DARRELL JACKSON

Aikijackson@hotmail.com

609-239-0774

Certified Data Center Professional CDCP

 

Data Center Manager:Project: Infrastructure, Build & Deploy, Data Center, Move Coordination, Data/Wireless Networks, Voice Systems, Low Voltage IT Structured Cable Infrastructure

Hardware:DSX Patch Panels, Cisco ONS 15454 optical switch, Dell and HP Servers, IMS technology Cabling CAT5e, CAT6, CAT7, DC Racks, PDU’s CRAC units.

Routers:  Cisco 7600 ,7200 , 2960 ASR100x and 3700 CRS, VOIP/VOD 3640, Cisco Nexus, 7K/UCS Cisco UCS B and C- series servers

Switches:  Tellabs, Juniper M20/40, Catalyst Switch HFC infrastructure LTE, CDPD, CDMA,3G/4G Wireless Technologies, Ciena 4200, 5430, Alcatel-Lucent 1850, Fujitsu 7500, 9500, 4100, 5500, 6500,CSU/DSU’s, Cisco 3945,4500,3850,4507, Chariot/Hammer, Ixia Protocol, Circuits, DS1, DS3, OC3, OC12, OC48, DWDM, FCOE, Metro Ethernet

Protocols:RIP, IP, OSPF, IPsec, EIGRP, MPLS, BGP, DOCSIS

SAN:SAN/NAS Infrastructure, EMC Symmetrix (DMX), Clariion, SRDF ECC, Brocade, VNX, Vmax , Vplex, Cisco MDS 96XX Switching Fibre,

Software:Visio, AutoCad, Cisco Call Manager, Clarity, Remedy, NetCool, IPsoft, WebEx, Microsoft Office, MS Project, MS Windows

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Data Center Facility Manager

·  Client Johnson & Johnson (3 month contract)09/15 to 12/15

·  Managed the Johnson & Johnson refresh/transformation, Managed services re-fresh data center equipment upgrades,For three campuses.

·  *Supervise the on-site management of sub-contractors and venders, ensuring that all work is performed according to established practices and Data Center procedures.

·  *Work with and managed 3 Network engineer, 4 server administrators, and 1 storage admin.

·  *Created, and administer MOP’s SOP’s and BOM’s for all work on the critical facilities/Data center equipment. Responsible for P.O. Vender/Order Management.

·  *Worked with Building Facilities on policies and procedures for administer of functional test for various data center systems such as HVAC, CRAC units UPS, and alarm control systems.

·  *Planned new Network and Data Center racking floor plan, for Servers, Dell, HP, IBM, and EMC equipment...Also supervised horizontal and vertical wiring plant installation.

·  Deploy Datacenter networks utilizing industry best practices and Cisco hardware to include: Cisco enterprise L3 switching, Nexus 7K/5K/2K, and MDS.

·  *Deployment of Cisco Unified Computing Systems (UCS).

 

Merck – Kenilworth, NJ            10/2014 – 06/2015

Data Center Migration Planner (Contractor)

·              Provide Data Center Planning Services for Merck Pharmaceuticals, which includes physical infrastructure planning of all Data Center buildings, floor rooms, racks, power requirements, servers and network equipment

·              Experience managing Data Center construction projects with design/build firm from ground up.

·              Administer function test for various building MEP systems, such as fire alarm and control systems, HVAC, Chillers, CRAC units, UPS, and standby generator.

·              Implement HFC Cabling for IP, TV and video

·              Plan all incoming Circuits Via AT&T/Verizon Fiber Cable, T1’s T3’s GigE

·              Coordinate Circuit testing for cutovers

·              Perform quality control checks of the Mechanical/Electrical systems in the Data Center

·              Manage Data Center Co-location, Tier I – IV facilities, power, and cooling

·              Responsible for Data Center space capacity planning, implementation of Cisco Unified Fabrics and virtualization solutions, and all adds, moves and changes

·              Project Manage all new incoming network equipment Cisco, Juniper and EMC Storage devices, and cloud services , Responsible for Cisco equipment order Management.

