Thomas Buscema

Network / VoIP Support 

 Phone: 732-778-8872

 Email: [email protected]

 Address: 5 Heckelman Street, Union Beach, NJ, 07735

 Date of Birth: Novermber 16 1992

Hi, my name is Thomas Buscema. I am currently in a network & VoIP support role. I currently have ceritifications in Cisco, Juniper, AWS but have hands on experience with other networking equipment such as Meraki / Adtrans / Veloclouds. I am actively persuing my AWS Solutions Architect Associate certification. I have a strong desire on increasing my cloud knowledge and aim to complete my next AWS certification by the end of this year. 

RESUME

Technichal Support Engineer - Vonage - NJ - 04/2025 - Present

•​ Drive escalations that have been assigned from magement that are marked as high priority tickets.

•​ Assist Tier 1 & 2 team members who need assistance with technical issues that may be related to networking / VoIP / application issues.

•​ Document trending issues and provide weekly trainings to the team.

•​ Triage JIRA ticket requests to ensure that troubleshooting completed from the agents are accurate and contain all necessary details



Technical Team Lead - Vonage - NJ - 04/2022 - 04/2025

•​ Troubleshoot tickets that have been escalated from Tier 1 and Tier 2 teams, which typically involves audio, network, or application related problems.

• ​Create and edit internal knowledge base articles so that our support teams can stay up to date on troubleshooting various issues.

• Act as a buffer between the Support and Engineering departments. Tickets that need to go to engineering will first be reviewed by myself to make sure all required information / troubleshooting is clearly documented. 

•  Attend weekly customer calls with one of our largest clients to represent the support organization.



Advanced Operations Tech II - Vonage - NJ - 01/2018 - 04/2022

• Troubleshoot tickets that have been escalated from Tier 1 team, which typically involves audio or network related issues.

• Diagnosed and resolved complex technical issues related to routing, switching, ACL's, SNMP, DNS, DHCP, NAT, QOS, IPSec and GRE tunnels

•Daily activities require strong Networking knowledge, including: WAN / LAN topology, IP routing, TCP/IP, Firewalls, and SIP signaling.

• Configure and troubleshoot enterprise grade Cisco routers, switches, firewalls, Adtrans, and Velocloud (SD-WAN)

• Coordinate dispatches when tech is needed on customer site and work with tech remotely to resolve issues.



Advanced Operations Tech I - Vonage - NJ - 06/2016- 12/2017

• VoIP support for premier platform > Large business/ Enterprise

• Experience with enterprise networks including but not limited to modem, router, Switches, and Firewalls.

• Provide troubleshooting for multiple issues including: audio quality, registration, call completion, circuit monitoring and application problems

• Daily activities require strong Networking knowledge, including: WAN / LAN topology, IP routing, TCP/IP, Firewalls, and SIP signaling.

• Routinely update internal knowledge base. Add articles / offer feedback on existing articles



Customer Support Agent IV - Vonage - NJ - 05/2015- 12/2016

• VoIP support for Essentials/ Residential platform > Small Business / Residential

• Demonstrated ability to analyze issues and determine best course of action to resolve VOIP issues (audio, call completion, no dial tone, faxing and installation)

• Experience with home to small business networks including modem, router, switch, hub, PC, and 3rd party hardware configuration (SOHO)

• Identify systemic issues involving features, devices and network and surface to management with valid qualifying information.

• Developed strong soft skills by interacting with customers dealing with a variety of different issues.



Help Desk Technician - Emerson Industrial Automation - CT - 10/2014 - 5/2015

• Provide desktop support for over 150 end-users in three different offices across North America by phone or in person as needed to minimize downtime.

• Performed diagnostics and troubleshooting of system issues, documented help desk ticket/ resolutions, and maintained equipment inventory lists.

• Provided software installations/upgrades for end-users, as well as configuring laptops/computers for new employees.

• Set up new user accounts and profiles and dealing with password issues for windows and various programs. Given administrative rights for Active Directory.

Education

Quinnipiac University - Bachelors Degree - Computer Information Systems 2012 - 2015 Grade: 3.51 

Certifcations

AWS Certified Cloud Practioner (CLF-C01)
Amazon Web Services
Issued February 2022 - Expires February 2025
Credential ID = YSD8QKPLMBV11XW1

Junos (JNCIA - Junos) 
Juniper Networks
Issued January 2021 - Expires January 2024
Credential ID = ​GKRDSPPY9NF1QZG3

CCNA Routing & Switching 
CISCO
Issued April 2021 - Expires April 2024
Credential ID = CSCO13142794