THOMAS BLAKELY
FPO
Summary
Results-driven Network Engineer with over twenty years of expertise deploying and maintaining LAN and WAN infrastructure and mentoring others. Dedicated technology professional with strong track record of accurately conducting system repairs, troubleshooting and change management. Offering exemplary planning, deployment and support efforts to include very strong writing and briefing skills.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Fleet Systems Engineer (Afloat)
Vectrus, Inc / V2X
01.2017 - Current
- Currently supporting Commander, Sixth Fleet (C6F) forward deployed to Rota, Spain as part of the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Fleet Systems Engineer Team (FSET) program.
- Providing C5I support for ships based at NAVSTA Rota as well as other ships in the AOR including the 6th Fleet Command Ship, USS Mount Whitney.
- These support efforts include troubleshooting complex multi-vendor network service provider issues, tracking and resolving Casualty Reports (CASREP)s and conducting change management via Engineering Change Requests (ECR)s on various C5I systems.
- Strong familiarity with ADNS, CANES, COMPOSE, BFTN, ICOP, CPN systems, cryptologic systems, and various NATO/Allied systems.
- Conduct mentoring and training of junior personnel while conducting On-Board Technical Assists (OBTA)s and write reports and brief developing issues and ongoing efforts to senior (O5-O6) leadership personnel.
Senior Network Engineer
Effecture, LLC
02.2015 - 01.2017
- Involved in designing, developing and deploying a worldwide equipment and capability upgrade for BLII Piers and led the Network Management System (NMS) team. This upgrade provided nearly 500% increased transport bandwidth to users and better logical connectivity between US Navy ships and over 12 different ashore communications enclaves.
- Implemented a change management program within the project in order to create a baseline accounting of 50+ pieces of equipment with 200 sub-modules across 12 sites as well as software versions across a variety of vendor hardware and software packages.
Network Engineer
SAIC, INC
03.2012 - 02.2015
- Network Engineer for SAIC on the SPAWAR - US Navy Battle Force Tactical Network (BFTN). Conducted Site Online Verification Testing (SOVT)s aboard more than 20 ships from destroyers (DDG)s to carriers (CVN)s and troubleshot installations to include correcting red lines and drawing packages.
- Taught multiple classes of the BFTN Operator/Administrator course.
- Provided support to more than 25 ships for BFTN CASREP and issues.
Systems Engineer
SAIC, INC
08.2011 - 03.2012
- Subject matter expert on Department of State (DoS) Tactical Operations Center (TOC) communications systems.
- Provided liaison support as well as technical guidance and engineering support to the DoS TOC program expansion to include 3 sites and 200+ end units.
- In this customer facing role, represented SAIC to DoS senior staff while in Iraq as well as while in CONUS. Additionally represented SAIC to SPAWAR/NIWC engineers and proactively maintained positive and timely information flow between all three entities.
- Was responsible for various taskings including systems architecture and design, site reports and site requirements matrix studies as well as change management development.
Senior Field Engineer
ManTech, Inc
05.2010 - 07.2011
- Responsible for operating and maintaining the Blue Force Tracker (BFT) system at 10 locations throughout Iraq and Afghanistan and provided support to 150+ units in country.
- Primary responsibilities included operating and maintaining the BFT system in Baghdad, Iraq or on TDY to other locations within Iraq and Afghanistan.
- Secondary responsibilities included maintaining the closed network environment within the RSO TOC in Baghdad and Kabul in order to provide real time monitoring of Blue Force assets to the Operations and Intel sections.
- Additionally responsible for liaison duties with various DoD and DoS Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) assets within the area of operations in order to provide additional situational awareness to the TOC.
- Acted as liaison to various other government entities for monitoring of specific Blue Force assets as assigned.
Senior Network Engineer
Glotech, Inc., Northrop-Grumman Mission Systems
07.2007 - 05.2010
- Responsible for all network activities on Department of State OpenNet+ networks at US Embassy Baghdad as well as attached facilities in Baghdad, Iraq.
- Led planning and technical design activities for routine operations and special projects including White House Communications Agency support for VVIP visits.
- Primarily responsible for Cisco based network LAN/WAN support including installation and configuration of new equipment such as switches, routers and encryption devices.
- Administered this network comprising 50+ switches and routers and 1500 users daily. Conducted adds, moves and changes to network as well as timely resolution of operational and security issues and led creation and maintenance of network documentation and change management plans.
- Secondary responsibilities included user, desktop and server support including Active Directory and Microsoft Exchange.
- Worked extensively in support of multiple disparate networks for DoS and led co-ordination and troubleshooting for affiliated agencies at Embassy Baghdad including NGA, FBI, DSS, DTSPO, DHS, DOD and other agencies.
Network Engineer
Ki, LLC
08.2000 - 01.2007
- Lead Network Management System (NMS) Engineer for the HSGR (now NTWAN) with responsibility to design, deploy and support a worldwide ATM, IP and Legacy communications network management suite for the United States Navy
- A 22 million dollar project, the HSGR/NTWAN was successfully fielded in 2005, providing a dramatic increase in US Navy communications capabilities
- The HSGR/NTWAN has since been the recipient of the Lightning Bolt Award from Space and Naval Warfare Command, US Navy (SPAWAR)
- The NMS portion of the HSGR/NTWAN has been cited as the 'de facto IT-21 standard' for NMS within the US Navy.
