H. H. Chad Tomek switchchad@gmail.com 702-626-6294 Las Vegas, NV

Current CCNA 200-120 / 803, CCNP Routing 902

VoIP, VoLTE. Network Planning Integration Wireless, Switch Operations, Transport, Provisioning.

 

Objective:  Secure a position in the telecom industry and utilize my skills within a department to achieve company goals.

 

Technical Skills:

Network Monitoring Tools:Ciscoworks, Netflow, Access7, Agilent, Rcast, ACS, MTAS, MARS, SANE, HPOV, TCOMS, Tivoli, TEKTRONIC, JDSU Tracing, Net Analyst, Netscout, Splunk, Netact, M2000, Spirent Test Center, Ceragon Poliview

Operating Systems: Windows2010 Server, UNIX, LINUX, Windows XP, 2000, 7, 8.

Message Analyzers:                           Microsoft Office suite, Wireshark, PacketGen, Ethereal, Dialogic, Tekelec Eagle STP, NetMeter.

CRM: Remedy, Seibel, Oracle, MS Access

Data warehouse/BI: Teradata, MS Access, SQL, Oracle, QLIKview9, XNG Engineering Database (ED) / GRANITE, (CMC)

Telecom Technologies: SIGTRAN, SS7, SONET, OC-48, 12, 3, DS3, T-1, DS0, SNMP, WAN, MAN MPLS, MIP, SIP, VOIP, PDSN, AGPS, DNS, 3GPPP, CDMA, GSM, WIMAX, UMTS, GPRS, EDGE, LTE, HA, FA, AAA, RNC, HLR, VLR, MSC, STP, STS, 1XRTT, WIFI, 802.11G, 802.11N, PSTN, SSID, MSSID, UTRAN, RAN, SMSC, SVI-SG, SVI-STP, MMSC, VMAS, WAP, BSC, IS-41.

Network Protocols: SCCP, CP/IP, UDP, TCP, BGP, IPSECVPN, PPP, PPTP, FTP, HSUPA, HSDPA, HSPA+.WEP, WAP2, SIP, MGCP, SNMPV2, SCTP.

LTE Core system Protocols:         Ue, S1MME, S3, S5, S6, S9, S10, S11, HF, HI, IUPS, Ga, Gb, Gi, Gn, Gx, Gy Links.

LTE network features:                  VoLTE, CSFB, SRVCC, Qos, Inter/Intra RAT handovers, Traffic shapping, Queuing.

Packet Core Applications:             GTP-C, GTP-U, RADIUS, LDAP, DIAMETER, DNS.

Provisioning:                                   Iub, Iur, Iu, Iucs, Iups, Mur, Mub, Mut:. 

Wireless Ops:                                  RAN, RNC, Node B, DOM, BTS, BSSM, GSM, UMTS, CACP, CDMA, CBRS, EVDO, LTE.         

IXC 3/4G system performance:    Maintenance, testing, integration.

Transport:                                           Alcatel-Lucent, Avaya, Ericsson, MetaSolv, Nokia, Nortel, DACS, Cisco, Juniper Enterprise

Transport equipment:                        Hyster forklift (moved copper cable up to 3000lbs, racks, and other telecom equipment).

 

Professional Experience:

March 2013 to Present

Upgrading Hotel and Casino Ethernet Routing Switches (ERS): Avaya, Juniper, Cisco for the Casino Industry.

* Experience configuring and installing Black Box, Avaya, and Extreme network and management devices.

* Experience with Juniper, Cisco, HP, Check Point, Palo Alto, and Meru Network Devices.

* Able to rack, stack,  install network devices patch panels; build out equipment racks in IDFs and Data Centers.

* Able to work with a team of technicians to diagnose and repair network related problems.

* Familiar with TIA/EIA 568A & 586B standards, RJ-11 & RJ-48 Pin Out, Patch Panel termination.

* Experience dealing with low voltage cabling infrastructure including cat 7, UTP, STP, Fiber, T1’s, DS3’s.

* Experience with pulling, installing, terminating, repairing and maintaining network cable.

*Experience installing and troubleshooting hotel and casino specific software and hardware environments.

 

Company: IXC Sept 2012 – Mar 2013 (Six month project)

Network Engineer VoLTE

Project Scope: LTE modernization planning and dimensioning on UMTS, GSM, LTE, TDSCDMA, and CDMA Technologies.

