SUMMARY

• 7+ years’ experience in Planning, Deploying, configuring and troubleshooting Telecom and Networking equipment’s.
• Have experience of deploying wide range of equipment from Telecomm Base Station, Microwave Links, Multiplexers in Telecom Access and Backbone Networks to Routers and Switches in Core Network of Large Scale Enterprise Telecom Service provider.
• Implementation of RF Network, Microwave Network and Optical Network and Integration of these technologies to MPBN Routers in Core Network for Voice and Data Processing.
• Configuration of VLANs, distribution of IP Pool for various nodes and Traffic profiling for various streams of data 3G, GSM services generate for segregation in MPLS network. IP Sub - netting, addressing of Nodes and Muxes for management in NOC.
• Integration and t-shooting AirScale 5G capable BTS for Verizon, software and radio upgrades as well.
• T-shooting SFP mismatch, GPS sync and RFM misconfiguration and frequency issues.
• Configuring Antenna Line elements and alarm monitoring device (SMM) for configuring and monitoring external alarms.
• Thorough understanding of TCP/IP networking, IP routing, and core technologies such as ACLs, VPNs, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, VTP, WLANs, STP, ARP, DHCP, DNS, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP, MPLS, NAT, etc.
• Involved in Configuring and implementing of Composite Network models consists of Cisco 2950, 2960, 3500, 3500XL, 5500, 6500 Series switches and Cisco 1800, 3800, 3900, 7600, 7200 series routers.
• Configuring and troubleshooting RIP, OSPF, EIGRP protocols and routing of policy and static basis as per customer requirements and infrastructure evaluation.
• Switching technology administration including inter-VLAN routing, Trunking, STP, RSTP, port aggregation & link negotiation.
• Managed fast Layer 3 switched/routed LAN/WAN infrastructure as a part of Network team. The LAN consisted of Cisco campus model of Cisco 3550 at access layer, Cisco 6513 at distribution/core layer.
• Configure VRRP & GLBP and VLAN Trunking 802.1Q & ISL, STP, Port Security on Catalyst 6500 switches. Design wireless networks and provide documentation for deployment
• Configuring routing protocols OSPF, EIGRP, RIP, MP-BGP, LDP and BGPV4, eBGP, iBGP, L2VPN, L3VPN, VPLS.
• Configuring HSRP between VLANs, Configuring Ether-Channels, Port Channel on 6500 catalyst
• Motivated, enthusiastic, and pro-active System Administrator with an excellent 'can-do' attitude.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Network Planning: Cell Site Planning - Fill-ins and Rollout. BSC and Neighbor Planning. RF/Microwave Link Budgeting and Interference Analysis (GSM, PDH/SDH in Microwave). Capacity Planning and Upgrades.

Telecom Network: UMTS and LTE Architectures and RF Design Principles, Various Propagation models and their application in Link Budgets and Cell-site designs as per traffic distribution and Clutter. UMTS and LTE Systems Design. Types of Cells. WIFI standards and their architectures.

Networking: TCP/IP, OSI, IP Network Sub-netting and Addressing, IP Routing (RIP, OSPF, BGP), MPLS and VPN. IEEE802.3, 802.11 a/b/n/g/ac, UTP and Fiber Cabling.

Technologies: PDH, SDH, Optical Fiber, ATM, GSM, UMTS and LTE, SONET, TDM, E1, DS3, STM.

Softwares: PATHLOSS 5.0, MAPINFO 11.5, Global Mapper 10.0, MS Office 2010, MS Visio.

Equipment: Ericsson Traffic Node(TN), Mini Link-E(MLE), NEC PASOLINK+ SDH/XPIC, Working knowledge of FIBCOM 6320/6325 and ECI XDM series and Broad-Gate series (BG) multiplexersLanguages: C, C++, Java;

Certifications: Oracle 9i - SQL Certified.