Education
Mass Communications - Mass Communications
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VAComputer Science - Computer Science
John Tyler Community College
Chester, VirginiaHigh School Diploma -
Colonial Heights High School
Colonial Heights, VA06.1986
Skills
- Network Architecture Design
- Network Configuration
- IP Routing and LAN Switching Technologies
- Strong Troubleshooting Skills
- Firewall Functionality and Operations
- Virtualization Technologies
- Mentoring and Training Junior Personnel
- Documentation Writing
- Leadership Briefing
- Change Management
Certification
- CompTIA Security+ CE, 2016 (Renewed to 2024)
- Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), 2015 (Renewed to 2024)
- VMWare Certified Associate, 2017
- Marconi Certified Switch Specialist, 2004
- Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA), 2000
Citizenship
U.S. Citizen
Hardware Skillset
BFTN Harris Modems, BFTN Rockwell-Collins Controllers and Modems, MTX, Blue Falcon, SkyHawk and Aquila BFT devices. Personal Computers, Sun Ultra: 10, 60, 100 SunBlade: 2000, SunFire: V210, V240, 280R, Cisco: 800, 1600, 2500, 2600, 3500, 3600, 4500, 6500, 7600, ASR1000 series switches and routers. Marconi/Fore: ASX-210, ASX-1100, TNX-210, TNX-1100, Encryption Devices: AN/CYZ-10(V)3, KIK-20, TACLANE, FASTLANE, KG-84A, KG84C, KIV7HSB, KIV7M, Cable Testers, Tempest, UPS.
Software Skillset
BLII Piers Management Software (Van Dyke SecureCRT, Kiwi Syslog, PuTTY) BFTN Management Software (SPAWAR) BFT-ONE, NRT-PC, All Windows OS, Sun Solaris 8 & 9, CiscoWorks, HP OpenView 6.2, 6.4 & 7.5, Marconi Service OnData 2.3 & 3.1, Solarwinds 7,8 & 10, Nextira One / Timeplex Synchrony SNMS 4.3 Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange, Outlook Web Access (OWA-DOS), OpenNet Everywhere (ONE-DOS), Microsoft Office Suite.
Significant Other Equipment
MTX, Blue Falcon, SkyHawk, Aquila BFT devices, Cisco Routers and Switches, TACLANE, FASTLANE, CYZ-10 Cryptographic key loader, KIK-20 Cryptographic key loader, NORTEL Type III Encryption devices.
Security Clearance
Top Secret
Registrations Licenses
FCC Licensed
Awards
- Certificate of Appreciation, USS Mount Whitney
- Certificate of Appreciation, United States Department of State
- Certificate of Appreciation, White House Communications Agency
- Lightning Bolt Award, SPAWAR, US Navy
Training
- US NAVY BFTN Application Systems, 2022
- US NAVY BFTN Hardware Systems, 2022
- US NAVY ICOP Application Systems, 2022
- US NAVY ICOP Hardware Systems, 2022
- US NAVY CANES Application Systems, 2019
- US NAVY CANES Hardware Systems, 2019
- US NAVY BLII Piers Application Systems, 2015
- US NAVY BLII Piers Hardware Systems, 2015
- DOS Blue Force Tracker BFT-ONE, 2010
- DOS Blue Force Tracker NRT-PC, 2010
- DOS Blue Force Tracker MTX Programming, 2010
- DOS Classnet (CLAN), 2008
- DOS OpenNet, 2007
- Solarwinds, 2007
- CiscoWorks, 2007
- HP Openview, 2005
- Marconi Service-On Data, 2004
- Lucent PSAX 2300/4500, 2004
- Marconi /Fore ASX 200/TNX 1100, 2003
- Sun Microsystems Solaris OS, 2003
- Nextira Synchrony NMS, 2001
- Nextira/Timeplex ST-1000, 2001
- Timeplex FCC 100, 2001
- Linkway 2000 NMS, 2000
- SIPR, 2000
- NIPR, 2000
Timeline
Fleet Systems Engineer (Afloat)
Vectrus, Inc / V2X
01.2017 - Current
Senior Network Engineer
Effecture, LLC
02.2015 - 01.2017
Network Engineer
SAIC, INC
03.2012 - 02.2015
Systems Engineer
SAIC, INC
08.2011 - 03.2012
Senior Field Engineer
ManTech, Inc
05.2010 - 07.2011
Senior Network Engineer
Glotech, Inc., Northrop-Grumman Mission Systems
07.2007 - 05.2010
Network Engineer
Ki, LLC
08.2000 - 01.2007
Mass Communications - Mass Communications
Virginia Commonwealth University
Computer Science - Computer Science
John Tyler Community College
High School Diploma -
Colonial Heights High School
- CompTIA Security+ CE, 2016 (Renewed to 2024)
- Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), 2015 (Renewed to 2024)
- VMWare Certified Associate, 2017
- Marconi Certified Switch Specialist, 2004
- Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA), 2000
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