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Subject: RF Engineer resume cover letter.

Respected Sir,

Please consider my letter of interest as I wish to apply for the post of a RF engineer in your company. I was delighted to learn about the available opportunity. I have done my engineering from UPTU University (india ) in Eletronics and communication and have 12 years of experience to RF planning and optimization.

I have experience in LTE technology for Nokia (3 years) and Samsung Systems (1 year).

9 years experience in GSM for Ericsson and Nokia equipment.

I have worked on Network Planning & optimisation, parametric optimization, BSS swap, project rollout, BOM preperations, material management and ordering. BSC and BSS planning for 2G, data Edge requirement. I work in a coordinative manner and ensure that the work is carried out in a budgeted and a risk free manner. I am greatly interested to seek employment at your organization and hence contribute with the best of my skills.

I would be grateful to you for your kind consideration. Please find the enclosed resume and call me on 91-995******, for any other details that you may need.

Thanks!

Sincerely,

Prafful Srivastava

Resume

Prafful Srivastava

* 26/27, Heritage Garden, ) Cell: +91-995**-*****

Dipatoli, Ranchi, email: ac3gpr@r.postjobfree.com,

Jharkhand.

Objective:

Aspiring to seek an enterprising and challenging vocation in Wireless Telecommunication to develop my career in this dynamic field with hard work, sincerity and dedication by utilizing my technical knowledge and qualifications

Professional Summary

12 years’ experience in Telecom in Planning, Optimization, NW Swaps, Project Management, Material ordering, inventory management and optimization.

Strong ability to work in a collaborative environment and being a result oriented team leader & player.

Expertise in identifying and rectifying problems, troubleshooting, conceptualizing and implementing measure for increasing operational efficiency and optimizing resource utilization.

Flexible to changing priorities, detail-oriented, works well under pressure with initiative to take on unfamiliar tasks.

Work Experience:

Company: Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd.

Designation: Manager – RF Optimization Lead.

Duration: 21st Apr 2016 till Date

Responsibilities: Planning & Optimization LTE NW. ( Equipment: Samsung)

LTE network Launch, planning & optimization of Enb & small cells.

Pre Post cluster/ city optimization, SCVT & SCFT of new sites.

Drive test & analysis through Net Velocity, Xcal tools.

City optimization for SINR, CQI Improvement.

KPI’s optimization Volte Drop, SSSR, HOSR, CQI, IP THPT, MRO analysis, call muting.

New features trial and implementation (MBMS).

Coverage holes mitigation and interference mitigation, PCI Swaps.

New Sites and small cells planning for coverage and capacity requirements.

2300/1800/850 triple band optimization and traffic sharing.

Capacity planning for high utilized cells.

Interference mitigation plan and analysis.

Remote Tilt raising and harmonization’s

Cell Site Router and backhaul error checks.

Special event planning and optimization for cricket matches and other functions.

Survey for small cells and wifi for highly populated and traffic generating locations.

Customer complaint resolution and tracking.

4th sector planning and optimization for high utilized cells.

Monitoring optimization activity with 19 Jio center teams for more than 300 sites.

Coordination with operation teams for alarm removal.

Company: Bharti Aitel Ltd.

Designation: RNO Manager – Airtel Mobility.

Department: Planning (Central Team)

Duration: 6th Oct 2013 till 20th Apr 2016

Responsibilities: Working in Airtel Central Team Gurgaon. ( Equipment: Nokia)

4g site planning for launch comparing high utilized 3G & 4G sites.

Optimization of clusters post 4G site launch.

LTE KPI optimization Accessibility, retainability, Integrity, mobility.

SINR, CQI, HOSR improvement plan.

fetching reports through Nokia netact tool.

LTE Neighbors definition and creation.

Coordinating field teams for drive test post launch for each site.

Planning GAP Sites post frequency harmonization for LTE in GSM.

Checking and follow up for hardware issue, media issue.

Planning of Sites 2G/3G/4G and Material requirement.

2G BSS Swap planning (Nokia, Eric)

Sites, BSC, Voice Erls and Data TS plan for across NW.

Spectrum Reframing Delhi Circle. Sites Evaluations, BTS & HW finalizations and ordering with circle team.

Pan India Capacity Projection for 2G Voice & Data.