Responsible for multiple Ericsson RNC, eNode-B projects including 3G lu AtmPort Moves, luCS MGW Rehomes, RNC luCs MGW Rehome, Iur Link Expansion, Node B RBSid change, Node ID Change, R4B activation, 4+0 Lose 2 T1 add, Dual IMA T1 add for ALU MSN, Dual IMA T1 add for Tellabs MSN, RNC NodeB ETTC T1 Disconnect, RNC NodeB T1 Degrowth, MPC MSN Rehome-Rebalance Nodes. ALU ATM MSN Port Cleanup for Ericsson Nodes, NodeB IP Link Profile and support T1 disconnects.

Performed RNC 9370 IUB work, RNC Architecture Rev A, RNC Dimensioning Rev A, RNC Utilization measurements, RNC Processor Load,  DS3 RNC NodeB RSP Migration Procedures. Successfully completed the rehoming of BSCs on NSN Ran.

Supported operations and optimization on WCDMA-CS, PS MSOFTX3000/CSOFTX3000 /UMG8900, SG7000, MME 9810 HLR9820, HSS, M2000, Ng HLR & ATCA Platform. Good understanding and practical knowledge of network elements & subsystems such as MSC/ MME/SGSN/GGSN/MGW/HLR/STP/EIR/IMS/AUC/HA/PDSN/AAA/FA.

 

Company: IXC Feb 2011 – Feb 2012   (One year project)                         

Network Engineer

Performed the ordering and tracking of network facility based circuits for installation.
Ordered network elements as required to meet facility service and due date requirements.
Supported changes to the existing Design Layout Records (DLRs) that show circuit design from A to Z location through network elements (CPE and Telco). Send/Receive quotes from Local Exchange Carriers (ILECs).
Provided support to provisioning and operations on service configuration and activation.
Create Product Service Requests (PSRs), Internal Service Requests (ISRs), Reservations, Network Locations, and Cross Connects in MetaSolv. Support users in MetaSolv.

 

Company: IXC May 2010– Dec 2010 (Seven month project)

VoIP Engineer

Project supporting field techs with BTS, DOM to EBH, RNC integration.

Remotely prepped cellsite VBS scripts for DOM adds, Rev A, CE and Reciprocal neighbors.

Manually configured VoIP equipment with port id and IP addresses.

Implemented SS7 duties BTS scripts, Dip assignments, BTS BSC rehomes, Radio adds, Site Expansion, Retunes.

DOM to EBH conversion, EBH Ethernet backhaul conversion and rollback processes. Basic Peoplesoft skills V7.

 

Company: Cricket   July 2009 – Mar 2010 (Eight month project)

VoIP Engineer

Cricket – Pocket merger. BTS, DOM, Integration supporting field techs.

DOM to EBH conversion, EBH Ethernet backhaul conversion and rollback processes. CARRIER ADDS, REBANDS, CAM CARDS, CHANNEL RECONFIGS, CM2 CORE, NEW BUILDS, CARD (CEM), RADIO (RFM) and FRAME  CHANGEOUTS.

Minor SS7 role documenting some test cases and assisted with the clean-up of discrepancies in a test. Validated with architects the correct call flow, participated in the discussion of discrepancies, issues with test cases.

 

Company: IXC Sept 2007 – Jun 2009 (Twenty one month project)

VoIP Engineer

Project responsible for Ericsson/Nortel BTS, BSSM, DOM 0/A, CDMA, CACP, EMS, EVDO, RNC, BTS UPGRADES REHOMES rebalancing sites from one BSC to another, and support expansions i.e. malo changes, frequency changes, BTS reconfig, Rev A, CACP clone process. Implement BTS scripts, Dip assignments, BTS BSC rehomes, Radio adds, Site Expansion, Retune.

(DCG, EDCG, Implement BTS scripts, Dip assignments, BTS BSC rehomes, Radio adds, Site Expansion, Retune. SFRM, MFRM3, CORE2, XCEM) INSTALLS, CARRIER ADDS, REBANDS, CAM CARDS, CHANNEL RECONFIGS, CM2 CORE, NEW BUILDS, CARD (CEM), RADIO (RFM) and FRAME  CHANGEOUTS. EVDO, LTE PROJECTS. DOM to EBH conversion, EBH Ethernet backhaul conversion and rollback processes.

Operations Support (OSS) engineering, inventory, ordering, provisioning, field service, activation.

System Performance: Created CACP sessions, support Clone process, apply Rev A license on DOM, move CACP session files, performed Cluster procedures, CACP delete BTS MOs uncouple processes.

