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Javier Chacon Monge

Mercedes Norte,Heredia

Summary

Experienced and detail-oriented network engineer and NOC manager with over 10 years of experience and skilled in troubleshooting network issues. Demonstrates strong leadership skills, driving team efficiency and managing escalations. Adept at incident management, network monitoring, and ensuring customer satisfaction. Strong leadership skills with a track record of driving operational excellence, managing escalations.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

NOC Regional Director

Nitel USA
10.2024 - Current
  • Monitored staff performance by actively engaging in and observing day-to-day activities.
  • Attended weekly meetings to discuss and optimize strategies.
  • Produced reports per week to analyze job performance against team goals.
  • Participated in promotional opportunities and onboarding of new accounts.
  • Assisted in recruiting, hiring and training of team members.
  • Handled problematic customers and clients to assist lower-level employees and maintain excellent customer service.

NOC Manager

Hypercore Networks - Nitel USA
02.2021 - 10.2024

NOC Operations Management:

  • Oversee daily NOC activities to ensure 24/7 monitoring of network performance, servers, and infrastructure.
  • Develop and implement operational policies and procedures for efficient NOC operation.
  • Ensure the NOC team responds promptly to alerts, escalations, and incidents to minimize downtime.
  • Implement and manage ticketing systems for tracking incidents and problems.


Team Leadership & Management:

  • Lead and mentor a team of NOC engineers and technicians, providing technical direction, support, and guidance.
  • Conduct performance evaluations and provide feedback to staff for continuous improvement.
  • Manage staffing schedules to ensure adequate NOC coverage, including on-call rotations.


Incident Management & Troubleshooting:

  • Lead incident response efforts, ensuring timely resolution of network and system issues.
  • Prioritize, manage, and escalate issues when necessary to minimize impact on operations.
  • Collaborate with other departments (e.g., IT, Network Engineers, Development) for cross-functional problem-solving.
  • Create and maintain incident reports, root cause analyses, and post-mortem documentation.


Network Monitoring & Performance Analysis:

  • Use network monitoring tools (SolarWinds, Zabbix, PRTG) to ensure continuous network uptime.


Networking Engineer - Tier2 / Project Coordinator

Hypercore Networks - RealLinx Inc
09.2014 - 02.2021
  • Successfully interpreted business requirements to develop and perform network solutions that support key business objectives
  • Managed technologies such as Cisco, Meraki, MikroTik, VeloCloud (SD-WAN), ADTRAN, Fortinet Firewalls, Linksys, Ubiquiti Networks, PepLink (Cellular/LTE routers)
  • MPLS Infrastructure
  • Engineering of advance technologies including switching, routing and wireless
  • Networking troubleshooting and providing solutions
  • Discuss with customers possible areas of improvement within the environment
  • Security infrastructure upgrades: Implement security policy using Firewalls, Access-list and router policy filters
  • Voice implementation and troubleshoot such as PRI, SIP and Analog Trunks, VoIP Hosted PBX
  • Manage full life-cycle of projects, to include requirements gathering, project planning, network design and testing
  • Networking configuration and hardware installation
  • Coordinate efforts with vendor, business partners to review and validate services functionality and proper network documentation
  • Manage and effectively admin monitoring tools such as Zabbix and NAGIOS
  • Proactively provide reports of LAN/WAN (bandwidth usage, up/down status, packet loss, latency, jitter).

Network Specialist - Technical Support

SYKES
06.2010 - 06.2018
  • Successfully interpreted business requirements to develop and perform network solutions that support key business objectives
  • Managed technologies such as Cisco, Meraki, MikroTik, VeloCloud (SD-WAN), ADTRAN, Fortinet Firewalls, Linksys, Ubiquiti Networks, PepLink (Cellular/LTE routers)
  • MPLS Infrastructure
  • Engineering of advance technologies including switching, routing and wireless
  • Networking troubleshooting and providing solutions
  • Discuss with customers possible areas of improvement within the environment
  • Security infrastructure upgrades: Implement security policy using Firewalls, Access-list and router policy filters
  • Voice implementation and troubleshoot such as PRI, SIP and Analog Trunks, VoIP Hosted PBX
  • Manage full life-cycle of projects, to include requirements gathering, project planning, network design and testing
  • Networking configuration and hardware installation
  • Coordinate efforts with vendor, business partners to review and validate services functionality and proper network documentation
  • Manage and effectively admin monitoring tools such as Zabbix and NAGIOS
  • Proactively provide reports of LAN/WAN (bandwidth usage, up/down status, packet loss, latency, jitter).

Technical Support - Service Desk

Hewlett Packard (HP)
01.2014 - 09.2014
  • Technical Support Specialist
  • QA Assistant

Customer Service Representative

Stream Global Services
12.2007 - 01.2010
  • Customer Service Agent
  • Service Activations
  • Billing Support

Education

Cybersecurity (ISO/IEC Standard 17024) - Currently

VLA Academy

CCNP Certification - Currently

VLA Academy

MikroTik - MTCNA - undefined

RealLinx Inc.
Santa Ana, Costa Rica
01.2016

Fortinet NS1 - NS2 - undefined

RealLinx Inc.
Santa Ana, Costa Rica
01.2016

Cisco CCNA (certification Expired) -

Cisco Sykes Academy
Heredia, Costa Rica
01.2014

Bachelor's Degree - undefined

Liceo Ing. Manuel Benavides Rodriguez
Heredia, Costa Rica
01.2005

Skills

  • High Network Experienced
  • Team Leadership
  • Trainer and quick learner
  • Excellent Interpersonal Skills
  • Strategic Thinking
  • Operate extremely well under pressure
  • Detailed oriented
  • Excellent Communication Skills
  • Positive Attitude

Timeline

NOC Regional Director

Nitel USA
10.2024 - Current

NOC Manager

Hypercore Networks - Nitel USA
02.2021 - 10.2024

Networking Engineer - Tier2 / Project Coordinator

Hypercore Networks - RealLinx Inc
09.2014 - 02.2021

Technical Support - Service Desk

Hewlett Packard (HP)
01.2014 - 09.2014

Network Specialist - Technical Support

SYKES
06.2010 - 06.2018

Customer Service Representative

Stream Global Services
12.2007 - 01.2010

MikroTik - MTCNA - undefined

RealLinx Inc.

Fortinet NS1 - NS2 - undefined

RealLinx Inc.

Bachelor's Degree - undefined

Liceo Ing. Manuel Benavides Rodriguez

Cybersecurity (ISO/IEC Standard 17024) - Currently

VLA Academy

CCNP Certification - Currently

VLA Academy

Cisco CCNA (certification Expired) -

Cisco Sykes Academy
Javier Chacon Monge