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TERRENCE A. ELLIOTT

TERRENCE A. ELLIOTT

Mililani,USA

Summary

Experienced Information Technology Professional and Military Veteran with over 20 years of expertise, including a B.S. in Computer Science and Secret Clearance. Demonstrated leadership skills in engaging diverse audiences, coupled with extensive experience in workstation installation, configuration, troubleshooting, and networking, and a proven track record in mentoring personnel, managing risk, and meeting senior leadership expectations committed to maintaining high levels of accuracy and efficiency, achieving project goals, and staying updated with industry advancements. Seeking a challenging role as a Computer Systems Architect at NSA to utilize workstation installation, networking, cloud computing, and project management skills to drive innovation and support national security interests. Fully dedicated to mastering emerging technologies and contributing to organizational success.

Overview

29
29
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Engineering and Designing All Switch Equipment

Lucent Technologies
10.2022 - Current
  • Responsible for Engineering and designing all Switch equipment for multiple Lucent Technologies5ESS Multi-Function Switches (MFS) and End-Office Switches
  • Responsible for operations, maintenance, and troubleshooting of the Lucent5ESS platforms including hardware, software, interconnecting transport facilities, and associated ancillary devices
  • Aid in design, procuring equipment, and managing Switch expansions
  • Detect and identify faults, including filtering processing and isolating faults, to include correlation of alarms
  • Correct faults while performing diagnostic testing in coordination with the Government
  • Where Fault Analysis determines the trouble is attributable to infrastructure under GSM-O II control
  • Develop and issue planning reports for all5ESS switches a Working knowledge of Tellabs STP (Signaling System7 Signal Transfer points), Ensuring optimum equipment utilization and efficiency; Focus on meeting contract
  • Created the conceptual, logical, and physical design for cloud-based solutions for infrastructure and platforms; learned and adopted new tools and techniques to increase performance, automation, and scalability
  • Built proficiency in researching, analyzing, recommending, and selecting technical approaches for resolving challenging development and integration problems
  • Academic strengths in ascertaining that the AWS management console provides an error-free user experience that delights customers by automating testing and deployment processes
  • Conversant with all aspects of cloud computing like virtualization, resource management, security, and business continuity
  • Provided leading design, setup, configuration, and optimization of a cloud computing environment to facilitate accessibility and eliminate cloud design issues for state-of-the-art open-source technologies to a production-ready cloud environment
  • Resolved multiple issues with the cloud-based solution to allow for a continuous replication of data between sites and minimize downtime during maintenance
  • Successfully connected and disconnected over10 ships after hours to ensure seamless provisioning, demonstrating flexibility and commitment to mission-critical support
  • Provisioning Support: Provided timely and efficient after-hours ship provisioning, ensuring operational readiness and continuity for over10 vessels
  • Consistently upheld GSMO-PES-HI HNS OPS standards by meticulously following established protocols, ensuring error-free operations and no quality escapes in monitoring105ESS Switches
  • Effectively maintained a standalone shift schedule, ensuring continuous oversight of105ESS Switches to support uninterrupted baseline communication services
  • Commitment to operational excellence by demonstrating proficiency in5ESS Switch operations, delivering high-quality performance, and maintaining baseline communication services with precision and accountability
  • Documented all VNOC notifications for Central Office tasks, aligning5ESS Switch baseline telephone services and circuit statuses onto higher-level miscellaneous tickets with detailed 5W's (Who, What, When, Where, and Why) for comprehensive recordkeeping
  • Effectively submitted COMSPOTS for higher-level outages impacting entire buildings and installations, ensuring timely and accurate reporting to maintain operational readiness
  • Successfully executed Army Migration Phase I – Suspension; Suspended over 1,200 Directory Numbers (DNs) that transitioned to Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP), ensuring seamless migration and system optimization
  • Submitted49 FSE dispatches, including major,1 critical,5 moderate, and37 minor incidents, ensuring timely resolution and maintaining operational efficiency
  • Expertly completed validation testing for all 5ESS Controller test tools and dial-tone test lines across10 military installations
  • Assisted Tier II Rick Callow in troubleshooting higher level majors and supported customer immediate assistance with Feature trouble, No Dial Tones, CPE Static, and Can't be called scenario-based reported incidents effectively and efficiently gained customer satisfaction
  • A prolific relationship builder; profound success in building relationships with upper-level decision-making information technology projects
  • Produce compliance results for established project requirements and IT architecture - modernize IT architecture through analysis of research and introducing changes based on evolving project requirements
  • Integrate industry trends, emerging technologies and standards, and new vendor features
  • Collaborate with experts in technical and application GSD and Transport teams to identify, evaluate, and recommend technical solutions to support troubleshooting and project requirements within networking
  • Define and analyze data requirements, mapping legacy data stores and formats to logical and physical data models
  • Propose standard ways for information transport between IT systems and stored within corporate knowledge databases
  • Perform architectural alignment of the enterprise's logical data model and physical data models

