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Bay Pines Veterns Administaion And Medical Campas

Dell deployment lead tech for Bay Pines Veterans Administrations (VA).Exchanging Windows XP for windows 7 migration.

Greater St. Louis Area

Working on Various short term contracts with firms such as AON, Bank of America, St Louis University, cancer research, medical facilities, hotels, etc…Projects involves; troubleshooting, test and turn-ups, upgrades, provisioning, Commissioning, PC/Server Refresh, optimizing, switch/ router, server upgrades, WiFi, VoIP install and configs, IP/PBX, HP.

St Lous Mo

Kforce – Clearwire/Ericsson – St Louis, MO8/2011 to Present - Cell site audits and site surveys. Utilizing the PLEX program and Bar-coding system, I would travel to all cell sites and do a complete Audit and all RF and associated equipment for WiMAX including; MOTOROLA GAP, MOTOROLA WAP400 (DAP), MOTOROLA WAP450 (DAP), SAMSUNG GAP (INDOOR), SAMSUNG GAP.

As project lead my job was to coordinate the De-commissioning of the Nortel SL-100 Switch that was located at Boeing in St. Louis. With a crew of 8 Technicians we systematically removed the switch which involve; Switch shutdown, removal of power packs, Line cards, PM cards, power and cabling mining (making sure techs were aware of live traffic on the racks.

INSIGHT/SmartSource INC- Missouri. Network Engineer8/2009 to 11/09/2010Installing, Configuring and testing VoiP, switch’s, router’s, Server upgrades, and conversions for various institutions such as Bank of America, Edward Jones, Merrill Lynch, Marriott hotels etc….Also Go live Tech and auditor for Mcdonald’s nationwide POS upgrade. The goal of this.

70% Telecommuting 1/2009 to 6/2009 Main Objective:Provide, to Soldiers transitioning from the Army, an electronic copy of medical records in a secure and transferable format that is interoperable with the ongoing efforts of the DoD/VA data sharing protocols.Job Description: Through my home office, I would keep in close contact through video conferencing.

Various projects for military bases on the Nortel SL-100 Switch and Data network. Such projects include Nortel SL-100 XA-CORE upgrade consisting of removing the old CM and SLM shelf and replacing with the new XA-CORE shelf, commissioning the XA-CORE and upgrading various cards in the switch, etc.Installing, turn-up and commisiong the AS5300 for Voip.

Cisco Router/Frame Relay upgrade: This project consist of a store chain of over 900 stores to replace old Cisco routers with new Cisco 2821 Routers. Procedures include; Telnet to routers for FTP Configs, verify dial access to all stores, test and verify T-1s, verify ISDN connectivity, add PVCs to both OC-12s, add routers to NETSCOUT Probes for monitoring.

Job Responsibilities: Monitoring and trouble-shooting voice and Data networks. Opening trouble tickets, analyzing network troubles including T-1s, E-1s, DS-3s, OC-N, Frame relay, ATM, routers, switches, etc. Tools used for network trouble and analyst include: Netcool, NMA, ACCESS7, (SS7), PREVISOR, Alcatel Infusion, Hurricane, Volcano, (ssp, scp, stp, sms.

Installation, design and configuring Cisco Switch's and routers for LAN/ WAN Data Network for the County of Palm Beach. This job consist of layer 2 and layer 3 switching technology. This work includes; Cisco Switch/Routing, internet protocols, static and dynamic routing, VLANs, DHCP, VPN, TCP/IP, trunking protocols, IPX, managing traffic with access list.

Installation, design, test and turn-up of voice and data networks for businesses, hotels, airports etc? Job responsibilities consist of routing voice and Data (CAT-5) cables to client’s specified locations. Installing wall plates and terminating connectors in appliance with color code. At the communications room, I would then install and terminate terminal.

Job responsibility includes supervision of drive testers and to collect drive test data utilizing a UNIX base wireless location system. Work directly with the cell site technicians to ensure the correct installation of the LMU’s, (location measuring units), cable and wave guide types and lengths to insure accurate delay, insertion lose measurements.

