Mitesh Kavaiya, adkeky@r.postjobfree.com, 210-***-****

Mitesh Kavaiya, MSEE

adkeky@r.postjobfree.com, Cell: 210-***-****, Atlanta, GA SUMMARY

Experienced and Microsoft Azure certified Expert, Technology professional with extensive knowledge of Azure Public Cloud, LTE networks, routing, scripting, Linux, UNIX, Shell command line, Virtual Box, OpenStack, Internet of Things, SQL, Tableau, Power BI, Jupyter Notebook, Python Pandas, compliance and Cyber Security. Adapts quickly to new technologies with proficiency in programming languages, Project Management, tech savvy tools and testing methodologies with the ability to execute problem solving. EDUCATION

• Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio, Aug 2010

• Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Saurashtra University, Aug 2007

• Associate Degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, STJ Polytechnic College, May 2004

• Data Foundation Nanodegree, Udacity, June 2018

• Data Analytics Nanodegree, Udacity, May 2019

CERTIFICATIONS

• Microsoft Certified Azure Solution Architect Expert • Tableau Desktop Specialist, May 2019

• Azure Administrator Associate • Six Sigma Green Belt

• Microsoft Certified Azure Fundamentals • AT&T Certified Scrum Master

• Collaborative Experimental Learning Labs-

Software Defined Networking

• Achieving Excellence in Project Management

• Software Defined Networking- Advanced level

Certification

• Internet of Things - Coursera Certification

• Comp TIA Security + • Python for Everybody - Coursera Technical Skills:

Azure, Data Analysis, Data wrangling, Tableau, Power BI, Jupyter Notebook, Public Cloud, Virtual Box, OpenStack, Internet of Things (IOT), Software Defined Network (SDN), Solaris, Mac, Unix, Shell, MapInfo, IrisView, Netscout, Linux, MySQL, Network Applications, Oracle, PL/SQL, Teradata, Vertica SQL, Toad for Oracle, UAT Testing, Ubuntu, Mirantis, Granite, SAM-EBH 5620, Ericsson OSS, Visio. WORK EXPERIENCE

Senior System Engineer 03-2019 to Present

AT&T, Atlanta, GA

• Deploy, manage, and monitor resources such as virtual machine, storage account (LRS, ZRS, GRS, GZRS), web app, database, and virtual network on Azure Public Cloud using Azure PowerShell, Azure CLI, using Azure portal and Azure Resource Manager templates.

• Implement Blob Storage (block blobs, page blobs, and append blobs), Blob containers and Blob performance tiers (Hot, Cool and Archive). Define Blob Access Policies, configure SAS (Shared Access Signature) for restricted access rights.

• For faster and repetitive deployment of resources I have used a template for deployment, a template that can work for different environments such as testing, staging, and production.

• Deploy Azure resources through the Azure Resource Manager with community contributed templates from Azure Quickstart Templates to get more done.

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• Use of Express route for high throughput and fast latencies to both connect and add compute and storage capacity to your existing datacenters (to Build hybrid applications). Also used this service data migration, disaster recovery and availability strategies.

• Backup and restore data using Azure Backup and Recovery Service Vault Backup Options. Key Achievements:

• Designed Data Warehouse architecture and migration path to Azure Public Cloud.

• Worked on removing outdated technology such as ColdFusion and Teradata while migrating to cloud and cover it as a part of migration to cloud. Presented a business case to senior leadership to avoid repetitive efforts and costs.

• Ensured future proof technology path and cost savings while working on architecture and design of the applications. Also ensured that we have Public Cloud approved design, and compatibility with Public Cloud policies.

• Resolved vulnerability issues related system security related to application servers, application web platform and user access.

• Worked on vulnerabilities (SQL Injection and Cross-Site Scripting) found by Veracode scan, coordinated and drove it to resolution.

• Collected and analyzed application usage, userbase, login attempts of each application and provided charts to leadership to make decision on retiring applications to cut down cost to business unit.

• Created dashboards on Power BI SAS solution and managed users to dashboard via internal tool called Upstart.

