Rex Luque

Experience

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  U.S. ARMY

  Jul 2007 - Nov 2011

  Signal Support System Specialist

  I primarily served as part of a retransmission team used to allow aviation componentsto communicate successfully with the command team on the ground. I collaborated with brigade elements to ensure successful transmission of sensitive information over FM frequencies throughout our area of operation in Baghdad, Iraq. I conducted communication security change overs at battalion and brigade level. As the Retransmission Team chief, I supervised and assisted in the successful day to day functioning of the section. I ensured all equipment under my section was maintained and inventoried at all times. I installed FM radios and Blue Force Trackers inside HMMWV and MTVs. I signed for and safe guarded communication security encryption keys and the devices used to transfer those keys. As a member of the Battalion S-6 shop, I maintained and ensured proper functions of GBS, TACSAT radios, Blue Force Tracker, network shared drives, outlook accounts, and FM radios. I maintained and created user accounts on the network for the 404th battalion and four other detachments assigned under our area of operation in Afghanistan using Active Directory. Show less

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  Folkerson Communications

  Oct 2011 - Aug 2015

  Lead Cable Technician

  As the primary installer of Holocom PDS for Folkerson Communications, I conduct preliminary job walks and create a materials list. I lead a small team to ensure all Holocom and CAT6 cable is installed to IA and IDG standards. As the lead cable technician, I lead a crew in installing various types of low voltage copper cable and fiber. I am responsible for reading blueprints and establishing the networking cable backbone. I build telecommunication closets from the ground up by installing ladder racks to support cable, cable racks to house the patch panels, and ensure proper grounding of all equipment. I am responsible for terminating and testing CAT3, CAT5e, and CAT6 cable. I activate data jacks by patching cable into networking devices. I install four line analog phones and activate by connecting the incoming dial tone to cable locations by 66 blocks. Show less

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  CenturyLink

  Jul 2015 - Oct 2018

  • Business Service Technician

    Feb 2017 - Oct 2018

  • Communications Technician

    Jul 2015 - Feb 2017
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  Lumen Technologies

  Oct 2018 - now

  • Senior Operations Technician

    Dec 2022 - now

  • Operations Technician III

    Jun 2022 - now

  • Operations Technician II

    Oct 2018 - Jun 2022