Senior Switch Consultant

Malek M. Hamaydeh

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IN BRIEF

I have extensive experience in Telecom Engineering within GSM/UMTS/LTE operators and vendors (Ericsson, Nortel, Alcatel and Motorola) occupying different career levels as a Senior Engineer, Team leader, Supervisor and Manager.

I am a core Expert with extensive experience in the GSM/UMTS technology and the GSM/UMTS standards with a very good experience in the following: MSS/MGW, HLR/HSS, IMS, VoLTE, UDC, STP, CAMEL, MNP and MVN for operators and recently from the vendor side.

I have a very good experience in Core Network Auditing and Standardization, Performance, Engineering, Planning, Initial Design, Implementation, Integration, Testing, Operation and Maintenance.

SPECIALTIES

Managed Services Operations • Telecom O&M • Telecom Project Management • Process Improvement • Change Management • Presentations • Client Relations • Team Leadership • Technical Support • Negotiations •Auditing and Standardizations • Engineering & Planning • Implementation • Integration • Testing.

ACHIEVEMENTS

Auditing and Standardizations of Mobily core network.

Setup complete process for network changes in Mobily.

Setup complete Documentation of Mobily Core network.

Setup of MSC in pool, SIGTRAN and VOIP in Mobily Network.

Implementation of Numbering Plan Change for Syriatel and Areeba in Syria.

Startup of new 10 MSSs in Warid Pakistan.

Introducing SIGTRAN, VOIP and pool MSCs in Warid Pakistan.

Setup of Motorola next Generation HLR (HLS) Mobilink Pakistan.

End to end testing of first MVN in Vistream Germany.

Auditing of MobiNil Egypt core network.

Startup of new network for Xpress Jordan.

Startup of new network for Jordan telecoms.

EDUCATION

B.S., Communications Engineering, 1998, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan.

RELOCATION

Willing to relocate as needed

REFERENCES

References, Recommendation letters and work certificates are available upon request.

WORK EXPERIENCE

08-2016 T-Mobile - Philadelphia PA

Present Senior Switch Consultant

Cell site integration from the Central Office (Switch) for Ericsson GSM 1900, UMTS 1900, UMTS 2100, LTE 2100, LTE 700 and LTE 1900

Script generation for Ericsson GSM 1900, UMTS 1900, UMTS 2100, LTE 2100, LTE 700 and LTE 1900

Commissioning Ericsson GSM 1900, UMTS 1900, UMTS 2100, LTE 2100, LTE 700 and LTE 1900 both manually and with scripts

Taking RF CIQ information and turning it into E\\\ scripts for site integrations.

Working at the Central Office to remotely load the scripts to the site with assistance from the Field Technician.

Alcatel Lucent 7705 SAR Cell Site Routers

T1 functionality, SS7 signal flow and trouble shooting.

Ethernet functionality, signal flow and trouble shooting.

RF signal flow and trouble shooting.

trouble shooting DACSS or larger nodes if they should fail.

Handle configuration and fault management for a range of platforms including voicemail (IN), HLR (Home Location Register), VLR (Visitor Location Register), MGW, BSC (Base Station Controller), SMSC (Short Message Service Center), and IWF (Inter Working Function).

11-2007 Ericsson AB

07-2016 Managed Network Services (MNS) Mobily

Job Title BO Core Team Leader

Working with Ericsson MNS for 9 year, responsible of a team of 6 employees working in the Engineering Auditing, configuration, Integration, operation and maintenance of Mobily Core network.

Preparation and Implementation of network standardization for Mobily network for all MSCs, GMSCs, HLRs and STPs.

Auditing the core network and cleanup the not used data in the network.

Create system documentation for Mobily core network.

Create new process for DT team and for configuration changes in the core network.

Responsible of producing Data transcripts and loading of DTs for the existing AXE core nodes

(MSS, MGW GMSC, STP, HLR, FNR and SCPs) for all O&M requirements.

Implementing received WO.

STP Network implementation, testing and operation of SS7 Signaling Network

Implementation, and integration for any new features and service over GSM/UMTS/LTE/WIFI.

Integration of New nodes (UDC, IMS, MGCF, VoLTE, MSC, MGW, HSS, BSC, RNC and VAS nodes) to the network and auditing the nodes in order to put them in traffic.

15-6-2007 Ericsson Pakistan Ltd

15-10-2007 Networks Deployment and Integration (NDI)

Job Title Integration Engineer (MSS)

Generate Hardware DT for MSS from the C3A file based on APZ 212 50

DT for complete Signaling in MSC-S towards other nodes HLR / MSC-S/ /BSC /EIR/ SMS-C

Exchange data definition to support CCN in MSC-S & STP (Definition of exchange data for activation of feature RTCfA in MSC-Servers (MSC-S)

Exchange data definition in MSC-S for Media Gateway Control

MSC-S in a POOL definition.

