Clifford Johnson

125 1/2 East 220th Street

Carson, Ca 90745

(323) 604-2043 Mobile

Cliff2527@gmail.com

 

SUMMARY

 

•IT Project Manager with over 10 years of experience with telecommunications clients like AT&T and T-Mobile.

•Strong understanding and experience in 4G/3G/2G Technologies (CDMA, UMTS, LTE).

•Performed Automatic Cell Planning throung ATOLL for UMTS and GSM technologies for RF Optimization, BSS parameters. Design of RF Antenna type, height, and tilts for optimization design and configuration.

•Creation of RFDS for RF plumbing diagrams. Installation and Integration and RF Design of BTS Ericsson, 3518, 3418, 2106, 3106, 3206, 2109, 2308, 2206 LTE 6201,6601, UMTS,GSM, Nokia UTRAN, Radio Base Stations.

•Drafting, AutoCAD, Visio, and Engineering using ATOLL, ACP, ASSET, Planet, Wizard, Sonet, Tiff, DAS, PDF, RF Design, MSC, MGW, BSC, RNC, MPBN, GGSN, SGSN, HLR, OSS Integrations, RFDS, FCP, RNDCIQ and subordinate Engineers RF Design of T1 Circuits, HSDSS, Omni Switch, MPLS, ATM, HSPA, RAN, Frame Relay, UNIX, DSO, DS1. UTP,

•Integration, Installation, Management and Operations and Maintenance of Nokia, Ericsson GSM, UMTS, LTE RBS 882,884, 2102, 2106, 2109, 2308, 2202, 2206, 3106, 3018, 3206, 3418, 6601 IDB, DT configuration, EDGE upgrades, RF configurations.

 

 

EXPERTISE:

 

Project Management:10 Years

CDMA:12 Years

LTE: 10 Years

Oracle: 10 years

UNIX:   10 Years

 

EXPERIENCE:

 

AT&T, Phoenix, AZ           5/2010 to 5/2015

Network Engineer

•Reporting of complex LTE Alarms to AT&T RAN Department, and working with RF with conjoined effort to resolve RSSI related issues.

•Scheduling and deployment of Field or Antenna Engineers for troubleshooting of Alarms to replace and/or fix faulty cabling or equipment.

•Scheduling of NIC or Switch support to work remotely with Field or Antenna Engineers to troubleshoot errors with faulty signal and/or equipment from Antenna sectors.

•Monitoring of Field or Antenna Engineers for troubleshooting techniques and support for alarm clearance.

•Management of Construction crews for site completion and Integration. Deployment of Construction teams for construction services ranging from Wireless ground installations, tower Antenna installations, and troubleshooting of alarms and faults.

 

•Management of UMTS, LTE alarm network within OSS for operations and maintenance of replacement of faulty equipment for signal preservation.

•Scheduling and deployment of Field or Antenna Engineers for troubleshooting of Alarms to replace and/or fix faulty cabling or equipment.

•Scheduling of NIC or Switch support to work remotely with Field or Antenna Engineers to troubleshoot errors with faulty signal and/or equipment from Antenna sectors.

•Monitoring of Field or Antenna Engineers for troubleshooting techniques and support for alarm clearance.

•Reporting of complex LTE Alarms to AT&T RAN Department, and working with RF with conjoined effort to resolve RSSI related issues.

•Opening tickets with OSS to schedule deployment of Field or Antenna Engineers to troubleshoot remotely or the field.

•Daily monitoring of LTE Alarms to make sure that Alarms get cleared with 12-24 hours.

•Management of 20-30 crews for integration, and alarm clearing, CASPR MS 95-149 for AL/LA/MS market.

•Management of installation, integration and troubleshooting of sector Antennas through RFDS.

•Equipment scoping of sector swaps, UMTS, LTE Antenna sharing.

•Dispatch of Field Engineers to clear UMTS, LTE alarms for Site launches and certifications for AT&T.

•Alarm clearance reporting to Senior Management of NSB LTE Mississippi AT&T market.

•Supervision of up to 20 Technicians of Operations and Maintenance of network operations of 2G, 3G, and 4G technology for T Mobile. Deployment of teams for troubleshoot fault errors, rectify Troubletickets/clearing of alarms or network and equipment failures.

•O&M of Team deployment of VSWR alarms, backhaul or T1 bit errors, Tier 2 network switch errors, maintenance. Supervised Installation and Integration and Troubleshooting of 2G (GSM) and 3G, 4G Wireless networks for MSC, MGW, BSC, RNC, MPBN, GGSN, SGSN, HLR, OSS Integrations and Migrations.