·              Implement Cloud services IaaS, PaaS, MaaS and SaaS infrastructures (OpenRack)

·              Develop formal reports and briefings for upper management

·              Update change request for all Data Center implementations

 

HP Philadelphia and Bank of America – New York, NY             04/2014 - 07/2014

Data Center Implementation Manager (contract)

·              Supported Racking, Stacking of Servers and Network equipment, Ciena 65XX, Cisco routers, Nexus Switches, and UCS/ MDS devices

·              Supported a Cross Matrix environment, and Facilitated weekly meetings

·              Provided support for moves of Data Center technology, deployment of (HP, Dell, Sun) servers

·              IDF/MDF Room Management, ethernet cabling infrastructure, copper/fiber patch cables, cloud computing implementation, worked with installation MOP’s

·              Data Center material ordering and circuit provisioning, Capacity Planning

·              Troubleshoot Data Center devices that require physical connectivity

·              Build-out of next generation Co-Location sites, familiar with AutoCad floor plans

 

NY Healthcare - New York City, NY3/2013 – 01/2014

Network Project Manager (Consultant)

Responsible for project planning of New York Health & Hospital Center Data Center and Network connectivity

·              Planned vendor meetings, Purchase Orders and Budget Forecasting

·              Conducted weekly status meeting with Construction workers on the installation of various Patient Wondering Systems, copper/fiber patching, IDF, MDF wiring FCOE and cabling implementation of Gig-E-ethernet, Nexus 1000/7000, MAN topology, IP/Video Camera /VOD installation

·              Scheduled and staged IMS technology WAP’s, Wi-Fi networks Cisco router/switch and Avaya Systems installations.

·              Planned Data Center Server Infrastructure Platform sizing and capacity planning

·              Documentation validation IDLC, and failover testing and Data Center capacity planning

·              Floor planning of Racks, elevation drawings, power and cooling systems for Data Center

·              Implemented HFC cabling for video security

·              Responsible to order for T1/T3 and Gig Ethernet circuits

·              Identified and negotiated schedules, milestones, and resources required to meet project objectives, and modified schedules as required for Data center migration

·              Managed specialized contractor activities and equipment procurement

 

SIRIUS CONSULTING  1/2012 – 3/2013

VERIZON/ERICSSON – Branchburg, NJ & Philadelphia, PA

Project Manager- Integrations (consultant)

Project Planned and integrated equipment as specified by Customer T-Mobile

·              Worked on GSM/UMTS/LTE sites, and 3g/4g migration deliverables

·              Worked with vendors 

·              Facilitated weekly meeting, and assigned individual assignments to FSO engineers, also presented weekly progress report to client

·              Worked with site surveys and MOP’s

·              As Project Manager worked with Metro Ethernet team

·              Performed installation/integration of 6000 series in various markets NYC Area for Rip and Replace  NJ/Philly markets 1000+ sites for 4A, 3B and 2C INDSS

 

VERIZON – Branchburg, NJ

Data Center Implementation Manager

Project Engineer for a Data Center Network decommission /relocation and migrated VOIP/Data System to a Cisco VOIP System which included 5000 user with Call Manager 6, Voice Gateway, Communications Manager H323, IPIVR, and MGCP Cisco routers, Juniper, and Nexus 7XXX, Cisco CRS Switches, Optical Network Backbone deployment

·              Worked with OSS/BOM and MOPS

·              Setup and planned AC and DC electrical UPS requirements, status calls, worked with Vendors and Engineers on the Data Center Metro Ethernet/TCP/IP implementation

·              Created site surveys and planned the layouts of MDF and IDF rooms for Server and Router racking

·              Planned Server Virtualization for Cloud relocation

·              Built both Project plans for Data and Voice implementation

·              Worked with Carrier on T1/T3 provisioning

 

SUNGARD – Philadelphia, PA7/2010 – 12/2011

Sr Project Manager - Infrastructure Migration/Availability/Capacity Planning

Developed and managed project plan/phases for Data Center consolidation, Intranet and MPLS network transition for Financial Services clients

·              Established project scope with customer and managed implementations with Cisco Nexus/Router/Switch vendor products to ensure on-time delivery

·              Planned Server and Racking H/W Sites and Co-location for site surveys

·              Managed complex MPLS and T1/T3/LAN/Metro Ethernet Network refresh migration projects from design and development to production, also managed Server migrations

·              Defined requirements, resources, plan project lifecycle, goals, milestones schedule, and deliverables, for project/program implementation Created strategies for risk mitigation and contingency planning

·              Efficiently identified project risks and solved project issues  

·              Directed and oversee and project engineering team and manages conflicts within group

