SUMMARY:

• 10 years of experience in the Telecommunication industry working as an Engineer for various Wireless carriers such as: Confidential, Confidential, Confidential .
• Strong hands on experience in network infrastructure and standards: 3gpp2, 3GPP, backhauls, IP - VPN, MPLS. 5 years of 0SS/BSS at Confidential & Confidential . Strong understanding of signaling interfaces on LTE & SDLC.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Network tools: Access7, Agilent, Rcast, HPOV, Net scout, Splunk, Spirent test center, Ceragon poliview OSS, Net analyst, M2000, Wireshark, QXDM, QMICM, QPST, QCAT, ADB shell

Application/OS: Windows server 2012, UNIX, LINUX Red Hat, Ubuntu, MS Office 365, Remedy, Seibel, Maas360, IBM AIX,SolarWind.

Telecommunications Technologies: OC12, OC3, DS3, T1, SNMP, WAN, MAN, WAN, MPLS, MIP, SIP, VOIP, PDSN, AGPS, DNS,3GPP,3GPP2, CDMA, GSM, WIMAX, UMTS, GPRS, EDGE, LTE, HA, AAA, RNC, HLR, VLR, MSC,1XRTT, WIFI,80211G,80211N, SSID, MSID, UTRAN, RAN, LTE, UMTS, UTRAN, RAN, LTE, VOLTE, ECFB, S1-MME, S1-U, S2, S3, S10, S1-MME, GI, GB, S11, S10, S6, PLMN, SRVoLTE, hVoLTE,eCSFB,SRVC,Open Stack.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential,Plainfield,NJ

Network Analyst & Project Manager/ LTE Tester

Responsibilities:

• Installation and maintenance of different telephony systems Cisco call Manager version 10 Voice recording, system upgrades, patches, implementations of cloud solutions such as: MS Azure, Google cloud technologies. Remote and onsite support for Windows 10, MS Office 365 configuration and support of Android OS, Windows mobile devices. EMM Enterprise Mobile Management IBM Mass 360.
• Liaison for the Telecommunication carriers Confidential, Confidential .
• Responsible for coordinating meetings with Vendors and propagating the information to the Internal teams.
• Responsible for the overall management, planning, developing, implementation,during the Project life cycle.
• Primary point of contact to assist with the project during the implementation of different systems including Teradata Aster, hadoop, Geospatial, SQL Lead on the design and execution of the new IP systems LLD QOS
• Administered ongoing change order management and created metrics for daily project Measurement with program managers
• Met with clients to address concerns and issues
• Responsible for addressing issue related to network alarms in solarwinds. performed Project closeouts/walkthoughts/ with clients to obtain acceptance signature
• Worked on VoLTE call flow SIP detailed message decode and time offset to integrate layer 3 and SIP messages in the browser view
• Review events for VoLTE optimization analysis including SIP Registration, Invite, Session Setup, Ack, Bye, Cancel, Subscribe, Notify, Update, Trying etc.
• End-to-end troubleshooting throughout the LTE network ensuring LTE functionality and uniformity of the user experience across all markets.

Confidential,Murray Hill, NJ

LTE Test Engineer

• Responsible of testing UE utilizing test cases procedures based on 3gpp2 and 3gpp Signaling test specification and inter-networking standards. Tested UE on different test scenarios including hand offs system reelections from hRPD, eHRPD, 1 x, LTE, ECFB, SRVoLTE, hVoLTE, eCSFB, SRVC Interbank system reselection and VoLTE SIP calls. Worked as a liaison with vendors such as Samsung, ZTE, HTC, ZEN to isolate problems related to network performance in the ALU Lab.
• Used of Qualcomm tools such as QXDM, QMICM, QPST, QCAT to analyze traces, performance and provisioning of the UE. Used of ADB shell to program the device and capture logs.
• Changed the configuration on different EPC elements not limited to MME, HSS, SGW, and PGW Reviewed data call sessions using Wire shark, QCAT and performed translation changes enabling and a disabling VoLTE, LTE on MMEs. Monitored traffic as part of the OSS daily routing to produce KPI reports from different signal interfaces such as S1-MME, S1U, S2, S3, S10.Assisted on different NPV and SDLC of SDN for the aforementioned vendors.

Confidential,Bedminster,NJ

Validation Engineer PM Contractor

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for proactively design and identify implementations and deployment requirements in order to mobilize line of business application and maximize performance. Provided technical consultation and resolved technical issues for AT&T customers during the deployment of the custom Wireless Network (MPLS). Updated and troobleshot different EMS using CLI and other testing systems.
• Assisted AT&T customers in the integration of engineering changes required due to the migration from legacy MWAM platform to MCS. Including changes on the size of mobile IP/v4/v6 pools, changing from public IP to private, network firewall changes, and circuit type changes from legacy frame relay to IPSEC or AVPN, SIP trunk.
• Responsible for submitting migration orders to the Comet order entry provisioning system
• Created MOP and designed Network diagrams for the client site deployment.
• Tested equipment using protocol analyzer and network tools such as Wire Shark, HP inter adviser, Network Management, HP open view, Spirent Test Center