Supported Alltel Site Preps for DOM adds, Rev A, CE and Reciprocal neighbors VBS scripts.

 

Company: PCS May 2006 – Aug 2006 (Three month project)

Switch Operations 24x7

Supported SS7 switch operations: DMS 500 MTX, XAC, CBRS, CACP, PASSPORT 15K, OPTERA METRO 3500

DACS Transport issues expertly using TL1 commands to map Tellabs / Lucent / Alcatel (1630, 1631, 1671, 1677) DACs to retrieve, test, monitor and interrogate cross connects on T1/DS1, T3/DS3, SONET OC-3/12/48/192. (STS1 / STS3 / STS12).

Switch wireless operations within a CO using CENTEST, HEIKIMAIN, NETANALYST, HP OpenView, FORE, NETVIEW, LITESPAN, ALCATEL, FUJITSU SONET (FLASH 192, FLM 600/2400 TRIB, FUJITSU DWDM (FLASHWAVE 4300, 4500, 7500), NORTEL (OPTERA METRO 3500, PASSPORT 15K), LUCENT LAMBDA XTREME DWDM, POSITRON, CASCADE, ASCEND, PROCOMM management system applications with X.25, Fr-Relay, ATM, SONET data devices including routers CISCO & JUNIPER supporting TCP-IPv4. On short notice able to physically hard wire from the FES panel via LGX / DSX to BSM panel, logically build crossconnects, test and escalate the LEC for a working T-1 to the BTS/NodeB.

 

Company: Socket Sept 2005 – May 2006 (Eight month project)

Switch Operations 24x7

Ericsson RNC Operation & Maintenance and SS7 Tasks,  Node B Alarm Report and Configuration Management.

Node-B Integration Process on switch end: Create DCN connection in MML, CoCo creation in RNC RNW object browser, WCDMA BTS creation, Create the WLCSE object,  the Icon on the top level user interface GUI, site adjacencies using the Xconfig tool, ATM path through the Alcatel RSP. Create RSP DS-1crossconnects Alcatel 7670. 

3G site rehomeing, Rehomes & Rehost WBTS within a MSO. WBTS License management, Upload RNW, ATM & IP objects (workaround for ATM/IP upload), Create COCO in target RNC, Upload RNC ATM & IP config, Provision WBTS DCN connections, Upload AXC/FTM, load, push scripts, MHA alarm threshold settings. COCO DCN creation.

Create DCN connection in MML. Add T-1 to Node-B, Add 2^nd T-1 to Node-B.

Iub Augments  ( T-1 add to WBTS). RSP port expansion  (IMA) config, Reconfig COCO in RNC, WBTS changes, TRS

Commissioning for WBTS changes, BTS site commissioning (TRS+BTS), create third & fourth T-1 additions.

RNC Element Manager: MTP Access Points, Signaling link Sets, Signaling Points, Signaling Route Sets, NNI-SAAL profiles, Termination points. RNC Alarm list, Access Pts, Signaling Link Sets, Signaling Pts, Signaling Route Sets, SCCP Signaling.

 

02/05 - 08/05… U.S. Cellular…6 mo.  NORTEL DMS 500 MTX XAC CDMA, CACP BTS, BSC, INTEGRATION PROJECT.

02/04 - 02/05... Socket… 1year.  ERICSSON RNC, NODE-B, LUCENT GSM, UMTS.

11/00 - 12/03… NORTEL...3 years. DMS 500 MTX XAC, CDMA, EBSC/CBRS, CACP SWITCH/WIRELESS PROJECT.

06/00 - 11/00… Qwest... FUJITSU, LUCENT, TELLABS 5500, 532 DACS, G3 ERICSSON UMTS, GSM WIRELESS PROJECT.

03/00 - 06/00… NORTEL… DMS 500 MTX XAC, CDMA SWITCH PROJECT.

09/97 - 12/99…LCI, MCLOUD, LEVEL 3, Qwest…NOC switch operations, DMS 500.

10/94 - 11/96... WILTEL / WORLDCOM...T1, DS3, DS0-DDS, FRAME RELAY testing.

 

DACS - Resolve transport issues using TL1 commands to map Tellabs / Alcatel-Lucent (1630, 1631, 1671, 1677) DACs, MetaSolv to retrieve, test, monitor and interrogate cross connects on T1/DS1, T3/DS3, SONET OC-3/12/48/192. (STS1 / STS3 / STS12).

