Gregory Crain

Experience

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  Orlando Day Nursery

  Oct 2012 - Apr 2013

  Systems Administrator
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  Tropical Foods (Tropical Nut & Fruit)

  Apr 2013 - Oct 2013

  Systems Analyst
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  Raisecom

  Oct 2013 - Sept 2015

  Supported Carriers/ISPs in the Americas (North/Central/South) and performed Lab Engineering functions regarding the regression testing of new equipment/firmware. • Supported Carrier Ethernet, MPLS-TP/IP, xPON, and NMS/EMS product lines• Performed regression testing of new device firmwares and hardware revisions• Worked with customer engineers/architects to design solutions to fit their requirements• Assisted with equipment trials and homologations• Worked with R&D on equipment fault isolation and feature requests • Composed test plans, methods of procedure, and training documents for regional use Show less

  • Lead Network Engineer

    Oct 2013 - Sept 2015

  • IT Systems Manager

    Oct 2013 - Mar 2015
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  Digital Lightwave

  Sept 2015 - Nov 2015

  Systems Test Engineer

  Engineer dedicated to the testing, validation, and support of Optical Test Equipment.• Performed bit-level regression testing for traffic generation at layers 1-4, speeds 10M-100G, including Packet over Transport Mappings, as well as OTN, SDH, PDH, and Fibre Channel• Trained and assisted customers with configuration and troubleshooting• Verified of compliance with ITU/IEEE standards• Automated testing via Python and SCPI

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  Frontier Communications

  Dec 2015 - Aug 2016

  Sr. Network Engineer (Contractor through APN)

  Sr. Network Engineer responsible for the end-to-end provisioning of EVCs/OVCs through Frontier's footprint, as well as Engineering lead for Network Automation team. • Provisioned across a network composed of various Actelis, Adtran, Alcatel Lucent, BTI, Canoga Perkins, Ciena, Cisco, Juniper, Nortel, and RAD equipment• Worked with Access/Aggregation design teams to troubleshoot and suggest path changes• Supported field technicians with equipment turn-up and device troubleshooting• Completed turn-up testing of OVC circuits with operator/carrier engineers• Assisted programmers with automating service provisioning Show less

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  SDN Essentials

  Aug 2016 - Jul 2018

  SDN Engineer

  Professional Services Engineer supporting the design and implementation of legacy and next-generation networks.• Assisted Service Providers with network discovery, design, integration, and troubleshooting• SME for the writing and development of industry certifications• Supported EDU with course development and lab management • Automated deployments of OpenStack/Contrail/vMX/vSRX/EX using Ansible• Organizer of Rockstars Transfer of Information (TOI) Tech Talk Fridays program Show less

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  Juniper Networks

  Aug 2018 - Apr 2024

  Technical Curriculum Developer, Juniper Mist
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  Palo Alto Networks

  Apr 2024 - now

  Senior Technical Training Developer