Engineer Network

Sunday Ogedengbe

Houston, Texas *****, USA. +1-979-***-**** *********@*****.***

CAREER SUMMARY

A technically proficient, analytical, versatile and result-oriented

Engineer with 7years of professional experience in IT/Telecommunication

(VoLTE, LTE, UMTS, EDGE/GPRS/GSM, CDMA/EvDO/1x technologies) and Project

Management with emphasis on RF Design, planning, tuning & optimization in

both Technical and Leadership positions. Broad operational knowledge and

experience of several vendors (Ericsson, Alcatel Lucent, Huawei and Nokia

Siemens Network). Excellent organizational and communication skills,

outstanding work ethics, and ability to work well in both team oriented and

self-directed environments.

WORK EXPERIENCE

GCB Services LLC McLean, Virginia

2013 - present

RF Engineer (Client: Verizon Wireless)

VoLTE/LTE/UMTS planning, physical and parameter optimization, audit, alarm

troubleshooting and resolution, drive test and post process analysis.

Vendor: Ericsson and Alcatel.

RF drive-test, post process analysis with TEMS and ACTIX/Spotlight

analyser, for cell Coverage and Quality investigation with drive testing

tools such as Agilent, TEMS & NEMO (Walk test).

Preparing drive routes, cluster polygon and analyzing log files to find out

problem areas of the network, layer 3 message analysis, sorting out

Coverage, Interference, Pilot Pollution, Hand-over problems, Call Drop

problems and making recommendations to improve Coverage and other Drive

Test related KPIs.

VoLTE End to End Analysis and constant audit.

Troubleshooting and Optimization of VoLTE Retainability issues caused by

poor coverage, high interference, mobility issues, high Load, HW issues,

alarms etc.

Alarms, UL noise per PRB, RTWP, RSSI, VSWR troubleshooting and resolution.

LTE KPI Stats monitoring using COPs, Business object and ROP by ROP

monitoring using AMOS.

FCC compliance testing, E911 testing with PSAPs and Line Sweep test using

Anritsu Site Master.

Layer management definition/audit to ensure sites comply with the LM

strategy.

UMTS Neighbor Scrub/Script preparation for SHO, IFHO, IRAT, FEMTOs with

Load sharing and coverage relations for new launches.

Tilt, Neighbor and CPICH power recommendations based on site propagation as

appropriate.

RNC, node-B audit for proper cell definition on nodes, neighbor list fine

tuning with the use of WNCS, cell Parameter and Features optimisation for

consistency and discrepancy audit checks.

Cluster drive and individual site shakedown for newly integrated site.

Layer by layer Data packet analysis using wire shark and PCI Collision

analysis.

Good understanding of LTE features such as Data forwarding at Intra LTE

handover, Idle mode behaviour, LTE power control, Link Adaptation,

Scheduling, Active Queue Mode, Mobility, ANR, MIMO, Radio connection

supervision, Load balancing etc.

Good understanding of LTE interfaces, Call flow, layer 3 messages,

protocols and Architecture.

eNB and Cell level parameter audit and neighbor optimization.

Parameter changes using Moshell/Amos.

TAC & LAC Audit, S1 link and X2 link audit.

Diagnosis/Troubleshooting by Cell trace and UETR trace.

Meeting with Customer from the National team to deliberate on Statistical

and Drive test KPIs.

Huawei Technologies Limited Victoria Island, Lagos

Nigeria 2010 - 2013

Radio Network Planning and Optimization Engineer

MTN Nigeria (New Rollout-Team Lead and Ericsson-Huawei Swap) and ETISALAT

Nigeria (Alcatel-Huawei Swap). GSM, WCDMA, VoLTE and LTE Technology. FY2012

Delivery Revenue Award for milestones achieved on MTNN projects and 2012

Excellent Staff of the Year Award, West African Region.

Physical and Parameter Optimization, KPI Monitoring and Analysis [Cell and

RNC Level].

Sites tuning after integration to meet acceptance KPIs criteria and

increase Network quality by 30%.

Neighbour Planning, Network Engineering parameter planning and

Optimization.

Congestion and RET configuration resolution.

Circuit switch and Packet Switch RAB failure analysis and optimization.

Multi-Carrier WCDMA planning and Blind HO deployment.

CSSR, CDR and mobility KPI optimization; Congestion and RET configuration

resolution.

Liaise with clients on Post DT and ATP test/approval based on acceptance

criteria.

Drive Test: Pre and Post Cluster Optimization drive testing [CS and PS],

Ping Test, SSV etc.

