CCIE Collaboration

Mustafa Ayaz

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Cell: 647-***-**** / 647-***-**** - Canada

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Objective

Obtain a challenging position in IT which involves data networking and

system engineering preferably in a community that is conducive with growth

opportunities. My areas of interest and expertise include IP Telephony

Networking.

Profile

. Successful and consistent International track record with hands-on

experience in Managing Telecom infrastructure design and management

with major multinational companies like Bell Canada, Celestica

International, Saudi Telecom, AT & T, British Telecom, ITI.

. Extensive work with Alcatel-Lucent Cisco, Siemens, Ericssion, Huawei

and ZTE range of Products.

. Offer proven skills and well-developed attributes in logical thinking,

problem solving, balanced decision-making, and team leadership.

Recognized as a quick study, a good communicator and effective

presenter.

. Other strengths include: project planning, people management, systems

design, implementation, technical support, commissioning, training,

trouble-shooting and project management.

. Also bring additional capabilities of rollover, technical writing,

hardware & software upgrades, failure analysis, performance tuning,

and capacity planning.

Technical Skills Overview

. Worked on the cutovers of Alcatel-Lucent, Siemens, Ericssion, Huawei's

switching and transmission networks together with its integration with

the existing Telecom networks. From Mapping, Designing and

implementation stages of circuit work orders for landline, wireless

and Data networks for its end to end connectivity until the circuits

are activated.

. Transmission using among other tools fibre optic technologies,

SDH/SONET STM-1,4,16( OC-3/12/48/192) in BLSR, MS Spring, UPSR, DWDM,

GbE, Ethernet, ATM, E1/T1, E3/T3.

. Versatile experience in designing and troubleshooting Cisco solutions

such as Cisco 4.x,5.x, 6.x, 7.x, 9 x,CME 9.x, Cisco Unity 5.x, 9.x,

Unity Connection 9.x, Cisco Unity Express, Cisco Unified Presence.

. Deployment and management of Telepresence, Meeting Place Express,

Unified Presence

. Integration of Unity Connection and Unity Server. Design and

implementation of Call manager Express and Unity Express.

. Configure IP phone services and Call admission control with

gatekeepers.

. Configuring Static, Dynamic NAT, frame relay connection and Routing

Protocols RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP and VOIP Protocols H323, MGCP,

SCCP, SIP.

. Network monitoring tools HP Open View HP OVPI, Remedy Ticketing system

in NOC environment.

. Configuring H323, SIP and MGCP Voice gateways and End-to-end

implementation of Unified communication infrastructure for multiple

locations. Configuration and maintenance of ISP's SIP trunks.

. Configure VOIP dial-peers, Route patterns, route lists, Hunt Lists,

Translation patterns, Inter cluster trunks, SRST, Toll bypassing and

QOS traffic shaping.

. Identifying customer needs, interpret and evaluate system and IP

telephony network requirement.

. Familiar with ITU, IEEE and other International Standards applicable

to Telecom fields.

Professional Experience

CELESTICA INTERNATIONAL INC., Toronto, Canada 2007 - Present

IT/Telecom Analyst

. Team lead and managing Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, Juniper and wide range

of telecom project accounts. Created integration failures database for

the different groups. Streamlining the ability to trouble-shoot

functional testing and integration issues during rollover projects in

field.

. Designed, integrated Alactel-Lucent's, Cisco, Juniper IP, CORE

(ATM/POS/MPLS), EDGE, ESC, GIGE, SIP trunks, Ethernet,Multi rate 8,16

T1/E1 ranges of switching and transmission products.

. Implementing WAN, Data/Voice and Video deployments as per the

orders.

. Support the Call Manager, CUE, UCCX and Presence range of products. .

. Using sophisticated test and measurement instruments simulated 'live

traffic' environment, identifying and addressing launch stage issues

and assuring quality and reliability of products as designed in lab

for the real environment as per the customer's requirements (SIAT).

. Creating network design after sales team hand over customer for the

deployment of IP Telephony Unified Communications then implement the

project management skills during commissioning, documentation and

technical writing.

. Ensure conformity to the ITIL process & procedures. Involved in the

clients meetings concerning future upgrades and requirements.

. End to end QOS implementation for Voice and Critical Applications,

Traffic shaping and bandwidth assurance.

. Maintain network hardware and software, analyze problems and ensure

the availability of network.

. Implementing patches and Vendor change orders requests (VCOR) and

identify the security patches (BASH) upgrades in advance and implement

the same in coordination with the professional services group.

. Performed key bridging consultancy role between IT vendors in hardware

equipment and software procurement and clients on IT/Telecom projects,

delivering wide range of technically sound and economical solutions

for this group globally.

. Key contributor in SCADA, Wind, Solar systems study, undertaken to

support integration of Energy sector equipment for emerging green

projects.

SAUDI TELECOM, MINISTRY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS & IT, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

2001 - 2007

Network Operations/Technical Support Specialist

. Mapped and designed, implemented and gave end to end connectivity of

various kinds of IT/Telecommunication equipment, minimizing execution

issues and assuring high standard of service delivery.

. Provisioned and performed site and system tests on new optical

transport systems, transporting E1, E3, STM-1, STM-4, STM-16, STM-64

signals in ring and linear systems, setting stage for successful

introduction of robust new systems for swap projects from Ericssion,

Siemens to Alactel-Lucent, Huwaei and ZTE.

. As Team lead, provided valued support during commissioning and system

testing, partnering closely with customers during swap over of 'live

traffic', and provided post-rollout on-site customer training until

circuits activated.

