LATA provides IT services and professionals to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in Washington, D.C. for critical rail/bus IT and communication programs. LATA provides program managers, network engineers, cybersecurity network engineers, IT and program analysts, and communication and rail software subject matter experts (SMEs) to WMATA.

Work Performed:

LATA updates on a regular basis on new technologies and other individual skill-sets that may be required for this section to provide better customer service. The LATA Senior Network Engineers have been responsible for the IT portion of the rail extension project to Dulles Airport known as the Silver Line Network Infrastructure Implementation Project. This has included equipment deployment, configuration and testing of the Silver Line routing and switching infrastructure. Also, our engineers have been responsible for the design and implementation of the MPLS network transport framework for mission-critical SCADA applications. LATA has assisted WMATA in planning and executing the integration of the Silver Line infrastructure into the MPLS METRONET infrastructure.

Essential functions that LATA provides to WMATA include the following:

Lead IT Engineer for the redesign of the regional customers’ service centers (RCSC) Network Infrastructure. Redesign purpose is to migrate from legacy frame relay/ATM infrastructure to an MPLS framework
Lead IT Engineer for the redesign of the WMATAs regional customers’ service centers (RCSC) Network Infrastructure. Redesign purpose was to migrate from legacy frame relay/ATM infrastructure to an MPLS framework
Lead IT Engineer with overall responsibility for RCSC equipment deployment, configuration and testing
Lead IT Engineer SCADA Network Infrastructure redesign and implementation.
Layer 2 switching configuration & deployment (STP, VLAN'S and Inter VLAN routing, Layer 2 & Layer 3 Trunks)
Layer 3 routing configuration & deployment (BGP, EIGRP & OSPF)
24x7x365 Environment Network Monitoring using Solar winds, Netbrain and Netflow
Network troubleshooting using Wireshark
Documentation of network & telecommunications infrastructure
IT and program analysts
Communications analyst

WASHINGTON METRO AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY
Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON METRO AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON METRO AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY
Washington, D.C.