Confidential,WA

Packet Core Network Engineer/ LTE Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for planning & dimensioning core products on different technologies such as UMTS, GSM, LTE, TDSCDMA & CDMA CS/PS-Core performance operation & optimization on MMEs, SGW,HSS,PGW, HLRs
• Responsible for Operation risk management of CAPEX & OPEX during the project life cycle
• Practical knowledge implementing 3g, 4g, EPC core network system architecture of different systems such as MME, SGSN, GGSN, MGW, HLR, STP,HA,PDSN,AAA,FA,SGW,PGW
• Internal interconnection of subsystems and external integration with other networks elements including MMSC,SMSC, WAP, SMSC,VMS,VMAS, service management, translations, provisioning.
• Call Traces, routing, fault Monitoring, fault troubleshooting and system performance monitoring.
• KPI generation on different network elements
• LTE and VOLTE optimization, KPI performance monitoring and troubleshooting, and design of UMTS and LTE technologies.
• Multicarrier strategies for LTE and UMTS Traffic load balancing between the LTE and the UMTS networks
• Responsible for number provisioning entries to the HSS & Acceptance of network equipment with vendors.

Confidential,Bellevue,WA

LTE Tester/ OSS Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing and monitoring Nokia OSS system for all regions on the radio network.
• Assisted field engineer’s integrating and re-homing BSC using BTS Manager.
• License updates, certificates, configured HP OV alarms on GPRS servers connected to SGSN &
• GGSN for 3G, 2G data traffic coming from the U-RAN node B. Administration of JDSU, EMS, Vision
• Act, Net complete, Net Optimize. Administration of ALU OSS including SAM client 5620, 7750 switches and UNIX AIX Systems.
• Assisted as a Liaison with different vendors such as ALU, JDSU, NOKIA, Ceragon, Spirent, Integrated LTE Backhaul Fiber-air IP-10G to the OSS infrastructure.
• Tested 7750, 7755 cell site routers using Spirent Test Center. Splunk System Administration and support. Responsible for creating KPI reports of the network performance.
• During the initial phase of the LTE network tuning activities Alarm Clearing, Parameter Consistency Checks, Network parameters Audit, Neighbor list checked and loaded, Site Shakedowns and Configuration updates
• LTE Parameter settings consistency checks to ensure that the power control, handover parameters, Session Continuity, Paging and Custom eNodeB parameters are properly set.
• Follow the LTE KPIs and monitored the Call Failure Rates, Session Failure Rate, DL Application Throughput (Mean, Peak), Handover Success Rates.

Confidential, Edison, NJ

Core Voice/Network Engineer/ Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible of Router configuration & VPN switching platforms activations of Cisco 2400,2800 series,Netvanta 3200, complex/broadband products including everything 10M (EOC and EOS) and above DS3, OC12 and SONET services.
• Assisted field techs with the CPE and T1s activations. Performed detailed testing via Net analyst.
• Responsible for Mapping DS1 in Alcatel or Titan DACS. Performed all aspects of data activations such as installs & troubleshooting all functions related to cuts, such as porting of numbers in NPAC, and making test calls for all products turned up and Performed end to end translations for lines & trunks in the following switch platform, 5E, DMS, SONUS, Broadworks
• DSC cross connects on the MPLS using Net test. In charged of QA pre-lunch by testing the equipment and ensuring call quality before deployments. Analysis of SIP/MGCP packet traces on the Cisco equipment and Cisco Call Manager 10x.

Confidential,Holmdel,NJ

Voice/Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Diagnose audio, installation and technical related issues regarding VoIP service and SIP Protocol.
• Tested configurations debug, troubleshot devices and applications on the Vonage Network
• Assisted with installation of VoIP phone application on their SOHO network, personal broadband network or smartphone.
• Interacted with higher level technical groups, engineers, NOC Configured wireless routers, port forwarding, call forwarding, encryption key authentication WEP/WAP2 on WIFI 802.11 G/N devices.
• Responsible for documenting and creating reports of all the network incidents digressions, outages, changed controls, etc.

Confidential,Bedminster,NJ

Sr. Network Analyst/ Tester

Responsibilities:

• Tested voice and data transmission using protocol analyzers to run traces and determine system malfunctions. Responsible for monitoring telecommunications network system using remote tools such as RCAST, Access7, Mtas, Net Geo, and Mars. Tested circuits, Network Alarm systems, not limited to routers, switches, multiplexers Cell Sites, fetch servers.
• Ran PDSN traces to determine root cause of the data calls issues.
• Worked in conjunction with Field Engineers and NOC to identify Network outages on SMSC, MMSC, BSC T1, T3, OC12, back hauls and MIP/SIP hand off assignments in the core network. Monitored PDSN HA and FA mobile IP assignment conflicts. Reset DMU AAA.
• Responsible for monitoring OTA servers. BES administration