satellite RF communications networks. Directly supported Army troops during the height of the Iraq war. Direct daily satellite phone communication with the soldiers and Army base commanders. Worked on IP telephony and iDirect satellite modems. Core router troubleshooting and peak centering for satellite dish operations.

Network Operations center for a commercial Tier I global Internet Protocol router and telecommunications backbone. Worked with Cisco and Juniper routers on everything from cutting edge IP/MPLS to antique FDDI and ATM. I was exposed to numerous digital routing/switching, and other telecommunications equipment. This was one of the industry's best in its day and working here was like a years long apprenticeship taught by the industry experts. Vinton Cerf was even down the hall at one point.

Erols was an ISP startup and one of the first regional ISP's on the East coast at the start of the commercial Internet. Positions held were technical, desktop support including dialup, ISDN, cable modem, and OS support for Windows and Macintosh. Later held a minor supervisory role as a front desk administrator for the operations call center floor.