Network Engineer

Vadim Rodnev, Network Engineer

Toronto, ON, M*R*N7, Canada • 416-***-**** • *******@*****.***

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

A Network Engineer Telecommunication Expert with an M.Sc. Electronics, with over 15 years of experience in telecommunications. Skilled in network design, deployment, maintenance, and troubleshooting. Seeking a Network Engineer or a senior level role in Toronto.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Mobile wireless technologies 2G/3G/4G (GSM WCDMA LTE) BSS, UTRAN, eUTRAN concepts; Fiber Optic and Cable technologies: Sonet/SDH, Metro Ethernet, CWDM/DWDM; Microwave Radio transport networks

LAN / WAN protocols: TCP/IP, MPLS, VRRP, BGP, OSPF, RIP, PPTP, SNMP, NetFlow, etc.

Sound hands-on experience in installation, integration and troubleshooting of various telecom equipment:

Alcatel 9100 BTS, Alcatel 9125 TC, Alcatel 9130 BSC, Nokia/fALU 9500 MPR Microwave Radio, Aviat Eclipse, Symmetricom SSU-2000, Eltek Flatpack, Cisco ASR 9000, Juniper MX480, Huawei RNC 6810, Huawei DBS3900, Huawei CX600, Huawei OSN 6800, ECI XDM-1000, RFS, Kathrein antenna systems

Test equipment: R&S FSH3 spectrum analyzer, PCTEL SeeGull RFscanner, Anritsu Site Master cable tester, EXFO FTB-200, JDSU MTS-6000 transmission testers, Bird-43 power meter

Software knowledge: Huawei U2000, Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM, Aviat ProVision, BMC Remedy SMS, Zabbix DMS, Splunk, TEMS Investigation, Nemo RF, PathLoss, Cisco Videoscape, Arris DAC 6000, AutoCAD, MS Visio, MS Outlook, MS Word, MS Excel

WORK EXPERIENCE

Rogers Communications January 2018 – current

Network Specialist (Network Engineer), Core Video Operations

Performing daily maintenance tasks on Cisco DTV network components - Cisco DNCS, Cisco D9485 DAVIC QPSK Bridge, Cisco Videoscape CSM, Arris DAC 6000 software

Participate in configuration, consistency checking procedures on DTV network

Bash scripts programming for maintenance procedures.

Coordinating with other teams within Rogers and external contractors

Achievements:

2018 – Successful development and implementation of automatic scripts preparation solution for Node

physical segmentation activities

Nokia Solutions and Networks June 2017 – November 2017

Team Lead - Network Engineer, Network Maintenance Department

Planning and managing all activities on network maintenance including BSS, UTRAN, eUTRAN (RAN networks in GSM, WCDMA, LTE); Transport networks - DWDM, CWDM, SDH, Metro Ethernet of various vendors: Alcatel 9100 BTS, Alcatel 9125 TC, Alcatel 9130 BSC, Nokia/ALU 9500 MPR Microwave Radio, Aviat Eclipse, Symmetricom SSU-2000, Eltek Flatpack, Cisco ASR 9000, Juniper MX480, Huawei RNC 6810, Huawei DBS3900, Huawei CX600, Huawei OSN 6800, ECI XDM-1000, RFS, Kathrein antenna systems

Participation in installation and integration of network elements using various test equipment

Interactions with customers – technical solutions proposals, implementation control, tech support; Negotiations with vendors, contractors, government institutions, etc.

Rollout adjustment and approval; New sites technical acceptance

Achievements:

2017 – Successfully realized Alcatel BTS to Huawei GTMU/RRU3926 GSM solution SWAP project

Vimpelcom LTD February 2004 – May 2017

Team Lead - Network Engineer, Mobile Network Maintenance Department

General network development planning; consulting team members on approaches and technical solutions in BSS, UTRAN, eUTRAN (RAN networks in GSM, UMTS, LTE); DWDM/CWDM, SDH, Metro Ethernet Fiber Optic networks, Microwave Radio networks; network benchmark drivetests

Planning and managing all activities on transport (Fiber Optic and Microwave Radio) and mobile (GSM/UMTS/LTE) network maintenance; IP/MPLS networks troubleshooting; DWDM, SDH, Metro Ethernet, UMTS and LTE NodeB equipment installation and integration. Spare parts and materials ordering.

Interactions with vendors, suppliers and contractors; Selection of contractors, contracts preparation

Equipment used: Alcatel 9100 BTS, Alcatel 9125 TC, Alcatel 9130 BSC, Nokia/fALU 9500 MPR Microwave Radio, Aviat Eclipse, DMC Altium, DMC XP-4, Symmetricom SSU-2000, Eltek Flatpack, Huawei RNC 6810, Huawei DBS3900, Huawei CX600, Huawei OSN 6800, ECI XDM-1000, RFS, Kathrein

Senior Transport Network development engineer (February 2004 – January 2008)

Transport Network planning and deployment project management

Line-of-Sight Microwave RF Link Design, CWDM/DWDM, SDH and Metro Ethernet Fiber Optic networks design

IP/MPLS networks design

Transport Network equipment installation, integration, technical acceptance and maintenance

Achievements:

2015 - Successfully planned and realized migration of the Huawei full-IP UTRAN to MPLS over Fiber Optic

Metro Ethernet network in Vladikavkaz city (over 120 NodeB)

2013 - Successfully implemented IP Iub in 3G Huawei UTRAN in combined Fiber Optic - Microwave

Radio MPLS transport network (Metro Ethernet, IP over SDH, IP MW))

2011 - Successfully managed project for expanding SDH city ring from 6 STM-1 uSDM devices to 50

STM-16 SDH ECI Telecom multiplexers, integration with Huawei UTRAN

2008 - Design and deployment of Fiber Optic Metro Ethernet infrastructure of about 60 nodes based on

Huawei CX600 routers and S5300 switches

2007 - Successful realization of the project for building regional MW RF backhaul for GSM/UMTS network:

design, deployment supervising and commissioning of protected network of more than 75 RF links

based on Aviat Eclipse platform

Awards: 2009 - Title of the Key Employee; 2005, 2007 - Certificate of Merit

EDUCATION

North-Caucasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

M.Sc. Engineering, Industrial Electronics

TRAININGS

2019 – Cisco CCNA 200-125: The complete Guide to Getting Certified

2018 – Linux: Bash Shell and Scripts

2017 – Huawei Single RAN MBTS 3900 / 3910 GSM&UMTS

2014 – LTE system overview

2013 – Cisco MPLS - Implementing Cisco MPLS

2013 – Huawei MEN S2300/5300 switches, CX-600 X3/X8 routers hardware and configuration

2012 – Cisco ROUTE – Implementing Cisco IP Routing (BSCI)

2011 – Cisco ICND – Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices

2011 – Alcatel-Lucent 9500 Microwave Packet Radio R 3.0 Operation & Maintenance

2009 – ECI SDH product line - XDM v6.2 & LightSoft v3 EMS

2008 – Huawei UTRAN – WCDMA RNC 6810 Configuration, Maintenance & Troubleshooting

2008 – Harris-Stratex Eclipse Microwave Radio Operation & Maintenance, Best Practices

2007 – Introduction to UMTS, UMTS Basics

2005 – SS7 signaling system in GSM mobile networks

2004 – Stratex Microwave Radio Systems - Operation and Maintenance of Altium XP4 & NMS

2004 – Alcatel GSM BSS Maintenance & Commissioning: A9100 BTS, A9120 BSC, A9125 TC

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