Drive test log file post Processing Using Actix, Ericsson TEMS and MAPINFO.

Providing supervision, training and supports for Engineers by utilizing

researched learning materials, resources and technical methods to improve

the instructional environment.

Managed customers/subscribers complaint and reduced resolution time by 40%.

Perform trace and analysis on issue site using Web LMT.

Detailed Technical Site Survey.

Sunday Ogedengbe

Merit Telecoms Limited Ilupeju, Lagos Nigeria

2009 - 2010 Associate RF Engineer

Project: ETISALAT Nigeria (Ericsson & NSN) and STARCOMMS Nigeria (Huawei

Technologies)

Networking via network cables, optic fiber and wireless network.

Installation and maintenance of Private Automatic Box Exchange (PABX).

Routing and Switching with great hands on experience, LAN and WAN

technologies.

Supporting both Network and Security infrastructure on campus environment,

involving devices such as routers, switches, firewalls and wireless access

points.

Maintenance of network equipment and Networking via network cables, optic

fiber and wireless network.

Phillips Project Center (PPC) Limited Victoria Island,

Lagos Nigeria 2007 - 2008 Network Support Engineer

(Intern)

Networking via network cables, optic fiber and wireless network.

Installation and maintenance of Private Automatic Box Exchange (PABX).

Routing and Switching with great hands on experience, LAN and WAN

technologies.

Supporting both Network and Security infrastructure on campus environment,

involving devices such as routers, switches, firewalls and wireless access

points.

Maintenance of network equipment and Networking via network cables, optic

fiber and wireless network.

EDUCATION

Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View Texas, USA.

2014

M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (CGPA 4.00/4.00)

Achievements: 2014 Roy G. Perry Merit Award Recipient.

Technical Publication: Sensitivity Analysis for Drug Effect Study: An NF-kB

Pathway Example.

Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. 2008

B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering with a specialization in Telecommunication

(CGPA 4.18/5.00)

Achievements: 2008 Best design Project in Innovation, EPNL Merit

Undergraduate Scholarship (2004)

CERTIFICATIONS

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), (2015-2018)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Member, Project Management Institute (PMI)

Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

Member, National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)

TECHNICAL SKILL

Operating Systems: Windows, Unix/Linux. Programming Languages:

C/C++/Python.

Proficient with Microsoft Office suite (MS Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint

etc).

Proficient in LaTeX, CorelDraw, AutoCAD, MATLAB, Labview, and GNURadio.

Electrical circuit design including PCB and FPGA design experience.

Experience using testing equipment - Power Meter, BER Tester, Spectrum

Analyzer, Range Finder, GPS, Tri-pod, Multimeter, Oscilloscope, Frequency

generator, etc.

Vendor Expertise: Ericsson: EDGE/UMTS/LTE/VoLTE, Huawei:

GSM/EDGE/UMTS/CDMA/EvDO/1x, Nokia Siemens Network: GSM/EDGE, Alcatel

Lucent: GSM/EDGE/LTE.

Good knowledge in RF Planning/optimization tool: Aircom Enterprise Asset

5.0, MapInfo, GENEX Nastar, NPMaster, OMStar, MCOM, Web LMT, CME, Google

Earth, Huawei iManager2000.

Experience in RF data collection tools: Neptune, TEMS drive test tool,

Pilot Pioneer and DataPro.

Good knowledge of RF post processing tools: Actix Analyzer, Neptune

standalone, TEMS Route Analysis.

TRAINING COURSES

LTE & VoLTE Workshop (Mastering LTE): Award Solutions, USA, 2013.

WCDMA Radio Network Performance Management, Network Features and Algorithm,

Radio Network

Coverage and Capacity Planning, Power Control, Handover Principal, Load

Control, UTRAN Optimization Flow, HSDPA & HSUPA Principles Huawei Training

Center, Abuja, 2011.

Huawei GSM RNP and RNO Expert training, Huawei, Abuja, 2010.

3G Benchmarking and Optimization (Merit Telecom) Aug. 2009.

WCDMA RAN Configuration & Operations- Lm Ericsson Training Centre, Lagos,

2009.

GPRS/EDGE Radio Dimensioning and Performance- Lm Ericsson Training Centre,

2009.

GSM BSC Operation- Lm Ericsson Training Centre, Lagos 2009.

Mastering GSM/GPRS/Edge Radio Planning- Elion House Hotel, Lagos, 2008.

Actix Network Analyzer Training. Merit Telecom, Lagos, 2009.

TEMS Data Investigation 6.0 training, Merit Telecom, Lagos, 2009.

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