• Designed Data architecture for Consumer compliance team at AT&T to create a dashboard using BI tools such as Power BI and Tableau.

Senior Technical Project Manager 10-2015 – 03-2019 AT&T, Atlanta, GA

Managed and deployed mobility solutions such as Distributed Antenna Systems, Small Cell, LTE overlay, Internet of Things and miniature RBS for high profile large business customers and venues in southeast region including football stadiums, sports arenas, corporate headquarters, hospitals, universities and automobile warehouses. Applied cost savings ideas using data analytics by creating various KPI reports, Cell sites data, equipment order and vendor management data. Data Powered Decision Making

• Analyzed a dataset of macro sites, small cells and DAS. Presented my cost saving and process improvements findings through ppt presentation. Calculated duration of different milestones and variety of spreadsheet functionality to gain insight of data.

• Created SQL queries to analyze complex network performance and capacity parameter for MME nodes in AT&T network nationwide.

• Created visualizations using Tableau to reveal insights from a data set of Cell Site Leases and saved cost. Similarly analyzed data of transport ordered for cell sites and saved cost to the company.

Key Achievements:

• Designed end to end IOT solution for the project of FOTA (Firmware Over The Air) for a Car Manufacturer. Provided Technology Architecture, Backhaul, Core and RAN network advise to implement the solution.

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• Managed highly technical projects of IOT, Small Cell and DAS partnering with the stakeholders; designed solutions, developed strategy, managed project budget, preformed product presentations with proof of concepts. Portfolio comprised of multi-million dollar 150 projects for high profile large business customers in private and public sectors.

• Led Controlled Introduction of Ericsson mRBS project. Helped the team to improve process discrepancies and process flows and provided SME support to the team.

• Organized Lunch and Learn sessions and trained my peers on the Technical project management process of mRBS Small Cell, work orders, LAN Design Record, MRAN CIQ and Backhaul ordering.

• Orchestrated Hybrid process of Ericsson Het-Net mRBS projects with multiple teams to provide process resolution and scripting guidance to MRAN team.

• Nominated for Service Excellence Award 2017 for providing outstanding support to multiple teams for mRBS Small Cell solution.

Senior Network Planning Engineer 06-2014 – 10-2015 AT&T, Atlanta, GA

Developed capacity and performance metrics of WebRTC, Openet Charging Gateway, Tektronix probes

(VoIP, Mobility and 14U), Ericsson MME 14B, 15A, ALU MME 8.0 and ALU MME 8.1. Also performed data analysis, SME support for NP&E, Operations, Network Architecture, and AT&T Labs with regards to network performance and capacity management. Supported all the above nodes include but not limited to SQL (Oracle, MSSQL, Teradata, HP Vertica) and LogiXML software design. FFA support, Metric, Application, and Report Development. Worked with extremely large enterprise data structures like HP Vertica, Teradata, and optima.

Key Achievements:

• Created KPI data collection and analysis in support of the FFA for emergency correction for S9.1 update needed to improve customer experience.

• Implemented SQL formulas for Ericsson MME 15A upgrade to support FFA. Quick implementation resulted in an early FFA exit and early deployment of much needed highly visible software release.

• Generated ALU and Ericsson MME metric reports for Internet of Thing organization for the network evaluation purpose with a major automotive OEM. Network Operations System Tech, Verizon Wireless – Nashville, TN 08-2013 to 06-2014 Maintained Verizon’s 3G and 4G LTE end to end regional network at MTSO. Executed implementation changes to support network upgradation on LTE nodes including but not limited to MME, SGW, OCG, PGW and PCRF. Executed scripts on different ALU, Cisco and Juniper routers such as 7705, 7750, Cisco CSR, 12K, 10K, 7600, ASR 9K, ASR 1K, 6500, 3800, Juniper EX & MX routers, Any-path and Comverse voicemail systems. Managed network vendors for system upgrade process. Facilitated vendors for complex network activity such as OSS upgrade and SSR install. Monitored network performance and resolved network performance related issues using tools such as Performance Center, eHealth, IrisView- Session Analyzer, Performance Intelligence, Traffic Analyzer, RTT, Datapro, Granite, Map-info, Net Analyst, IP Control, VSM, Tellabs Metrowatch, JDSU Ethernet tester, Wireshark, Ericsson OSS and Shell command line. Used Linux based Shell tool to monitor and modify network settings. Mitesh Kavaiya, adkeky@r.postjobfree.com, 210-***-****

