R.Karthik
Objective
Utilize skills to the fullest extent, keep learning to
enhance them and contribute to the progress of the
organization.
Summary
Over 10 + years of experience in Designing &
Implementation of Voice networking products.
Strong networking knowledge, including LAN/WAN/Voice
protocols and general infrastructure equipment.
Strong working knowledge on Nortel Voice and Data, Avaya
Contact Centre.
Good communication and organization skills.
Technical Skill
sets Expertise in implementation of Voice solutions like PBX
and Contact center.
Expertise in TCP/IP Network Design, Implementation &
Troubleshooting.
Network Hardware Installation & Configuration.
Installation, Configuration & Troubleshooting skill sets
as below:
Voice:
Nortel Meridian 11C, 61C & 81C PBX,
IPPhones,SignallingServer,
Call Pilot, Contact Centre / AACC 6.x and Contact
recorder.
Network Protocols:
TCP/IP, PPP, Frame Relay, ISDN, RIP, OSPF, BGP.
LAN:
Passport 8600 L3, Ethernet switches 5510 & Nortel
Baystack L2 Switches, Juniper E-series (ERX
& REX)
Multiplexers:
Passport 4400,6400 & 7400 Series multi Service voice
compression switches
Traffic Generators :
Agilent.
Certifications
1.Nortel Certified Technology Expert (NCTE)
(Technology Standards and Protocols for IP Converged
Networks)
2. Nortel certified Technology Specialist (NCTS)
(Technology Standards and Protocols for IP Telephony
solutions)
3.Nortel certified support specialist (NCSS) Passport
Trainings 8600
Attended 4.Nortel certified support specialist (NCSS) Passport
7000/15000
5.Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Avaya Aura contact center 6.2 Training at Dallas, Texas,
US.
Avaya Contact Recording,Bangalore,India
Passport 8600 Configuration & Management at Nortel Lab,
Chennai.
Professional 1. Company: Avaya India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore,India
Experience
Designation: Technical Support Manager.
Duration: July 2011- Till date.
Project Name: Global Service Delivery for HI Touch
Partners,EMEA.
Deliverables:
Providing Tier 3 level support to EMEA Customers for
product
range includes CS1000, Contact Centre, Call pilot and
Call recording
and handling high level escalations.
Follow up and guide team members and guide them to
achieve
yearly target in KPIs.
Escalation and Process Prime for the team.
Lab planning and deployment.
Handling critical escalation issues.
Subject Matter Expert for CS1000 and Contact center
portfolio.
Selection, training, evaluation and mentoring for new
Achievements joiners .
Facilitate customer resolution for escalated calls and
engaged the necessary technical support.
Motivate a team of technical support, includes both CS1K
and
AACC engineers through performance coaching.
Ramped up a team of 25 fresher's and brought them on
board quickly
Effectively handled escalations and received appreciation
from customers.
Effectively mentored the team for faster resolution and
to meet the metrics
Was Driving quality & Knowledge matrix for the team
2. Company: Wipro Technologies, Bangalore
Designation: Technical Lead
Duration: March 2006 - Till date.
Project Name: E-Series SIT regression - Forwarding and
Policy
Description: Juniper's E-Series routers are edge routers
which delivers the network edge. The routers are
popularly known as ERX (710,14XX) and REX (E-310 and
E-320).
Deliverables at Juniper E-Series Regression:
Involves the weekly testing activity of the integration
branches and also functional testing.
Involved in manual and regression testing activity on
weekly integration builds in Forwarding and Policy
Management.
Predominant work involved raising defects against the
issues/changes in behavior of the software and automation
of test-cases in the area of Forwarding and policy
(scaling, and existing manual test cases).
Testing ISSU (In Service Software Upgrade) and HA
(High-availability) features in the weekly integration
branches. Including new scripts into the regression test
bed for covering the new features/enhancements
Project Name: ACD / Callpilot Design ( July 2007 - July
2010)
Deliverables at Nortel-ACD/Call pilot DESGIN:
Working on Change Requests raised by Level-3 Technicians
from Nortel.
Analyzing the Sl-1 and C codes and developing patches to
fix the bugs and software related issues
Duplicating the issues faced at the customer end in the
Lab and coming up with solutions in the form of a patch
Sound knowledge in ISDN, ACD and Call Centre related
products
Fixing software design issues pertaining to different
types of trunks and ISDN protocols used across the globe.
Worked in Symposium, CCMS and Call Pilot related issues
Integrating the software fixes in the future software
releases using clear case.
Project Name:Nortel -GNTS (March 2006 - July 2007)
Deliverables at Nortel-GNTS:
Description: NORTEL-GNTS (Nortel Networks Global Network
Technical Support), North America region.
Worked for Nortel-GNTS to provide level 3 technical
assistance for tickets raised by distributor technicians
relating to Nortel Meridian EPABX.
Remote logging into EPABX to analyze configuration
settings and changing them if required.
