OBJECTIVE:

Desire a challenging Management or Lead Technical Position to utilize my experience, technical knowledge, and management skills as a Telecom / IT Professional.

SUMMARY:

• Highly skilled technical and business professional with over 23 years combined experience in many facets of Telecommunication, Wireless, Broadband, Cloud Computing, and IT industry.
• Experience includes proven achievements in technical leadership and team management.
• Skilled in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) from concept to implementation using both “Waterfall” and “Agile” methodologies.
• Experienced in project management, business processes, process design, process implementation, risk analysis, customer engagement, onshore and offshore vendor/team management.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Systems: MS DOS, Windows XP/ Windows 7 / 8 / 10, UNIX HP, UNIX Sun Micro Workstations, Linux, Apple Macintosh

Languages: Python, C, C++, Visual BASIC, JAVA, HTML, WML, TCL/TK, FORTRAN, COBOL, 8086 and Z - 80 ASSEMBLY, Motorola 8051 Microcontroller ASSEMBLY, Intel 8086 Assembly

Software: MS EXCEL, MS WORD, MS Project, MS Power Point, Frame Maker, Visio, MATHCAD, MATHEMATICA, MATLAB, GRAPH, PSPICE, HP Quality Center, Test Director, Win Runner, Quick Test Professional, Load Runner, SQL Tools, JIRA Defects Tool, Rally Tool for Agile Methodology

Telecom: X.25, Frame Relay, TCP/IP, Ethernet LAN, SS7, FDDI, SONET ISDN, ATM, Lucent 5ESS-2000, DMS MTX, DMS 100, DMS 250, CDMA, TDMA, NA Cellular, AMPS, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, Ericsson MSC 5000/2000/212 switches, Compaq HLR/SCP/Authentication Center, IS-41C, IS-54B, IS-95, IS-136,Voice Over IP, Fax Over IP, Encryption/Decryption DES Algorithm, MGTS, Deftviewer SS7 monitoring tool, INET SS7 monitoring tool, Automation Testing Tools, T-Berd 224, HP E-Series Spectrum Analyzers, Modem Standards (V.22, V.22bis, V.34. V.56, V.8), Fax Standards (E.45x, T.4, T.30 and T.38, V.17. V.33, V.21, V.27, V.27ter), Echo Canceller Modules 2 571 and 25 72 from Tellabs and G.16x standards, Voice over IP (H.323, SIP, MGCP), HomeRF, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 802.11, RIP, OSPF, EIGRP and BGP protocols, Location Based Services (E-OTD, A-GPS, U-TDOA, E-CID), E911-II, IPTV, ADSL, ADSL2+, VDSL, XDSL, Loop Qualification System, OSS, Webservices

Cloud: Amazon Web Services (AWS), VPC, EC2, Lambda, ELB, OpsWorks, SES, SQS, SNS, SWF, RDS, NoSQL, DynamoDB, Elasticache, RedShift, Snowball, Direct Connect, Kinesis, IoT, RDS MySQL, Route 53 DNS, Glacier, EFS, Cloud Front, Cloud Watch, Cloud Trail 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

AWS Solutions Architect

Confidential, Carrollton, TX

Responsibilities:

• Created, configured and implemented Virtual Private Cloud ( VPC ), Security Groups, Network Access Control List (NACL), Elastic Compute Cloud ( EC2 instances), Elastic Block Store ( EBS ), Simple Storage Service ( S3 ), Elastic Load Balancer ( ELB ), RDS MySQL, Subnets, Snapshots, Auto - Scaling groups, Route 53 DNS, Glacier , Elastic File System ( EFS ), Cloud Front, Cloud Watch, Cloud Trail 
• Assigned Roles and Policies to Users, Security Groups by using Identity and Access Management ( IAM )
• Deployed Cloudera Hadoop Cluster on AWS for Big Data Analytics 

Test Manager (Sr. Technical Architect)

Confidential, Richardson, TX

• Actively pursued quick resolution/fixes/patches for the problems found during installation both in the test and live production environments.
• Made determination on acceptance/rejection of the new software builds/hot fixes/patches.
• Performed Root Cause Analysis of the defects and production issues.
• Reported status of applications and systems testing to senior management.
• Managed onshore and offshore teams and external resources to accomplish testing goals.
• Prioritize fixes that will go in production

Test Manager (Principal Member of Technical Staff)

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

• Focused on quality and availability of broadband applications and improved quality through active review of root cause analysis
• Made efforts to improve the overall Software Engineering process by ensuring adequate representation in Confidential Best Practices Team and Software Engineering Process Group

Test Lead

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

• Lead the center - wide automation and performance testing efforts. Interfaced with test tool vendors to find optimal testing solutions and products. Enhanced regression test coverage and automated regression suites using automation tools such as Quick Test Professional, Win Runner, FitNesse. Created test automation suites in HP Quality Center / Test Director
• Directed test teams to do performance/load stress tests using HP Load Runner, VuGen Scripts
• Instructed various technical courses to engineers including Test Automation

Test Lead (Sr. Test Engineer)