Key Achievements:

• Performed LTE eNodeB software upgrades (13A CP2 and 13B_IP5) in the entire market (540 sites) and reduced expenditure.

• Implemented CMAS (Commercial Mobile Alert System) at regional level.

• Built new LTE and AWS sites on E// OSS and helped in the troubleshooting during integration.

• Resolved complex issue of IP control Vulnerability in the entire market and recovered 10,000 IP addresses.

• Coordinated in OSS upgrade and reported the progress to higher management. Tracked all the vendor activity in the maintenance window and resolved issues during the upgrade.

• Created job-aids to help my peers and provided guide line reduce outage on the live network.

• Accomplished throttle value adjustment on MMEs successfully in the region.

• Headed new site build for LTE and AWS sites on Ericsson OSS and provided guidance Cell Technicians in troubleshooting. Created formula to minimize the time to build new sites.

• Coordinated VOLTE failover testing, VOLTE ATP and call routing troubleshooting using Iris view analyzer and session analyzer.

IP – Backhaul Engineer, TTS Inc (Ericsson Contractor), Plano, TX, 06-2012 to 07-2013 Coordinated Ericsson’s Sprint Network Vision Backhaul and Qscope project. Worked on Ericsson’s IP Aggregator Smart Edge and Minilink SP210 and SP310 series of routers. Headed the Qscope testing using Spirent testing products. Created MOPs, Job Aids for QoS troubleshooting, circuit creation, circuit deletion and troubleshooting steps. Suggested process improvements. Implemented commands such as traceroute, ping, tcpdump and used wireshark, Session Analyzer, Traffic Analyzer to troubleshoot routing issues. Loaded CSR and IPAgg router configuration and coordinated with other teams in the integration and troubleshooting process.

Key Achievements:

• Resolved frame loss issue on around 3000 sites with challenging troubleshooting in the network.

• Encountered BFD bouncing issue during the troubleshooting on frame loss issues and helped software team on software upgrade on CSRs (Minilink SP210 & 310).

• Created excel formula on reports to eliminate effort duplication and cost savings.

• Mentored new members in the team. Created Job-Aids, new member documents and easy step books for new Engineers.

• Headed Qscope testing and QoS troubleshooting during the entire project of 11,000 sites. Core Planning Engineer, Nokia Networks – Irving, TX 08-2011 to 06-2012 Point of Contact for AT&T on Core nodes projects including but not limited to SGSN and MME. Represented Nokia Networks on AT&T SGSN pooling project nationwide. Identified and recommended process improvements. Created KPI reports using SQL formulas on PL/SQL. Performance Monitoring, KPI reporting and working on customer trouble tickets. Worked on projects such as call delivery, lost call reduction and special event and growth traffic planning. Key Achievements:

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• Created performance and capacity metric report using SQL commands and represented to customer on weekly basis to address performance related concerns.

• Created IMS network diagrams using Visio for NSN network elements in the Verizon network.

• Created and executed CIQs and MME data fill for MMEs on US Cellular network.

• Attended Cisco CCNA Boot-Camp, NSN Certified Solution Associate, LTE end to end workshop, IP and IPv6 workshop and Packet Core Site Connectivity one-week Workshop. Network Transport Engineer, Ericsson (Consultant) - Plano, TX, 09-2010 to 08-2011 Headed AT&T’s MSN provisioning project. Provisioning more than 10K nodes on AT&T’s network. Identified and recommended process improvements. Created Job-Aids and trained peer. Coordinated with customer and transport design team during the project and resolved discrepancy in the TND

(Transport Network Design). Worked on different parameters like T1, DS3, OC3, ATM, VCs and Traffic descriptor. Added and removed T1s on the existing sites and worked on capacity per demand in the region. Worked on troubleshooting of the script and Transport Network Design related issues and played key role in the integration.