EPABX Software Installation & Configuration
Analyzing the Client issues, Understanding and
duplicating the Client network in the Lab and
troubleshooting the configuration issues
Configuration and troubleshooting of switch-to-switch
call routing through all type of trunks using dialling
plans like CDP (Coordinated Dialling Plan) and UDP
(Uniform Dialling Plan).
Tracking communication between the EPABX and the CO
trunks over PRI links by capturing D-Channel signalling
messages.
Creating Solutions for the Technical issues and uploading
it in the client website.
3. Company: Ramco Systems Limited, Hyderabad
Designation: Network Engineer
Duration: May 2004 - March 2006
Key Responsibilities: Designing & Delivering Technical
Solutions
Pre Installation Site Surveys
Installation, Documentation & Post Sales product Support
Handling On Site Installations & Providing Technical
Support in the state of Andhra Pradesh for Nortel
Voice/Data products.
4. Company: Hathway Cable & Datacom Pvt. Ltd,Hyderabad.
Designation: Customer Support Engineer.
Duration: Nov 2002 - May 2004.
Responsibilities :
Maintenance of the Network Connectivity. Diagnosing CISCO
7206 VXR, 7206 CMTS series Routers and Cable Modems.
Monitoring Network traffic in CMTS and Gateway router.
5. Company: DDE ORG Systems Limited, Hyderabad.
Designation: Customer Support Engineer.
Duration: Sep 2001 - Oct 2002.
Responsibilities :
Appointed as a Help Desk Engineer in Comsat max Limited .
Maintenance of the Leased Lines which includes 2MB trunks
of Comsat as well as 64K and ISDN lines of Various
Corporate Clients.
Maintenance of Leased Circuits of Clients, which includes
Modem (DCE) and Cisco Router (DTE) Maintenance.
Some of the key 1. Project : Implementation of Core routing & Edge
projects switching with 1500 edge points.
Handled Location : Tata Teleservices Call Center, Andhra Pradesh
Circle
Description : Project involved designing & implementing a
Campus LAN for a 1500 seater office with Layer 3
technology at the network Core & Layer 2 at network
edge.
Redundancy was built into the design by having separate
Core switches at L3 level & running Multiple fiber cores
from the Core to the edge switches. Network level
resiliency was also available through VRRP. The network
backbone was built on Gigabit Fiber.
2.Project : Passport 7440 for Multiplexing of Data &
Voice.
Location : IntelliGroup Asia Pvt Ltd,Hyderabad..
Description : Installation & Configuration Passport 7440
for Multiplexing of Data & Voice.
Responsibilities :
Implemented connectivity of Passport 7440 at India with
another PP 6400 located at New JerseyUSA.
3. Project: Call Center Voice Infrastructure - 240 Seats
Location: Swift Response, Hyderabad.
Description:
Installation & Configuration of Meridian 11C PBX for
Voice & Passport 7480 for Multiplexing of Data & Voice
for 240 Seats.
Responsibilities:
Involved in capacity planning Installation &
configuration of Meridian 11C PBX & Passport 7480
multiplexed to cater for 240 simultaneous Voice Calls.
Implemented connectivity of Passport 7480 at India with
other 7480's located at Atlanta,USA.
4.Project :Implementation of Layer 3&2 switching (BS
5510) with MLT.
Location : DQ Technologies, Hyderabad.
Description:
Project involved designing & implementing a Campus LAN
Some of the key for Rendering,with MLT between IBM Blade servers
projects
Handled Responsibility:
Designed & Implementated,Performed the Installation
,Configuration & testing for the supplied equipment.
To build a reliable, efficient & Hi Performance Network
for DQ technologies.
5. Project: Call Center Implementation .
Location: IntelliGroup Asia, Hi-tech Ciy,Hyderabad
Description:
Installation & Configuration Passport 7480 for
Multiplexing of Data & Voice
Migration of PP7440 to PP7480 in CO.
Responsibilities:
Involved in capacity planning & configuration of PP 7480
for Voice Calls and Data.
Implemented Mesh topology connectivity of Passport 7480
at India with other 7480's located at CO Hyderabad, & New
Jersey USA.
Implemented ATM trunk between Hi-Tech City Office &
CO,Hydeabad.
.
Education Graduation
Course : Bachelor of Engineering in Computer science and
Engineering
Institute: Sethu Institute of Technology,Madurai Kamaraj
University.
Accomplishments
Touch stone award for best Performance in Avaya.
Awarded "You made a Difference" twice by Senior Director
Applause Award for support.
Recognized as one of the Best Performers on the floor for
providing exemplary technical service and receiving good
CSAT scores in GNTS.
Won the Trailblazers Award-2007 from Wipro for the Best
project Delivery.
Won rewards and recognition for the best CSAT's
Personal
Details
Fathers Name - K. Rajendran
Date Of Birth - 21 / 03 / 1980
Sex - Male
Martial Status - Married
Nationality - Indian
Languages - English, Tamil.
Passport No - K9774126
H. No 7, W, C-Block,
Divya Jyothi Lake view county,
Manipal County Road,
Singasandra, Bangalore,
Karnataka, India - 560068
Phone: +91-804*******
Mobile: +91-776*******
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