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Engineer Project Manager

Location:
Tarpon Springs, FL
Posted:
August 29, 2014

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Kimberly Kocur

727-***-**** (home)

727-***-****(cell)

acfn56@r.postjobfree.com

Objective: A position to utilize my experience in network operations and transport engineering project

management on all levels.

Professional Summary: US Navy Cryptology Veteran

Telecommunications professional with 10 + years working as circuit design and project

management.

Provisioned Cisco 15454, Titan 5500, 532, ALU 1630/32 DACS to ensure on time test and turn

up of customer circuits.

Performed network wide commissioning and acceptance testing on Cisco 15454.

Proficient in measuring light levels to insure they meet standard to activate network elements.

Completed network expansions and integration of optical network elements.

Expert in provisioning and order processing with LEC’s.

Expert in Granite/XNG documentation and database manipulation.

Proficient in project management for cost savings network reconfiguration.

Effective team player and works well independently when required.

Experience:

Sincera LTD – on contract Telecommute 10/13 – 6/14

Network Provisioner and Granite circuit designer on contract from Sincera LTD to TW Cable

Communications

Created circuit designs for retail customers which included transport designs from hubbing locations

to customer for point to point, point to multipoint, dedicated internet access, PRI’s, and other circuit

configurations

Expert knowledge of designing sites, from the CLONES database

Familiar with customer equipment such as RAD NIU, Adva switch, LGX/FDP

Mountain LTD/on contract to Windstream Comm. Evansville, IN

Jan 28 2013 – February 2013

Network provisioner and test/turnup specialist consistently running dacs commands as well as

node management within the Windstream network.

Provisions various LEC equipment to include Cisco 15454 and other network equipment.

Builds cross connects in various dacs equipment (Titan 5500, ALU 1600, 1630 series)

Experienced in call center processing of calls in a queue environment

Sun Technologies/on contract to ATT Mobility Telecommute

June 2011 – Oct 2012

Circuit design engineer

Provisioning with LEC’s and other carriers

Ran bridge calls and also used centest to verify cross connects in the dacs.

Expert level use of the granite/xng database

Night shift project manager for cost savings rehomes; to include E911 circuits and PSAP

interaction.

Verizon Wireless Tampa, Fl

Network Engineer March 2007 to February 2011

• Circuit design Engineer – creating new designs for all E911 as well as standard mobile to

mobile/mobile to landline and switch locations

• Ran projects for network optimization and entered/verified dacs cross connects in any of

several systems, to include Tellabs and ALU.

• Worked with LOA/CFA issues with various carriers to ensure circuits were turned up in time,

and, CFA was available. In the case of meet point circuits, the LOA was always tracked to

ensure interconnect was approved.

• Performed above and beyond while in the position of Granite system South Area Lead and

Project Manager for Network Flow within the Project Implementation South Area Team

• Provided national and area polices for Xng processes with constant interaction with other

national teams for project management

• Instrumental in the on time completion of the RCC acquisition for the South area as Project

Manager for the transport team, interacting with real estate, construction, the LEC’s and all

other groups involved in the RCC acquisition; personally responsible for the CIRCUIT

DESIGN of all replacement circuits between the RCC and Verizon Wireless mobile networks.

• Transport Engineer tasked with project managing the acquisition of Alltel Communications,

ensuring the merger was on time and worked tirelessly with all other teams (real estate,

project implementation, construction and the LEC’s as well as E911)

• Circuit Design for E911 and E911 SME

• SS7 transport SME along with trunking SME in the Pittsburgh and Nashville markets

• Facilities engineering responsible for newly acquired markets; ordered circuits between

several carriers to ensure all circuits were delivered on time for the project; work with carriers

was exponential in achieving the goals for each project tasked with

• Provided circuit design for T1, DS3, OCn systems and LTE/EBH/FTTC

• Designed trunking and cell site conversions in support of least cost routing standards

Volt Technical Services Clearwater Fl

Network Engineer January 2006 to January 2007

• Contracted to Alcatel Lucent Technologies

• Completed E911 conversion project for Cingular Wireless NYC/NJ markets from Andrew

technology to True Position; this required CIRCUIT DESIGN for all new circuits for the

E911 transition.

• Completed Xng/Granite database engineering updates for Cingular/ATTWS markets around

the country

• Implemented Xng/Granite E911 procedures to change E911 from Andrews technology to

True Position equipment

ATTWS/Cingular Wireless Tampa, FL

Network Engineer July 2000 to November 2005

• North/West Florida Transport Engineer/Circuit Design Engineer

• Transport engineering SME for all trunking and SS7

• Ensured LOA/CFA was in place to ensure proper placing of the orders for new circuits and

ordered said circuits and worked consistently with multiple carriers for meet point as well as

point to point carrier circuits

• Planned and documented ATT/Cingular network for Tampa, Pensacola, Fort Myers markets

• SME for Xng/Granite tool

• Planned, documented and completed a least cost routing backhaul for the Tampa/St

Petersburg

• Saved employer 1.5 million dollars based on the least cost routing backhaul plan and

designed an OC48 network around Tampa Bay market, including insuring the LOA/CFA was

in place to do so.

• Provided circuit designs for all DS0’S, T1's, DS3's, OCn to provisioning team for rapid

completion

• Integrated West and North Florida E911 Phase I to Phase II from AMU and GCS router

mapping to SMLC mapping

Tek Systems contracted to AT&T Local Services Orlando, Florida

Switch Technician April 2000 to July 2000

• Local network switch technician responsible for translations in the 5ESS and DMS switches

• Maintained documentation of critical tracking dates on LNP

• Ported numbers for local service customers

• Coordinated quality assurance and implementation engineering teams to ensure LNP was

completed on time

• Maintenance and troubleshooting of issues around LNP

Ztel Communications Tampa Fl

Manager, Network Engineering July 1999 to January 2000

• Lead team of 6 engineers

• Coordinated delivery of all data and voice services

• Documented standards of practice company wide

• Implemented VOIP technology on all class 4 switches

• Managed SMS800 RespOrg team

• Provided implementation plans to executive level staff

Education: Titan 5500 System Administrator Lisle, Illinois

Vocational 1997

Telecordia SS7 Operations and Maintenance Piscataway NJ

Completed September 1999

Vocational

US Navy Washington, DC; Guantanamo Bay Cuba; Edzell Scotland;

Guam, Mariannas Islands; Pensacola, Fl

Cryptologic Technician (Communications)



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