Jose Luis Ramos
Laredo,TX
Summary
Detail-oriented OSP Network Engineer with over 10 years of experience in designing fiber optic networks. Skilled in project coordination, technical documentation, and team leadership, contributing to improved network performance and customer satisfaction.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
Work History
OSP Network Engineer
AT&T
Laredo, TX
03.2013 - 06.2026
- Designed and engineered outside plant fiber optic network facilities and infrastructure, including transport, feeder, distribution, and drop routes for aerial and underground deployments.
- Conducted OSP field surveys and site walks to document GPS data, conduit paths, ROW details, pole conditions, and make-ready requirements, supporting fiber routing, cable sizing, splice planning, infrastructure verification, and constructability analysis.
- Developed detailed HLD, LLD, permit, and construction-ready OSP fiber design packages using GIS, ArcGIS, AutoCAD, and other CAD platforms, ensuring compliance with engineering standards, design tolerances, permitting requirements, and utility construction parameters.
- Developed high-capacity fiber circuit handoff designs and solutions that ensured alignment with customer requirements, contracted service specifications, technical standards, and onsite implementation needs.
- Coordinated with construction crews, splicing teams, project managers, and vendors to resolve design conflicts and field changes.
- Reviewed and analyzed OTDR, power meter, and continuity test results to validate fiber integrity, loss budgets, and end-to-end connectivity.
- Reconciled as-built and redlines, updated GIS records, and ensured final documentation accurately reflected completed fiber network builds.
- Enhanced service installation and reduced troubleshooting delays by providing technical support and guidance to installation and repair field technicians by analyzing fiber route schematics, identifying outside plant fiber path issues, and delivering troubleshooting recommendations and guidance for fiber optic facilities and related equipment.
- Improved fiber service delivery support by resolving routine customer configuration issues, answering technical service questions, and ensuring complex network or OSP-related concerns were escalated to the appropriate support teams.
- Improved team efficiency and OSP asset data integrity by serving as subject matter expert for OSP design, provisioning, and records management software systems, providing peer training, technical guidance, and day-to-day support to promote effective system utilization and improve design accuracy.
Digital Electronics Network Technician
AT&T
Laredo, TX
01.1997 - 03.2013
- Executed and implemented engineering work plans for local exchange and transport fiber optic network expansion, upgrade, and maintenance projects.
- Installed, turned up, tested, maintained, and repaired fiber-connected local exchange and transport network elements and telecommunications equipment.
- Performed fiber optic cable splicing, testing, troubleshooting, and maintenance for facilities interconnecting SONET and WDM network elements.
- Supported fiber-based transport systems, multiplexers, DSLAMs, Ethernet NTE/EMT/IPAG equipment, repeater shelves, and related network infrastructure.
- Worked extensively with TDM, SONET, WDM equipment: SLC96, SLC5, DISC, Lucent, Fujitsu, Flashwave, Alcatel, AccessMax, Catena, and Ciena equipment platforms.
- Maintained and supported telecommunications power systems, including AT&T, Lucent, Reltec, and Valere power plants, as well as VRLA and alkaline battery systems.
- Utilized proprietary database and operational systems for provisioning, records keeping, maintenance, and trouble resolution of fiber optic networks and nodes.
- Collaborated with engineering and operations teams to resolve complex network issues and support fiber optic local exchange and transport expansion projects.
- Created electronic tools and tracking systems to reduce paper records, monitor project progress, manage preventive maintenance, and automate equipment provisioning and turn-up processes.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering
Texas A&I University
Kingsville, TXSkills
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Organizational skills
- Team leadership and collaboration
- Presentation skills
- Attention to detail
- GIS and CAD software
- Troubleshooting abilities
- Fiber optic design
- Telecommunications infrastructure
- Word, Excel, Powerpoint
Accomplishments
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop equipment inventory tracking spreadsheets and detail routine maintenance of network equipment and power systems.
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
OSP Network Engineer
AT&T
03.2013 - 06.2026
Digital Electronics Network Technician
AT&T
01.1997 - 03.2013
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering
Texas A&I University