Tommie Waters
Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States
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Summary
Experienced Network Engineer with a demonstrated history of working as a Service Provider. Skilled in Cisco, VLAN, Troubleshooting, Wide Area Network (WAN), Routing, Hardware, and Optical. Experience
Network Engineer
Altice USA
Jun 2017 - Present (3 years 3 months +)
Responsible for backbone network design, bandwidth, and connectivity to all facility network devices for LA, AR, MS, & MO.
- Configuration of Cisco routers and switches. IOS XR/IOS
- Configuration of all backbone routers and turning up for service.
- Upgrade linecards and RSPs as needed for capacity and EOL replacement
- Order and turn up market circuits as needed for bandwidth requirements
- Add all new facility network devices into routing for connectivity for CMTS, Enterprise, fulfillment teams.
- Work hand and hand with Enterprise team in turning up new routers in carrier MSO locations. Troubleshooting and support for Cisco router and switches, including OSPF, BGP, MPLS, RSVP, VRRP and other protocols.
Provide visio network documentation for any additions and changes to our network in the planning and completion phase of projects.
System Support Engineer II (Regional IP Engineer)
Suddenlink Communications
Oct 2014 - Jun 2017 (2 years 9 months)
• Assist in the design, installation, maintenance, & documentation of the Midsouth Suddenlink Network
• Installation and maintenance of backbone routers, market routers, and cpe switches
• Installation and design of DC power systems, rectifiers, battery banks, wiring, and fuse panels
• Configuration of routers and switches for cell tower backhaul fiber to the tower networks
• Responsible for Bill of Materials for network upgrades and enterprise fiber customers
• Installation of fiber optic jumpers and CWDM mux and demux
• Configuration of routers and switches for fiber customers - Vlans, p2p tunnels, MPLS, service policy, routed public and private blocks.
• Provide network drawings for support documentation System Support Engineer I (Regional IP Engineer)
Suddenlink Communications
Aug 2012 - Oct 2014 (2 years 3 months)
• Assist in the design, installation, maintenance, & documentation of the Midsouth Suddenlink Network
• Installation and maintenance of backbone routers, market routers, and cpe switches Tommie Waters - page 1
• Installation and design of DC power systems, rectifiers, battery banks, wiring, and fuse panels
• Configuration of routers and switches for cell tower backhaul fiber to the tower networks
• Responsible for Bill of Materials for network upgrades and enterprise fiber customers
• Installation of fiber optic jumpers and CWDM mux and demux
• Configuration of routers and switches for fiber customers - Vlans, p2p tunnels, MPLS, service policy, routed public and private blocks.
• Provide network drawings for support documentation Inventory Control Specialist II
Suddenlink Communications
Dec 2008 - Aug 2012 (3 years 9 months)
• Staging, inspection, and maintenance of telecommunications equipment
• Setup and implementation of new video equipment
• Assist in headend activities
RF and cat 5 wiring
Installation of Aurora MTC equipment for a market rebuild
Fiber wiring to CWDM and term shelf
• Monthly hospitality maintenance
Setup snap server to transfer movies to seachange so ware
Maintenance of hospitality servers
• GePON
Configuration on OLT’s in Aurora nodes
Broadband Technician II
Suddenlink Communications
Dec 2006 - Dec 2008 (2 years 1 month)
Installation and troubleshooting of commercial and residential video, data, and telephony services Field Service Representative I
Cox Communications
Jun 2006 - Nov 2006 (6 months)
Installation and troubleshooting of video services. Senior Preprint Technician
Dec 2000 - May 2006 (5 years 6 months)
Preprint editing and setup of billboard files
Maintenance of Lamar Digital Displays
Insuring the operating efficiency of Prepress Automated Task Interface (PATI) Supporting the development, advancement, and implementation of PATI and LOIS into the Prepress Department
Education
Sulphur High School
Licenses & Certifications
Security+ - CompTIA
Skills
Telecommunications • Troubleshooting • Computer Network Operations • Network Design • Wireless • Switches
• Servers • IP • Telephony • Networking
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