PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Telecommunication professional with work history and 5 years of in-depth experience in bearer network technologies such as optical and packet transmission, data network, access technology. Dynamic, and performance driven with an exceptional blend of leadership and engineering skills with creative problem solving and troubleshooting skills complemented by meticulous observance to details of specification. Committed team member, enthusiastic and uncompromising work ethic; effective in multitasking and working under pressure to accomplish overall objective; prompt in planning and implementing agreed-upon proposals and ideas. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

INSTITUTION ATTENDED WITH DATES QUALIFICATION OBTAINED

● CRESSENT UNIVERSITY B.Sc. (Hons) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE (2010-2015)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Teleweb Services Limited Lagos, Nigeria • October 2020 – Till Date NETWORK OPERATIONS MANAGER

Oversees and supervise the resolution of all service related issues and network escalations from NOC Team, Network Facility, and Field Operations and act as the senior resource for the operations staff in their efforts to maintain customer infrastructure personally handling Tier 1 escalation support as needed. Ensure standards are adhered to and needed performance verification is carried out on all newly commissioned circuits for optimal service delivery and improved network performance. Hoop Telecoms Limited Lagos, Nigeria • January 2020 – September 2020 NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER

CORE AREA: Responsible for the installation, maintenance and upgrading of network infrastructure such as routers, switches, MICROWAVE DEVICES, OLT, ONU, SS, and MSG. Work with other team/department regarding IT/Network needs of the customer, which includes both external and internal customers. Drive vendor to address IT/Network requirements, and fix network based information anomalies; work on problems of diverse scope where analysis of situation or data requires evaluation of identifiable factors; exercise judgment within general practices and policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions. Frequently recommend changes to policies and establishes procedures that affect immediate operations and sometimes has corporate wide effect; develop systems and processes necessary for network operations in tracking overall operation, and implementation of the network. Duties:

• Analyzing Computer network requirements and planning configuration.

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• Allocating IP address, VLAN assignments, switch port assignments.

• Troubleshooting of LAN connectivity.

• Resolve issues relating to windows, network connectivity as well as problems associated with software and hardware errors.

• Installation of different network products.

• Understanding of various networking technologies, practices and customer requirements in designing the server and cable room layouts, backbone and horizontal cabling, cross connectivity.

• Installation and configuration of switches and routers.

• Routing and remote access configuration

• L2 troubleshooting and fault resolution of MW network customers

• Good knowledge about implementation of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP and WINS Broadbased Communications Lagos, Nigeria • February 2018 – December 2019 Team lead, Network Infrastructure

(Infrastructure Lease, Operations and Maintenance) CORE AREA: Oversees and supervise the resolution of all service related issues and network escalations from NOC Team, Network Facility, Switching Network and Field Operations and act as the senior resource for the operations staff in their efforts to maintain customer infrastructure personally handling Tier 3 escalation support as needed. Ensure standards are adhered to and needed performance verification is carried out on all newly commissioned circuits for optimal service delivery and improved network performance. Key Accomplishments:

• Organizing weekly team meeting for performance evaluation, Information dissemination and shift review within the technical team. Preparation of weekly unit report for Head of unit review.

• Continuously developing technical and managerial skills and competence required for team’s improvement and organizational growth in a competitive and improving telecommunication market. Preparing training schedules for engineers and conducting in-house training for interns and trainee engineers within the unit.

• Document engineering solutions in accordance to in-house standards including but not limited to the following documents: Detailed Engineering Requirements, Detailed Reference Design, and Detailed Integration Test Plan documents.

• Encourage intra-team and inter-team bonding through effective communication and also knowledge sharing. Attendance of monthly supervisory joint review meetings to identify performance gaps and proffer workable solutions relating to prompt delivery.

• Attention to details and pragmatic understanding of partner vendors and other telecommunication line of technical delivery including for voice handshake, network signaling, common coding languages etc for the purpose of collaboration and third-party service delivery. Broadbased Communications Lagos, Nigeria • November 2016 – December 2019 Network Engineer

CORE AREA: Responsible for the installation, maintenance and upgrading of network infrastructure such as routers, switches, PTN, OLT, ONU, SS, and MSG. Work with other team/department regarding IT/Network needs of the customer, which includes both external and internal customers. Drive vendor to address IT/Network requirements, and fix network based information anomalies; work on problems of diverse scope where analysis of situation or data requires evaluation of identifiable factors; exercise judgment within general practices and policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions. Frequently recommend changes to policies and establishes procedures that affect immediate operations and sometimes has corporate wide effect; develop systems and processes necessary for network operations in tracking overall operation, and implementation of the network. Key Accomplishments

• Installed, configured several POPs for network expansion

• Implement Metro Ethernet Service features to existing services

• Implement network level protection schemes to ensure reliability and robustness of network topology

• Addition of New POP’s and integration of the IP devices to the existing core network

• Design and implementation of an IP planning document for ACS (Auto Configuration Server) efficient tracking and management of ONT devices remotely.

• Development of IP networking support for Incoming data and voice services.

• Troubleshoot IP network problems quickly and help provide sound engineering solutions by maintaining deep knowledge of BBC Network architecture, topology, and up-to-date configuration details.

