Petko D Petkov
Contact info
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Resident status US Citizen
Objective
To obtain position as a Telecommunication Transport Engineer
Summary
● Network design and implementation
● Project management
● Installation, configuration, test and acceptance optical fiber equipment
● Maintenance and troubleshooting of transport and optical fiber terminals Sonet, SDH, DWDM
from Nortel, Cisco, Alcatel and Fujitsu with speed up to 10 Gbt/s
● DSLAM equipment from Tellabs, Adtran, AT&T
● Maintain and imstall power supply equipment - 380V AC and 48V DC
Professional work history
Sr. Transport Engineer June 2009 present
ESMIS Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
● Implement and maintain Cisco DWDM – 15454, Alcatel 1660 (2,5 Gbt/s OC48) and
Alcatel 1650 (625 Mbt/s OC12)
● Implement and maintain flexible multiplexers ( similar to Adtran 5000 )
● Maintain power supply equipment - 380V AC and 48V DC
Transport Engineer February 2008 – August 2008
Mountain Ltd. for Frontier Telecommunication St Michaels AZ
● Design DSL systems for high-speed internet service over existing copper and optical transmission
systems using DSLAM equipment – Tellabs, ADTRAN, AT&T and Alcatel
● Use Infinium software to send projects to the project department to be approve and order equipment
Test Engineer November 2000 – April 2001
S-Com for Nortel Networking New York City NY
● Network implementation including turn up, test, commission and configuration of Nortel OC-48
transport nodes, Nortel OC-192, Nortel Optera Metro using DWDM technology
Transport Engineer August 2000 – October 2000
BCI- Protocol for AT&T Local Services
Washington DC
● Network implementation including turn up, test, commission and configuration of Nortel OC-48
Senior Project Engineer October 1999 – July 2000
Zero dB Communications for FiberNet Telecom Inc. New York City NY
● Design and implement the Metro Sonet DWDM fiber optic network
● Architect the topology of the BLRS and UPSR ring types
● Evaluate vendor products and service solutions as per network design criteria
● Integrate various vendor equipment including Nortel OC48, OC12, Fujitsu OC48 and
Nortel Optera DWDM
● Act as a vendor liaison, acquisition equipment and generate various types of engineering packages
Senior Project Engineer August 1999 – October 1999
Zero dB Communications for e.spire Telecommunications Fairfax, VA
● Network design including generating the engineering and installation documentation for the e.spire
long haul DWDM Sonet Network (OC48/192) between Washington DC and New York, NY
Project Engineer February 1999 – August 1999
Business Telecom Inc. (BTI)
Ralegh NC
● Implement long haul fiber optic project OC192 Express from Miami to New York City
● Design the system and network architecture, commissioning Nortel OC192, OC48
and DWDM equipment
● Document network specifications, design and test procedures
● Survey the site infrastructure, AC and DC distribution
● Detail site engineering packages for the installation
Circuit Designer November 1998 – February 1999
Aerotek for USWest Salt Lake City UT
● Design T1 circuits using TIRKS software with lfacs, wa, cd, dri screens
Sr. Manager Transport Services
June 1988 – July 1997
Bulgarian Telecom Co. Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
● Manage the transport services for the county
● Supervise 82 employees distributed through the county
● Participate of project for SDH National Optical Network .
● Control Installation, Turn up and Testing Optical Network in the county ( Nortel, Alcatel )
● Plan the backbone of the Bulgarian National Telecommunication network
Senior Transport Engineer May 1981 – June 1988
Bulgarian Telecom Co. Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
● Install, commission, test and turn-up new transport termination equipment 2 Mbt/s through
150 Mbt/s,power supply equipment - 380V AC and 48V DC through the county
EDUCATION
M. S., Electronics Engineering Telecommunications, 1980 – 1981
Technical University in Sofia Sofia, Bulgaria
Bachelor of Science, Electronics Engineering Telecommunications, Alarm and Security Systems
1976 – 1980
Technical University in Sofia Sofia, Bulgaria
Other Information and Skills:
Northern Telecom SDH Optical Network Training June/July 1994
London UK
Wandel & Golterman Data analyzer digital and optical signals up to 2.5 Gbt/sec
Frequency analyzer up to 6 Ghz
E1 and E2 simulator ( up to 8 Mbt/sec)
Hewlett Packard Data analyzer digital and optical signals up to 2.5 Gbt/sec
E1 and E2 simulator ( up to 8 Mbt/sec)
T-bird Test DS0, DS1, DS3 and OC-3 signals
T-com Test DS0, DS1 and DS3 signals
Light wave DS3, OC-3 up to OC192