Engineer Customer

JALAL JAMAL SOUFI

Current Address: Tripoli, Lebanon and

Salmiya, Kuwait.

Nationality: Lebanese.

Date of birth: 23 – August – 1988

Marital Status: Single

Contact Info

Cell phone: Lebanon +961-********

Oman +968-********

Kuwait +965-********

Email: *.******@*****.***

PROFILE

A Senior Telecommunication and Electronics [RF/ICT/ELV] Engineer, I have a combine 6 years of experience in Telecommunications and Low Voltage Systems (Mobile Networks, telecommunications, TETRA, ACS, IP CCTV, FIRE alarm system, etc.), IT and data networking industries.

Good knowledge in mobile backhaul Transmission and Management systems areas. Very good understanding of 2G/3G/LTE landscape.

Proficient knowledge and a good experience in Testing and Optimization of 2G/3G/4G Networks. Proficient in Design, Installation, Configuration, Testing and Commissioning of ICT/ELV Systems. Familiar with IEEE and other International Standards applicable to Telecom and IT fields. Familiar with NFPA standards applicable for Fire alarm and signaling and electrical codes. PROFESSIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Company: Mobinets. (Lebanon & International).

Job Title: Senior Telecom Engineer.

Project: Omantel (Oman) / Zain (Kuwait)

November 2016 till Present.

o Deploying the Network Engineering Platform (NEP) at customer premises, integrating different vendor equipment in the tool (Huawei, Ericsson, Nokia, Alcatel, ZTE, Cisco, NEC etc.) and testing end- to-end results

o Customer interface in Zain and Omantel, representing the company and supporting the customer to meet the needed requests and requirements on the project. o Studying the functionality of different vendor’s network and transmission equipment (BTS, NodeB, eNodeB, BSC, RNC, Routers, Ethernet Switch, IDU-MW, ADM-SDH, WDM, Core Nodes, etc.) and writing their functional requirements specifications (FRS) covering most domains and technologies

(RAN, CORE CS/PS/IMS, Transmission etc.)

o Collecting the required configuration data and backup files from the network management system. E.g.: Huawei U2000 (RAN/TRANSMISSION/CORE), Ericsson OSS-RC (RAN), Ericsson SO.EM (MW), NERA (NETMASTER), etc...

o Equipment modeling, modification and updates for the equipment types in NEP catalogue. o Customer support and follow up for better performance and satisfaction. o Meeting customer requests and new requirements and reporting to Dev team. o Follow up with customer to provide the requested dumps. o Analyze customer’s dumps.

o Import Customer data into NEP.

o Testing and QA end-to-end results, and bug reporting in JIRA. o Documentation development and scope management.

Company: STED Co ltd. (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)

Job Title: Sr. Communication and Electronics Engineer. Project: KACWC - Saudi Aramco Project.

August 2015 till September 2016.

o Testing and commissioning: Leading testing and commissioning scope for Low Current- Telecommunication and System Integration. (GSM-WCDMA-LTE, TETRA System, Fire Alarm and Detection System, VESDA Aspirating System, CCTV, Access Control, Intrusion Detection, WLan Equipment WiFi, Public Address Voice Alarm PAVA, Data Networking, IP Telephony, Two-Way Communication, Intercommunication, Hostile Vehicle Mitigation o Documentation development: Preparing and submitting Test Packages, Method Statements CMS, Operation and Maintenance Manuals NMR603, Training Manuals TM, Spare Parts Data Package SPDP

(Bill of Material, Priced Spare Part List, Data sheets, Catalogue cuts) and other cataloging data for Telecom and Electrical Systems.

o Construction follow up: Supervising QA/QC works for better performance, do support to prepare documentation like RFI/ RFT. Monitoring daily site progress, coordination with suppliers, meeting project handover schedule, good experience in detailing, finishing and daily site activities. Able to attend clients’ inquiry, site progress, plan layout and Etc... Company: Akorn Telecommunications S.A.R.L. (Lebanon & International). Job Title: Radio Frequency Engineer - Team Leader

Project: Touch-Zain (Lebanon), Alfa (Lebanon), MTN Irancell (Iran). June 2012 till July 2015.

o Huawei Team (HSPA+, LTE)

o Ericsson Team (LTE)

o ZTE Team (2G)

Perform Drive Test for (2G, 3G, LTE network)

Perform field testing and gathering log files using different equipment/ DT tools measuring the performance of signal coverage and quality of indoor and outdoor base station sites.

