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Leonard Stewart

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Last update: 06.09.2022

Telecom Engineer, Splunk Administrator, Technical Projects and Planning, Knowledge Transfer

Graduation: not provided
Hourly-/Daily rates: show
Languages: English (Native or Bilingual) | Spanish (Full Professional)

Attachments

CV - 6.9 (lite).pdf

Skills

My technical experience has been in engineering support, large-scale network and system rollouts, node / site commissioning and proof of concept projects, integration and acceptance testing, as well as technical project managing.

On the business end, my responsibilities have covered contract, vendor and product management, as well as technical training and documentation. Working in roles representing both customer and vendor perspectives, I understand both angles of the puzzle.

I enjoy working in cutting edge and new environments and on developing and growing networks.

My working experience has been in work-style/environments based in the USA, UK, several EU countries and in Asia.  I hold citizenship both in the USA and in the EU and am open to projects located (almost) anywhere globally.

Buzzwords:  SIP, integration testing, Genband/Ribbon CS2k, Nortel DMS, ACME/Oracle SBCs, Huawei vIMS, Sonus SBC, Splunk, Network Monitoring, TDM, VoIP, Unix, SS7, interconnects, IP, Packet, Cisco, Network Design

Project history

07/2015 - 06/2019
GLOBAL DEPLOYMENTS NETWORK ENGINEER
Fuze

TAMPA, FL, USA

* Product and Vendor Management, Contract Review, Financial Management, and Purchasing Control of Core
Network Tools and Architecture Expansions
* Complete Splunk Management, including Purchasing, Design, Implementation, and Splunk Admin and SPOC
* Technical Project Management and Lead for Proof of Concept Projects
* System Admin for Companywide Network Tools
* Creating and Providing Training, as well as Authoring Technical Documentation

04/2014 - 06/2015
SENIOR OPERATIONS ENGINEER
Ziggo / UPC Nederland; LINE VOICE & PLATFORM SUPPORT

* Customer Provisioning, Fault Escalation, and hardware/software support on the UPC national network
* Technical project management of platform upgrades and system failure root cause analysis projects
* Platforms include the Genband CS2k, Legacy Nortel DMS, Genband C20 and the related node equipment
* Design and Implementation of Splunk Monitoring Dashboards and Tools for the Network Operations Center

Empirix
APR 2012 - DEC 2013 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OSS IMPLEMENTATION ENGINEER READING, UK

* Technical design, implementation and integration of the Empirix network monitoring solution within TDM,
VoIP and mobile/mobile broadband networks for globally located customers
* Testing, troubleshooting and coordinating customer requests, faults and issues as well as completing system
upgrades
* Customer and partner training with respect to Empirix products and systems, as well as Unix and IP
troubleshooting

09/2011 - 12/2011
SERVICE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION ENGINEER
Belgacom International Carrier Services (BICS)

[CONTRACT]

* 2nd line/Escalation support and fault management on SS7 and SIP interconnects
* Single Point of Contact technical and engineering support to business partner, MTN Africa
* Provisioning, design, implementation and testing of VoIP (SIP) interconnections.
* The systems involved in this project were softswitches by Veraz and the Sonus GSX9000, ACME SBCs, Veraz
DCMEs.

06/2009 - 12/2009
CORE NETWORK SUPPORT ENGINEER
Gamma Telecom

[CONTRACT]

* Project to close down several switch sites and migrate the services to other TDM, IP or Packet nodes
* 2nd line support and advanced network monitoring for the Gamma national network
* Configuration and testing of new IP interconnects
* The systems involved in this project were Nortel DMS TDM switches, an Ericsson/Marconi softswitch, a
Genband VoIP platform and several Cisco gateways

07/2006 - 01/2007
ASSISTED OPERATE ENGINEER
Nortel Networks; MULTIPLE LOCATIONS

[CONTRACT]

* Represented Nortel as a subject matter expert (SME) on their R4 MSS/MSC solution to a major US GSM
provider
* Providing operational and engineering support on all aspects of the hardware and software.
* Customer technical training
* The equipment involved was the Nortel R4 GSM MSS/MSC, the Passport 15k Media Gateway, the Universal
Signaling Platform (C7IP platform)

10/2005 - 06/2006
CUSTOMER TECHNICAL PRIME

[CONTRACT]

* Providing fault management, traffic routing and transmission design support for a high profile, high traffic
volume TDM customer
* The systems involved in this project were Nortel DMS switches (DMS100, DMS-GSP) and various network
monitoring/OSS systems

09/2002 - 12/2002
OPERATIONS MANAGER
Global Quest Communications

[CONTRACT]

* Defining technical processes and procedures for the company, and authoring SLA agreements for partners
* Creating network design documents for expansion projects and vendor management for selection of
equipment
* Engineering support, new customer turn-up and testing
* The network was designed on a Telsis Ocean softswitch with a Cisco gateway solution.

12/2001 - 12/2001
ENGINEER - CLLI DDR PROJECT TEAM
AT&T Local Network Services (LNS)

[CONTRACT]

* Analyzing and identifying network equipment to support the migration of data to a new database platform
* Assisting junior members of the team with training in customer side and switch side telecom equipment
and function
* Our team completed this project 2 months ahead of schedule

07/2001 - 09/2001
SWITCH SITE ENGINEER/CONSULTANT
Econophone

[CONTRACT]

* Provided emergency 3rd line support as well as interim switch site engineering coverage.
* Testing and turn-up of new customers as well as completing network routing cleanup.
* The switch node was a Nortel DMS100.

05/2000 - 06/2001
SENIOR EUROPEAN FIELD OPERATIONS TECH SUPPORT PROJECT ENGINEER
Viatel Global Communications

* Providing 3rd line support and technical project management for all large-scale network projects
* Defined and documented the practices and procedures for the Translation and Datafill Team
* This was an extensive international role covering all aspects of engineering and operational support
* The network consisted primarily of Nortel switches, Sonus softswitches and Tekelec STPs

03/1998 - 12/1998
SWITCH ENGINEER
TotalTel Communications

* Operations and maintenance at the switch site including testing of all DS3, DS1/T1, DS0 circuits
* Supervising the Field Service Group, providing personnel with daily work objectives and training
* Completing site surveys to analyze site requirements, and integration and testing of customer site
equipment
* The switch site consisted of DSC DEX600 switch, a Tadiran T::DAX and a DSC CS1/1S DACS

Local Availability

Only available in these countries: Spain
Dual passport holder -- EU and USA.

Will travel, work or relocate globally as needed.
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