Jim Trainor
Pittsburgh,PA
Summary
Senior IT professional with 20+ years of experience leading global network infrastructure projects and office deployments. Expertise in managing full project lifecycles, including circuit provisioning, vendor coordination, and enterprise network implementation. Focused on operational excellence and process optimization, with a strong background in break/fix support and troubleshooting. Skilled in coordinating cross-functional technical teams and translating complex requirements into actionable project milestones to drive successful outcomes in fast-paced environments.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Network Engineer
K & L Gates
10.2012 - 04.2026
- Led end-to-end network infrastructure projects for multiple office relocations, including circuit procurement and installation, vendor coordination, and deployment of switching and wireless systems.
- Project manager over internet circuit refresh over 55 offices globally.
- Analyzed, planned, tested, and implementation of the wide area and local area network connectivity on Cisco Nexus and Catalyst platforms.
- Configured, implemented, evaluated, and maintained Cisco Wireless networks and Meraki Wireless networks.
- Configured, monitored, and troubleshot A10 Load Balancers in a high-availability pair for all global applications.
- Configured, monitored, and troubleshot Silverpeak SD-WAN appliances between Data Centers and Branch Offices.
- Maintained documentation of networks, processes, procedures, troubleshooting guides and change management logs.
- Determined and decided when to escalate problems to vendors and ensuring resolution and reporting of resolution to stakeholders.
- Used SolarWinds to monitor devices and NCM to backup configurations as well as IPAM for IP management.
Network Engineer
EDMC
12.2005 - 10.2012
- Configured, monitored, and troubleshot Cisco ISE, Cisco Catalyst switches, and Cisco Routers.
- Configured, managed, and monitored SolarWinds and SNMPc to be able to report the status of network outages.
- Troubleshot and provided technical support and solutions for 90 locations across the United States.
Level 2 Core Technical Support Engineer, Routing and Broadband Switching
Marconi Communications
05.2000 - 11.2005
- Project Lead for Military Customer Digital Hub in preparation for installation, QA testing and ongoing technical support.
- Key Team member of worldwide installation of ATM Network for Wold International’s Meridian Video Transport Network which was used for the 2002 FIFA World Cup from Korea.
- In-depth knowledge of customer organizations: public network operators/internet service providers (Sprint, Verizon, AT&T, Comcast, Cox Communications); key television carriers (DirecTV, EchoStar, Comcast), financial firms, utilities, educational institutions, hospitals and U.S. government departments and agencies.
- Troubleshot and provided technical support and solutions to users.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
South University
Savannah, GASkills
- Project Management
- Operations Management
- ITIL
- Cisco Switching/Routing
- A10 Load Balancer
- Meraki Wireless and switching
- SolarWinds
- Cisco Wireless
- SilverPeak SD-WAN
- ZScaler
Timeline
Senior Network Engineer
K & L Gates
10.2012 - 04.2026
Network Engineer
EDMC
12.2005 - 10.2012
Level 2 Core Technical Support Engineer, Routing and Broadband Switching
Marconi Communications
05.2000 - 11.2005
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
South University