•Network Integration and Troubleshooting of 7705, 9375 Alcatel Lucent and 5600, 6500 series Cisco Routers. Troubleshooting of T1’s and Microwaves (1200-1500) antennas. Ericsson, Andrew Diplexers. Diplexing with OBIF solutions. Commissioning of Alcatel-Lucent MPR-9500, 6000 series routers. Monitored RF wave propagation with Anritsu, Planet.

•Configuration of RFDS plumbing diagrams is with C&E and RAN. RF Optimization drive tests with Agilent E6474a. Clearing of faults for Radio Base Stations with thorough fault probe through Installation Data Base. Networking of Lucent and Cisco firewalls, Cisco access point’s o F5 load balancers DNS, DHCP, IPAM, IPSEC and SSL VPN Carrier managed MPLS.

•Launching DXU's and dTRU's with into fully operational states with Ericsson OMT and Nokia programs. Installation and Integration of Ericsson GSM and TDMA for RF connectivity. Network configuration of Cisco, Juniper and ALU routers. Diplexer and Multiplexer configuration of RF signal. Monitored and measured and adjusted signals debacles and megahertz of Antennas for standard range and RF Optimization within BSS parameters. Configuration of Alcatel Lucent 6000 series Omni Switches.

•Performed Automatic Cell Planning throung ATOLL for UMTS and GSM technologies for RF Optimization, BSS parameters. Design of RF Antenna type, height, and tilts for optimization design and configuration. Link Budget Analysis. Creation of RFDS for RF plumbing diagrams. Installation and Integration and RF Design of BTS Ericsson, 3518, 3418, 2106, 3106, 3206, 2109, 2308, 2206 LTE 6201,6601, UMTS,GSM, Nokia UTRAN, Radio Base Stations.

•Networking of Cisco firewalls, Cisco access point’s o F5 load balancers DNS, DHCP, IPAM, IPSEC and SSL VPN Carrier managed MPLS. Site Audits and monitoring with RNDCIQ, ETMC, and RAX board reconfigurations for UMTS 3106, 3206. Configuration of Alcatel Lucent 6000 series Omni Switches. 2ND CARRIER AND 3RD CARRIER UMTS UPGRADES. UMTS ETMC, ETMX CARD Integration. Monitored RF Traffic, coverage and capacity with RNDCIQ, Solaris software. FCU unit upgrades for UMTS 3418. Performance with RBS Element Manager and OMT program for 1x2, 2x1, 2x6, 3x4 configurations for T1 configurations.

•Testing of Fiber Optic and UTC cabling with Omni 6400, 9700, Fluke Networks, and Aruba Wirless. Installation of Wirless Routing switches, Cisco 5500, 6500 series, Alcatel Lucent 9000 series. Configuration of routing to associated network cloud architecture.

•Installation and Integration and RF Design of BTS Ericsson, 3518, 3418, 2106, 3106, 3206, 2109, 2308, 2206 LTE 6201,6601, UMTS,GSM, Nokia UTRAN, Radio Base Stations. Networking of Cisco firewalls, Cisco access point’s o F5 load balancers DNS, DHCP, IPAM, IPSEC and SSL VPN Carrier managed MPLS. Site Audits and monitoring with RNDCIQ, ETMC, and RAX board reconfigurations for UMTS 3106, 3206. Configuration of Alcatel Lucent 6000 series Omni Switches. 2ND CARRIER AND 3RD CARRIER UMTS UPGRADES. UMTS ETMC, ETMX CARD Integration.

•T1 cross-connects through E-911 CSU. Installation of and commissioning of E-911 frame relay systems, i.e. Andrew Geometrix Wireless Location Sensors, True Position LMU's, Carrier Access Flexmasters, Pathmasters, ADC Datasmart Kentrox. 3-G multiport T1 cross-connect, DSU, CSU within Ericsson 2G GSM networks. Operations and Maintenance of Radio Base Station alarms with OMT program, and troubleshooting E-911 frame relay.

 

 

T-Mobile, Long Beach, CA           2007 to 2010

Wireless Engineer

 

•Prototype, design and develop MR RF coils using coexisting technology. Design of Radio Frequency Data Sheets for radio access network communication. Optimized designs and analyzed radio frequency structures by using Electromagnetic design tools. Interfacing with customers to gather input and translate that input into design output. KPI Reporting, Performing tests on MR environment and formulating validation strategies. Networking of Cisco firewalls, Cisco access point’s o F5 load balancers DNS, DHCP, IPAM, IPSEC and SSL VPN Carrier managed MPLS. Management and Analysis of MPE Database. Creation of RFDS for RF plumbing diagrams.

