Engineer Project
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Resume keywords summary: *G,2G,RAN,GSM,WCDMA,OMC,RNC,BSC
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Work Experience
Experience level: 2-5 years
Profile/Cover Letter: SALMAN AHMAD
615 47- Thorncliffe Park Drive,
Toronto, ON, M4H 1J5
Cell 647-***-**** Email ********@*****.***
Profile
Over 4 years of experience in 2G/3G BSS & OMCR/NOC support. Currently working with Huawei Technologies as RAN support Engineer on Bell UMTS project.
Education
M.Eng in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (Majors in Telecommunications)
University of Alberta April 2011
B.sc Electrical Engineering (Majors in Electronics & Communications)
University of Engineering & Technology Lahore Pakistan Dec 2005
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Alcatel BSS NPO Administration Logs / Trace Analysis
Alcatel OMCR SUN Servers Administration MX BSC
QoS Counters / Indicators BSC / MFS - OMCR Connectivity OMCR Configuration
HP Servers Administration Alarm Monitoring & Rectification HP TeMIP
Huawei RNC 6900 Huawei DBS 3900/3902E Huawei M2000
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Huawei Technologies (Bell UMTS project),Toronto (June 2011 ---Present)
RAN Engineer For Bell UMTS project my current job responsibilities are
Supervise contractors for RNC installation and ensure installation as per Huawei standards.
Preparation of RNC CIQ in co-ordination with customer.
RNC6900 commissioning and Integration.
Generate and verify RNC commissioning scripts.
Perform complete ATP testing on newly commissioned RNC.
Generate Iub planning for the RNC split.
Generation of NodeB rehoming scripts using CME and modifications according to customers network scenario.
Verification of re-parenting scripts in the lab environment.
Support customer to carry out reparenting activity and troubleshoot problems encountered in NodeB cutover.
Generate KPI reports based on templates prepared on M2000.
Monitor KPIs for the newly commissioned RNC.
Prepare MOPs for Huawei procedures and make modifications to the existing ones.
Prepare weekly RNC assessment report for customer and recommend actions for smooth and efficient running of RNCs/ NodeBs based on the report results.
Verify and prepare procedures for customer requests for network topology and scenario changes in lab environment.
Perform weekly analysis of alarms on the M2000 for all Bell RNCs, segregate them into maintenance and non-maintenance window and investigate the root cause of the alarms and make recommendations to avoid them in future.
Alcatel-Lucent (Mobilink Project), Lahore, Pakistan (January 2006 August 2009)
Sr. TECHNICAL SUPPORT ENGINEER January 2006 August 2009
Leading level II(Local TAC) team, providing support to the customer (Mobilink), having network of approx 350 BSCs & 13000 cells. Supporting & troubleshooting Alcatel BSS hardware (Software release B9 & B10) including BSC, BTS, TC, MFS (for GPRS).
To solve the trouble tickets within SLA & to provide AR (Anomaly Report) of each TT.
Responsible for escalation of TTs to for level 3 & 4 support.
Providing 24/7 level I & II online support & training customer on new Alcatel-Lucent products and services.
Leading the task force team for carrying out daily activities in the OMCR which includes work orders.
OMCR ADMINISTRATION
System and Network administration of SUN V490 & V880 (Alcatel OMCR servers) including hardware and OS level troubleshooting in coordination with SUN Global support.
Handling all OMCR Admin issues including trouble shooting of Alcatel OMCR application.
Commissioning OMCR servers, HMIs & workstations as per ALU recommendations.
Commissioning NPA, RNO, Laser servers & clients.
Developed Perl scripts for automation of configuration and troubleshooting tasks in OMC.
Scheduling of shell scripts to run periodically for customized precautionary tasks.
OMCR Configuration changes Large to XLarge Configuration (OMC, NPO).
TRACE ANALYSIS
Resolving QoS issues on BSC and Cell level like (Call drops, Preparation failures, RTC drops, Congestion, HO failures, Zero calls, low CSSR/HSR, high CDR etc.) and optimizing KPIs.
Analysis of BSSIM/RNIM traces and platform traces to find the root cause of problem.
Analyzing Q3 traces for troubleshooting any supervision issue either at OMC or NMC end.
Analyzing K12/K15 traces for root cause analysis in case of degradation in network.
BSS TROUBLESHOOTING
Logs and trace analysis at platform level for Alcatel BSS hardware and OMCR servers to find root cause.
Identify different types of network degradation/failures based on alarms, counters, indicators, logs, traces.
