Jay Sealy
Forney,Tx
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Industrial Wireless Engineer
Chevron Corporation
07.2022 - Current
- Adhere to Chevron’s Safety and risk management processes. Adhere to all onsite safety requirements regarding fire-resistant clothing, eye wear, and footwear.
- Request required work permits and vendor support as needed. Coordinate with multiple SMEs, vendors, and Chevron teams on industrial communications requests.
- Conduct on-site walk-throughs, site surveys, and inspections of wells, pumping stations, terminals, warehouses, etc., to determine requirements.
- Design communication services to meet Chevron’s industrial needs. These designs include wireless, fiber, microwave, radio systems, VSAT, cellular, LoRaWAN, Cambium, CnReach systems, PTP, and PMP.
- Create and update network diagrams using Visio. And update SolarWinds and Chevron integrated mapping tools and monitoring systems as needed.
- Perform MACD (move, add, change, delete) activities for MCBU business LAN/WAN, wireless, radio antennas, fiber, LTE, and VSAT as required or requested.
- Support and assist in the troubleshooting and testing of network equipment and components, including Wi-Fi and BLE systems, microwave systems installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair.
- Radio systems (HF, VHF, UHF, 2-way, radar, ...) installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair, as well as lPWAN (low-power WAN) systems such as LoRaWAN, also Other IIoT/OT systems
Network Engineer
Brocade Communications
09.2010 - Current
- Responsibilities:
- Work closely with Network Design team on the implementation of Brocade routers and switches.
- Work closely with Army Core of engineers to validate physical architecture of equipment prior to installation into newly constructed office space. Five newly contracted building each with 15 route/switch closets supporting NiPRNet, SIPRNet and DRINN network’s with multi-mode fiber from core to access layer.
- Build Brocade routers/Switches to Army Specification using Brocade FI-SX1600, FI-SX800, FCX624S
- Coordinate equipment installation, cable management, route/switch configuration and testing.
- Update Visio diagrams and build documentation prior to transfer to Network Engineering Center.
Sr. Wireless Network Engineer
The Home Depot
08.2021 - 04.2022
- Update all warehouses and distribution centers from 2.4Ghz to 5Ghz coverage indoors and outdoors to support the growth and speed required in a high-speed environment using robotics, voice pick systems, handhelds, trucks, scanners, wireless printers, tablets, and COTS systems. Support new Cisco high-capacity WLAN controllers for thousands of APs over multiple (local) locations in North America.
- Using Ekahau, create predictive surveys for warehouse and distribution centers ranging from 20k sqft to 2 million sqft in size.
- Create deployment plans with predictive surveys, AP placement maps, BoM, site survey photos, and Visio diagrams.
- Stage hardware and pre-configure equipment for site deployment, perform pre-and post-testing.
- Coordinate with vendors, site personnel, other teams, PMs, and field technicians for site deployment
- Update Cisco Prime, DNA Center, and SharePoint with changes and documents.
- Provision site circuit with AT@T, T-Mobile, Frontier, TWC, and others for new sites and site upgrades.
- Work with ISP engineers to complete circuit turn ups, Upgrades, and troubleshooting
- Responsible for Cisco routers and switches, Prime and DNA center migration, Cisco controllers and access points, and Ekahau site survey. Cisco C9120AXE, C9300L, C3802e, TerraWave antennas, DNA Center, NetBox, IPAM.
Sr. Wireless Network Engineering Lead
HCL Technologies
04.2018 - 03.2021
- Keurig Dr Pepper- Perform wireless surveys using Ekahau wireless design software with the sidekick antenna to perform passive and predictive surveys for Keurig Dr. Pepper warehouses, distribution centers, and battling facilities around the United States to support the deployment of new Cisco voice phones used with a voice picking system.
- Architect wireless networks to support mission-critical voice pick and wireless printing system with requirements of noise levels not to exceed -92 dBm, allowing for a Signal/Noise Ratio of 25 dB where a -67 dBm signal strength should be maintained wall-to-wall within the warehouse spaces of facilities ranging from 21,000 sqft to over 200,000 sqft. Using Meraki hardware
- Work closely with multiple vendors, and contractors during site refreshes of Cisco switches and Aruba AP’s deployments
- Performed post-survey to validate coverage and identify any unforeseen interference.
- PepsiCo Technical Team Lead reporting to HCL General Management on project oversight.
- Lead the engineering team of 14, from level 1 to level 3 engineers. Worked with offshore and remote teams.
- Lead migration projects in the UK, Germany, and North and South America involving multiple vendors and teams.
- Led internal design review change meetings, attended customer weekly change reviews and status calls with project owners
- Managed project timelines and target dates. Assigned sites and travel as needed and worked closely with the PM teams.
- Worked with survey vendors and site leads in the review of site survey reports for both 2.4GHz and 5GHz environments
- Upgrade all MDF and IDF switches with Cisco 3650mGig switches with PoE and install new Cisco 3802I, 3802E, and AIR-AP1562E-B APs with AccelTex Directional Patch Antenna and AccelTex Omni Antenna.
