James W Scoffield
Colorado Springs,CO
Summary
Disciplined Senior Engineer offering 25 years' experience of network implementation for a telecommunications company, providing network services for large call centers, business offices, retail stores and engineering offices. Knowledgeable about data and IP networks and adept at managing project plans, documentation and implementation. Decisive problem-solver and organized leader able to handle diverse project types and sizes
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Principal Engineer-Planning & Design
Verizon
10.2019 - 12.2024
- Member of team that set all edge site hardware and configuration standards.
- Lead Planning Engineer on large scale International Real Estate projects in Ireland and the Philippines.
- Lead Planning Engineer on the merger & acquisition project team. Projects included network conversion for the acquisitions of Bluegrass Cellular, InCubedIT in Graz, Austria and Senion in Linköping, Sweden.
- Participated in testing new 5G cellular gateway hardware from multiple vendor for network compatibility, throughput and reliability.
- Maintain vendor relationship by meeting weekly to review equipment delivery related to project deadlines.
Sr. Member Technical Staff
Verizon Wireless
05.2007 - 09.2019
- Lead Implementation Engineer on large scale Cisco router and switch implementation projects, supporting Retail Stores, Call Centers, Business Offices and Mobile Switching Centers.
- Order, provision, test and turn up of all circuits associated with site build projects, T1, DS3, OC3, OC12, Metro Ethernet, DIA and PIP circuits.
- Maintain all hardware, IOS and configuration to company standards and Cisco Best Practices.
- Ensure network, system and data availability and integrity through preventative maintenance and upgrades.
- Implemented a 4G Out-of-Band network solution allowing us to save $1.2m annually in reoccurring circuit costs.
- Worked with lead Planning Engineer and code developer to build a Zero Touch Provisioning tool. Allowing us to take advantage of the Cisco PNP process and successfully configure routers in 2-3 minutes per device.
- Act as a mentor to junior members of IT network team. Provide training and support for new products and services.
Sr. Member Technical Staff
Verizon Wireless
06.2003 - 04.2007
- Worked in a Tier 1 Data Center to provide all network connectivity to raised floor devices, including production, development and backup network connections.
- Supported Application teams as a Content Data Network engineer, to provide load balancing across multiple devices and data centers in the enterprise
- Testing and turn up all circuits in the data center, DS3, OC3, OC12, OC192
- Vendor management of wiring vendors during new data center build out.
Member Of Technical Staff
Verizon Wireless
01.2000 - 06.2003
- Implementation Engineer for all voice and data services at new retail locations.
- Developed new network design to take advantage of new Cisco routers with integrated CSU/DSU
- Developed Frame Relay network for Home Based sales agents. Provided onsite install of Cisco router and ongoing support of hardware, IOS and configuration.
- Developed ISDN backup network for all retail locations.
Senior Desktop Maintenance Technician
Airtouch Communications, Inc
10.1996 - 01.2000
Help Desk Analyst
US West New Vector Group
11.1995 - 10.1996
Customer Service Representative
US WEST New Vector Group
08.1993 - 11.1995
Education
Bachelor of Science - Design Engineering Technology
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT12.1991
Skills
- BGP/OSPF
- DMVPN
- Multicast routing- ASM/SSM
- IPv4/IPv6 Planning & Implementation
- WAN circuit procurement Copper/Fiber
- Cellular WAN-MPN/internet
- IPv4/IPv6 planning and administration
- Project management
- Written and oral communication
- Network maintenance
- Cisco router/switch administration
- Juniper router
- Extreme switches
- PICA OS-whitebox application
- Spirent test tools
- Network/IOS upgrades
- Network Planning and implementation
- Change Control process
Certification
CCNA (2001)
Timeline
Principal Engineer-Planning & Design
Verizon
10.2019 - 12.2024
Sr. Member Technical Staff
Verizon Wireless
05.2007 - 09.2019
Sr. Member Technical Staff
Verizon Wireless
06.2003 - 04.2007
Member Of Technical Staff
Verizon Wireless
01.2000 - 06.2003
Senior Desktop Maintenance Technician
Airtouch Communications, Inc
10.1996 - 01.2000
Help Desk Analyst
US West New Vector Group
11.1995 - 10.1996
Customer Service Representative
US WEST New Vector Group
08.1993 - 11.1995
Bachelor of Science - Design Engineering Technology
Brigham Young University
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