RAYMOND C. BURDICK

17101 Dutton Rd, Gregory, Mich. 48137

Home Phone 517-851-7916

E-Mail: raymond.burdick@bigfoot.com

JOB OBJECTIVE :

Seeking a position as a Systems Communications Project Manager, Engineer, or Technician where my experience in the telecommunications field will be a valued asset.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

  • United States Air Force - Nov 1980 to Nov 2000.
  • Broadly based professional with 20-plus years of progressive experience in maintaining, repairing, and supporting telecommunications systems and networks.
  • Expert in reviewing engineering designs and integrating high speed data, voice, and video systems to existing infrastructure.
  • Extensive experience maintaining Local/Wide Area Router Networks, Digital Telephone Switches, and Low/High Speed Multiplexers utilizing various Management Systems.
  • Currently hold TOP SECRET/SCI clearances with back ground investigation and polygraph examination.
  • PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

    Systems Management Supervisor: Managed installations, configuration, and documentation for a secure global data, voice, and video communications network supporting 5000-plus customers. Directed maintenance and installation for 40-plus technicians supporting a communications facility with 300-plus equipment racks. Reviewed engineering designs to integrate new projects with an existing $53M infrastructure. Monitored, tracked, and updated requirements to include initiating request actions for installation material and equipment. Established a documentation base-line that ensured quality, on-time installation of projects and reduced the average number of man-hours expended on troubleshooting circuit outages by more than 40%. (3 years experience)

    NOC Shift Supervisor: Supervised team responsible for constant monitoring and technical support to a 9,000 sq ft communications facility and over 200 remote locations. Duties encompassed:digital low/high level multiplexers, digital voice switches, video teleconferencing, and local/wide area networks. Responsible for documentation, installation, and maintenance of new and existing DS-0, DS-1, DS-3 circuits, and OC-3/OC-48 traffic. Distributed work assignments, completed system verification, status reports and ticket tracking using HP Openview and Remedy. Initiated replacement of network links with high speed data connections increasing bandwidth by 50%. (3 years experience)

    Facility Lead:Supervised personnel maintaining a campus environment cable plant and Dial Central Office supporting global voice and data communications. Maintained liaison with Defense Information Systems Agency, Department of Defense facilities, and commercial contractors. Main focal point in the transfer of 1200-plus circuits and systems from commercial O&M to a newly installed DoD base cable plant and dial central office. All transfers were completed with minimal impact to customers operations and saved an estimated $1M annually. (3 years experience)

    Circuit Acquisition:Directed circuit and system activations, deactivations, and changes in accordance with DoD Telecommunications Service Orders. Additional duties: Defense Information System Network site coordinator, Assistant Defense Data Network site concentrator coordinator, and work center training. (2 years experience)

    Systems Control Technician: Served in various organizations as a Technical Control Technician and Supervisor duties included circuit and trunk fault identification, isolation, repair, and restoral as well as test and evaluation, performance management, security management, and configuration management. (8 years experience)

    EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

    2000 to 2001 WORLDCOM Manchester, Michigan

    1994 to 2000 National Reconnaissance Office, USAF, Washington DC.

    1989 to 1994 Base Central Test Facility, McGuire Air Force Base, USAF, New Jersey

    1985 to 1989 606 Tactical Control Squadron, Basdahl Complex, USAFE, Germany.

    1984 to 1985 Air Force Communication Command, Scott Air Force Base, USAF, Illinois

    1981 to 1984 Det 1 2164 Comm Squadron, RAF Martlesham Heath, USAFE, England.

    EDUCATION:

  • A.A.S. Electronic System Technology, Community College of the Air Force.
  • USAF NCO Leadership School.
  • TRAINING

  • Integrated Digital Network Exchange (IDNX) 20/70/90 Operations/Maintenance.
  • Integrated Digital Network Exchange (IDNX) 20/70/90 Advanced Operations.
  • Integrated Service Digital Network Exchange (ISDNX) 20/70/90 Operations.
  • Sonet Transmission Manager (STM) Operations, Diagnostics, and Maintenance.
  • Timeplex Federal Systems LINK 100 Operations.
  • Timeplex Federal Systems Time/View 2000 Network Management System.
  • Harris Digital Telephone Systems 20-20 Switching System.
  • FORE Systems ATM Theory.
  • CISCO Introduction to Cisco Router Configuration.
  • BDM Federal Timing and Synchronization for Digital Telecommunications.
  • USAF Communications-Computer Systems Control Craftsman (3, 5, and 7 level).
  • TECHNOLOGY AREAS

  • Network Equipment Technologies (NET) IDNX/Promina 200/400/800 and STM.
  • TIMEPLEX Link 2, Link 100 and TX3.
  • Digital Telephone Switch DMS-250, DEX-600, G3R and Harris MAP.
  • CISCO Routers, HP Openview.
  • FT2000 OC-48 Optic Multiplexer.
  • Data Communications Equipment (DCE) including line drivers, digital/channel service units (DSU/CSU), modems, and multiplexers.
  • Interswitch trunks (IST), 2-wire/4-wire phone lines and all associated subscriber and conditioning equipment.
  • KG-94, KG-194, KG-95, KG-75, DES and STU-III Crypto units.
  • Software: Visio Pro-Tech, Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, Diagram, WordPerfect, ParaSheet, Smart Term Enterprise, Outlook 2000.

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