Analysis of drive test data. Determine and implement required changes and improvements based on optimization data

Analyzing and optimizing soft and hard handovers through proper neighbor cell relationships of 2G/3G/4G.

Analyzing Call setup success, Call Drop, and Neighbor verification.

Responsible for KPI’s monitoring.

Verify the network, site functioning properly, antenna positions, antenna directions or tilt and swapped feeders.

Collect scanner data (SC, RSCP and Ec/No)

Analyzing 3G/4G logs using Genex probe assistant.

Delivering analysis reports towards customer complaints then provide solution and recommendation.

Collect throughput data (RSRP reference signal receive power and SINR signal to noise ratio and CQI channel quality indicator) for 4G LTE

Tools:

- Genex Probe/Assistant software for Huawei nodes (HSPA+, LTE).

- TEMS and Nemo outdoor software for ZTE (2G) and ERICSSON (HSPA+, LTE).

November 28th - December 29th 2014 (One Month Mission) Location: Tehran, Iran.

o Radio Frequency Engineer (4G LTE - MTN Iran Cell) - Team Leader. Performing Field DT Training for Iranian Engineers in Tehran.

Perform field drive test, analyses and optimization (RSRP, CINR, CQI, and RSSI).

Checking throughput, ping echo request delay check, attach and detach access ability, and call setup fall back CSFB.

Tools: TEMS Software for Drive Testing.

ACTIX Software for Reports.

- Transmission Engineer

o Installation of the needed equipment as like microwave links, alignment, configuration and troubleshooting. Using Mini Link-Craft for Ericsson Links configuration.

- FAC “Site acceptance” project for Touch Operator.

Microwave link dismantle with the IF / Power cables and the transmission equipment. Checking all the possible snags such as groundings, cables cross, Fiber optics, labeling, Feeder boots... Also friendly with the telecommunications equipment in RF field such as RRU’s and RFU’s, BBU’s, RTN’s, antenna’s, (readings and actions: electrical and mechanical tilts, azimuth, wave pattern and coverage Etc.

EDUCATION

Certificates

MSc Arts, Sciences &Technology University in Lebanon (AUL), 2011-2012 Computer & Communication Engineering

BSc Arts, Sciences &Technology University in Lebanon (AUL), 2007-2010 Computer & Communication Engineering

CISCO 2008-2009

CCNA I: Networking for home and small business.

CCNA II: Working at a small to medium business or ISP. CCNA III: Introducing routing and switching in the enterprise. CCNA IV: Designing and supporting computer networks. At “ADC Academic & Development Center- Azm & Saada” Lebanese Baccalaureate Math series. 2007

Projects

Patch antenna design and simulation 2012

Based on ANASOFT HFFS simulator with transmitter circuit

- Design a Rectangular Micro strip patch antenna using HFFS simulator and then fabricate the antenna regarding to its essential parameters.

- Produce an electric wave from a transmitter circuit to send it as an electromagnetic wave from a Microstrip patch antenna.

- Study the electromagnetic wave/radiation pattern, diversity, polarization estimations, and power gain on a specific frequency.

- Understand how the frequency, Dielectric constant, antenna dimensions and the substrate affect the Radiation Pattern, Power Gain, and Polarization estimations. GSM “Cell planning for Tripoli area” 2010

- Producing a good quality network plans.

- Set up a model of a network and create subsets of the data for applying different characteristics and planning rules.

- Plan a network with minimum error and maximum productivity. PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Sana soft, Tripoli-Lebanon 2008-2009

- Worked in the networking department: implementation, analysis and troubleshooting. OGERO TELECOM, Tripoli-Lebanon 2010

- Studied the Transmission protocols as PDH-SDH

- Studied the Digital subscriber line as DSL-ADSL

- An overview on the Global system for mobile communications GSM and the equipment.

- Study the switching protocols

LANGUAGES

Arabic: Native language.

English: Spoken, read, write very good.

French: Spoken, read, write very good.

COMPUTER SKILLS

- Operating systems:

Windows 2000, 2003, XP, vista, windows 7-8.

- Linux Operating system – basic knowledge.

- Standard software:

MS Office

- Networking: LAN & WAN implementation & troubleshooting.

- Programming languages: C, C++ and Java

- Experience in installing and managing Virtualization platforms: Hyper-V, VMware. Hobbies: (Football, Basketball Reading, Internet, Movies. References: Available upon request.

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