Soft Skills: Good Communication, Target Oriented, Problem Solving with RCA, Relationship and Team Building.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

NOC RAN/Transport Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Tier - 1 Troubleshooting Transport/RAN for Nokia and Ericsson.
• Alarm monitoring and ticket resolution.
• Coordinating Transport media vendors for last mile connectivity issues.
• Transferring and Assigning Tickets to appropriate Field Operation Team.
• Working with Power Vendor to restore and handle power related operational issues.
• Troubleshooting CSR router for site issues.
• Trouble shooting Core Access router for BFD and LDP Session related problems.
• Bouncing ports to clear alarms on GSM, UMTS and LTE technologies.
• Determining minor and major alarms and hardware based alarm by monitoring BSCs of troubled sites.
• Handing over HW problems to Field Engineer after RCA for effortless resolution of site issues with minimum down time.
• Adhering to NOC SLA in resolving tickets to maintain high availability of services.
• Troubleshooting MW based sites on IDU basis to clear donor/recipient is having issues.
• GSM site troubleshooting retrieving alarms and remotely booting sites to clear out alarms and error recovering downed sectors.
• Launching Cabinet viewer to reset UMTS base station to recover sectors and clear any alarms.
• Running commands in LTE Ericsson OSS AMOS to retrieve alarms are rebooting sites and sector and checking traffic and users attached for proper functioning post problems
• Working on Nokia NETACT Web OSS platform.
• Checking hardware errors and VSWR alarm and clears sector or site alarm by rebooting sites / sectors.
• Checking chronic issues by gathering long term alarms on sites using NETACT.
• Ticket creation for Simplex router connections to core routers to Telco’s.
• Troubleshooting Multi-Link PPP T1 Links for bouncing issues. Loop testing T1 Links to check for any problems and supporting telco provider in clearing error and close out tickets after RCA.

Confidential

Integration Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Served as primary contact in identifying issues, troubleshooting / correlating issues, assessing impact and coordinating resolution.
• Engaged teams for troubleshooting, drove efficient resolution of issues.
• Documented all activities in ticketing system and shift turnover logs.
• Developed and maintained documentation that provided for efficient NOC operations (including maintaining inventory of sites, contacts, infrastructure and processes).
• Continuously drove to improve processes for improved performance.
• Delivered 24x7 technical support, monitored network performance, operations & maintenance of WAN; basic configuration of routers and switches and provided remote support.
• Managed tickets at our remote sites, for installations and problem resolution using our Incident and Change Management ticketing systems (Microsoft Systems Center Suite).
• Running URSA pre-migration checks.
• Supporting Field Technicians with AirScale BBU swap.
• Running new AirScale BBU discovery and troubleshooting commissioning issues.
• Verifying RFM connectivity and naming conventions and alarms monitoring via Nokia Function Manager (NFM - Service Packet or NSP).
• Running SMM discovery and troubleshooting alarms configuration and SMM discovery.
• SMM alarm testing and configuration parameter management.
• Commissioning of RETs (Remote Electrical Tilt) via Nokia’s BTS-Site Manager.
• Troubleshooting CPRI configuration issues installed on Nokia BBU.
• Troubleshooting GPS Sync issues.
• Troubleshooting Cell Down issues.
• Troubleshooting SFP rate mismatch issues between RFM and BBU.
• Troubleshooting Backhaul connectivity issues.
• Running SMM discovery and troubleshooting alarms configuration and SMM discovery.
• SMM alarm testing and configuration parameter management.
• Troubleshooting ALU 7705 routers for commissioning issues.
• Opening ticket for unresolved issue with Verizon NOC.