Sites, BTS & HW, BSC, PCU finalization for all circles and ordering with 23 circle teams.

Raising purchase order for new material requirement

Follow up with SCM for delivery of new materials.

Inventory management for Pan India for Capex and Opex reduction.

Approval and validation of Network Change plan (NCP), BOQ's (Bill of Quantity) of all 23 circles.

Network Modernization with respect to New HW changes.

New Products evaluations, POC and approval post testing.

Guidelines preparation.

Vendor Management. Finalizing and approving scope of Work (SOW ) for various activities for Vendor Companies Site RF Survey, Optimization Activities, HW rectifications.

Company: Bharti Aitel Ltd.

Designation: Manager - RF Planning Lead NPO.

Department: Design & Planning Circle UPE

Duration: 8th Mar 2013 till 5 Oct’13

Responsibilities: Working on Airtel project in Lucknow U.P. (East). ( Equipment: Ericsson)

Sites evaluation in coordination with business team basis revenue.

Sites optimization for increasing revenues.

Radio capacity projection and management, balancing with utilization desired and other planning parameters. Traffic projections, Sites requirement, BSC requirement, maintaining EPS.

Preparing and proposing Network Change plan (NCP), BOQ's (Bill of Quantity) based on N/W erlang requirement and material requirement.

Raising Orders for purchasing of Sites Mtrl. both Ericsson and other teams.

Mtrl. Ordering, Inventory mgmt. & scrap mgmt.

Lead projects cost minimization, inventory mgmt. and effective utilization.

Planning New Sites and preparing coverage plots with TCPU. New Sites finalization with marketing and finance teams for New towns, Coverage and IBS Sites, Site relocations, COW proposals and 4th Sector Addition to enhance coverage and revenue.

Planning Monthly Rollout involving New Sites, Cabinet expansions, TRX additions & shuffling.

Data TS augmentation & shuffling in NW, media requirement.

Lead project on gold plating of Districts to enhance Data and voice to increase revenues.

Providing Customer Complaint resolutions for coverage issues.

Leading NW modernization through higher configuration BTS swap.

Planning Migration of Sites/BSC to decongest BSC/MSC load. TRHB Reshuffling to optimize TRX utilization in BSC’s.

Coordinating with different Ericsson MS, MSIP teams for contractual closures, mtrl ordering, Service PO’s, activity execution in field and billing.

Coordinating with TOCO teams for sites finalization w.r.t Sharing, New built, up gradation on existing sites and changes.

Team Handling for various activities. Coordinating with Survey & DT teams for Sites finalization, complaint resolution.

Received Achievers Award in 2015 for Swap and reforming of networks.

Received Silver Award for increasing productive sites and managing high traffic in NW.

Received Several Kudos for Inventory Mgmt. Capacity sites productivity.

RF Tools: Asset, MAPINFO, MCOM, BUSINESS OBJECT (BO),CITRIX – OSS.

Airtel PR PO Purchase trigger.

Company: Ericsson India Pvt. Ltd.

Designation: Sr. Engineer-Network Consulting.

Role : NPO – Design and Planning Lead

Duration: 4thFeb 2008 to 7th Mar 2013

Responsibilities: Working as RF Planning Lead on Airtel project in Lucknow U.P. (East).

Handling team of 9 People in Design & Planning activities (on roll & ARP).

Responsibilities:

Preparing technical BOQ's (Bill of Quantity ) based on N/W erlang requirement and material requirement.

Planning monthly deployment plan involving New Sites, Cabinet expansions, additions and TRX shuffling.

Annual MAPA signoff of contractual KPI's of UPE circle with customer.

Analyzing & Managing Contractual 2G KPIs of more than 300 sites.

Inconsistency removal, KPI Trend analysis ( TCH,SD Drop, Blocking, HOSR, Paging ), BSIC & Frequency Planning, MAIO, HSN, Neighbor & LAC optimization, Traffic forecasting etc.

Traffic pegging and distribution analysis.

Planning Migration of Sites/BSC to decongest BSC/MSC load.

Analyzing Drive Test Logs.

Service & Quality affecting alarms follow up with O&M.

Supervising Vendors for the optimum & efficient utilization.

Providing Reports & Presentations to the customer

Planning New Sites and preparing coverage plots with TCPU. Coordinating with survey teams for best possible site plan.