- Create layer 3 and wireless Visio diagrams, and heat maps.
- Lead site remediation calls during cutovers. Work with multiple vendors to complete full remediation within the approved change window. 98% success rate for 196 sites completed sites with no chargebacks.
- Provide technical support after remediation until final hand-off to customers.
Sr. Wireless Field Engineer
Boingo Wireless
10.2015 - 02.2018
- Expand and manage high-traffic IP networks for international and regional airports in the United States
- Hands-on involvement with installations, management, and support for complex, highly available wired and wireless (802.11 and point-to-point) network infrastructure.
- Network management, operational support, configuration, and implementation of change request services.
- Analyzing and implementing switch and router changes as needed for troubleshooting.
- Develop and maintain documentation related to designing, administering, and implementing wired and wireless infrastructure.
- Perform site surveys. Spectrum analysis and diagnosis of complex wireless deployments and troubleshooting
- Perform architectural planning and designs along with configuration and integration support.
- Work independently on projects, change control requests, and trouble tickets. Travel 50% remote 50%
Sr. Wireless Field Engineer
Netsync Networks
02.2014 - 09.2015
- Worked with clients and project team to identify business and technical requirements for unified communications.
- Delivering service in RFID, site surveys, and controller configuration for indoor and outdoor wireless solutions
- Implement & support wireless solutions for clients based on industry and company’s best practices.
- Provide quality assurance, and documentation including diagrams, photos, heat maps, and performance reports.
- Provide knowledge transfer, operational documentation, and ongoing support to clients.
- Install Cisco Prime, configure SSIDs, guest networks, AP groups, High Availability, and Application Visibility control.
- Perform site surveys using Air Magnet for Dallas ISD, upload site maps for AP placement in Prime, and create heat maps.
- Upgrade Cisco switches and routers as part of ISD network refresh, monitor wireless network performance, user experience, security, and SSIDs for performance improvement tuning.
- Troubleshoot wireless and wired network-related issues, Cisco switches, and access points.
Sr. Wireless Engineer
American Airlines Corp-Contractor
01.2013 - 01.2014
- Design, manage, and deploy enterprise-level wireless communications for American Airlines, aircraft hangars, airport terminals, office space, storage locations, and special projects (787 aircraft, baggage scanners, parts scanners, etc.).
- Provide day-to-day wireless administration for American Airlines headquarters and its campus.
- Monitor enterprise Wi-Fi using WCS and NCS; monitor alerts and performance and take appropriate actions to resolve any issues.
- Create bi-weekly and monthly reports on utilization, capacity, and outages.
- Report critical alarms or issues to network/security teams for collaborative resolution or escalation for change control.
- Use business requirements, building blueprints, and survey information to create logical Visio maps for acceptance and physical Visio maps for final submission to the business owner.
- Perform site surveys using Fluke’s Air Magnet spectrum analyzer to determine coverage area, capacity, active/passive RF levels, noise, and channel interference levels.
- Design Wi-Fi coverage for the site based on the survey and requirements.
- Travel to American Airlines sites to work with vendors in performing site turn-ups (installation of controllers and the activation of APs and validation of design).
Wireless Network Engineer
Dallas Independent Schools
05.2012 - 12.2012
- Member of the deployment team tasked to install Cisco switches to support the new enterprise wireless network for DISD. The project’s primary objective was to install new Cisco switches with POE support and upgrade IOS when possible, to support the installation of new Cisco wireless access points in 60 schools in four months.
- Created, updated, and maintained Visio diagrams based on data collected in phase one of the projects.
- Reviewed project plans and schedules for inconsistencies; coordinated any changes or modifications with the project managers. Verify that all vendors participated in the project.
- Performed onsite configuration of Cisco 4500E-2900E switches with new IOS supporting new enterprise configuration changes to support the new enterprise Wi-Fi network and future wireless VOIP.
- Performed after-hours cutover to new devices, verifying new Routes, VLANs, Internet access, EIGRP, QoS and WAN access is accessible.
Sr. Network Engineer
Northrop Grumman/SWCR LLC
09.2008 - 08.2012
- Responsibilities:
- Technical lead for the Virginia Department of Health central office, supporting 5000+ users with multiple remote sites. Managed multiple WAN connections.
- Responsible for identifying, documenting, and maintaining current network topologies and planning the network migration and re-IP of approved systems for network transformation to the new MPLS network.
- Identify Routing protocols, subnets, VLANs, ACLs, firewall rules, and servers.
- Diagram network topology using Visio and create layer 2 and layer 3 network maps. Submit change requests for approval before network modifications.
- Create site plans for each location for agency approval before migration
- Collaborated with other IT groups and vendors in preparation for migration.
- Installed and upgraded Cisco 4500 and 3500 series switches as well as Cisco 3600 and 2600 series routers. Cutover legacy hardware to upgraded Cisco hardware.
- Configured VLANs, voice switch access, HSRP, Trunks,SPAN ports, and Collapsed subnet for improved management and performance.
- Supported LAN/WAN-related issues, PIX, VIOP, and video.
