PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Certified LTE/EPC/IP Core Network Engineer with extensive hand - on experience, who builds, empowers, and drives high-performance global teams to deliver on project objectives.
• Extensive international experience in both global planning project implementations and local department set-ups.
• Highly effective in leveraging technical knowledge, strategic planning, team management, and project management skills in order to significantly improve organizational performance. Recognized for expertise in customer IP project support and resource management.
• Demonstrates expertise in analyzing needs, developing and implementing business processes that resolve complex problems, improving efficiency, and increasing profitability.
• Tri-lingual.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Affirmed Confidential (Mobile Content Cloud), VMware hypervisor, Ericsson MME/CPG, HP C7000, Cisco ASE, Cisco ASR5500/76xx/65xx/49xx/45xx/35xx/37xx/29xx, Verizon VE8000, Nokia SGSN/GGSN, Nokia IP560 Firewall
• TCP/IP, Ethernet, Fiber, Sonet, VMvare, Windows, MS Office, MS Visio, Linux, Wireshark, Sniffer

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Participate in vEPC Affirmed Networks Confidential (Mobile Content Cloud), Cisco ASR/Cisco ASE lab testing to discover root cause of field issues, support troubleshooting efforts. Document and report complex technology issues to executives and technical SMEs.
• Create, update, write and test MOPs for vEPC/ Confidential and other EPC network element implementation and new feature testing.
• Network elements configuration, connectivity testing, new feature functionality verification.

Confidential

Capacity Manager

Responsibilities:

• Performed equipment configurations, test activities
• Capacity management for company fleet.
• Responsible of price negotiations with vendors and providers. Creating required contracts and documents.

Confidential

LTE Network Integration Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Expert in LTE/EPC integration, testing activities and reporting in LTE/EPC/IP network environments to include: Verizon VISP VE8000 (VSEPi, VSEPx and VSBP)
• Performed equipment configurations, test activities during different deployment phases.
• Supported Verizon maintenance window activities
• Identifying network issues and resolving trouble-tickets
• Performed ATP test activities for new features and redundancy testing
• Contributed in troubleshooting sessions to resolve network issues

Confidential

IP/LTE Core Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Expert in 3G/LTE/EPC integration, testing activities and reporting in LTE/EPC/IP network environments to include: SGW, PGW, SPGW
• Performed ASR5500 and Cisco 7613 equipment (SGW, PGW, SPGW, PCEF) configuration, test activities and troubleshooting
• Technical support and maintenance of various LAN/WAN network elements including configuration of the network elements.
• Created and updated network diagrams using Visio.
• Monitoring and resolving network issues (configuration, IP addressing, BGP, physical connectivity)
• Identifying network issues and resolving trouble-tickets
• Supported Confidential & Confidential engineers during maintenance window activities and troubleshooting sessions.
• Worked on Day-2 activities of ASR5500 and Cisco 7600, such as crash analysis and performance reporting.
• Contributed in troubleshooting sessions to resolve network issues
• Created, reviewed and executed MOPs for maintenance window activities and provided final network documentation to the clients.
• Reviewed and verified customer created MOPs.
• Pre-sales support in identifying bottlenecks and support pre-sales to fulfill new requirement needs and act as technical pre-sales expert in pre-sales team.

Confidential

IP/LTE Core Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Executed LTE/EPC integration and testing activities for Sprint LTE/EPC/IP network environments including Ericsson MME/CPG/GSS and Cisco 7600 routers
• Technical support and maintenance of various LAN/WAN network elements including configuration of the network elements.
• Set-up layer1 connectivity, performed planning, layer 2 & 3 configuration, testing activities, network documentation and network topology design documents using Visio.
• Performed WAN network design architect role responsible of network connectivity design and IP plan design.
• Responsible for equipment configurations for LTE/EPC Core elements (MME/CPG) in a test lab and test activities.
• Executed NATP testing activities for LTE core devices including MME/CPG
• Lab Administrator for the Sprint LTE Future Lab

Confidential

IP/Packet Core Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Carried out IP/PS integration and migration activities and reporting in complex IP/Packet core network environments including Nokia Siemens 2G/3GSGSN.
• Pre-sales support in prospect projects to identify requirements in network related needs, capacity requirements based on forecasted subscriber expansions and new network sites.
• Performed SGSN Iu-PS over IP integration and RNC migration activities
• Equipment configurations for IP/PS Core elements (2G/3G SGSN) nationwide
• Create customer MOP’s for integration and migration projects and NATP documentation

Confidential

IP/Packet Core Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Executed trouble-shooting, performance monitoring and reporting in complex IP/Packet core network environments including Nokia Siemens 2G/3GSGSN, Nokia IP560 Firewall, Cisco routers and Nokia RNC
• Excelled in IP and I-HSPA planning for multiple wireless and mobile networks
• Delivered detailed IP plans and network design plans to include complete network diagrams and reporting
• Created and updated network diagrams using Visio.
• Supported various customer projects providing routing and switching support and IP address planning support.
• Performed IP planning for CS Core elements (MSS, MGW) and detailed IP design, testing and planning for SBC (Session Border Controller)
• Analyzed test cases, proposed improvements and presented final reports to the customers, as well as to internal organization.

Confidential

IP/Packet Core Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Planned Packet Core and IP activities for multiple customer projects involving network elements (NSN SGSN, NSN ISN, Nokia IP560 Firewall, Cisco Routers and switches)
• Pre-sales support in prospect projects to identify requirements in network related needs, capacity requirements based on forecasted subscriber expansions and new network sites.
• Technical support and maintenance of various LAN/WAN network elements including configuration of the network elements.
• Created and updated network diagrams using Visio.
• Involved multiple pre-sales customer meetings as a pre-sales technical expert.
• Supported various customer projects providing routing and switching support and IP address planning support.
• Led the planning teams, including external resources for all network planning activities.
• Designed, developed and implemented network planning processes that increased performance, productivity, and reduced costs / increased profitability

Confidential

IP Transport Planning Manager

Responsibilities:

• Head of network planning team of 14 planners (RF, Core, Transmission). Created competence development plans and conducted performance reviews of employees.
• Initiated competence development planning for the team and performance reviews of all team members.
• Supported pre-sales teams by proving resource provisions and resource allocations
• Created competence development plans and conducted performance reviews of employees.
• Performed cost management of budget including expense claims reviews and approvals.
• Managed project allocations for the planners. Negotiated terms of the resources by project.
• Increased profits by lowering department expenses by optimizing travel costs related to projects, and negotiating cost transfers with the project to lower cost center expenses.

Confidential

Senior Network Planning Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for customer project support, broadband IP access program management, cost management and resource allocations for the program.
• Performed Packet Switch (PS) Core and IP planning activities. PS Core / IP customer project support globally.
• Involved with multiple customer projects and pre-sale cases in several countries. Successfully secured more business for services team by selling planning services where only equipment was sold.
• Headed Broadband IP Access program. Covered all needed components to help and train internal resources to be competent in order to successfully complete set project tasks
• Technical support and maintenance of various LAN/WAN network elements including configuration of the network elements.