Project Manager Network Engineer

Scott Moore

Willis, MI 313-***-**** *****.***.*****.*****@*****.*** https://www.linkedin.com/in/Scott-L-Moore

NETWORK ENGINEER

Specializes in: Creating Network Solutions and Implementing Corporate Strategies

25+ years of network engineering experience collaborating across a globally dispersed organization to align business activities with network capabilities. A record of success in managing network capacity and maintaining quality assurance requirements. Excels in a cross-functional environment while leader through influence as a recognized subject matter expert. Experienced at working on projects at all stages from gathering requirements to development and testing to deploying and supporting the final deliverable. Outstanding communication skills, leadership ability, customer service aptitude, and business acumen.

Project Management Risk Management Inventory Management Process Improvements Facilitating Meetings

Status Reports Data Analysis Automating Tasks Service / Support Mentor Remote Systems Training

Professional Experience

Network Planning Engineer– AT&T Southfield, MI ((Motion Recruitment Partners - contractor Atlanta, GA) Aug 2023 – July 2024

Job Description: Designs, analyzes, plans, and modifies network components and architecture in support of the wireless, wireline, and broadband infrastructure. Provides mid to long term planning for a specific technology which includes analysis, solution recommendations, and implementation strategies to complex business issues. These activities are the basis for capital deployment and allocation decisions.

Project Manager – created and tracked assigned hardware deployment projects along with core circuit connections for AT&T’s D1 network and AT&T’s new P2 network. This new network architecture will support the AT&T CORE connections, VHO, and broadband products as the old network is migrated and turned down. Central office Space and Power checks, along with costs, were utilized for the creation of Engineering hand off binders. Each project timeline for the over 250 projects was managed for hardware component deployment and circuit completion.

WAN Transport Planner– FORD Allen Park, MI ((TEKsystems contractor Southfield, MI) Jul 2019 – Jun 2023

Project Manager - tracked all projects deploying Wide Area Network (WAN) circuit connections within Ford’s global SD-WAN network environment. Sites are checked and processed annually for WAN circuit utilization and vendor costs.

Assisted in processing multiple remote site WAN circuit upgrades by performing the following tasks: Request For Pricing (RFP) from multiple approved carriers, Financial budgeting requests, Carrier fiber build tracking, D-Marc x-connects, Change window Change requests, tracking and monitoring tools updates, and Disconnect Work Orders for old circuits. I also served as the single-point-of-contact on SD-WAN project deployment status issues while training and mentoring others.

Performed equipment utilization studies to determine efficiency and migration opportunities that if completed could extend the life of the equipment thus defer additional investment.

Utilized advanced excel skills to Analyze WAN circuit bandwidth utilization, Developed Dashboards, updated Milestone tracking, and price comparison data analysis applications within Excel for projecting and tracking Network capacity planning, projects, budget and staffing resource allocations.

Ran the Rally- Agile standup meetings as the WAN Team process guide and added features as required for new projects.

Noted accomplishments.

Pro-activity identified Carrier Tax issues.

Proactively directed Cass to investigate the validity of SLA violations.

Closed out FN3 Analog decom project, remaining analog private line network services and confirmed terminations from billing.

Researched and resolved miscellaneous Carrier billing issues.

Partnered with Engineering group on a new bandwidth utilization tool to help Planners proactively assess site requirements.

Performed cost-benefit analysis for new SD-WAN network deployments.

Designed and implemented SD-WAN Pricing and RFP summary tool.

SD-WAN network deployment cost-benefit analysis

Performed individual Circuit utilization analysis.

Assisted maintaining Business Control Plans for disaster recovery.

Helped in tracking WAN Hardware End of Lease returns.

Helped in tracking DIA circuit ordering for SD-WAN pilot project.

Ford systems included: MS-Office 365, SharePoint, MS-Teams, Cisco Webex, NetOps NDB, Weathermaps, CPARs, Rally-Agile Project Management system, SPLUNK, CACTI, Tableau, Alteryx, Cisco Vmanage, Cradle Point, NetCloud, Cisco CLI.

Contintinued…

20 years of experience at AT&T Services, Inc. performing functions within Technology Planning, Network Engineering, and within Network Operations. (08/1996 through 12/2016) AT&T / SBC / Ameritech

Network Design Engineer – AT&T Services, Inc. Southfield, MI Apr 2004 – Dec 2016

Analyzed and recommended network planning and capacity management, implementing data equipment configurations in various switching and/or data environments.

Served as the single-point-of-contact on technical issues.

Implemented new processes while supporting the Area Manager.

Researched and provided hardware capacity management for the L2-DCN.

Senior Technical Consultant, Engineering – SBC Data Services Southfield, MI Apr 2002– Apr 2004

Maintained network planning and capacity management functions in various switching and/or data environments.

Project Managed and Analyzed historical data to project usage while monitoring existing data usage and office characteristics. Received AT&T Six Sigma Yellow Belt certification.

AT&T systems included: Web-based Ethernet Capacity Trending Tool, NEMA, ICORE, EHB, INSIGHT, ALRT, LERG, NISE, Broadband tools, Business Objects, MS-Office 365, Skype for Business, 3270 sessions for AT&T ASI TIRKs, Remedy Action Request system, Juniper and Cisco CLI, Solaris Unix, CITRIX, Lucent-Ascend NAVISCORE NMS, GX550, CBX500, 9000 hardware trouble shooting. Received AT&T certification for Cisco: Advanced Router Configuration, Internetworking and Troubleshooting, Cisco DSL, in progress: CCNA CCENT / ICND1 (100-105), and CCNA R/S (200-125)

HONORS, AWARDS, PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

1999 – AT&T CEO's 'Presidents award" - Received award and promotion for new ADSL group startup and training.

Education

Associated of Science, Computer Systems – Lansing Community College (1981-1983 coursework towards, No Degree obtained.)

Systems Analysis, Computer programming, Computer Systems, Supervisory Management – Lansing Community College

Vocational Development

Microsoft: Excel advanced, Dashboards, Pivot tables and charts, using the following functions Xlookups, Data Validation lists, UNIQUE, FILTER, SEARCH, ISNUMBER, and programing using recorded internal VBA scripting programing.

AT&T University: Completed 600+ AT&T training classes in support of wireline and wireless networking hardware, Project Management, Big Data, and cloud solutions.

Certifications

Internal Ford Training: Rally-Agile Project Management system, Degreed miscellaneous courses.

Internal AT&T training: Completed over 600 AT&T training classes from 1996-2016 in support of AT&T Wireline and Wireless Networking hardware deployments including Support, Leadership, Project Management, Internal AT&T processes, Big Data and Cloud Hardware. Examples: Cisco DSL, Training towards CCNA CCENT / ICND1 (100-105), and CCNA R/S (200-125), and Six Sigma Yellow Belt.

Technical Proficiencies

AT&T Cisco: Catalyst 6500, 3945, 3640, 2851, 2651

AT&T Juniper: MX960, MX480 used in AT&T’s VPLS-PE Ethernet backbone.

AT&T Alcatel/Lucent: Frame Relay 9000, ATM CBX500, GX550, 7470, 7670, DSL A1000, HD, UHD

Ford systems: Cisco Vmanage, Cradle Point, NetCloud, NDB, Weathermaps, CPARs, CACTI, Splunk, Rally.

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