EPHRAIM O NWABUOKEI

**** ******** *** ** *** ***, Washington, DC 20037

Cell: 202-***-****; email:kkraf4@r.postjobfree.com

CITIZENSHIP: US Permanent Resident

OBJECTIVES: To be a Telecommunications and Computers Engineer, specifically in the areas of Networks Engineering, Internet Security Engineering, RF Engineering, Systems Engineering.

TRAINING: RF, Qchat IOT Test, PTT Optimization, Performance and Latency test and Device Provisioning Training; CISCO LAN/WAN Professional Training (Hands-on)

EDUCATION

The George Washington University, Washington DC 20037 GPA 3.16

Masters of Science in Telecommunications and Computers Engineering, May 2011

Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria

Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering, July 2006

Graduated with Honors

SKILLS:

Technical

• Wireless Network and Satellite communications system design -OFDM,GSM,CDMA, 3G, WCDMA(UMTS), WIMAX,WIFI and LTE RAN Design (Wireless Network Technologies),SAE,eUTRAN and ePC, Network capacity and coverage engineering for UMTS and LTE

• Telecommunication/Internet security (IPSec), penetration testing(with wireshark, nmap etc), vulnerability scanning

• Network performance analysis using QXDM, QPST, QLAT, QChat tools, Perl and Guru network management tools (e.g. OpManager, Manage Engine)

• Cisco System/Hardware networking with excellent knowledge of BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, MPLS, SNMP, IPv4, IPv6, network test, troubleshooting and monitoring

• Familiar with command line interface for troubleshooting and configuration

• Windows 2000,XP,Vista and 7 administration and Desktop Operating Systems and firewalls, VMware

• MATLAB,MS office suite 2000/2003/2007, PowerPoint and Excel, Adobe Acrobat, Auto CAD, SQL, MySQL

Educational Projects

• Designed, configured and implemented a functional VoIP network with voice and video capabilities for peer-to-peer call and video conference call using FreeSWITCH

• Simulation of microprocessor configuration to study and obtain optimal performance using SimpleScaler

• Simulation of cache to study the effect of varying cache parameters using SimpleScaler

Technical Papers

• Technical report on study of LTE and LTE-Advanced technology based on Rel-8,Rel-9, Rel-10

• Technical paper review on a queuing theorem-based analytic model of distributed computer network

Languages

• Full fluent in written and spoken English and Nigerians

EXPERIENCE

LCC,INC Qualcomm/Sprint-Nextel Contract Job, 2011

RF Engineer

• GSM/UMTS/LTE RAN performance engineering- Performance and Latency test, QChat IOT Test, PTT Optimization, cell phone/mobile device feature testing

George Washington University, Washington DC June 2010-present

IT/AV Tech

• Installed AV equipment, troubleshoot and fixed computers and electronic devices

• Tested equipments for proper operation, including computers

• Help Desk services using Maximo Ticketing System and ADself-service plus console

RFM Network Services Ltd, Port-Harcourt, Nigeria January 2005-October 2008

Network Engineer - LAN/WAN- With knowledge of TCP/IP and routing protocols and VoIP

• Designed and configured both LAN (including VLAN ) and WAN using Cisco devices such as routers, switches and bridges, VPN,RIPv1,RIPv2, BGP, EIGRP, OSPF,MPLS, SNMP, IPv4,IPv6

• Designed and implemented voice and data network with devices from other vendors.

• Performed file restoration, recovery and backup for clients using Windows etc

• Administered Windows OS

RF Engineer April 2004-December 2007

• Designed and implemented RF circuit for antenna and RF electronics,

• Installed, tested, dismantled and re-installed existing RF systems (Alcatel-lucent, Ericsson, Andrews) including antenna and RF electronics

• Established microwave links between Base stations and MSCs;

• Provided monitored on-site installations

Leadership

• Lead a team that designed, configured and implemented a functional VoIP network with voice and video capabilities for peer-to-peer call and video conference call using FreeSWITCH Spring 2011

Professional Membership:

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, IEEE (Computer society and Communications Society)

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