Engineer Project Manager

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Vadim Levy

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Phone: 202-***-****; e-mail: ab9f87@r.postjobfree.com

http://beknown.com/vadim-levy

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More than 25 years of industry experience in Networks and Systems Design,

Solutions Engineering and Management. Vast experience overseeing Federal as

well as commercial and international projects. Interested in pursuing

Solutions Architect or Solutions Engineer positions.

Technically sophisticated background with IP network design and systems

integration by formulating and implementing advanced technology and

business solutions to meet a diversity of customer needs. Broad experience

with satellite and terrestrial communications as well as fiber optic

networks. Heavy experience with Cisco equipment and networks. Proven track

record of delivering large-scale mission-critical projects on time in a

fast paced industry.

Competency at the highest technical level of network and systems

architecture and design. Experience instructing, directing, and monitoring

the work of network technicians and engineers. Excellent interpersonal /

communication skills. Bilingual (English-Russian).

Professional experience

Sprint/Nextel

2007-Present

Senior Solutions Engineer

As Solution Engineer (Public Sector/Federal), responsible for Pre/Post

Sales Engineering and Business Solutions Sales. Working directly with

assigned customer-base and with sales branches/regions towards achieving an

assigned revenue quota by driving differentiated customer solution sales.

Helped to facilitate Account Team strategies, playing a direct role in

strategy development.

In partnership with a Sales Executives, managed specific functions and

deliverables (e.g. engineering/network designs, requirements analysis,

solution design, RFP responses, presentations to customer staff, etc.)

required to execute sales strategies; Participated in strategic selling

activities including proactive contact and relationship building with

technical customer resources; Lead interactive sessions with top customer

executives and engineering staff.

Responsible for opportunities that are often large in scale and have

complex integrated wireline and wireless voice and/or data solution

requirements (e.g. VoIP, IPVPNs, MPLS, Managed Services).

Received numerous Sprint awards including Sprint's VP "Solutions Engineer

of the quarter" award for designing and selling $7 million dollars of new

business in second quarter of 2012, as well as "Top Sales Support Partner"

and 'Teamwork and Leadership" awards for the year of 2012 alone.

Network Physics, Inc.

2006 - 2007

Senior Sales Engineer/ SE Manager

Responsible for pre and post sales engineering support as well as managing

application and network monitoring solution (ACE Live) deployment and

integration of the largest NP2000/NP3000 installations (Examples: Pentagon,

AIG etc.)

As a senior pre-sales engineer responsible for sales support in Maryland,

Virginia, DC, parts of Pennsylvania and New York. Duties included making

customer presentations and proof of concept delivery. Also involved in

Network Physics partner sign up and training.

As a senior post-sales engineer responsibilities included technical support

and customer network and application performance troubleshooting.

Promoted to SE manager after 6 months in SE role for outstanding

performance.

Lockheed Martin Corporation, Pentagon Team

2005 - 2006

Systems Integration Analyst, Senior Staff / Project Manager

Hired as lead application and network modeling engineer on Pentagon

Performance team. Providing data collection, modeling, analysis and system

recommendations for US Department of Defense infrastructure.

Utilizing OPNET ITGuru software for the network simulation, capacity

planning, service deployment, applications performance tuning and network

redesign.

Promoted to Project Manager for Pentagon-wide network data analysis system

(Network Physics) deployment and integration with a third-party OSS/NMS

(InfoVista and NetCool)

OPNET Technologies, Inc.

2003 - 2005

4 Senior IT Consultant

1 L Lead network modeling engineer for

customer's application deployment and overall traffic analysis of a

corporate wide area networks. Provided data collection, modeling, and

analysis of application performance over the customer's network utilizing

OPNET ITGuru software. Used simulation results as an input to capacity

planning, service deployment plan and network redesign.

Network Application Performance: Expert level capability in characterizing

end-to-end application behavior in WAN infrastructures as well as backend

environments (Databases, Applications servers, and Web servers). Extensive

experience in measuring existing network behavior (utilizations, traffic

types, and errors) as well as testing new applications in development or QA

environments.

5 U.S. Department of Energy 2003 - 2003

1 Senior Network Engineer / Project Manager

Responsible for all technical aspects of development and deployment of

secure data networks and VoIP (Cisco Call Manager) systems for a project

conducted under the auspices of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.

Responsibilities also included configuration and maintenance of Cisco PIX

firewalls, Cisco Catalyst 3500 switches, Cisco 2621 and 7200 routers,

Neoteris Access 3000 Instant Virtual Extranet system, Windows 2000 and

Exchange 2000 servers, Microsoft IIS and Apache Web servers, and Windows XP

Workstations, as well as corporate 3DES Encrypted firewall based VPN and

enterprise-wide VLAN configuration and maintenance.