Network Administration and Ops

Defence Information Systems Agency - Pacific Area Command - Leidos
10.2022 - Current
  • Responsible for operations, maintenance, and troubleshooting of the Lucent5ESS platforms including hardware, software, inter-connecting transport facilities, and associated ancillary devices;
  • Aid in design, procuring equipment, and managing Switch expansions;
  • Utilize tools, such as NetExpert, Remedy, Callware, Read Only Printer, Telnet, Commit, PCR360, and systems such as Lucent5ESS switching platforms, Tellabs Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) and local applications;
  • Working knowledge of Tellabs STP (Signaling System7 Signal Transfer points);
  • Detect and identify faults, to include filtering and processing; Isolate faults, to include correlation of alarms; Correct faults;
  • Perform diagnostic testing in coordination with the Government;
  • Where Fault Analysis determines the trouble is attributable to infrastructure under GSM-O II control;
  • Develop and issue planning report for all5ESS switches;
  • Ensure optimum equipment utilization and efficiency; Focus on meeting contracts

Health Technician

Desmond T. Doss Health Clinic
01.2019 - 10.2020
  • Provided direct care for over 6,500 patients without supervision from a nurse or doctor
  • Concluding over 18 medical tasks that assist medical staff
  • Worked in a variety of settings, including pharmacies, 3 hospitals, and long-term care facilities
  • Operated over 22 instruments used in administering advanced lifesaving treatment to patients in medical and rehabilitation facilities, under the supervision of a medical staff
  • Assisted medical staff in accomplishing treatment tasks and accommodating patients’ treatment needs
  • Carried out administrative duties including creating performance charts, records, and written SOPs

Supervisor

United States Army
11.1995 - 09.2017
  • Managed the administrative and executive tasks within a care facility or of a services provider; Supervised staff members and evaluated performance efficiency as well as generated schedules for healthcare teams
  • Managed financial allocations and returns; Ensured that resources such as equipment and medications were available
  • Organized and recorded information that is pertinent to the function of the facility
  • Supported government client programs at multiple locations as well as educated mental skills, resilience, and performance enhancement techniques to military Soldiers, Families, and DA Civilians as a Master Resilience Trainer (MRT)
  • Worked in a specific department or with certain teams in a facility to guide the workings of that aspect of healthcare services
  • Contributed to prescribing corrective eyeglasses, contact lenses, and other vision aids, and checking optical devices for performance, safety, comfort, and lifestyle
  • Improved efficiency by structuring courses for the unit as a Combat LifeSaver Instructor Preparation; Instructed active-duty personnel, supervised13 civilians, and structured field deployments to the unit
  • Oversaw daily operations of the department, ensuring smooth workflow and timely completion of tasks.
  • Applied strong leadership talents and problem-solving skills to maintain team efficiency and organize workflows.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Hawaii Pacific University, Honolulu, HI
12.2021

Skills

  • Software: Microsoft Office Suite365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) Adobe SharePoint
  • Enterprise Applications: PeopleSoft, CRM, Skype for Business, Microsoft Teams
  • Networking: LAN, WAN, VPN, Wireless, Switches, Routers, Wi-Fi, VOIP, NetExpert, Remedy, Callware, Read Only Printer, Telnet, Lucent5ESS switching platforms, Tellabs Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON)
  • Programming: Java; HTML; CSS; C; Visual Basic, Linux / Unix
  • Processes: Imaging, OSI Model, Active Directory
  • Operating Systems: Mac / Microsoft Windows

Certification

  • CompTIA Security + Certification
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certified Solutions Architect
  • Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt (LSSYB)

Training

  • Basic learning of Unix Systems Administration |Introduction to Leadership Python
  • Systems Analysis | Data Structures | Digit Literacy Global Society | Gentle Intro to Programming
  • Discrete Math for Comp. Sci. | Writing & Analyzing Arguments | Computer Science I
  • Computer Science II | Computer Science I Lab | Rsch, Argmt, and Writing |Systems Analysis
  • Assembly Lang & Systems Programming |Software Engineering | Software Projects


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Affiliations

  • Funakoshi Shotokan Karate

Timeline

Engineering and Designing All Switch Equipment - Lucent Technologies
10.2022 - Current
Network Administration and Ops - Defence Information Systems Agency - Pacific Area Command - Leidos
10.2022 - Current
Health Technician - Desmond T. Doss Health Clinic
01.2019 - 10.2020
Supervisor - United States Army
11.1995 - 09.2017
  • CompTIA Security + Certification
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certified Solutions Architect
  • Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt (LSSYB)
Hawaii Pacific University - Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
TERRENCE A. ELLIOTT