Network Technician Installation

Michael J. Smith

816-***-**** Cell

************@*****.***

Objective:

I would like to obtain a challenging career installing, engineering and testing cutting edge telecommunications systems. Opportunities for education and advancement are also important.

Employment

Fiber-Tel Contractor’s Mountain Home, AR July 2020 to Present

Fiber Optic splicing Technician III

Complete large count complex fiber splicing for North Arkansas Electric’s Government projects to bring high-speed internet to rural markets.

Work alone with no supervision, document test splice fiber optic locations throughout NW Arkansas.

Make any changes to original Engineering documents to reflect changes in the field. Update the Engineering team with all changes.

Duties include live hot-cuts and emergency repair work (nights) for AT&T, Century Link and Verizon fiber in the region.

Document all splicing by testing each fiber with an OTDR ( Optical Time Domain Reflectometer)

Technology Group Solutions (TGS) January 2018 to July 2020

Network Technician

Install, maintain and troubleshoot Local Area Networks, Wide Area Networks and data communications equipment

Installation test and configuration of various customer network infrastructures. Designing and installing well-functioning computer networks, connections and cabling.

Performing troubleshooting to system failures and identify bottlenecks to ensure long term efficiency of the network.

Testing and configuring software and maintain and repair hardware and peripheral devices.

Better Choice Electric / March 2015 to January 2018

Installation and design of electrical for both residential and commercial homes and buildings.

Black Box Network Services / Google Fiber January 2014 to February 2015

Lead Network Technician

Installation of various equipment and power at one of three Google data centers around the Kansas City metro area. Duties include all phases of installation, testing and daily operations of the data centers.

City Of North Kansas City June 2012 to July 2013

Network Engineer / Administrator

Communications Utility Dept. Responsibilities include placing and splicing of fiber cable and CAT5 wiring and installation/maintenance of network equipment to supports its citywide broadband fiber network.

WFI March 2012 to June 2012

Wireless Field Technician

Installation of new Ericsson radio equipment at multiple cell sites in Kansas and Missouri. Installed all aspects of DC power and grounding to support the new equipment for 4G upgrades at each site.

Ericsson December 2009 to February 2012

Network Installation Technician III

Duties include Transport, Data Center, Collocation, Out Side Plant Fiber Regions and Buried Fiber Routes. In all which include Equipment Installation and Repair, Equipment Acceptance, Programming, Testing, Troubleshooting, Preventive Maintenance, Inventory, Training, Quality Assurance and Site Management and Project Management Capabilities to meet all requirements in order to meet costumer want dates and

Complete projects to Sprint standards.

My job duties consisted in the installation and integration of Cisco 15454 systems for SONET topologies. As well as upgrades, changes and cut-ins, channel balancing. Familiar with all software requirements, software loads, TCPIP settings to complete the installation test and turn up process of MAN equipment. DWDM, Transport has always been my primary responsibility at the Kansas City switch site. Worked closely with other states for all channel additions and testing.

All installations required testing of T1, DS3, OC3, OC12, OC48 and OC192 curcuits using one of the following pieces of test equipment, T-Bird 8000, Agilent I310 and OSA’s. Being a terminal site at KC I was responsible for opening bridges and assisting other Techs along the circuit path with the testing while running the test set form KC, most of this was done on the OC48 and OC192 level for DWDM a Sonet.

Sprint Nextel November 2006 to December 2009

· Network Installation Technician II

· Duties include Transport, Data Center, Collocation, Out Side Plant Fiber Regions and Buried Fiber Routes. In all which include Equipment Installation and Repair, Equipment Acceptance, Programming, Testing, Troubleshooting, Preventive Maintenance, Inventory, Training, Quality Assurance and Site Management and Project Management Capabilities to meet all requirements in order to meet costumer want dates and complete projects to Sprint standards.

Sprint PCS Technology Integration Center June 2004 to November 2006 Kansas City, KS

Site Technician

· Responsible for vendor connectivity within the Sprint PCS Test Lab.

· Maintain and troubleshoot all connectivity. Resolve outages for Lucent, Samsung, Motorola, and Nortel base station’s

· Maintain all Transport equipment: Tellabs DACS, DSX etc.

· Update and maintain site floor drawings using AutoCAD 2004.

· Responsible for inputting information into Sprints database using Eftia.

Sprint Installation/ Teksystems January 2003 to June 2004 Kansas City, Kansas

Installation Technician III

· Responsible for installation and commissioning of new equipment on Sprint’s production network.

· Installation of TelLab OC 48 equipment at the Kansas City switching center.

· Installation of Alcatel SONET equipment at locations throughout the Kansas City metro area.

· Specialized in DC power, fiber, LAN, DS3, T1 cabling.

Tech Systems/ WFI July 2003 to January 2004 Central US

RF Technician II

· Contract work as Wireless Facilities, Inc. GSM/CDMA Technician.

· Worked both as a team member and independently to upgrade Western Wireless cellular sites throughout the Central US.

· Installed, integrated, and tested Nortel GSM/CDMA on Western Wireless’ existing TDMA network.

Tech Systems/Cingular Wireless March 2003 to June 2003 Kansas City Area

· Temporary work as Cingular Wireless Technician.