On very short notice able to physically hard wire from the FES panel via LGX / DSX to BSM panel, logically build crossconnects, test and escalate the LEC for a working T-1 to the BTS.

 

CISCO ROUTING, SWITCH OMP.

Configure and verify status routes, RIPv1/2, EIGRP, OSPF, redistribution, ISIS, PBR, BGP, Multicast, IPv6 addressing, routing, tunneling,

setup Firewall admin, multiple security contexts, failover, Address translations, DMZ, MPF, capture traffic, load balancing.

Configure VLANs and VTP, frame relay, Enabling and optimizing HSRP, MPLS, VPN, CB-WFP and LLQ, LFI, site to site VPN.

 

DNOC / NOC  My experience exceeds eighteen years and supports 2G, 3G, and LTE environments with a current CCNA 803 certification. I have maintained a CCNA since 1998 (407).

 

DSLAM / ASAM experience includes the following:

Knowledge tracing a DHCP or static customer threw the Dslam back to the ATM or router network using the following equipment.

Alcatel 7300 HD, UD, HD-LP.

Adtrans TA5000, TA1148/1248 and TA1148/1248A

Calix C7, E7, E5

ATM - Knowledge to route traffic and build a PVC through Lports in the ATM cloud.

Ciena DN7100 EMS Waveflow.

Lucent CBX500 EMS Naviscore.

Routers - Know router commands to build VLANs on an interface

Alcatel 7210, 7450, 7750.

Cisco 3600, ASR 9010, 6509.

Juniper ERX, E320, MX480

 

Participated and shared SS7 tasks for end to end testing of VoIP, VoLTE network deployment in various markets.

•Tasks required IP tracing and multi-protocol analysis in a complex network.

•Knowledge of Mobility and LTE architecture.

•Experience with SIP protocol and IMS based services.

•Experience with SS7 tracing.  Ability to discuss, identify and name the notes in a typical SIP call flow and the notes in an IMS/Application Server platform including the function of each note.

•Documented test cases and assisted with the clean-up of discrepancies in the test.

•Validated with architects the correct call flow, clearly and accurately documented, participated in the discussion of discrepancies, anomalies or issues with a test case.

•Wireless Mobility Network Experience Domain knowledge.

•Packet Analysis for VoLTE (or VOIP) Protocols Wireless domain of LTE, 3G, 3G+Packet Core, /UMTS.

•LTE, UMTS and GSM/GPRS Call flows.

•Network topology & various interfaces.

•Protocol testing of UMTS/LTE.

•Understanding of call processes between end to end system testing.

•Configuration, feature testing, troubleshooting.

•Protocol Specifications and Analysis Deliverables: Analysis of Proper call flow requests, responses and/or updates using Tracing tools to capture SIP, TCP, UDP and other LTE-EPC and IMS Protocols.

 

ALCATEL – LUCENT, NOKIA, NORTEL Base Station Subsystem OperationS and Maintenance NODE B (BSSOM) NMS/2000

Network elements of the BSS: Transcoder, Base Station Controller, Base Station Interface Equipment, Base Transceiver Station.

Interfaces in the GSM / DCS 1900 network: A interface, Ater, Abis, BS, Air, Q3, GUI interface.

 

TCP/IP

*Able to monitor a live TCP/IP network using protocol analyzers, network management systems, field testers and run, test, decode

TCP/IP. Identify the correct IP address and subnet.

*Install and configure TCP/IP on a multiprotocol network.

*Understand the TCP/IP client/server relationship.

*Understand IP addressing & routing.

 

UNIX / LINUX Operating System. BSM SVR4

*UNIX fundamental commands, graphical user  interface (GUI), miscellaneous utilities.

*UNIX files: listing, finding directories and  files; display, print files, pipelines; copy, move, rename, remove,

link files; compare, sort, modify, combine, and split files; generate  file lists.

*Ability to NETWORK with UNIX: Access other UNIX systems by modem, on  the network or internet; access UNIX from windows.

 

Experience with Bell companies (RBOC), Interexchange Carriers (IXC), field technicians nationwide to remotely turnup/install from a CO, MSC, NOCC, NMC, various types of circuits with a Regional Central Office and test to the customer DMARC CSU/DSU.

Analog, Voice, DD0/DDS, Fractional T1, T3, OC3-192 (SONET) circuits. Remotely map in DACS & test cross-connects using NETANALYST, CENTEST, HEKIMIAN, within the TELLABS, ASCEND, ALCATEL, FUJITSU, OPTERA environment.