·              Designed and maintained reporting, process, technical and project documentation

·              Ensured client satisfaction and smooth transaction by strong organizational, presentation, and customer service skills  Coordinated and facilitate weekly status meetings with PMO, Change management, client and implementation team

·              Documented and tracked meeting minutes, open issues/ lesson learned for client and project team

 

TELCORDIA – Piscataway, NJ10/2007 – 7/2010

Network Project Manager - Data Center

Developed detailed Network Architecture designs, cabling standards, Server and Cisco router configuration, EMC/Storage requirements and a project plan to satisfy Customer needs and Client-facing to achieve objectives

·              Worked with server vendors to swap-out End of Life HP, Dell Servers, and floor plans

·              Planned IP VPN/MPLS Cisco/Juniper and IMS migration access services

·              Documented cable wiring and Racks systems

·              Worked closely with Engineers and project sponsors to understand the objectives of the initiative and the processes for implementation of the Data Center migrations

·              Worked on budgets and purchase orders / vendor management

·              Established implementation timelines for all LAN/WAN/Migrations, Juniper and data center wiring, Ethernet and fiber, and racking projects

·              Ordered Circuits DS1, DS3, OC3, OC12, and OC48

·              Installed CISCO Optical/Sonet network switches Facilitate project team meetings

·              Monitored and reported on progress toward project plan

·              Provided cost estimates for all Network decommission equipment for the project

·              Worked closely with various vendors such as Nortel, Cisco, Tellabs, and Avaya 

·              Managed 4 Network Engineers and 2 Project Managers for Telcordia/IBM Network Refresh project team

·              Relocated two Network Data Labs from California to Illinois and one from New Jersey to Ohio

 

COMCAST - National Engineering & Technical Operations – Mount Laurel, NJ    6/2006 - 9/2007

Network Project Manager (E2E Lab Engineer)

Responsible for integrations and validation of Comcast triple play Data Center and emerging technologies, which consisted of Video, High Speed Data, and Digital Voice/PBX Networks. Performed analytical, technical engineering and administrative work in the planning, design, installation and on-going administration of system networks. 

·              Negotiated Vendor Contracts and planned Cisco Wi-Fi Wireless Network including IP maps, Gig-Ethernet cabling, network diagrams, detailed interconnect schematics, configuration and provided documents, BOMS, etc

·              Main focus was on Data Center build-out and integrated End-2-End lab technologies cable wiring/racking as well as other infrastructure equipment, which included Cisco routers 76XX 3550, 4500, and 2800 connectivity, Voice Soft switches, Video Seachange VOD, Motorola, and Hi-speed transport services such as Cisco ONS 15454 SONET, VPN, CMTS Cisco 10K, CRS, ARRIS, Tellabs NGX, IMS/IPTV and DWDM, Cisco MDS Switch installations, and HFC/Docsis infrastructure

·              Comcast-Sprint Joint Partner Lab project - Planned MSC Sonet Ring, DACS, DOCSIS, WCDMA for 3G mobile devices Also installed Cisco MGX 8880 and BTS Softswitches

 

Mainline Communications / Sprint – Piscataway, NJ8/2005 – 4/2006

Project Engineer(Consultant)

Responsible for project planning, design, and implementation and develop schedules and task/assignments for Sprints inoperability Video and 3G technology testing and Data Center migrations. 

·              Responsible for the management of 4 wireless level 2 technicians and 1 network engineer.

·              Planned cable patch panel implementation and provisioned, developed an approach (work breakdown structure) to meet infrastructure project requirements and scope of deliverables

·              Put together timelines for an end-to-end wireless Data Center build-out, which included the Tellabs Edge core 8860 switches, Passport 15000, Cisco 76XX , routers, Cisco 6500,15400 switch, Nokia  switches, PDSN Gateway Access routers EMS, VOIP, DWDM, and UMTS/RNC components with ATM backbone 

·              Monitored full life cycle of project, and served as project liaison between Sprint and technical vendor team

·              Participated in development process for MMS standards plans for the client, which consisted of MMS in a CDMA environment with WAP 20 gateway servers

 

AT&T – Piscataway, NJ9/2003 – 8/2005

Network/Engineer (Consultant)

Served as single point of contact on all Integrated Network Connect Service projects.  Responsible for (5) network engineers and 1 project manager.

