Jared H. Nichols

hanknavigator@gmail.com

Ph: (210) 485-5101

Fax: (765) 807-4253

 

Qualifications:

Possess several years of experience in network design, engineering, operations, provisioning, support, and systems testing.  Thorough knowledge of U.S. and Global Telecommunications infrastructures and technologies with broad, hands-on exposure to a multitude of vendor equipment platforms and technical protocols.

 

Technical Skills:

Routers/Switches:  Juniper MX480/ERX1400/E320, Cisco ASR9010/3600/6509,

Alcatel 7750/7450/7210, Ciena DN7000, Lucent CBGX3500/CBX550

DSLAM/DLC/GPON:  Calix C7/E7/E5, AdTran TA5000, Alcatel ASAM7300

DataComm:  DWDM, 10G-EPON/GPON, SONET OC-48/192, ATM/FR, T-1/DS3, xDSL

Protocols:  MPLS, BGP, OSPF, TCP/IP, SNMP, DNS, PPPoA/oE, RADIUS, TACACS

Test Sets:  IxiaN2X, Spirent, Agilent, Acterna, EXFO, JDSU, Fluke

Operating Systems:  Solaris10, MSWin Server 2012, CentOS, Linux

Applications:  CiscoWorks, HPOpenView, Oracle10g, VeritasVCS, MS SQL Server

 

Work History:

 

2015-PresentContractor        Rochester,NY/FortWayne,IN

Network Engineer III – Network/Data Provisioning Group

NG-BRAS project for xDSL and FTTP customer traffic migration.  Engaged in planning verification, migration preparation, coordinating NOC and Field personnel.  Conducting traffic uplink re-homing, re-mapping, and hot-cut for system management, business-class customer static-IP circuits, and Carrier EVCs/E-Pipes.  Provisioning and preparation of circuits and traffic tunnels through new data routes from DSLAM/Aggregator, through MPLS-enabled Carrier switches and routers, to NG-BRAS edge router. 

 

2012-2015Field Tech    Odessa/SanAntonio,TX

Oilfield Services/Communications

Perform troubleshooting of WiMAX, Satellite, and Cellular connectivity and installation for Internet data and IP-phone services supplied to two of world's three-largest onshore oil&gas operators.  Work on-site at oil rig locations, as well as remote and cell tower WiMAX/GPON backhaul sites.  Verify data connectivity, data performance, VoIP call quality and throughput for oil service clients.  Troubleshoot backhaul connectivity and performance with GPON and TDM providers. 

 

2011-2012TDSTelecom (Contractor)      Madison,WI

Central Office Systems Engineer – Broadband Systems Engineering

Provide high level and detailed design and engineering input for Central Office (CO) Inside Plant (ISP) and Data Center projects, including estimated capital costs and allocation of costs.  Select, support, and manage internal ISP/OSP installation professionals and external engineering vendors.  Partner with Outside Plant Engineering (OSPE) to create a seamless engineering function in the Implementation pipeline.  Plan and deploy new services using transport technologies that include GPON, VDSL2, SONET, ATM, Metro-Ethernet, POS, DWDM, CWDM, and ROADM.  End-to-End engineering of full-service IPTV solution from Network Architecture group for deployment via transport (Cisco 15454, Optelian OMS-510, Cyan-Optics Z77/Z33, AlcaLu 7750 SR12, Cisco CRS-1), distribution (Calix E7/C7, AlcaLu 7750 SR7, Cisco Nexus 5548/2248, IneoQuest monitors, Motorola Encoders, and NTP/VOD servers) networks.

 

2011Networkers Telecommunications (Contractor)Dallas,TX

Network/Transmission  Engineer – ZTE, U.S.A.

