Skill Summary

Availability/Location

US Army Telecommunications Operations Switching Center Specialist.

Has experience with Juniper, Nortel, Ciena, and Alcatel-Lucent.

Has worked in the telecommunications industry for more than 20 years.

Has tested point-to-point fiber connections using Conus and Oconus for Ethernet, DWDM, SONET, OC-192, 40-G, and 100-G circuits.

Thane Gibbs

Email: ad3c9p@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: 571-***-****

Location: Centreville, VA

Security Clearance:

TS/SCI Eligible/Held CI Poly

Thane Gibbs

Summary:

To obtain a position using my expertise in Systems Planning, Project Management and Systems Networking Engineering.

Education & Certification:

Completed 67 Semester Credit Hours Computer Science: City College of Chicago, Pirmasens, Germany

Certificate: Infinera XTC-4 and XTC-10 Transport Equipment

Certificate: Ciena 5410 mux

Certificate: Cisco 15454

Certificate: Alcatel-Lucent Extreme Transport Equipment

Certificate: Nortel OME6500 SDH

Certificate: Operating Juniper Networks Routers Enterprise (OJRE)

Certificates: Lucent LambdaXtreme/Unite Transport System

Certificate: Nortel OPTera Connect DX/LH RPT/COMB W/MOR+SLAT

Certificates: Computer Maintenance: Rolm 8000, 9000 & 9751 PBX

Certificate: Nortel (NIT DMS-250) Maintenance

Certificates: US Army Telecommunications Operations Switching Center Specialist

Experience:

Mission 1st Group, Inc. Alexandria, VA 2017 – Present

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

Perform network audits to ensure adherence to customer compliance. Develop statement of work, bill of materials and support documents for products and solutions that meets customer needs. Ensures that total systems requirements are identified and documented.

Responsible for modernizing US Army campus area network systems and components with a standard based, protected, adaptable and resilient computing capability that incorporates and integrates new and emerging technologies.

Evaluates communication hardware and software, and other network related problems, provide technical expertise for performance and configuration of networks. Schedules conversions and cutovers. Reviews, coordinates and negotiates technical requirement across a wide spectrum of proponent. Apply engineering knowledge and of automation and process to assigned projects.

CenturyLink Communications Fairfax, VA 1998 - 2016

Senior System Engineer

Responsibilities:

Responsible for setting up and maintaining project schedule. Provide daily updates to customer and CTL management. Perform pre-construction site survey. Manages the installation and maintenance of all CTL telecommunications equipment within specific government IC facilities. Work closely with customers and suppliers on requirements, design and proposal development.

Coordinate with CTL engineers, vendors, and customer contacts to schedule access for installation and test and turn up procedures. Review and redline as-built documentation to be sure documentation is loaded into system correctly for provisioning. Provide hands-on support during system installation/deployment and infrastructure upgrades of Infinera XTC-4, XTC-10 transport equipment and Ciena 5410 mux.

Perform point to point fiber testing of Wavelength, Ethernet, DWDM, SONET, OC-192, 40-G and 100-G circuits via Conus and Oconus. Verification and updating changes on production network documentation, i.e. As Built drawing. Coordinate traffic migration with network operation. Responsible for ordering of all equipment for assigned projects. Manage all subcontractors on assigned projects.

MCI Metro Vienna, VA 1996-1998

Lead Network Planner

Responsibilities:

Responsible for tracking and forecasting equipment utilization and network capacity. Proactively addressing equipment requirements and balancing network configuration. Recommend solutions for network sizing for local switching and access technologies. For example, the Nortel DMS 100 and Siemens EWSD Switch.

Sprint International Reston, VA 1995-1996

Network Specialists

Responsibilities:

Responsible for monitoring Sprint International messaging systems and escalating trouble, if necessary. Systems included SMX gateway for IBM LAN, protocol X.400 & X.25, LAN Gateway X.400, Global Spring Fax and Sprint Mail. Monitor system on windows-based Topper System and help with back-ups on Tandem systems, using LAN/PC diagnostics.

Telecom Systems Lorton, VA 1991-1996

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

Manage implementation of assigned projects, to include site surveys, equipment order, track progress, system update and develop plans to insure service is delivered on time. Provide customer support for Rolm 9751/Model 10 PBX & Voice Mail Systems. Installing & maintaining Siemens Rolm "ISDN" Office Point System.

Siemens Vienna, VA 1986-1991

Customer Engineer

Responsibilities:

Design, organize and install Rolm 9751 & Model 10 (PBX) Systems, includes telephone instrument moves, adds or changes. Configure all system trunks. Maintain customers Rolm Phone mail Voice System. Provided technical support for all assigned customer accounts & was responsible for managing all parts needed. Interface with local Telco carries.

Satellite Business Systems McLean, VA 1983-1986

Network Switching Engineer

Responsibilities:

Operate and maintained Nortel Switch (NTI DMS-250). Implemented network management traffic routing to support scheduled and unscheduled maintenance and switch outages. Perform hardware/software upgrades, and maintain site records. Perform quality control testing on all trunks.

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