· Installed, swept, and terminated antenna jumpers for new Siemen’s GSM base stations on Cingular’s existing TDMA network.

· Performed site surveys in preparation for Siemen’s GSM overlay of existing TDMA network.

· Installed, cabled, and tested external alarms on both indoor and outdoor sites.

Tech Systems/Sprint PCS February 2003 to March 2003 Kansas City, Kansas

· Temporary job as Sprint PCS Geo-locator Tester

· Drive Tested Sprint PCS phone handsets for geo-location accuracy throughout the Kansas City metropolitan area.

· Call tested new sites as sites were added to existing network.

· Documented GPS readings, GPRS availability, receive levels, control channels, and hand-off information.

Sprint World Headquarters January 2002 to February 2003 Overland Park, Kansas

· Test Lab Technician / Lab Support

· Drive Tested Sprint PCS phone handsets for geo-location accuracy throughout the Kansas City metropolitan area.

· Call tested new sites as sites were added to existing network.

· Documented GPS readings, GPRS availability, receive levels, control channels, and hand-off information.

TAD Telecomm, Inc./Nortel Networks June 2001 to December 2001 Atlanta, GA

· NORTEL Equipment Technician / Team Lead

· Responsible for Installation of Nortel OC 48, OC 192, and Optera Light Wave equipment.

· Responsible for mounting equipment bays, working with live power systems, powering equipment, maintaining an effective ground, reading project books and installing accordingly, running fiber optic cable, installing and termination coaxial connections, labeling, and commissioning equipment. Responsible for Installation and test of Nortel DMS equipment.

MCI WorldCom June 1998 to February 2001 Plano, Texas

· MCI WorldCom Central Office Equipment Installer

· Responsible for installation of Light Wave Technology fiber optic terminals, DSX cross connects, fiber optic patch panels, and various CAT 5 cable applications.

· Responsible for installation and test of Nortel OC 48, OC 192, DMS-100 & 200, 250, 500, Cienna, Siemens optical amplifiers, Fujitsu FLM 2400, and worked with various Ethernet and timing equipment.

· Worked on Alcatel--1630, Wideband 1631, Broadband 1633, SONET--1603/12, 1648.

R COM/ Sprint 1999 Mountain Home, AR

· Communications Rack and Cable Installer Level 2 for Sprint Contract

· Installed and repaired conduits, following blueprints.

· Assembled and installed wireless equipment racks following blueprints and manuals.

· Routed communications cables and terminated to various types of equipment. (Nokia, Fujitsu, etc.)

Test Equipment:

· Used and proficient with Corning/Siecor Fusion Splicer.

· Proficient in the use of Fluke DSP-4000/2000 digital cable analyzers.

· Used and proficient with Wiltron Site Master

· Agilent 8935 CDMA Base Station Test Set

· Various, T-1 test sets.

· ODTR Optical Tester’s

· Agilent I310

· T-Bird 8000

Education:

Mountain Home High School Mountain Home, Arkansas

North Arkansas Technical College Springdale, Arkansas

· Computers, AutoCAD

· Electronics

MCI WorldCom Installation Standards Richardson, TX

· Fiber Optics Splicing

· DC Power

Siecor Fiber Certification Long Island, N

BICSI Installer-2, Optical fiber (INSTF) Certified 1/17/2020

· Certificate - Telecommunications Main Entrance Facility and Design.

· Certificate in Central Office Terminal Operations.

· Certificate in BNC, ESD, Fiber Optics Connector Termination and Cleaning.

· Certificate in Nortel Networks DMS250 Super Node Switching Maintenance.

· Certificate in Tekelec SS7 - STP Eagle Maintenance and Database.

· Certificate in TTC T-Berd Test Set circuit testing OC48-OC12-DS3-DS1-DS0.

· Certificate in Cerent 454 Redback Maintenance.

· Certificate in Nortel Networks DMS250 Super Node Switching XA-Core Maintenance.

· Certificate - Telecommunications Main Entrance Facility and Design.

· Certificate in Central Office Terminal Operations.

· Certificate in BNC, ESD, Fiber Optics Connector Termination and Cleaning.

· Certificate in Nortel Networks DMS250 Super Node Switching Maintenance.

· Certificate in Tekelec SS7 - STP Eagle Maintenance and Database.

· Certificate in TTC T-Berd Test Set circuit testing OC48-OC12-DS3-DS1-DS0.

· Certificate in Cerent 454 Redback Maintenance.

· Certificate in Nortel Networks DMS250 Super Node Switching XA-Core Maintenance.

· Certificate in Nortel Networks DMS250 Super Node SPM Module Configuration and Data fill.

· Certificate in Nortel Networks DMS250 Super Node MS Super Node Switch Analysis.

· Certificate with United Pacific CSX Rail Road in Communications Fiber Right Away Access and Safety.

· Certificate in Smith System Defensive Driving.

· Certificate in Red Cross First Aid and CPR, HAZMAT Identification and handling.

· Certificate in Adtran Routers for IAD’s Intelligent Access Devices Installation and Data-Script programming.

Contact this candidate