Engineer Network

Harold Solomon

Objective:

To acquire a position in the Telecommunications or Data Communications field, and assume increasing duties and responsibilities.

Profile

Skilled, energetic Cisco Certified Network Professional with strong leadership skills, seeking rewarding and challenging networking position.

Experience in troubleshooting complex data center environments

Perform analysis and diagnose highly complex networking problems.

Proven track record solving IP network issues in timely and cost efficient manner.

Exceptional experience working in fast-paced, deadline-oriented environments.

Strong leader with experience training developers and advising technical groups on best practices.

Ability to handle multiple projects and tight deadlines.

Possess excellent interpersonal, analytical, organizational, and communication skills.

Education/Certifications

U.S. Army Signal School

Certificate: Telecommunication Specialist 1982

George Washington University

Certificate: IBM Processing/Management and Info 1987-1988

George Washington University

Certificate: Local Area Networking/Grounding & Designing for Voice & Data Communication Operating & Troubleshooting Computer/Data Equipment 1995

IBM CCON Workshop

Certificate: LAN and IBM 3745 Installation 1993

CISCO

Certificate: 2500.7000 Routers, Wellfleet Routers & Network Engineering 1995

CCNA, CCIE, CVOIP, TR-69 CPE

Military Service: United States Army & Army Reserve 1982-1986

Computer Training/Skills

CISCO CATALYST

5000,7000,4000

SERIES

CISCO Routers

CISCO Switches

Cisco ASA/PIX/FWSM

Cisco WCS & WiSM

WELLFLEET ROUTERS

CAT4&5 CABLE INSTALLS

IBM 3174, 3745, IDNX-90

UDC-74 COMPUTER

APPLE/MACINTOSH PC/APPLETALK

LANIER

NORTHERN TELCOM SYSTEMS

ROLM 9751

FIREBIRDS

2000,3000,

4000, 6000

AT&T SYSTEM 85/75 & G1,2,3

AT&T ISN, MERLIN SYSTEMS

TELEVISION & ETHERNET CABLE

C&P D-MARK & KEY SYSTEMS

OPTION 71

AT&T PARTNER

OSP

BGP

EIGRP

DSL

TOSHIA SYSTEM

TELRAN TELCOM SYSTEMS

KENTRON'S CSU/OSU'S

DATA LINK EQUIPMENT

WIN 95/NT

SAGE 900

DIGITAL LIGHTWAVE

RIP

MPBGP

LDP

BGPV4

SNMP

TITAN 5500/532L

BAY NETWORK

FT2000

AC120

ACSEND - CBX500, B-SDTX9000 & GX550

NAVISCORE

10 BASE-T, 100 BASE-T

SURROUND SOUND

3D RENDERING

XEROX 9200

WANG OIS

Professional Experience:

Alcatel, Ashburn,VA 12/99 - Present

Network Engineer

Develop project plan for network design & application migration

Design network architecture to meet business needs

Participate in the development of the Management agent for the Xantium IP product.This includes all phases of the development cycle from system design, coding, unit test thru integration test.

Plan, Design, and Assist in deploying enterprise wide Network Security and High Availability Solutions for ASA.

Worked with RDBMS (Oracle) network mangement Systems, IP-related protocols. Work with managing networks and knowledge of datacoms protocols (ATM, FR, etc) and telecom protocols. (Sonet/SDH, TL1, etc.) as needed. Work with High Resolution Digital technologies, and Digital 127 technology.

Conversions to BGP WAN routing. Which will be to convert WAN routing from OSPF to BGP (OSPF is used for local routing only) which involves new wan links.

Convert Branch WAN links from point to point circuits to MPLS and to convert encryption from IPSec/GRE to GetVPN.

Configured, implemented, and troubleshoot routers and switches with various account settings,

permissions, and parameters including security firewalls.

Worked extensively in Configuring, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Cisco's ASA 5500/PIX security appliance, Failover DMZ zoning & configuring VLANs/routing/NATing with the firewalls as per the design.

Configuring routing protocols OSPF, EIGRP, RIP, MPBGP, LDP and BGPV4.