Performing site surveys for AT&T for the E-911 installation of their new hardware and software. Duties include taking inventory and making sketches and drawings of the existing equipment and drawings and measurements for the future E-911 equipment. This includes mounting of new telecom bays, cable racks, power cable, Data cable, spare fuses and whatever it.

Responsibilities include: Running test on T-1’s coming from approx. 120 Wireless towers to the mobile switching office, (MTSO), These test were done with the T-BERD test set from the patch panel at the MSO. After head to head testing with the field techs at the Mobile tower site, I would then run extensive test on the T-1’s that include different test.

Nortel SL-100 switch tech for DOD, TAC-SWA (Tactical Army communications for south western Asia). Responsibilities: Daily operations and maintenance (O&M) of the Nortel SL-100 switch such as daily log reports for switch performance, weekly images and back ups, inputting translations for customers line options including; call waiting, call forwarding, call.

SONET Testing and characterization of fiber optic networks. This job consists of testing and characterization of the fiber trunks, internal equipment fiber connections and network node connections. The Optical equipment in this network includes the Sorrento (Osicom) Gigamux (32 channel metro and long haul metro DWDM system), Cisco Cerent 15454 equipment.

Installation and turn up of the NEC SPECTRALWAVE 32 Channel Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexer System (DWDM). In charge of installation crew. Job includes verifying MOPS with the AT&T floor supervisor, verifying correct east and west, protect and working fiber routes, interbay fiber connections, office alarm connections, power (PDF) positions, fiber.

Maintenance of the Nortel SL-100 Switch consist of interruption of switch morning reports, setting office images, backing up office images, working with technicians from the NOC center to troubleshoot switching and network problems, (swacting pm's, testing lcm, s, dtc, s, building trunk groups, testing subscriber lines, etc?). Reviewing operational.

Operation and Maintenance Supervisor of the Department Of Defense Nortel-MSL100 Defense Information System Network project including technical training, direction, and troubleshooting and field support. * Responsible for all operations during MCI circuit cutovers worldwide for US military installations. * Cutover M.O.P.'s included: end to end testing.

Responsible for planning, developing and instructing Nextel Network Operation Center, NOC, personnel to interpret the Integrated Digital Enhanced Network wireless, dispatch technology, national/international network alarm systems, to pinpoint location and type of equipment faults, and to test and load software & troubleshoot all phases of the iDEN system..

NORTEL/AVENTEL -Install and optimize (SLAT) OC-3, OC-12-OC-48 SONET Network throughout Mexico.* Responsibilities included the installation of OC-48 SONET rings and linear shots, optimizing OPC (Operation Processor Controllers) with updated software, connecting network elements for network connectivity, cross connecting fiber routes, and testing optical.

• 1994-1996 - IBM/Advantis, Schaumburg, IL.NOC Consultant/Tech* IBM national and international private voice and data network consists of Nortel DMS-250 Supernode switches, tellabs (Titan 5500) digital cross connects..
• Responsibilities included: Programmed enhanced routing of toll-free numbers on a virtual private network using a C-based application in a UNIX environment, remote network real-time monitoring, maintenance &.

IBM national and international private voice and data network consists of Nortel DMS-250 Supernode switches, tellabs (Titan 5500) digital cross connects. System provider's inter-exchange dedicated and switched access long distance services to businesses nationwide.* Responsibilities included: Programmed enhanced routing of toll-free numbers on a virtual.

Installed, tested, and turned up the Lightspan 2000 system.

Installed power, Alcatel LTS-1565, 21130 systems. Installation, testing, acceptance, and turnover procedures accomplished.

Digital Conversation Tech; Installed Northern Telecom DMS 100. Installed, turned-up and tested. Replacing analog system to digital.

Installed and Commissioned Fiber Optic Network including regen substations across N. Africa. turned up network 2/1992. Alcatel 1556, and the 21130 fiber optic network

Installing and testing Various types of telecom equipment such as Multiplexers, Cisco Routers, Tellabs DACS, Nortel DMS 100, 250 MSL-100 Switches, 5ESS, SLC-96, Various types of PBXs, Carrier equipment, channel banks, Fiber optics, Microwave Radios and equipment, wave guide, Mobile switching center equipment. Testing T-1s, DS-3, OCn spans. Mapping circuits.

Electronics

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