Ebrima Ndure

469-***-****

acymhb@r.postjobfree.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ebrimandure

US Citizen

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Senior RF Engineer experienced with both design and optimization. Over 5+ years’ experience in engineering, design cellular network for LTE and CDMA for both CDMA 850 and PCs 1900; includes 5 years’ experience in LTE and UMTS optimization. I am also a Professional network engineer with the necessary expertise and determination to solve complex networking issues. I am looking for a challenging Network Engineer position which will utilize my skills and experience as well as allow me to develop.

Skills:

Layer 2: ARP, VTP, VLAN, Inter VLAN, Private VLAN, Port Security, Port Channel (PagP, LACP), VACL, STP, PVSTP, RSTP, MSTP, NAC. 802.1x. Frame relay, PPP, MPLS, DSL, Port Security. Layer 3: Ipv4 & Ipv6 Subnetting, IP Summarization, Static, RIP, RIPnG, EIGRP, OSPF, OSPFv3, BGP, iBGP MPLS, NAT, ACL, PPP, VRF-lite, Multicasting (PIM, Sparse Mode), QoS, FHRP (HSRP, VRRP, GLBP) TCP/IP, DNS, MPLS, DHCP, TCP/IP, OSI, Security: GRE, VRF, ACLs, NAT, IPsec, IKE v2, DMVPN, NHRP, VTI, Flex VPN, Get VPN, IPS, UTM. Data center: VMware NSX, Cisco ACI, vPC. Fabric Path, VXLAN, OTV, Cisco UCS, Voice: MGCP, SKINNY (SCCP), MGCP, SIP, Media protocol (RTP and RTCP), Codecs. Wireless: CAPWAP, WLC, WPA2-ENT, WPA2-PSK 802.11ac, FLEX Connect. Software: Windows server 2003, 2008, Windows 7, EMC Smarts, Watch4Net, Voyence, New venue, Service Now, Clarify, GNS3, Cisco VIRL, IOS, IOS XE, Junos., EIQ, Clarify, M&R, NCM Soft skills: Good verbal and written communication, Team player, Good customer service etiquette, Ability to multitask, Good mentoring and the ability to go the extra mile to get things done in a timely manner.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CompuCom: Dallas, TX 2015 – 2016

Level 2

Monitor and maintain LAN/WAN connectivity for T1’s,T3’s,Ethernet circuits between client Access Router and telco device or NIU/Smart Jack.

Work with telco Tier II on major outages

Validate problem descriptions and perform detailed problem diagnosis, track problems in ticketing system.

Cisco, Juniper,Fortigate and Cradlepoint device network support.

Provide timely response to all incidents, outages and performance alerts. Categorize issues for escalation to appropriate technical teams.

Identify and prioritize incidents in accordance with customer business requirements, organizational policies and operational impact.

F5 Application Delivery Controller administration and monitoring

Collect and review performance reports for various systems and report trends in hardware and application performance to assis senior technical personnel to predict future issue or outages.

Security event investigation and isolation on Palo Alto, Checkpoint, Cisco ASA & Fortigate Firewalls with prompt noitification to customer.

Reset ciso voice mail password/PIN on cisco unity Connection

Register New IP phones on CUCM and initial voice troublessooting triage

Ericsson, Plano TX 2012 - 2016

LTE Lead RF Engineer

Sprint Multi-Band optimization 2015 – 2016

Managed optimization team (12 Engineers and 3 drive teams) and served as interface between Ericsson (RNAM) and the Sprint local RF team

Manage/ Coach 10 engineers (4 contractors, 3 GSC, and 3 OEM) with 4 drive testers

Evaluate, motivate and coach every engineer and make assignments based on their strength ( LTE, CDMA, EVDO, NSN, Reporting, Wind-catcher analysis, ENIQ, Cockpit etc)

Schedule the drive testers for the clusters drive (30 clusters)

Trained the GSC engineer s to get them up to speed for LTE

Coach contractors of Ericsson way of doing business

Build relationship with the local RF team

Communicated every proposed network changes to the Sprint local RF team for both approval and non -approval request/task