•Site Auditing with Atoll, Planet, ASIG, BSS Optimization, RNDCIQ, Nokia UTRAN. Coordinated with manufacturing and sourcing functions and suppliers to ensure that all the stages of product development cycle is accomplished efficiently. Designed Drawings of Engineering Projects using Visio and AutoCAD. Design RF Optimization of Visio, Tiff, PDF Drawings into AutoCAD, Microstaion. DAS, RF Design of T1 Circuits, DSO, DS1,MPLS ATM Frame Relay for Wireless Radio Base Station Networks for LAN / WAN / MAN / OSP in Telecommunications design.

•Drive Testing of RBS with True Position and Agilent E6474a technologies. Configuration of Alcatel Lucent 6000 series Omni Switches. Responsible for Design implementation of Network locations and schematics for Voice/Data. OSP Design of Network pathways/Cable routes. Cost Estimation of Construction Engineering Projects. Auto Cad, ARES, Microstation Drafting, Design and Engineering for MEPT projects.

 

Design Engineer

 

•Design Engineering of construction for AT&T Uverse/FTTN project. Auto Cad, Visio, ARES, MS Excel, MS Word, Adobe design of FTTN procedures (Loop Identification, bridge tap removal). Link Budget Analysis DAS, OSP Design of Cable Routes, and utility cabling and network distribution pathways.

•Configuration of Alcatel Lucent 6000 series Omni Switches. Responsibilities have included: Network infrastructure installation and design. Networking of Cisco firewalls, Cisco access points o F5 load balancers DNS, DHCP, IPAM ,IPSEC and SSL VPN Carrier managed MPLS. Terminals, Modification of records with Auto Cad ARES. Cost Estimation of Construction Engineering for database records (Trenching, Cable Splicing, DSL Testing, Field Inspection). ARES Plant Location Record Updates and Design.

 

 

 

 

Amatel           2005 to 2007

Wireless Engineer

 

•True Position EMS (E 911 Phase II equipment). Tellabs Titan 5500 DACS. Attoll, ACP, ASSET, Planet, Wizard, Ericsson AXE - 501/810 APG40 platforms. AVAYA phone system and General Data Communication (T1, PC Skills). Creation of RFDS for RF plumbing diagrams. Ericsson 810 BSC installation and Alcatel Media Gateway migration. Configuration of Ericsson switches (501 & 810 BSC's) of Ericsson 2102 and 2106 BTS versions. Configuration of electronic cross-connects in Titan 5500 DACS, ASIG, T-berd testing of T-1s and T-3s for DSO.

•Installation of T-Server applications with UNIX platform. Installation and integration of BTS Ericsson 2106, 3106, 3206, 2109, 2308, 2206 *TDMA, GSM, UMTS, Radio Base Stations. Integration preformed with OMT program for 1x2, 2x1, 2x6, 3x4 configurations for T1.Networking of Cisco firewalls, Cisco access points o F5 load balancers DNS, DHCP, IPAM, IPSEC and SSL VPN Carrier managed MPLS. Configuration of Alcatel Lucent 6000 series Omni Switches. T1 cross-connects through E-911 CSU.

•Installation of and commissioning of E-911 frame relay systems, i.e. Andrew Geometrix Wireless Location Sensors, True Position LMU's, Carrier Access Flexmasters, Pathmasters, ADC Datasmart Kentrox. 3-G multiport T1 cross-connect, DSU, CSU within Ericsson 2G GSM networks. Operations and Maintenance of Radio Base Station alarms with OMT program, and troubleshooting E-911 frame relay.

 

 

EDUCATION

 

•A.A. Los Angeles Southwest College, 1999.

•B.S. CSU Dominguez Hills (2003)

 

 

CERTIFICATION

·   PMP

·   CCNA

•BICSI Building Industry Consulting Services International

•RF Propagation Theory

•Anritsu Site Master

•Fiber Optics (Berk Tek)

•Cal/OSHA 10 (Saftey)

•First Aid

•Ericsson (Radio Tester Level 2)

•Lynx Microwave

•AT&T/ARES (Automated Records Engineering System)

•AutoCAD (Auto Computer Aided Design)

•Corning Fiber Optics Fluke Networks