Definition of exchange data in MSC-S for BICC routes towards other MSC-S

B-Number analysis for MSRNs,Handover data & Call related analysis (RC, EOS, Pre-analysis …etc)

Data transcript handling to define TDM routes in Monolithic MSC towards MGW

Definition of exchange to add a new Ericsson MGW 4.1 in a MSC-S pool

Migration of Signaling from SS7 to SigTran MSC & HLR /MSC & SCP /MSC & STP /STP & SDP

11-3-2007 Ericsson Syria

10-6-2007 Data Transcript (DT) Engineer

Numbering plan change (NPC) project for Syriatel and Areeba

Modifying A-Number & B-Number analysis, RC, EOS, Roaming and Handover data, and Creating new announcements routs for the NPC.

Working in Spain with GSDC to test the prepared DT’s on the SEA.

Implementing the new DT’s in Syriatel and Areeba MSC’s and MSS.

Check and I mplement the missing corrictions in R11.

Working in troubleshooting the problems after the NPC with other operators and PSTN using the TEST SYSTEM traces and other traces like CTRAI and UPMTI

Preparing the Cleanup DT and Implement the DT’s on all MSC’s

9-7-2006 Wireless Facilities, Inc. WFI MobiNil Egypt

31-8-2006 Core Network Audit and Performance Expert

1.Quality Check: Evaluate and analyze core network KPIs that may be contributing to quality problems including: Answer Seizure Ratio (ASR), Network Efficiency Ratio (NER), Voice Quality, Post Dial Delay (PDD)……etc.

Performance Check (KPIs): NSS Performance Audit including Review of C7 Signaling Usage, Review of 2MB Trunk Group Usage, Review of VLR usage status, Handover, Location Update and Paging Success Rates per MSC and Review of Hardware Usage per MSC

2.Core Network Design : Audit of the Core Network Design that includes the following:

The total number and sizes of MSC, locations and, traffic handling capacity and Grade of Service

The MSC topology design

STP Network design and Signaling Network Utilization

Network and Switching Subsystem Routing plan

Availability of Network Planning Features in the MSC

Traffic distribution and resource utilization

Integration with the Base Station Subsystem (BSS)

26-9-2005 Motorola EMEA region (Europe Middle East and Africa)

9-7-2006 MSS-G (Mobile Soft Switch - GSM) Division

Job Title System Support Expert

Responsible of installation, implementation, integration and testing of Motorola Soft-switch

Perform full integration with the other Nodes like GMSC, HLR, BSC, SMSC, IVR, VMS, PSTN, Prepaid System (CAMEL), and Other PLMN network.

IOT testing with other venders.

Implementation and testing of internal Intelligent Peripheral (SRF) for Prepaid CAMEL announcements.

Responsible of Preparation and execution of End to End testing for Vistream Germany and providing a comprehensive test call scenarios (600 case) for the network including all standard GSM call scenarios, Prepaid, MNP, GPRS, SMS, MMS, Voicemail, Roaming and Call redirection / call routing covering the SS7 message flows between all the network elements.

Responsible of implementation, integration and testing of Motorola HLR system (HLS)

06-2003 New Generation Telecommunication Company (Xpress) Amman, Jordan

To 24 -9-2005 Network Engineering and Operation Department

Job Title MSO Engineering and Operation Supervisor

Working with Xpress for 3 years, responsible of a team of 20 employees working in the implementation, operation and maintenance of the network.

1.Engineering:

Working on the design and specifications for Xpress GSM network including the design for the Power System, NSS, BSC, VMS, SMS, Customer Care center, Echo Cancellers, DACS & DDF mapping and the rest of the network elements.

Engineering and planning for the implementation of the Mobile number portability (MNP) and Carrier selection pre-selection (CS & CPS).

2.Installation:

Initiating the RFQs for the installation subcontractors and provide a complete specification of the MSO installation including the floor layout and the distribution of the equipment.

Responsible of the installation, commissioning and testing of the power system, DACS, DDF and the fixed network equipment (NSS and the rest of the GSM components).

Integration and testing with all the operators in Jordan and responsible for the implementation of the roaming agreements with the other GSM operators and Dispatch Roaming.

Responsorial for the implementation of prepaid system Mobile number portability (MNP) and Carrier selection pre-selection (CS & CPS).

3.Acceptance Testing for the NSS, Power System, DACS, BSC, Packet Date subsystem and Dispatch subsystem

4.Building the Database: Do all the translations and building the database needed for operation of the MSC including the Call setup, call treatments, statistics and routing administration.

5.Documentation:

Responsible for filling Nortel and Motorola Data Base Questionnaire (DBQ) and Customer Information Questionnaire (CIQ) for the system and compleat system documentation.

Setting up the daily weekly and monthly maintenance procedures for the network operation Staff and setting up the reporting and documentation for the Network management center.

6.Knowledge Transfer: gave comprehensive training courses to all the network operations engineers on Signaling SS7 and GSM Switching translations and datafill.

10-1998 Jordan Telecommunications CO. Amman, Jordan

To 6-2003 Planning & Projects Department, Switching Systems Division

Job Title Switching Project Engineer

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