- Worked with ISP on installation and testing of OC1 and OC3 installations.
- Managed a five-man team of engineers and a two-man team of second-level support technicians.
Sr. Wireless-Network Engineer
CACI International/Environmental Protection Agency
02.2008 - 04.2012
- Managed the deployment of Cisco wireless systems within the headquarters of The Environmental Protection Agency and its remote sites throughout the United States.
- Travelled to regional sites to deploy and configure Cisco Wism controllers, Wireless LAN Controllers, Cisco lightweight Access Points, and Cisco ACS 5.1/5.2.
- Created project plans and diagrams for deployments.
- Installed, upgraded, and supported Cisco IOS to support VOIP and Wireless systems.
- Trained local staff on supporting wireless systems, ACS support, and AD groups for wireless users.
- Designed Cisco wireless networks, WAP, EAP, SHA1/SHA2 certificates, WLC, WCS, MSE and ACS
- Installed and configured Cisco Wism controllers, WLC, WCS, MSE, and Cisco Access Points, Cisco ACS 5.2
- Provided LAN Support for Cisco 6500, 4000, and 3700 series switches, Cisco ACS, TACACS, Cisco Works, and RADIUS servers.
- Traveled to regional offices to support VOIP deployments and phone upgrades.
- Created new VOIP VLANs, QoS, and MAC-D changes needed. Worked with ISP in implementing new MAC-D and NATING changes.
- Worked closely with customers and attended weekly status meetings.
- Developed and presented project status to users and business owners using MS PowerPoint
Sr. Network Engineer
Lockheed Martin Corporation
08.2003 - 01.2008
- Responsibilities:
- Lead Network Engineer for the Integrated Testing Facility at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Campus for 3000+ users.
- Primary responsibility, day-to-day support of the Testing facility and all testing.
- Review test plans for accuracy before final approval for testing.
- Managed testing schedule, coordinated multiple vendors and testing personnel
- Monitored testing and reported results and modifications needed before production implementation, Participated in weekend change management meetings
- Install upgrade and maintain Cisco’s IOS and CatOS Cisco 6509, 4506, 3548, and 2900 switches as well as 7505, 3700, 3600, and 2600 routers.
- Configure and support STP, VTP, EIGRP, OSPF, SONET, RIPv1, RIPv2, CDP, SNMP, VPN, IPSec, PPP, Frame Relay, IPX/SPX as well as Configure network monitoring using Cisco-Works, Kiwi, OpNet, e-Health, and What’s-Up Gold using SNMP. 3.0 Load Runner/Win-Runner and MacAfee e-policy.
- Troubleshoot Layer’s 2-3 related issues and routing-related WAN/LAN issues.
- Install, Configured, and administer of Windows 2000/2003, Active Directory and DNS, DHCP VMware ESX
Network Manager
iPhotonics Inc
07.2000 - 12.2002
- Responsibilities:
- Design and lead implementation of Cisco backbone for sixty-six thousand-square foot fiber optic manufacturing facility. Installed Cisco 6500, 4000, 3500 switches
- Implemented and supported T1 lines, Cisco works Monitoring, automated failovers
- Implemented Checkpoint firewall, VPN, EIGRP, Frame Relay and DSL services
- Migrated offices to a new facility, integrated existing systems into new backbone
Sr. Systems Engineer/Technical Lead
Departments of Defense Information School
01.1997 - 05.2000
Education
Associate of Science - Information System
Norfolk State University
01.1986
Skills
- DNAC, Ekahau, Air Magnet, Wireshark, SolarWinds
- Cisco, Aruba, Meraki, Ruckus wireless, CnReach, Cambium, LTE, DAS, VSAT, StarLink IP, EIGRP, MPLS, BGP, VTP, STP, IEEE 8021x, Wi-Fi 6e
Certification
- CCNA
- CCNP R/S Exam
- MCP
Timeline
Industrial Wireless Engineer
Chevron Corporation
07.2022 - Current
Sr. Wireless Network Engineer
The Home Depot
08.2021 - 04.2022
Sr. Wireless Network Engineering Lead
HCL Technologies
04.2018 - 03.2021
Sr. Wireless Field Engineer
Boingo Wireless
10.2015 - 02.2018
Sr. Wireless Field Engineer
Netsync Networks
02.2014 - 09.2015
Sr. Wireless Engineer
American Airlines Corp-Contractor
01.2013 - 01.2014
Wireless Network Engineer
Dallas Independent Schools
05.2012 - 12.2012
Network Engineer
Brocade Communications
09.2010 - Current
Sr. Network Engineer
Northrop Grumman/SWCR LLC
09.2008 - 08.2012
Sr. Wireless-Network Engineer
CACI International/Environmental Protection Agency
02.2008 - 04.2012
Sr. Network Engineer
Lockheed Martin Corporation
08.2003 - 01.2008
Network Manager
iPhotonics Inc
07.2000 - 12.2002
Sr. Systems Engineer/Technical Lead
Departments of Defense Information School
01.1997 - 05.2000
Associate of Science - Information System
Norfolk State University