Key Achievements:

• Provisioned more than 10,000 nodes on ALU7670, 5620 Network Manager, Tellabs 8860 MSN, Smart Integrated Access Device (SIAD) and resolved complex issues on T1 and IMA link alarms.

• With the help of an Intern in the team we developed a tool to create bulk of scripts by automating the process instead manually editing the scripts.

• Created formula to enter the data in to the tool which saved lots of time and improved the process and helped us to complete the project before time.

• Created scripts for ALU/Tellabs MSN products for various rehome/rebalance and reconfiguration in the AT&T network.

Network Transport Engineer, Quadgen Wireless – King of Prussia, PA 05-2010 to 08-2010 Worked on AT&T’s network expansion project. Added DS1 links to existing IMA groups. Prepared work order on WIPS and executed on live network. Implemented critical changes like creation/deletion of eNodeB, Iub links, IMA groups, T1 ports, locked/unlocked radios in the network. Validated granite inventory with the existing changes.

Key Achievements:

• Created and modified IMA groups and Virtual Channels (VCs) in the Tellabs 8860 and ALU 7670 RSP to interconnect with the eNodeBs and Lucent RNCs. Created T1 ports to existing IMA groups, modified ATM Virtual Circuits bandwidth parameters.

• Implemented critical changes like creation/deletion of eNodeB, Iub links, IMA groups, T1 ports, locked/unlocked radios in the network.

• Created RNC parameters and integrated Iu, Iur and Iub interfaces Research Assistant, University of Texas at San Antonio 01-2009 to 07-2010

• Research/Teaching Assistant

• Graded undergraduate students and uploaded grades on the online grading system. Mitesh Kavaiya, adkeky@r.postjobfree.com, 210-***-****

• Proctored exams of the undergraduate students.

• Idea/Innovation

• Represented an innovative idea to the professor.

• Did some experiments in the behavioral lab and implemented idea in to a practical research and published the paper at national level conference. Kelly Services (NSN Contractor), India 06-2007 to 08-2007 BSS Engineer

Global Innovesource (GTL Limited), India 03-2008 to 06-2008 BSS Engineer

Diagnosed BTS hardware, interference, data throughput, coverage and transmission path performance issues and developed action plans. Performed technical site survey and tested different parameters like RX Power level, TX power level, channel info, site info, handover using net monitor during site testing. Measured different parameters using site master by visiting the site and analyzed and recommend equipment and antenna co-location requirements for different technologies if needed and Perform site build verification and give approval for acceptance. Measured RF cable VSWR, return loss using site master (Bird, Anritsu). Performed Acceptance testing of the site. Resolved BTS hardware malfunction issues and radio interference related issues.

Nokia Siemens Networks, India 01-2007 to 03-2007

Engineering Intern

Installed and commissioned Nokia Ultra and metro BTSs. Engaged in BSC installation and commissioning. Coordinated with vendor on BTS installation. Upgraded software on the BTS. Worked on different BTS malfunction and troubleshooting issues. Worked on different trouble tickets and successfully resolved it.

Hutch (Now Vodafone India) 05-2004 to 08-2004

Engineering Intern

Handled technical troubleshooting of GSM Network, including BTS malfunctioning, Hardware and Software up gradation with responsibility for the timely documentation, escalation, resolution and closure of trouble tickets. Installed and commissioned Nokia Ultra and metro BTSs. Engaged in BSC installation and commissioning.

Indian Space Research Organization 05-2001 to 08-2001 Engineering Intern

• Designed a 2-layer piggy pack PCB for GSAT-IV satellite using OrCAD and CAD star PCB designing tools.

Volunteering and Mentoring

• Volunteered for United States Geological Survey in 2014 for 6 months.

• Volunteered with Fulton County School Tech competition as an AT&T volunteer.

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