·              Accountable for customer requirements through full-lifecycles, site surveys, planning, implementation and closeout phase for all AT&T Data Center projects

·              Managed large client projects such as EMC Equipment installs DMX, Clariion cabling and configurations, participated in design, research and development efforts leading to improvements to the existing production storage environment

·              Performed LUN Masking, Raid Grouping, and Storage Groups on the Clariion CX600 Other SAN technologies include Symmetrix, Brocade Fiber Channel Switches and Cisco MDS storage fiber, configured VSAN’s domains, zones and Backup recovery solutions

·              Responsible for Frame-Relay, ATM, VOIP, Juniper Switches and Optical Networks

·              Responsible for migration of application systems

·              Resolved all customer escalation problems with WAN issues between client’s corporate sites and Disaster Recovery units

·              Installed and configured Cisco and Nortel routers using, Network Protocols RIP, OSPF, and BGP 

 

VERIZON SOLUTIONS SERVICES – Frazier, PA9/2002 – 7/2003

Network /Engineer (Consultant)

Responsible for project coordination with 6-8 team members of LAN/WAN Engineer department with 128 day, project life-cycles at any time which included Project Control, Material Control, Document Management, Quality Assurance

·              Configured Cisco 7513, 7206, 3640 VOIP Gatekeeper, H323, MGCP routers, and Switches 2924, 6905, and supported configuration for OSPF, BGP and Frame-relay

·              Monitored and configured Nortel’s Passport, Centillion, switches, ARN, and, ASN via Device Manager

·              Used Remedy and Netcool ticket tracking and monitoring tools

·              Project management and set-up of Cisco Catalyst 6509 switches, troubleshooting of clients DS-1, DS-3, ATM and Sonet circuits, and support of the Cisco IP Telephony Network, and Data recovery testing in a multiplatform environment between various Central offices  

 

LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES – Holmdel, NJ3/2000 – 6/2002

Network Solutions Engineer (Consultant)

Provided solutions in the design and performance testing of Lucent Clients Next Generation Networks, WinStar, C-Beyond, Marinetime and other European Companies ISP infrastructure, which consisted of various VPN/MPLS and Core-Broadband Technologies, such as Lucent’s NX64000 Multi-Terabit Switch/Router, Soft switch, CBX 500 Multi-Service Wan ATM Switch

·              Configured Packet over Sonet ports on Cisco GSR 12000 switch, Riverstone MPLS interoperability with Juniper M20/40, Cisco 7513,4500, 3640 Routers, SONET/SDH and DWDM Muxing

·              Assisted in the design of the Clients VOIP, SS7, DSL and 3G/CDMA/ Wireless Networks

·              Configured Cisco Edge Router for BGP to connect to various ISP OSPF Networks

·              Installed and set up clients VPN via Contivity 4500, Passport, and Baystack 380,450 stackable switches

·              Supported AT&T’s BPX/MGX ATM Backbone Networks

 

COMPUTER SCIENCES CORP – Moorestown, NJ1998 – 2000

Network Engineer (Consultant)

Responsible for project planning installations, configuration, and deployment of various network topologies for the United States Armed Forces JCAL, Army, Navy, and Air Force and overseas base locations

·              Installed Cisco Catalyst switches, Data Encryption Units, Accellar 1200, Cabletron Hubs

·              Configured Cisco75XX, 4500 Routers with BGP Protocol

·              ISP Installs which include DSL, VOIP, and ATM connectivity  Setup and configured Unix Sun Solaris work Stations and Netra T1 Servers, DS1, DS3 Testing

 

·              US NAVY - RM3 Telecommunications Specialist

 

EDUCATION, TRAINING & CERTIFICATIONS

Thomas Edison State College - BS in Natural Sciences (in progress)

Central Texas College - Electronic Engineering Technology

Villanova University (FMP) Facility Management Professional Training

Project Management – PMP Training - PMI Member ID#628873

CDCFOM- Certified Data Center Facility and Operations Manager

CDCP - Certified Data Center Professional

CCNA – Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

EMC Storage - Certification/Foundations

OSHA Certification - NY

Cisco IP Telephony Design Solutions

Cisco MDS Storage Training

Cisco Optical Network ONS 15454 Boot Camp

Cloud Computing Training

Metropolitan Institute of Networking technology - Data Communication

Lucent Technologies - DWDM and Optical Networking