Collaborate with the Solution Architect to implement all the parameter trails and generate performance report

Scheduled weekly meetings with local RF team to provide updates for all our optimization activities and attended daily meetings with Project Director and Manager

Provide weekly report to the Project Director that includes market KPIs, daily optimization activities, market level parameter trials and results, cluster optimization status, risks, issues, etc

Sprint NASCAR 2014 Lead

Lead the LTE deployment and Performance Optimization for the Sprint NASCAR Cows

Verify High Capacity settings for all the sectors providing coverage to the event areas

Balance traffic between EVDO and LTE during the events (eHRPD)

Monitor stats and alarms, optimize performance using OSS and ENIQ

Reviewing final RF design and the initial data fill for any discrepancies

Performed parameter audits using Bulk CM export from ERTT

Create exclusion zones with the customer approval

Prepared drive routes for cluster drives, Co-ordinated and Supervised Drive Test

Verify MTU settings of laptop and backhaul for the testing

Perform site shakedown using TEMs Investigation and DRT scanner

Collect drive data to verify handover between sectors

Analyze drive test data using TEMS discovery to verify Throughput

Review daily eUtran alarm reports, evaluates site performance using ENIQ, and Troubleshoot degrading site performance using OSS Amos commands

Troubleshoot accessibility, retain-ability and handover related issues Performed cluster tuning by ensuring areas of poor RSRP, RSRQ, CINR, and throughputs are optimized are optimized

Troubleshoot VSWR, PCI Collision, Interference issues

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Ericsson, Plano TX 2010 - 2012

RAN Engineering (LTE Tuning) 2011 - 2012

Reviewing final RF design and the initial data fill for any discrepancies

Set-up tuning KPIs with reference to design KPIs

Create exclusion zones with the customer approval

Create drive route for cluster drive

Verify MTU settings of laptop and backhaul for the testing

Perform site shakedown using TEMs Investigation and DRT scanner

Collect drive data to verify handover between sectors

Analyze drive test data using TEMS discovery and Wind-catcher to verify Throughput (DL, UL, and Handover success)

RAN Engineering (LTE Design) 2010 - 2011

Reviewing Atoll parameter settings using Ericsson Link Curve and Atoll standard

Using ATOLL to run Simulation for Baseline project

Create ACP from the Baseline ATOLL project

Run ACP for initial KPIs of the Baseline Project

Run RSRP analysis to review the project/market coverage overview

Select antenna type, Down-Tilt, Azimuth, and Rad Center to meet the required KPIs

Run Simulation for RSRQ and SINR

Optimize and Design to meet the require KPIs

Create PICD for final project presentation/review

EDUCATION / TRAINING

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, emphasis in Wireless Communication

University Of Texas at Dallas, Richardson TX

Cisco: CSCO13079957

CCNA (Routing and Switching, Security)

CCNA Data Center in progress

CCNP Routing and Switching in progress

CMNA (Meraki)

TRAINING:

Cisco ACI Fundamentals Completed

VMware NSX essentials 1.0 Completed

Cradlepoint Management and Configuration Completed

F5 BIG IP LTM In Progress

Professional Development Courses or Certifications

Competent in iBwave design solution

Project Management Training (PMP)

VOLTE Training and (OJT)

EDOS (ERA and ECO for Network RF shaping and Optimization)

Ericsson LTE Technology Certification

Ericsson IP Technology Certification

Ericsson LTE L14B Performance Management, Tuning and Optimization

Ericsson LTE L14B Configuration and Functionality

LTE Fundamental of LTE Technology

Wind-catcher Plus

Agilent CDMA Planning & Design Issues

Mentum Planet EV propagation model design tool

Map Info, Unix, Excel, Microsoft Project

Actix – Drive test data analysis tool

Exceed – Wind-catcher drive test analysis tool

Ericsson – TEMs DriveTester CDMA V1.1

Sitesafe – RF Hazard Awareness & Safety Training

MATLAB

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