• Rendering high level support (L2 and L3 support), resolving escalated issues by the Broadbased NOC. Provisioning of technical report to NOC, Operation Support team as RFO/RCA. Integration of last mile networks (SDH, ME, IP AND MW) into the Broadbased Optical and Carrier Ethernet z

• Implementation of Ethernet protection scheme (LAG and RING) on Broadbased Metropolitan Network.

• QA and QC supervision on MW (third-party access links) deployed for Broadbased services.

• Network documentation, resource utilization, detailed cross-connect sheet update etc.

• Implementation, testing and commissioning (Integration) of customer’s last mile MW links

• Implementation, testing and commissioning of customer’s FOS internet access. LONG-HAUL NETWORK ENGINEERING: TERRESTRIAL FIBER AND THIRD PARTY LASTMILE

• Implementation of LDS connection via major terrestrial network providers (MTN, Airtel, Vodacom & EMTS) to Broadbased Up-Country network (Abuja, Kano, Enugu and Port Harcourt).

• Verification of RTD’s, bit errors, availability and synchronization on Backhaul links using JDSU testers

(Ethernet-analyzers and SDH testers)

• Acceptance of LDS links which comply with ITU-T standards (AU-AIS, TU-AIS seconds, AU-Pointer and TU pointer adjustment values etc.) for long-haul traffic carrying links. GPON (FTTx) SERVICE ROLL OUT

• Implementation of OLT, ONT/ONU configuration and mapping on the Net numen u31 Software and Easy gateway.

• Migration and Integration of newly implemented FTTx backhaul links into the Broadbased Metro fiber network

• Provisioning and testing of E-Line and High Speed Internet (HSI) services, voice and Data.

• FTTx Management, service faults and alarms analysis, resolution and documentation of effective resolution methods for future reference.

• Performance Test on the links; Quality Assurance and Acceptance Tests, Hand over and Sign – off. Broadbased Communications Lagos, Nigeria • April 2018 – December 2019 PROJECT MANAGER

CORE AREA: Project plan development, Implementation, Monitoring and tuning Performance with Strict adherence to scheduled deliveries, budget maximization, Power budget and Loss budget, Compliance with required quality and safety standards.

Duties:

• Audit of Technical site survey report for Prospective MW customers.

• Utilization of Google Earth for Desktop Surveys and Coordinate Confirmation.

• Preparation of report for the generation of Link budget (LB), Survey Request Order (SRO), end to end (E2E) solution diagram.

• Creating a logical handshake between the Line of Sight (LOS) team and the RF planning team for the Planning of a new service, MW device specification, preparation of implementation document, site mobilization of installers and vendor technician’s etc.

• Performance of Provisioning Acceptance Test (PAT) on provisioned MW links for new customers.

• Performance of Quality Assurance and Quality Checks (QA and QC) on newly provisioned service promptly after a new provisioning and bi-annually on existing MW customers links.

• MW link integration and remote management configuration preparatory to IP/MPLS turn up.

• Preparation of Hand over document (indicating E2E Solution diagrams, Service and Network termination points, for reference to ease support and troubleshooting of faults.

• L2 troubleshooting and fault resolution of MW network customers UTILIZED TECHNOLOGIES

• CISCO

• MICROTIK

• ZTE PTN (9004, 6220) (implementation Engineer)

• MICROWAVE RADIOS (CERAGON, AVIAT, UBIQUITI)

• MEF 2.0 Certified Ethernet Devices E5-520, E5-306 and E5-308 (CALIX and ZTE)

• HUAHUAN AGGREGATORS and MEDIA CONVERTERS (E1 converters and Accessories).

• ZTE GPON (ONT/ONU’s and OLT) and ZTE Transmission devices (PTN, OLT and ONT). UTILIZED SOFTWARES AND DEVICES FOR PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION AND SUPPORT

• JDSU BER and OTDR Tester.

• Ethernet Analyzer.

• JDSU Optical meter and light source.

• Optical Power meter.

• Pathloss 4

• MapInfo Pro Desktop GIS tool.

• Google Earth Desktop GIS tool.

PERSONAL SKILLS

• Good organizational, motivational and strong negotiation skills

• Awareness of internal and external customer needs

• Relevant utilization of appropriate Transmission Engineering principles with strict adherence to industry best practices, procedures and Processes.

• Outstanding knowledge of MS Office Suites (Word, Excel, Power Point, Paint etc.) suitable for daily task execution and technical project implementation.

• Excellent managerial ability and immense capability to travel and implement field duties when required.

• Great team spirit and ability to work cross-functionally with other departments to achieve both short and long term departmental and organizational goals.

• Excellent communication and relational ability with proven project administration and leadership qualities.

• Proper allocation of scarce resources to achieve basic organizational goals of profitability, sustainability, and continuity of business in a competition driven business space.

• Flexibility in learning new skills, gaining relevant knowledge and an excellent desire to take up new challenges to ensure continuity and relevance.

Skills

• Database Management

• Server Runtime Analysis

• Microsoft Office Packages

• Project Management

• Communication & Active Team player

• GPON Network Administrator - Optical Line Terminal OLT, PTN and BRAS

• Port security knowledge

• Performance and scalability optimization

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