Lixon Alvarenga
Herndon,VA
Summary
Efficient Infrastructure Specialist skilled in strategic planning and network solution development. Offering many years of industry success to contribute to a professional opportunity in which deployment support and company policy implementation will be highly valued.
Skilled professional qualified in lan and wan environments. Keeps performance high with continuous upkeep and regular maintenance. Quick to troubleshoot and successful at resolving diverse issues.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Infrastructure Technician
New Wave Communications Inc
Maryland City, MD
01.2019 - 12.2021
- Installed cable by pulling from MDF to IDF
- Install devices such as routers and switches
- Installed racks, cabinets, ladder tray, and patch panels
- Pulled multimode, single mode, and plenum shield ed cable
- Also, was responsible for quality assurance of the install to insure customer satisfaction, and to comply with all
- BICSI standards, as well as made sure all fire code standards were met.
Data Center Tech Lead
AWS
Sterling, VA
01.2017 - 03.2020
- Manage the installation network and cabling infrastructure in a data center environment, as well as tasks and deliverables across small to large-size projects
- Recommend, document, and oversee policies and procedures to meet industry best practices
- Troubleshooting on hardware servers and switches
- Coordinate team resources to support project and delivery needs, to include emergency projects, change management and maintenance window support, and potential off-hours and on-call needs
- Create sustainable processes and standards; to drive automation opportunities and reduce delivery cycle times to improve quality without impacting network availability
- Manage the implementation and delivery of inbound capacity and equipment
- Oversee development and growth of team of 18 and 13 building sites
- Manage and mentor new team members, tracking budgets, vendor hours, providing strategic direction and proposing technical solutions
- Prioritize and assign tasks to data center technicians and operators, project management, coaching and creating documentation
- Manage inbound capacity from receiving through deployment stages.
Education
The Fiber Optic School
Breinigsville, PA04-2020
High School Diploma -
Westfield High School
Chantilly, VA06-2019
Skills
- Building Optical Devices
- Structured Cabling
- Copper/Fiber
- Testing of cable
- Innovative mindset
- Troubleshooting
- Servers
- Networking
- Team player
- Training
- Project management
- Vendor management
- Attention to details
- Technical expertise
- Network technology
- Reading blueprints
- Reading schematics
- Prioritization
Certification
Driver's License
Knowledgeskillsabilities
- 8+ years working in an IT environment, experience in
- Building Optical Devices Structured Cabling Copper/Fiber and testing of cable.
- Great innovative mindset and ideas.
- Troubleshooting Experience on servers, networking
- Team player devices.
- Training colleagues
- Project and vendor management experience.
- Attention to details
- Delivered high-level support and technical expertise in network technology
- Read blueprints, schematics, and statements of work (SOW)
- Competence to prioritize work based on Company needs and urgency.
Languages
Spanish - Fluent and English
Timeline
Infrastructure Technician
New Wave Communications Inc
01.2019 - 12.2021
Data Center Tech Lead
AWS
01.2017 - 03.2020
The Fiber Optic School
High School Diploma -
Westfield High School