Configuration of Cisco Routers for BSC/ MFS connectivity with OMC. GPRS/EDGE & Gb configuration.
BSC outages, patch installations, migrations and software upgrades.
Creation, deletion and configuration of all BSS entities via OMCR as configuration of new sites, neighbors addition / deletion, expansion / reduction of sites, split / merge cell, cutover/ re-parenting of sites, Inter MSC, inter BSC migration, Inter OMC BSC / MFS migration etc. Performing MLUs.
Perform offline tests and commissioning of Alcatel A9100 Evolium and A9110 Evolution BTS.
Offline and online commissioning of Alcatel A9120 BSC.
Commissioning of Alcatel A9125 transcoder.
QoS OPTIMIZATION
Resolving QoS issues on BSC and cell level on daily basis such as preparation failures, SD/TCH congestion, low CSSR, high CDR,low HO Success, TCH assign failures etc.
Low Efficient TRX detection through shell scripts
Cell /BSC /Adjacency Parameter Tuning
Stats unavailability/ abnormal stats problem
A & Abis interface trace analysis using K-12/K-15 protocol analyzer.
Hands on experience on Alcatel A9156 RNO Tool/ NPO
PROJECTS
MOTOROLA TO ALCATEL SWAP PROJECT
Lead a team of engineers to perform configuration, supervision & maintenance activities from OMCR
Co-ordination with BSS/Transmission Planning, BSS Commissioning, Integration, NSS and VAS departments in order to conduct the swap activity smoothly
Plan swap activities and ensure completion of project before deadline
BSS SOFTWARE MIGRATION B8 to B9 and B9 to B10
Migrate all the OMCRs, Tool Chains and BSS entities (300+ BSCs, 10+ MFS & 5,000 BTS) to the latest software release.
Maintain and improve the overall KPIs for complete customer satisfaction about the new software versions performance.
Carry out migration in a smooth fashion to ensure minimum supervision and telecom outage
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
GSM Introductory training of Alcatel-Lucent GSM and GPRS platform 2006
BSS Introduction and troubleshooting of Alcatel-Lucent Mx BSC/MFS 2006
BSC Database Troubleshooting of Alcatel-Lucent G2/MX BSC DLS (Basic level) 2007
Cisco Systems CCNA Training at CORVIT Systems, Lahore 2007
SUN Microsystems Solaris 10 Admin 1 training at Tech Access Pvt. Limited, Lahore 2008
RF Optimization QoS & Traffic Load Monitoring training, Islamabad 2008
RF Optimization RFT-B9 release training at Alcatel Head Office, Islamabad, Pakistan 2008
A & Abis Interface Trace Analysis K12/K15 trace analysis, Alcatel-Lucent University, Cairo, Egypt 2008
OMCR Delta B9-B10 (BSS & OMCR Software Release) Evolution 2009
Customer Relations Increasing Customer Relations Experience within Technical Support 2009
Advanced Telecommunication 3G Competence Development Initiative 2009
SKILLS & TOOLS KNOWLEDGE
Hands on experience on Alcatel 1353 RA OMCR
(configuration, migrations, database management, administration)
Hands on experience on Alcatel RNO and NPA tools
Experience with Huawei M2000
Drive Testing using TEMS and SAGEM Atoll
Hands on experience with Cisco 2800 & 3600 series routers
MapInfo
Alcatel RNO/NPO (A9156)
Alcatel RNP (A9155) / Atoll
Alcatel- SBell Analyser for Radio Performance (ARP- B10)
Perl scripting
LTE handset Antenna design using HFSS
OFDM system simulation using Simulink
HP Open View
UNIX & Linux, Sun Solaris 10 skills
K15& K12 Trace Protocol Analyzer
DLS Tool & DLS Debug for BSC Database
X Manager and Putty
MS Windows 2000/XP/Vista, MS Word, MS Excel
Excellent written and verbal skills with command on English and Urdu
Strong Communication and time management skills
References
Available on request
Employer: Huawei Technologies Ltd
Job Title: Wireless Engineer
Start Month/Year: 06/2011
End Month/Year: Current
City: Toronto
Country: Canada
Description: Not Specified
Background and Experience
Education Level: Master's Degree
School Name: University of Alberta
Major: Communications
City: Edmonton
Country: Canada
Graduation Date: 15/04/2011
Description: Not Specified
Languages
Language Level
English Fluent
Job Preferences
Job Category: OMC/BSC Engineering Technical Jobs
Job Type: Full-Time Employment
Job Status: Immediate
Desired Salary: $0 per year
Desired Location: Toronto
Willing to Relocate: Yes
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