RAKESH KUMAR

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Bangalore- 560037

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JOB OBJECTIVE

Seeking senior level assignments in Wireless IT Telecom Industry: Protocol Testing/ Project Management/ Technical

Support with an organization of repute, preferably in Bangalore/ NCR / Mumbai

PROFILE SUMMARY

LTE Protocol Testing Specialist with over 8 years of experience in Telecom Project Management, Protocol Testing,

Technical Support, Team Management and Total Quality Management in Wireless Domain

A project planner with expertise managing overall operations for executing telecom network projects involving

scoping, initiating, execution within cost, time & quality parameters

Experience i n validation of 3GPP Protocols: MAC/RLC/RRC

Expertise in IOT, Field & Unit Testing, 3G/ HSPA/ LTE

Track record of having been involved in Joint Test & Debugging Sessions with operators like AT&T & VERIZON in USA

Skilled in analyzing information system needs, evaluating end- user requirements, custom designing technical

solutions, troubleshooting for complex data communications systems management

Possesses an extensive working knowledge of VOLTE RCS, NFC, VoIP & IMS technologies

Excellent international business exposure with many NW vendors like NSN, A LU, HUAWEI, ERICSSON Labs during

IOT/ IODT Travel in countries like USA, Canada, China, Germany, Ireland, Poland & France

Deft in understanding related products' architecture

Adept in mapping customer scenarios to test strategy/ plan; ability to drive system level test architecture

Exceptional communication, collaboration & team building skills with proficiency at grasping new tec hnical concepts

quickly and utilizing the same in a productive manner

SOFT SKILLS CORE COMPETENCIES

KNOWLEDGE PURVIEW

3GPP Wireless Protocol Standards and D iagnostic Tools

3G HSPA LTE and IMS Protocol Test Planning and Validation

Performing Unit Testing, IODT/IOT, Field & Regression Testing

Test Development On Anite DT9000/Agil ent PXT/Anirtsu 8960 using C/C++

WORK EXPERIENCE

Jul’13 – Oct’13 with L&T Infotech Ltd., Bangalore as Project Leader

Highlights:

KEY CLIENT HANDLED: Intel Mobile Communication

Administered activities like LTE Protocol Validation with Root Cause Analysis and Feedback t o R&D Team

Undertook activities like Release Verification Testing of LTE Multimode Chipset for Samsung Galaxy S4

Shouldered responsibility of Field/ Regression/ Reliability Testing Support for LTE

Gained experience in test specifications l ike VZW FIT Testing-OR- AT&T 10776 - OR- DG11, GCF

Provided onsite technical support to Samsung for Samsung Galaxy S4in Warsaw, Bangalore

Feb’13 – Jun’13 with XPT Consultancy & Software Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore as Software Test Leader

Highlights:

KEY CLIENT HANDLED: Intel Mobile Communication

May’08 – Jan’13 with Motorola Mobility India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore

Growth Path:

Sr. IOT/ IODT Testing Engineer May’08 – May’11

LTE Feature Test Lead Jun’11 – Jan’13

Highlights:

As LTE Feature Test Lead

Administered activities like LTE Test Development Planning and wrote test case specification

Ensured that test cases cover all requirements appropriately

Instrumental in bring up any requirement to Feature Team that is not defined clearly

Pivotal in developing and executing test cases & worked with Development Lead to solve any issues

Planned for appropriate Regression Suites post-integration

Played a major role in handling LTE Features l ike:

LTE-2G Idle Mode Re-selection

o Idle Mode Signaling Reduction Feature

o C-D RX Feature Testing

o World Mode Phone Feature (Rel-9) for Verizon

o IMS Emergency Call Support (Rel-9) for A T&T

Received company Stocks, Promotion & Monetary Awards for my excellent work

As Sr. IOT/ IODT Testing Engineer

Undertook activities like Inter-Operability Testing of LTE/ 3G/ HSPA/ Rel7 3GPP features including C-DRX, CPC, E-

FDPCH with multi vendors like Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent, NSN and Huawei

Worked as an independent LTE Feature Test Lead and Senior IOT Testing Engineer

Successfully trained 6 employees on LTE Technology

Developed high-quality Android based application used for KPI Testing

Received regular Recognition and Monetary Awards for my excellent work and contribution to company

Analyzed l ogs and root cause analysis using Mobile Log Analyzer

Instrumental in understanding 3G-REL7 features and presented trainings to the team

Pivotal in writing and executing test case scenarios for 3G Release-7 Feature-GEMS: N ew Security Keys Incorporation

Administered activities like IOT Failure Reproduction using Developing Scripts on Anritsu MD8480C, Agilent 8960,

and CMU200

Essayed a stellar role in conducting Drain Testing i n Live NW for smart phone launch in India

Planned and executed field testing for smart phone launch in India

Shouldered responsibility of undertaking activities like Fault and Configuration Management and tested follow-up

reporting to Project Stakeholders

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

Jun’05 – A pr’08 with Nex-G Exuberant Solutions Pvt. Ltd. as Software Engineer

Growth Path:

Software Engineer, NOID A Jun’05 – May’07

Software Engineer, Bangalore Jun’07 – A pr’08

(CLIENT HANDLED: NXP Semiconductors Pvt. Ltd.)

EDUCATION

2005 B.Tech. (Electronics & Communication Engineering) from GGS College of Engineering &

Technology, Bhatinda, Punjab Technical Uni versity, Jalandhar with 71% marks

TRAINING ATTENDED

MCSE CCNA Networking Training (as part of Summer Training) from Nettech Institute, Delhi

TECHNICAL SKILLS

3GPP Protocols Simulators Expertise: Anite 9000 DT Agilent 8960/PXT and Anirtsu

Anritsu C Anite C++ Agilent 8960/PXT Perl Tcl/Tk TTCN2 UNIX (IPC)

Tools Used: Wire shark, Real Time UE Log Analyzers

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY

part of the NGO for help Age society

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth 6th July, 1982

Languages Known English, Hindi and Punjabi

K9782952 (Expiry Date: 6th February 2023)

Passport

Visa Status US-B1 (Till 2020), CanadaB1 (Till 2015) & German Employment Visa Valid (Till 06-Dec-2013)

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