Product Engineer Second Class

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ALOBA, AYOTUNDE

PROFILE

A telecommunication professional with over 10 years experience in planning, designing, Implementation, Integration and O&M of transmission/transport networks. I am interested in a working relationship with any professionally dedicated, innovative, and customer-centric telecoms organization. Able to align with organizational cultures and committed to meeting both short-terms & long-term business goals & objectives within industry standards and regulation.

EXPERTISE

11+ year’s telecommunication industry experience in technical, customer support and project management on transmission oriented deliverables for GSM (2G & 3G), WIMAX, LTE and Enterprise networks.

Knowledgeable in Transmission technologies such as PDH, SDH, EoS, DWDM/ROADM, OTN (up to OTU4), EoO, ASON, IP/MPLS, MPLS-TP, MW, IP and NMS High Availability.

Expertise attained on transmission/transport systems including: Transmission Network Planning/Design and Solution Architecting; Transmission Implementation and Roll-out; Transmission Managed Network; Transmission Network Operation and Maintenance; Contract/SLA management and Project Management.

Expert in the use of various transmission testing tools power meter, E1 BER tester, SDH analyzers, Optical Spectrum Analyzer, OTDRs, PMD analyzer, CD Analyzer, Network Management tools and Huawei Design/Planning tool, MDS6600, MDS6630 (Netstar,) AMS5000 and Huawei Navigator 7 CLI.

Expert on optical transmission equipment from Huawei (BWS1600, OSN Series: 2500, 3500, 7500, 9500, 550, 1800, 8800, 6800, and 9800).

Familiarity on transmission equipment from Nokia (Siemens Hit 7070SC and Alcatel 1660SM, 1662, 1626) & Tellabs (6300 Series, 8600 series, 7100 series).

Familiarity on MW and IP product from Huawei (RTN600 and RTN900 series and ATN & CX Series).

Well informed on telecoms industry’s standards, regulations and policies.

Personal attributes - Strong Analytical skills - Team Player - Proactive - Goal-Oriented - Technological and Industry Awareness - Professionalism - Multi-Vendor and System Integration Experience - Project Management - Self Motivated - Excellent Communicator

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer Huawei Technologies Co. Nigeria Ltd, No. 4 Oriental Hotel Building Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.

Position: Manager /Team Lead

March 2014 till Date

Management Scope:

• Function-wise, manage 12+ HW engineers and project-wise, manage over 25+ HW/outsource engineers.

• Resource training, development and appraisal.

• Technical management of project through delivery technical reviews of risk analysis and technology solution maturity.

• Interfacing with Customer's network planning and operation managements and Huawei’s MS management.

• Team Leadership of engineering resources in both Managed Services & Roll-out Projects of MTN network (Designing, Deployment, Back-office and Incidence Management)

• SLA Management, SPMS & Budget Control.

• Technical Support & resources Mgt. of enterprise customers & smaller operators

• Implementation of Proof of Concepts.

Technical Operation Scope:

• Preparation of Transmission Solution Designs to mitigate any customers operational pain points and reduce TCO.

• Exhaustive and accurate network audits to aid capacity forecast, reduce network bottlenecks and improve network survivability.

• Preparation of Low Level Designs (LLD) & Method of Procedure (MOP) for network deployment and Service migration.

• Presentation of Technical workshops and trainings for both Customer and Huawei stakeholders.

• Operation & Maintenance (Corrective, preventive and Prescheduled corrective maintenance) activity on MTN old and new network with following active equipment’s: BWS1600, OSN9500, OSN3500, OSN6800, OSN8800, OSN7500 type I &II, OSN550 nodes

• Advance Technical Support: Fault resolution and specification verification through objective escalation to GTAC and R&D, which are 2nd & 3rd line supports respectively.

• Release management and product life cycle management, service configuration management, network performance management, Network routine optimization and software upgrades.

• Spare part dimensioning and availability distribution to meet MTTR in disaster recovery.

Achievement on Huawei Projects

Lagos & other Metros (52+ DWDM nodes of OSN1800/9800 U16) deployment and service migration.

Deployment of over 700 CTN routers (Huawei CX/ ATN series nodes) for MTN CTN project actualization.

OSN 9800U64 Nodes deployments at 6 switch locations and completed OTN& Packet Service migration.

Over 200x 100G/40G OCH expansion on ROADM network.

Over 5 new backbone routes executions with about 20 new ROADM sites deployed.

Network wide (130 nodes) Deployment of Multi-Service OTN Technology supporting 10GE packet Transmission.

Deployment of New Linux High Availability Servers for U2000 NMS.

MTN Transmission Managed Service Project – 1st, 2nd & 3rd line Preventive and Corrective Maintenance of MTN Core transmission network (over 300xBWS1600 nodes, over 250xOSN9500/OSN3500/OSN2500/OSN7500 nodes, over 300x OSN550,~130xOSN6800 and ~250xOSN8800 sub racks through U2000 NMS release V200R100 .

Employer Huawei Technologies Co., Nig Ltd 98, Adeola Odeku Street, V.I. Lagos.

