Bill

2/28/2018
Parker, CO

Position Desired

Other Engineering
Anywhere in CO
Yes

Resume

TELEPHONE AND IT BASED TECHNOLOGIES:

United State Dept. of the Interior, Solicitors Office, Lakewood, CO, 10/28/2016 – 01/20/2017
Voice Engineer

Brought on board to take over and complete the VOIP conversion project for the previous engineer who passed away suddenly in September. The scope of the project was the upgrade and conversion of various legacy telephone systems in field offices to the Cisco Unified Communications product. Prepared the Avaya legacy systems and user data for conversion to Cisco UC. Once that portion of the project was completed, a Cisco Certified Voice Engineer was brought in to complete the project.


Great-West Financial, Greenwood Village, CO, 05/15/2016 – 09/30/2016
Telecom Engineer

• Responsible for completing the VOIP conversion project, thus freeing fulltime telecom staff to resolve more complex issues.
• Primary duties were to locate and remove Avaya digital stations, analog and digital conference stations from use and upgrade the users to the appropriate Avaya VOIP telephone sets.
• Also tasked with identifying analog modem and fax extensions which were no longer in use and removing them from Avaya CM translations.
• Assisted the telecom staff with the following day to day activities:
• MACs of Avaya VOIP phones.
• Hands on trouble shooting and resolution of telephone and head set problems for workers.
• Contacted MCI and resolved questionable bills for unknown phone numbers.


Tallgrass Energy Partners LP, Lakewood, CO, 09/21/2015 – 01/31/2016
Field Engineer

• Responsible for the installation and commissioning of 1.2 meter KU Band satellite dishes for secondary communications at pipeline control valves.
• Resolved equipment supply problems by:
• Coordinating shipments of equipment from Verizon to local freight handlers.
• Warehousing equipment at storage facilities along pipeline route.
• Transporting and staging satellite equipment at new valve buildings.
• Coordinated installation dates and times with other work parties and contractors.
• Assisted Verizon contractors with dish and feed horn assembly, installation and testing.
• Ensured IT connectivity (OSI Levels 1, 2 and 3) from new buildings to company routers through the newly installed satellite links.
• Familiar with 568A and 568B standards.


Comm-Works Government Solutions Div., Chantilly, VA, 10/06/2014 – 06/30/2015
Field Engineer

• Field Engineer based in Denver, Colorado
• Assist with maintenance, daily/weekly checks and MACs for government client’s Alcatel/Lucent telephone systems and AVST voice mail systems.
• Disassembled and removed Nortel Meridian phone system and associated external equipment with no service interruptions while disconnecting unused/dead circuits on active 66 blocks.



Wipro Technologies Ltd, St Louis, MO, 06/27/2014 – 08/08/2014
Telecommunications Engineer

• Traveling Engineer for Wipro Technologies on the Anheuser – Busch SIP Migration Project.
• Conducted Telephone/Server Room surveys for Avaya and IT equipment and telco/central office resources.
• Install memory cards, analog trunk and T-1 blades into Cisco Routers.
• Wired analog and T-1 circuits through 66 and 110 blocks between Avaya equipment, routers and Telco D-Marks.
• Fabricated T-1 and Ethernet cables and crossover cables on site using 568A and 568B standards..
• Assist network engineers with trouble shooting.
• Document completed work with photography and spread sheets.


Workmarket.com and FieldNation.com, Colorado, 02/2014 – Present (intermittent)
Freelance/Short Term Contract Technician and Field Engineer

• IT / telecom assignments performing various electronic repairs, installations, upgrades, and troubleshooting CAT5 wiring and connectivity issues.
• On site UPS system troubleshooting, replacement / repair.
• Cisco Router 4G wireless conversions.
• 4G Signal Strength site surveys.
• 4G coax and antenna installations and upgrades.
• Telephone system upgrades and repairs.
• 66 and 110 blocks, CAT-5 patch panels.
• Installation and upgrading POS devices.


Verigent Services, Colorado Springs, CO, 11/06/2012, one day assignment
Telecom Technician

• Install an Avaya G430 Media Gateway at the client’s location.
• Conducted survey of telephone sets, their locations and extension numbers.


AVAYA Communication. Denver, CO, 08/1995 – 06/2012
Systems Applications Specialist

Technical Product Knowledge
Avaya VoIP PBX Servers: S8300, S8400, S8500, S8700, S8710, S8720, S8730, S8800. 10 + years.
Avaya Media Gateways: G250, G350, G450, G600, G650, G700. 10 + years.
Operating Platforms: Communication Manager up to CM6.x, Avaya Aura Messaging, and Linux.
Avaya VoIP Equipment: CLANs, Medpros, IPSIs and VAL boards. 12 years.
Central office facilities: PSTN, DS1, PRI, MPLS, etc. 15 years.
OSI Layer 1, 2, 3 Diagnostics
Have worked with Vectoring VDNs and ACD. 12 + years.
Understanding of Ethernet switches, LAN/WAN connectivity, network IP addressing.
Very knowledgeable with trouble shooting Ethernet LANs and WANs
Knowledge of wireless technologies. 12 + years.
Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, Outlook and Siebel.
Familiarity with Microsoft PC operating systems.
Familiar with 568A and 568B standards.

System Application Specialist
• Convergence(VoIP)/Data/Voice/Messaging/Alarm Team - worked with internal and external tools performing engineering, and remote diagnostics, on large global corporate Converged (VoIP)/TCP-IP/ATM/Data/Voice communications networks around the world, in a 24 by 7 environment.
• Interpret error messages to distinguish between application package problems, user problems, and operating system problems.
• Educate user in equipment use, applications, problem resolution steps and/or work around.
• MAC - Move/Add/Change...

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