LAMAR ANTHONY HINSON

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Waldorf MD 20602

301-***-****

acxqpa@r.postjobfree.com

Career Objective: Assist future employer in exceeding their corporate objectives and goals by utilizing my skills and experience as Principal Network Architect in a large scale cloud environment.

QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

Experience and understanding of large scale Tier 1 Internet Service Provider.

Experience with network backbone and aggregation routers such as Juniper M40e, M160, M20, M10i, M320 T640, E320, EX4500, MX80, MX480, MX 960, 7500, GSR 12000, and GSR12410 CRS-1 16 and 8 slot chassis.

Concrete knowledge of various routing protocols such as RIP, BGPv4, OSPF, ISIS. MPLS, LDP, RSVP.

Experience with network switches from Juniper EX, and Cisco 7609, Cisco ASR Series.

Hands-on experience of various layer 2 transport protocols including ATM & Frame Relay and MPLS, 2547bis VPN, mVPN, VPLS.

Knowledge of the following Layer2 switching protocols: VLAN’s, trunking technologies; LACP, VRRP/HSRP, 802.1Q trunking, VPC, VTP and STP.

Installing and configuration various CPE equipment such as Cisco 2600, me3400 series and Juniper ex3200 routers.

Hands-on experience with various transmission speeds such as: T1/E1, T3/E3, Channelized DS3, 10GigE, 100GigE, OC-3 POS, OC-12 POS and CHOC-12, and OC-48c POS and OC192c POS.

Knowledge of network media: 10/100 Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 10/100 Gigabit Ethernet and SONET.

Hands-on experience on JUNOS, IOS, IOS-XR

Hands-on experience of various network test equipment vendors such as; Spirent Communication, Spirent Test Center, and Adtech’s AX4000 data link OC-3, OC-12 OC-48 and OC-192 traffic simulator. IXIA Communication IxNetwork, IxLoad, IxN2x, Optixia XM12 traffic generator,

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

CenturyLink Herndon, VA

Principal Architect Architecture Product Strategy 4/08 to 11/16

Sr. Network Engineer IP Backbone Engineering 9/99 to 9/01

•Researched and solution designed SDN WAN optimization solution for cloud environment.

•Proof of Concept Design of virtualization back and disaster recovery solution for cloud environment.

•Documented testing of various aspects of the IP network.

•Tested interoperability between divergent vendors for HQOS, VPLS, MVPN, Protocol interoperability and route policy integration.

•Evaluated new products and resolved vendor hardware and software issues pertaining to CTL cloud environment.

•Evaluation of switching and routing architectures within CTL Core and Cloud Network.

•Evaluation of Cisco CRS-1, C12K, ASR 9K, 7609, Juniper M, T, MX and EX series routers.

•Submitted bug discoveries to vendors during certification and proof of concept testing.

•Submitted feature requests to vendors on optimization of software configuration.

•Provided support to other peers within IP and Hosting Engineering organization.

•Provided technical guidance to Engineers under purview.

LAMAR ANTHONY HINSON

5193 Tipperary Ave

Waldorf MD 20602

301-***-****

acxqpa@r.postjobfree.com

Verizon Communications Baltimore MD 9/07 to 4/08

Sr. Network Engineer (Contractor) System Integration and Testing (SIT)

Produced testing documentation on various aspects of the IP network.

Assisted other SIT teams in verification of Network Technologies.

Submitted feature requests to vendors on optimization of software configuration.

Provided technical guidance in testing procedures.

Expert testing and troubleshooting skills for IP/MPLS networks

Evaluation of routing architectures and also provide information to vendors on bugs discovered during testing.

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Strayer University Bachelor Science Computer Networking 6/02

Capitol Graduate School Masters Arts Leadership 5/15

Juniper Networks Routing Policy Training w/BGP 1/00

ALCATEL Network Router SR Training 10/99

Cisco Networks ASR9k Product Configuration Training 6/14

Marconi ATM ASX4000 Training 2/01

CERTIFICATIONS

Juniper Network Certified Internet Specialist M/T (JNCIS)

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

The Network

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