2 iDirect, Inc. 2001 - 2003

6 Director of Sales Engineering

Lead a group of Sales Engineers supporting US Sales team. Personally

responsible for the network and systems architecture and design of all

customer implementations of iDirect's high performance TDM/TDMA Satellite

Network Modem/Internet router, as well as technical training of the

personnel.

Responsibilities also included helping customers resolve compatibility

issues between iDirect satellite solution and overall customer voice and

data network infrastructure, including firewalls, routers, switches,

Windows 2000 servers, and XP workstations.

SkyOnline Inc. 1999 - 2001

Director of Network Engineering

Responsible for the systems and network architecture of satellite, fiber

and WLL (wireless local loop) based, high-speed

Voice/Data/Internet/Telephony delivery to business customers in Latin

America.

Designed satellite based IP over DVB (Digital Video Broadcast) Asymmetrical

Internet delivery system for VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) customers

in South and Central America.

Designed and implemented corporate and customer networks and systems for

the VoIP telephone system. Implemented the NBX-100 3Com VoIP telephone

system from the concept through installation, configuration, and

maintenance.

Designed system architecture for the NOC (Network Operating Center).

Involved in selection process for the new OSS (Operational Support System)

for the SkyOnline NOC Supported Oracle Database running on a SUN Solaris

(UltraSPARC) platform.

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2 Loral Space & Communications 1996 - 1999

Senior Network Engineer

Project lead for the VPN (Virtual Private Network) deployment within Loral

Space and Communications. Project lead for VoIP (Voice over IP)

implementation within Loral Space and Comm. Project lead for Multicast

Video and Data delivery over satellite for Loral customers.

Responsible for network and system administration of a complex

multiplatform distributed environment in Rockville (US), London (UK),

Hanover (Germany), Paris (France), Amsterdam (Holland), and Singapore

linked by fully meshed GEO stationary satellite Frame Relay network.

Responsibilities included hardware, software, and network design and

configuration of the WAN based Network Management Systems, including HP

OpenView running on HP, Sun and NT servers; Cisco 2500, 4700, 6200 and 7200

series routers; and Catalyst 5000/3500 series switches. Position also

required thorough knowledge and extensive use of UNIX Shell scripting and

Sun servers (Ultra SPARC and Enterprise editions) hardware and

administration, Microsoft Windows and Cisco Operating Systems, TCP/IP, and

IPX/SPX networking, LAN and WAN technology, including ATM, Frame Relay and

FDDI protocols, routing protocols such as RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, and BGP-4, as

well as layer 2 switching and enterprise-wide VLAN configuration and

maintenance.

Responsibilities also included Company network and system security

administration (Raptor and Cisco PIX Firewalls administration, upgrades,

and maintenance).

3 General Motors Corporation / EDS 1993 - 1996

Advanced Systems Engineer

Responsible for the system analysis, design, integration, and

administration of several UNIX and Windows NT based systems. Platforms

included RS6000 (AIX), HP-735/9000 (HP-UX), and Sun. Also involved in all

phases of development, documentation and support of computer controlled

plant floor systems and applications, including Allen Bradley PLC-5, as

well as various kinds of programmable annunciation devices. Position

required excellent knowledge of UNIX Shell Scripts, X-Window System, and

TCP/IP networking, as well as WAN technology.

4 Schwebel Company 1989 - 1993

7 Senior Systems Engineer

Responsible for the development, customer support, and administration of

UNIX, DOS and Windows based applications. Involved in programming in C++,

Visual Basic, and Clipper. Application support also included DBase and

Ingres and Oracle databases..

1 General Robotics, St. Petersburg, Russia 1984 - 1989

1 Senior Software/Hardware Engineer 1982 - 1984

As senior software engineer, supervised a staff of five software/hardware

engineers. Responsible for the software (as well as hardware) development

of custom build computer controlled industrial systems.

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As a hardware engineer, designed analog and digital Programmable Logic

Controller interface modules. Responsible for testing and documentation of

custom-made microcomputer based equipment.

Education

M.S., Electrical Engineering (majoring in Computer Controlled Systems)

1976 - 1982

University of St. Petersburg; St. Petersburg, Russia

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Certifications:

[pic] CCNA Cisco ID: csco10662166

8 Technical Skills:

Protocols/Software: IP, TCP, UPD, BGP, RIP, OSPF, IGRP, MPLS, Fast

Ethernet, ATM, Frame Relay, TDM/TDMA, LAN, WAN, VLAN, STP, VTP, 802.11,

VPN, VoIP, SIP, H.323, HTTP, DNS, SMTP, POP3, SSL, OPNET (IT Guru, ACE),

Cellular (CDMA, GSM, EVDO, WiMax, 3G, 4G, LTE), Satellite, UNIX

(Administration and Shell scripting), Windows XP/Vista/7, Android OS

Hardware: Cisco Routers (2900/3900/6500/7600/ASR1000 Series), Firewalls

(Cisco PIX, Nokia Checkpoint), Cisco Call Manager, Cisco CUBE, OPNET ARX

Appliances.

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