Worked on Juniper J series j230, M 320 routers and EX 3200 series switch.

Configuring HSRP between VLANs, Configuring Ether-Channels, Port Channel on 6500 catalyst

Worked on Extensively on Cisco Firewalls, Cisco PIX (506E/515E/525/) &ASA 5500(5510/5540) SePRries.

Worked on UNIX, Linux, and Windows Platforms and also involved in capacity planning of Network Maintenance.

Perform 3rd level technical support to some of the biggest and most sophisticated customers in the world. Heavy level networking experience in Cisco routers, Frame Relay, ATM, IP or other networking protocols. Supporting the dial access, DSL and VOLP to the local & widearea switching network, VPN, and Optic datasets as projects required.

Configure Corporate, Wireless and Lab Devices which includes Bandwidth Upgrade, Adding New Devices, Decom the Devices, Testing( Pilot ).

Operational expertise in Wide and Local Area networking and expanding Internet technologies, and assist customers in the networking engineering, implementation and support of their networks. Analysis and support for an awesome range of internetworking products and technologies manufactured by on the most innovative companies in the telecommunications industry- Alcatel TR-69 CPE monitoring tools over HP Openview software.

Lucent (Contract) Arlington, VA 01/99 - 12/99

Network Engineer

Responsible for monitoring and tracking of ADSL network components (ATM circuits, CISCO routers, PVC's, VLANs) of Lucent's DSL Internet access service. (Certified on ACSEND - CBX500, B-SDTX9000 & GX550)

Responsible for monitoring and tracking the ADSL network components. Weekly report on status of connectivity to ADSL network; Maintain/update CO Online Readiness System (COORS); Update IP address management system as necessary.

Understanding of the Internet, including a conceptual understanding of the technologies providing functionality of the World Wide Web Electronic Mail, Usenet news and Network Security applications.

Skilled in the use of desktop software including Windows NT, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Fluent working with and transferring files in a Virtual LAN environment and on the Internet with the ability to work independently.

MCI, Rockville, MD (Contract) 1997-1999

DISN Cutover Engineer

Site preparation of circuit configuration & identification of the CSU/DSU with the LEC.

Pre-cutover testing of new communications services such as image and sound quality.

Benchmark & configuration verification of existing services.

Coordination of all on-site activities related to the cutover.

Troubleshoot OC-3, DS-3, & DS-1 switch service channels.

Implementation of military and government communication networks that use ATM, Frame Relay and TCP/IP to mange their networks.

EDS, Washington, D.C. 1995-1997

Network Engineer

Provide Technical support for the design & installation of router based networks.

Provide technical support for the design & installation of users network secutity applications.

Performed final configuration of routers.

Implemented routing to insure applications worked as designed.

Provided 4th level support to on-site technicians.

Knowledge of Unix and TCP/IP networking, ATM, & Frame Relay.

Sprint Business, Reston, VA 1994-1996

NOS 1/11/Senior

Responsible for troubleshooting SprintLink public & private data InterNet

Configure Cisco and Wellflett routers for IP protocols.

Knowledge of Unix and TCP/IP networking, ATM, & Frame Relay.

Work with local exchange carrier(LEC) in the installation of Paradyne CSU/DSU (AT&T).

Tascor-IBM Corp., Bethesda, MD (Contract) 1992-1994

Telecommunications Network Engineer

Responsible for installation, monitoring and maintenance WAN IBM system network.

Installation of T1, Fiber Optic & IBM Type 2 circuits.

Configuration of OS/2 communication manager PS/2 & IDNX-90's.

Install bridges and routers as they pertain to the network.

George Washington Univ., Washington, D.C. 1986-1992

Telecommunications Technician

Install & maintain a variety of data & voice communication equipment. Work with blueprints in 3 dimensional rendering for new data and voice installs for the Universiyt and Hospital.

Work with local exchange carrier(LEC) in the installation of Paradyne CSU/DSU (AT&T).

Install & troubleshoot the University's local area network (AT&T ISDN, Unix).

Configured a variety of custom data networks (Ethernet) for the University & Hospital.

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