Confidential, King of Prussia, PA

• Supported and tested Wireless Location Based Product for wireless operators (Cingular and T-Mobile) to comply with FCC E911 Phase II mandate (locate customer within 100 yards)

Test Lead (Sr. Member of Technical Team) 

Confidential, Redmond, WA

• Lead and coached a diverse team of test engineers drawn from the various platform and application teams. Managed GPRS services commercial launch activities. Responsibilities included planning & coordination of launch deliverables, validation of operational processes, issue tracking, managing lab test activities. Coordinated execution of test scenarios to test the GPRS WAP & Internet services from end - user perspective
• Managed regression test activities of the integration lab network (nodes, services, features
• Reported on the test results to the Director Lab Operations and other teams
• Worked with automation lead and automation team to prioritize test automation development and to manage a library or suite of automated tests using Casabyte Automated Test Platform (ATP), RCATS, Mercury interactive WinRunner, Xrunner, Load Runner, Nethawk, Tektronics, and other tools
• Performed testing of Mobility (TDMA, AMPS, GSM/GPRS) and Fixed (OFDMA and TR-303) Wireless Software, Hardware and Functionality based on System Requirements of evolving wireless technologies and industry specifications
• Managed testing team and used tools like Rationale Requisite Pro for Requirements database, Mercury Interactive Test Director for Test Plans and Test Cases database, Census Tool and Rationale DDTS for web based Defect Tracking System
• The wireless technologies I worked on are TDMA, AMPS, GSM/GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, TR-303, IS-41, IS-136, SS7, OFDMA, and T1 for physical layer on the PSTN side. The telecom nodes in the lab included Ericsson switches, Confidential DMS XA-Core switch, Lucent 5ESS switch, Compaq HLR/SCP, Tekelec STP, Confidential GSM Switch, Nokia BSS (DX 200), Nokia MSC, Confidential SGSN, Confidential GGSN, Confidential SDM, Confidential Passport 8000, Confidential Charging Gateway Function node, Confidential Billing Mediator, Confidential Preside for OSS management, Logica Message Center, Comverse Technology Unified Messaging Center, Octel Voice Mail System, DNS/DHCPs, Cisco Routers, Cisco Switches, WAP PocketNet Gateway, HTTP Gateway
• Fax Functional, Interoperability, Performance and Characterization, Telephony DSP firmware, Card level hardware component Testing using Quality Logic FaxLab Emulations, Fax Probe (which monitors and analyses Fax T.30 messages), Fax Expert and TAS 4500 RF Channel Emulator to induce impairments in RF channels
• Modem Functional, Interoperability, Performance and Characterization, PCB Board level Testing using TAS Series 2 Plus Telephone Network Emulator, Gemini Warp, Mode 240 Voiceband Subscriber Loop Emulator, Mode 3508A Modem Test Switch and TAS 4500 RF Channel Simulator
• Path Protection Switching Testing based on TR-303 standards using T-Berd 224 equipment for inducing errors and monitoring T1 links and Alarms and by inducing hardware component and board level failures
• Supporting Ameritec (Crescendo A, Crescendo D and Niagara) Bulk Call Generators for stress / performance testing
• Security Access (Authentication and Encryption) Testing based on Secure Hash and RC4 Algorithms
• Worked on Performance Monitoring of RDT connected to Lucent 5ESS switch using T-Berd 224 to induce Errors and Tekelec Chameleon to monitor ISDN (Q.921 and Q.931) Layer 2 and 3 messages
• Scope of the lab included both 2G and 3G voice and data wireless networks

Sr. Switch Test Engineer

Confidential, Lenexa, KS

• Testing of Authentication and Voice Privacy (AVP) feature on Confidential switches which includes IS-41C, IS-95A, SS7 and TCAP messaging and used Automation test tools based on UNIX platform
• Interoperability testing of Lucent Wireless SCP with Confidential DMS MTX switches using MGTS tool
• CDG (CDMA Development Group) Stage 2 and 3 testing which require Confidential Base Station Manager and Qualcomm MDM Tool
• Testing Comverse Voice Mail System from perspective of software loads, features, performance and capacity

Member of Scientific Staff

Confidential, Richardson, TX

• Duties included testing of North American Cellular Features on Confidential MTX switch in order to provide error free software to customers.
• Worked on Authentication and Voice Privacy (AVP) feature to control cellular fraud. AVP involves message flow testing between cellular phones, VLR, HLR, and Authentication Center (AC). Developing test plan for AC simulator and Tandem AC.
• Testing AVP related tools and their access security.
• Also testing feature interactions with AVP feature.
• Writing manual and automated test cases. Reporting and solving software problems.
• Making sure that the software complies with the functional description given to customers, industry standards (IS-41, IS-136, IS-54B etc.) and ISO procedures.
• Writing Product and System Integration Testing Plan.
• Call and conduct meetings for Test Case Reviews. Participated in ISO-9000 and ISO-9001 audits

Electrical Engineer

Confidential, Houston, TX

• Responsibilities included installing and testing PBX switches and maintenance of ;egacy systems like Norstar Meridian, AT&T Merlin, AT&T Definity, ROLM CBX