. Using broad technical skills troubleshoot end-to-end connectivity,

bandwidth and synchronization issues, accelerating movement to smooth

service delivery as per the customer's requirements.

. Dependent on activated circuits, trunks and traffic from

optimization/tele-traffic team's reports and line release meetings

migrated this swapped traffic to re-home and re-host over other

central office.

. Worked on Intelligent networks and soft switches to have advanced

redundant routes or re-swap on newer switches and higher STM streams

of STM-1, 4, 16, 64. For better traffic management, delivering more

stable/redundant services.

. Migrated from PSTN to VOIP network kingdom wide using Cisco

callmanager 5.0.

. Development and optimization of the existing enterprise networks.

. Other engagements included direct interaction with program IT-

Infrastructure team for transitions and rollover changes. Plan &

Coordinate implementation tasks and interface with the other project

managers.

. Generates network configurations from Low Level Design for highly

complex networks.

. Plan and executes highly complex Network Upgrade and Network

Migration projects.

. Generates standard project documentation including detailed test plan

for highly complex networks.

. Maintain customer network inventory and other network information

databases.

. Perform second level support functions for network problems in

accordance with the Incident/Problem management process. Providing on-

call support functions. Escalate problems to vendors as required.

Perform network configuration changes in response to client requests.

. Review network requirements and engineering concerns associated with

customer requests such as, equipment configuration and operational

impact. Involve in pre-sales as well as in post-sales products life-

cycle activities taking into consideration the end of life products

advance upgradations.

. Interacting with the customer technical team and internal teams for

formulating the customer acceptable design

AT &T (LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES) INTERNATIONAL INC., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

1997 - 2001

Network Integration Engineer, (Bell Labs Innovations).

. Integrated, tested, provisioned/commissioned Alcatel- Lucent Switches

4ESS/5ESS system configuration databases application, queries, call

flow, verification of Digit Analysis, routing, charging, terminal

authority management, file system managements, UNIX-RTR interfaces,

use of log files, MDII analysis, software updates, overloads, system

integrity, audits, and asserts.

. Operations and Maintenance of AT&T(LUCENT) GSM, Core Data Switches,

TDM ( ISM, SLM & ADM Multiplexers, DACS V/VI(Digital Access and Cross

Connect System) Wave star OLS10/ 40/80G, wireless local loop, CDMA

equipments.

. Final testing and handover of fiber optic SDH transmission equipment

Junction/long distance network rings. Performed ring network media

acceptance tests by using Network Management and various test and

measuring instruments. Acting on requests from key account leaders.

. Supervised network teams of Engineers and Technicians from all

districts in NOC's and O&M centres in K.S.A. Successfully meeting

implementation challenge of high volume of customer-provided facilities

work orders for DDN, MODA, ARAMCO, SCECO, core Banks, Cell on Wheels

(COW) sites for Royal Telecom, SAMA, KAUST internet Projects and other

major Corporate, International and special circuit networks.

. Key contributor to timely execution of major Internet, GSM expansion

projects during Ramadan, Hajj. Implemented in advance circuits for

greater revenues.

. Spearheaded one-point contact for integration department, coordinating

on behalf of several departments using broad range of skills from work

on typical Telecom networks in all phases during commissioning,

deployment, reporting, O&M and optimization on switching, transmission,

and Data networking projects.

. Recognized for outstanding performance and exceptional support to Y2K

cutover and wireless projects, receiving Certificate of Appreciation for

installation, provisioning and commissioning, actively handled services

from switching group in timely completion of STC awarded projects: TEP-

6, TEP-7, Fibre optic Network installation, GSM-MSC, R&G, Gateway

extension, 170K, Internet Phase-2, Phase-3, Any media, GSM R&G

Installation, and Ramdhan and massive Hajj swap/implementation projects.

BRITISH TELECOM, RIYADH, Saudi Arabia 1995 - 1997

Data Communication Engineer

. Core member of Engineering Department working in 'network design'

area, installed, tested and conducted O&M, on existing AMC/SLA's for

various customers networks. Operated and maintained organization's

wide area corporate/private networks using different vendors and WAN

technologies from 3Com, Cisco, Cray switches, tyment, Telematics

switches, Motorola, Siemens and other gold partners of BT Al -Saudia.

. Upgraded and migrated these networks to Cisco products platform,

mainly executed on Riyadh Bank's kingdom- wide Telematics

internetwork.

. Contributed to success of a series of major projects including:

'pipeline surge relief' network for ARAMCO refineries, 'message

switching' platforms for KEMYA, and VSAT systems for Saudi Research

and Marketing, X.25 networks on behalf of SAMA and British Bank of

Middle East in Jordan and Egypt, MOPTT customers billing router

network, and Kingdom-wide WAN network for Ministry of Health.

. Installed and tested telecommunication equipment together with

connection of power supplies, PABX and testing in SAMBA, ATM and LAN

internetwork for Saudi Holland Bank, Commissioned IT and telecom

infrastructure for Al-Kharj Defense air base in each case delivering

to client's satisfaction.

. Prepared necessary system test procedure and documentation along with

Nor consult staff and MOPTT, inspected hardware installation work in

line with BOM/MOP. Q.C done on final acceptance and produced the

updated redlined ODM's.

Education / Certifications

Bachelor of Electronics Engineering - Recognized by University of Toronto -

CANADA

Successfully completed certifications in: CCNA, CCNP VOICE, CCIE

Collaboration.

. Have successfully completed several hardware and software courses in

UNIX and C-language ? networking ? structured cabling ? splicing ?

Microsoft products ? Servers ? Project Management ? Virtualization

References

Could be provided on request.

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