500 DMS MTX  XAC configuration, maintenance, simple translations and troubleshooting tasks supporting

Navigation commands, Data tables, core logs & OMs, Utilities commands. Tgen Icot,  test routing, ripping, stripping, rebuilding trunks, rename the CLLI, change loop start circuit to E & M, fix an incorrect STS on an ANI, compare trunk class services are compatible, check circuit for AMI/SF-B8ZS/ESF, restrict circuit state, verify REX node test, hold and exchange circuit at the test point levels, DMS skips (list, add, move), remove T-1 circuit offline and online, move circuit from one CLLICODE to another, build trunkgroups, troubleshoot carrier issues, change the order of the channel.

 

CERTIFICATIONS: GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE, CCTI, CISCO, NORTEL, ALCATEL, FUJITSU, NOKIA.

*Certified: TBERD 2209, 224, 310, 500 (DS-1 & DS-3) ACTERNA Centralized Testing using NetAnalyst (Part 1&2).

*CISCO CERTIFICATES: Current CCNA 803.  BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, RIP, TCP/IP, UNIX, ATM (CCTI-Denver, Co).

  CISCO Advanced course: Firewall Services module configuration, Catalyst 6500 switch, 7600 router. (Global Knowledge, Shaumburg, Ill)

*NORTEL COURSE WORK: HELMSMAN, TDMA, CACP, CDMA, EBSC/CBRS, EVDO.

*Certified: NOKIA-BTS, BSM. LUCENT & FUJITSU-TL1. *Certified: HEIKIMIAN, NETANALYST.

 

ADDITIONAL SKILLS: XNG Engineering Database (ED) / GRANITE, Change Management Control (CMC) Wireless Maintenance Ticketing Database. SOFTWARE DATABASE: VISIO, LOTUS, EXCEL, REMEDY, WORD, CLARIFY, OUTLOOK, ACCESS, POWERPT.

OPERATING SYSTEM:UNIX, LINUX, Sun Solaris, Sun Ultra Enterprise 450, IBM, Windows 95, 98, XP, 7, 8.

 

CISCO COURSES:

CISCO CERTIFICATES: ICRC, ACRC, (CCNA).  OSPF, BGP, TCP/IP, UNIX, ATM (CCTI-Denver, Co).

CISCO Advanced course: Firewall Services module configuration, Catalyst 6500 switch, 7600 router. (Global Knowledge, Shaumburg, Ill)

Configuring switch for firewall services, bridge parameters, ARP, IP, Routing, DHCP, NAT, ACLs, AAA, Remote Mgmt, AAA, API, Filtering HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, Failover, Monitoring and Troubleshooting.

 

NORTEL COURSES:                   

BSSM Navigation

BSSM Operations, Administration, Maintenance

BSC Operations and Maintenance

                                                     CACP CDMA ACCESS CONFIGURATION & PROVISIONING (125)

CACP OVERVIEW (126)

CACP CLIENT SOFTWARE INSTALLATION (127)

CACP CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT (128) 

•                                                                                CDMA BSC  Theory of Operations, CDMA BSS Manager Operating Procedure, Manager System Administration and Security, CDMA Fault Management: Metro Cell Troubleshooting and Recovery Procedures,                                   CDMA Metro Cell Operations and Maintenance, EBSC/CBRS Operation and Administration

•                                                                               CDMA CACP RF Parameter Optimization. Overview Cellular Translations, Cellular Translations II

NOKIA                                     BSSOM Base Station Subsystem Operation and Maintenance.

                                                  MML Commands i.e. BSC, BCF, TRX, ET-PCM, LAP-D, BTS, ALARMS, DATA/GPRS etc…

LUCENT  (DWDM)              LAMBDA XTREME

                                                 20255    PSAX Multiservice Media Gateway

                                                 UMTS Hardware UMTS Packet Core Network

NORTEL    (SONET)             OPTERA METRO 3500, PASSPORT Multiservice Switch 15K, 20K.

ALCATEL  (SONET)             1671, 1677  (DWDM) 1603, 1630, 1631

FUJITSU    (SONET)              Flash 192, FLM 600/2400 TRIB 

                    (DWDM)              Flashwave 4300, 4500, 7500

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Telecomm Test Sets                Acterna 2310, 2510 SONET/DWDM

                                                 TBERD 2209, 107, 224, 250, 310, 500

 

My experience and training provides a strong technical background supporting system performance, switch, VoLTE operations.