Post-sales support for ZTE fixed-wireline products – 10G-EPON and GPON/VDSL OLT/ONU, MPLS/Ethernet switches, Core/Access routers, DWDM, proprietary (ZTE) IPTV server, EMS server on Solaris/Oracle and MSWinServer2003/SQL, Veritas VCS cluster server with VMware virtualization, and SIP/IVR call center servers.  Supported planning, installation, configuration, pre-service test, and final launch of first domestic (U.S.) Symmetrical 10G-EPON service implementation with live customer traffic.  Installed and tested PON/DWDM optical network components in both MSO Headend and Central Office environment in accordance with MEF/OIF standards.  Lab-based testing of network configuration for proprietary (ZTE) IPTV solution with MS MediaRoom, MS Server 2003, and MS SQL Server. 

 

2010-2011   Progressive-ITLittle Rock,AR

Network Analyst – Windstream

VDSL/GPON IP-DSLAM system Test&Turn-Up.  Configure and test ATM- & IP-DSLAMs, test uplink circuits (10GigE,DS3,T1,DS0,IMA,EFM) to ATM/Ethernet switches, provision ATM PVCs & Ethernet VLANs on router & switch interfaces, configure Cisco/Juniper/Alcatel router interfaces for IP traffic.

 

 

2006-2009    Apex/TekSystems   TX/TN/AR

Systems-Network Engineer/Analyst – Contract

Provide technical consultation on project-oriented basis for Triple-Play (Voice/Video/Data) and Quadruple-Play (Voice/Video/Data/Wireless) technology convergence.  Requests for Proposal (RFP) and real-world implementation testing performed in accordance with individual client specifications.  Planning and managing capacity with various carrier planning groups (Facility, Transmission, DXC) for Verizon-Business Converged Packet Access (CPA) network.  Assist customer migration to MPLS/VPN Private-IP network.  Coordinated customer and network element migration, configuration/provisioning/troubleshooting core and access (FTTx/GPON, ATM/IP-DSLAM, Metro/Gig-E) equipment.  Participated in Windstream Communications acquisition and integration of CTCommunications data and video network through migration and provisioning of CTC customers into Windstream data network. 

 

2004-2006Glotel   Little Rock, AR

Network Analyst – Alltel/Windstream DataNOC

Monitor and support national network in client's Service Provider Data Network Operations Center (Data-NOC).  Perform support, maintenance, change-control, and Initial Test/Turn-Up for network elements consisting of Aggregation-Access routers (Juniper/Cisco), ATM switches (Cisco/Lucent/Alcatel), Digital Loop Carriers (DLCs) and various DSLAM platforms.  Provide assistance and internal support to Customer Service, Technical Support, and CO/OSP (Central Office /Outside Plant) groups for ADSL, IP and ATM services. 

 

2001Broadband Gateways Plano, TX

Systems Engineer 

System feature and functional testing for DSL router.  Development of automated test cases, identification of defects, and regression test performance.  Configuration and maintenance of ATM and IP-based core network test environments for pre-release software development stage.  Supervised provisioning and support of local and customer test networks prior to turn-up.  Provisioned (PVC/SVC) for Voice, Data, and Video simulation as well as live traffic analysis and performance.  Troubleshooting interoperability with multi-vendor DSLAMs, ATM switches, and Voice Gateways.  Conformance testing for ATM/DSL-Forum, IETF, and Bellcore standards. 

 

2000-2001WorldCom Richardson, TX

ATM  Switch Test Engineer

Responsible for testing regression, performance, conformance, stress, and interoperability of Cisco MGX8850 for ATM/IPVPN certification on ATM network.  Ensured that all ATM features were coordinated, scheduled, tested, and implemented in an integrated manner across the appropriate network systems and elements.  Provisioning, configuration and maintenance of test environment setup of ATM/SONET/IP-VPN for networks using a multitude of vendor switches, routers, and test sets.  Participation in vendor and engineering architecture, design, and planning meetings early in the feature/release lifecycle process in order to identify testing requirements before full test-plan execution.

 

Languages

Fluent:  Portuguese, English