Confidential

Network Planning Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Site selection and ROI Calculation for Sites feasibility.
• Cell Site Planning (RFDS), New Town Planning (RFDS) using MAPINFO and MCOM.
• Creation of SCIP, NST and CIQ forms for new cell sites and towns at launch using MCOM.
• Neighbor Planning (RFDS and changes for Neighbors of upcoming sites) and Sites/BSC Migration.
• Link Engineering and SINR Calculation.
• Test Drive pre and post installation of new sites for parameter and KPI verification.
• TRX Augmentation by monitoring voice traffic in cells over 80% usage.
• Radio Network optimization by monitoring BO Reports, Alarms, Parameter Tuning and KPI statistics for SDCCH Blocking, SDCCH Drop, TCH Blocking, TCH Drop, and HOSR.
• Find out worst cells BSC/Zone wise and make action plan in coordination with zonal team to identify and resolve the worst cases.
• LOS Surveys, Site selection and ROI Calculation of media requirement for Deployment of 2G/3G cell sites.
• Site visits for verification of terrain and LOS validation and inspection of power equipment required for new site installation.
• Link Budgeting and Interference Analysis (SINR) for Microwave Links for Access networks (PDH - TDM based links and Hybrid PDH - TDM and Ethernet capable).
• Link Engineering in PATHLOSS 4.0, LOS Check using GLOBAL MAPPER 10.0 and LOS Surveys studies using survey maps, MW link propagation profile, Fresnel zone clearance verification, land and water body reflection, Multipath and refraction adjustments.
• Designing and deployment of microwave backhaul (SDH STM-1 and 2*STM-1/SONET OC-3) as per current and new sites and existing topology and terrain profile.
• Creation of network diagram for new sites and new town launches using MS Visio.
• Microwave Network topology design and implementation for New Town Launch and new fill-in sites in existing towns.
• Monthly Deployment Plan in MS Excel (Creation of MW RFDS, CIQ and BOMs, Antenna types and heights, Frequency Plan, radio and waveguide types, indoor radio units, antenna diversity configurations, azimuth measurements and Power TX and RX levels).
• Troubleshooting microwave link malfunctions under weather and various failure.
• Network upgrade (Links Bandwidth Upgrade) for 3G-IP, ATM and other 2G/TDM requirements such as EDGE E1s and Collocation BTSs and Bandwidth Augmentation in Hybrid MW Links.
• ATND (Access Transmission Network Design) of OFC Nodes for 3G IP Services.
• Ethernet Data Network Flow Diagram of MW IP Links for MPLS Class of Services (CoS) segregation for various voice, data and signaling data channels.
• 3G Node-B Cells Ethernet Backhaul. IP addressing and port allocation and configuration of Ethernet Traffic.
• Router and Switch configuration at MPBN core network handling Ethernet traffic.
• Data Comm. Network (DCN) Planning of Access Network Elements in Microwave Network NEs (Network Elements) on SO-EM (Service ON Element Management - Ericsson) Server (For Remote Monitoring and Parameter Changes).
• Command over IPv4 routing, addressing and sub-netting and usage of ICMP Ping and traceroute command for IP connectivity verification.
• Conceptual understanding of TCP and UDP working, flow management and port multiplexing.
• Cisco CLI for basic configuration of router or switch access and implementing various network configuration. Backing up router configuration, security settings or access and execution, interface addressing and DHCP configuration and verification.
• LAN design, collision and broadcast domain creation and switch interface configuration like speed, duplexing and auto-negotiation, port security and modes.
• Implementation of VLAN and VLAN Trunking (IEEE 802.1q) on Routers or L3 switches.
• Troubleshooting and problem isolation on LANs.
• Sub-netting the IPv4 into subnets for various sizes for remote Telecom network nodes (3G Node-Bs) and 2G network elements for remote monitoring and configuration.
• Router interface configuration, IP routing and static route configuration with primary and secondary (backup) links configuration.
• RIP and RIPv2 configuration for small LANs. Configuration and verification.
• DHCP configuration on router and conflict resolution.
• DNS configuration on router and or DNS relay configuration.
• Best Practices in Ipv4 sub-netting and routing, configuration and problem isolation using ping and traceroute and troubleshooting IPv4 configuration setting in switches and routers like mismatch masks, overlapping subnets, DHCP relay misconfiguration
• Configuration of Standard and Advanced Access Control Lists.
• Network and Port Address Translation (NAT and PAT with overloading) configuration.
• IPV6 addressing and sub-netting and routing protocols.
• Conceptual understanding of Routing protocols like BGP, EIGRP and OSPF and there working.
• BGP and OSPF configuration and troubleshooting.
• MPLS traffic mapping onto various tunnels based on Class of Service defined in access network.
• Hands on Experience on Ericsson ML-E legacy and ML-TN Hybrid Equipment, NEC PASOLINK+, FIBCOM MUXES - 6320/6325, Working of ECI MUXES - XDM50, XDM100, XDM300, XDM1000.
• CAPEX Preparation for yearly Rollout, Access/Backbone Network Upgrade & other requirements.
• Coordinating with Various Vendors for conducting LOS Surveys, 2G & 3G Rollout and equipment upgrade and troubleshooting and providing support for various network activities and problems.