Dual Band Planning (900/1800) and BTS swap activities, planning their efficient deployment.

Coordinating with circle project and O&M team for efficient deployment.

Coordinating with national team and customer for planning activities.

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Ace Award for Q4, 2010 towards Business Excellence.

Appreciation letter from CEO (Ericsson) Carl Henric Svanberg.

Individual Award Certificate for Outstanding performance (every quarter ‘10) from Circle Head.

RF Tools: TCPU, TEMS INVESTIGATION, MAPINFO, MCOM, BUSINESS

OBJECT (BO), STATICS TOOL, REMEDY USER, CITRIX – OSS, NCS, MRR.

FOX, VERDI.

Company: Metrotel Wireless Engineering (India ) Pvt. Ltd.

Client : Nokia Seimens Networks.

Designation: Sr. RF Engineer.

Duration: 28thJune 2007 to 31thJan 2008

Responsibilities: Working on Idea project in Lucknow for U.P. (East) circle.

Optimisation Contractual RF KPIs of Swaped BSC’s/sites, Drop (SD,TCH), handover static’s, blocking with ND Reports, Report Builder tools.

Inconsistencies removal, KPI trend analysis.

Performing frequency planning and handover decisions.

Planning BCCH, BSIC, HSN, MAIO.

Quality affecting alarms follow up with O&M.

Coordinating with OMCR teams and O&M for resolving network related issues.

Planning and preparing coverage plots through planning tool – Asset.

Providing KPI trend and other reports to customer.

*Appreciation letter/Certificate from NSN from Mr. Rajiv Mohan Gandhi (Head –

NW Services and Optimization).

RF Tools: ASSET, TEMS INVESTIGATION, MCOM, MAPINFO.

Company: Cadtech Consultants Pvt. Ltd.

Client : Ericsson India Pvt. Ltd.

Designation: Engineer Coordinator

Department: Design & Planning

Duration: 5thJune 2005 till 26thJune 2007

Responsibilities: Working on Bharati project in Lucknow for U.P. (East) circle.

Preparing Network report and other system reports on daily, weekly and monthly basis.

Preparing Network Capacity report and Mapa for Sign Off to the customer.

Monitoring and analyzing the STS (Static’s and Traffic measurement System) Drop (SD, TCH), Blocking, Handover and other contractual KPI’s of the Network.

Analyzing KPI’s of new sites.

Preparing CDD (Cell Design Data) for new sites.

Performing frequency planning and handover decisions.

BCCH, BSIC, MAIO, HSN planning.

Coordinating with drive test, survey teams.

Performing and Analyzing Drive Test Logs.

Skill Set:

RF Tools: XCal, JCP, MYCOM, LSMR, TCPU, ASSET, TEMS INVESTIGATION, MAPINFO, MCOM, BUSINESS OBJECT (BO), STATICS TOOL, REMEDY USER, CITRIX – OSS, NCS, MRR, NOKIA ND Reports, FOX, VERDI, ND Reports.

Languages: C#, C++, C, BASIC, .NET

Operating System: Windows 98, 2000, 2003, XP, Vista.

Excellent MS Office skills.

Educational Qualifications:

Bachelor of Technology in Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering with I Div. from Shri Ramswaroop Memorial College of Engineering and Management affiliated from UPTU University-Year 2001-2005.

Intermediate I Div,City Montessori School, Lucknow (ISC Board) in year 2000

High school from City Montessori School, Lucknow (ICSE Board) in year 1998

Trainings:

Received in house training on Radio N/W Features & Tuning ( Ericsson).

Received in house Training on WCDMA Overview.

2 weeks OJT on 3G, Ericsson.

Extra Certifications:

GSM course Module from ITI. Ltd., Mankapur.

Diploma in Computer Programming & System Management from Lucknow Computer Education Society. Lucknow.

Microsoft Technology Programming Course (C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET) from Softpro India, Lucknow

Extra Curricular Activities:

Active Participation in Cultural Competitions in Dramatics at School and College level.

Personal Details:

Date of Birth: 18tt Nov1982

Marital Status: Married

Nationality: Indian

Languages Known: English & Hindi

Assets: Team Player, Honest, Reliable & Committed

Hobbies: Music, Movies & Traveling

Passport: H8294128

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