Position Senior Transmission Engineer July 2010 till March 2014

Job Responsibility:

1.Managed and Supported the transmission Implementation (installation and commissioning) of OSN6800, OSN8800 Back Bone Nodes and OSN7500 type I & II, OSN3500, and OSN550 Metro/NFE Nodes, for multiple sites on MTN Nigeria Network.

2.Managed and Supported the transmission Implementation (installation and commissioning) of OSN1800 (I, II,& V )on multiple sites on enterprise Network.

3. Design, Planning and Implementation of capacity expansion on existing customer’s DWDM, SDH and PTN networks to ease congestion.

4. Network Audit to discover high link attenuation, service protection issues, link congestions and NE/network resource bottlenecks.

5. Implementation of optimization solution through node resources reconstruction and network tuning.

6. Preparation of traffic migration method of procedures MOPs and protection requirement for swaps and modification on existing customer’s DWDM & SDH networks.

7. Oversees the co-ordination of team members in project with necessary skills training and relevant tools and materials.

8. Commissioning and provisioning of server and client signal trails, e.g. OCH lambdas, Ethernet (FE, 1GE & 10GE), 2 Mbit PDH/VC12, OTN ASON Trails, SDH/SDH ASON trails, and FC200 - FC1200 SAN services .

9.Planning and implementation of SDH & OTN transport service migration from an existing 10G wavelength transmission network to new 40 G wavelength transmission network.

10. Execution of DWDM nodes features such as Automatic Laser Control (ALC), Intelligent Power Adjustment (IPA), Automatic Power Equilibrium (APE) and ASON activation and management.

11. Planning and implementation of recommended node Software and firmware version upgrades through U2000NMS or U2000 DC .

12. Implemented professional services of live long haul DWDM link breakup operation and also SDH and Packet nodes insertion operation.

13. Implementation of various protection schemes on DWDM (OLP), SDH (LMSP, RMSP, and SNCP), Packet (LAG, TUNNEL APS & PWE3 APS) and GMPLS ASON domains.

14. Conduct single station and Network Acceptance Testing (AT) and quality assurance of project implementation.

Achievement on Huawei Projects:

Implementation of MTN’s DWDM breakup sites and new route sites

Long fiber sections (over 100 KM) with Raman amplifiers were broken up by implementation of OADM sites along the section. Card configurations were changed at the upstream and downstream sites. Existing wavelengths and client over OTN links were broken up at new breakup sites. Over 30 breakup and new route sites (OSN6800, OSN8800 OTN and OSN8800 Hybrid nodes) implemented.

Implementation of MTN’s Metro/NFE Network Hybrid MSTP with 10GE and STM64/16 links implemented over multiple Cities, towns and villages.

These convergence networks are used for backhauling IPRAN services. EoO and EoWDM was equaling implementation with special boards on the OTN network for transport. Over 50x OSN7500/3500 nodes and over 300 OSN550 nodes have been deployed so far.

Implementation of MTN’s WACS Metro Project, OSN6800 DWDM and OSN8800 with 40Gbps OTN bandwidth channels (First in Nigeria).

Hardware installation certification and Single station commissioning (Optical Power Adjustment) of Optical Network Element and integration of entire DWDM network composing of direction, colored nodes.

Implementation of MTN’s OSN6800 ROADM and OSN8800 OTN backbone (130 sites) for IPMPLS client signals.

Hardware installation certification and Single station commissioning (Optical Power Adjustment) of Optical Network Element and integration of entire ROADM network composing of direction, directionless, colored and colorless nodes.

Optimization of MTN’s BWS1600 DWDM backbone for IPMPLS backbone Projects.

DWDM network optimization (over 70 sites) in amplifier board changes and dispersion compensation modules swaps to mitigate the effects of chromatic dispersion and high attenuation in fiber infrastructure.

Network Rollout of MTN’s OSN8800 for IPMPLS backbone Projects.

Implemented x50 10GE LAN IP/MPLS client service trails each with OTN ASON protection and rerouting over existing DWDM backbone.

MTN Network wide Integration of Variable optical Attenuators and Multi Channel Analyzer boards on MTN’s BWS1600.

Implemented the insertion and configuration of EVOA and Multi Channel Analyzer MCA cards to enable Automatic Level Control and Automatic Power equilibrium on the existing BWS 1600 DWDM backbone.

Back-Office Technical Support for MTN’s Fiber Optics Backbone (FOB) & Optix Projects.

Manage Operation and Maintenance of 90% of all MTN’s Metro and Back Bone fiber cables under an SLA. Provide Technical back-office support to field engineers for the DWDM, SDH and ASON equipment maintenance contract.

Employer: Globacom. 25, Saka Tinubu Victoria Island Lagos.

Position: Project Transmission Engineer February 2007 – June 2010

O&M Transmission Engineer January 2006 – January 2007

Responsibilities

1.Optimization of the circuits for efficient routing and protection.

2.Responsible for execution of interconnect plan (transmission) with other network providers

3.Direct Connect/Data/Voice requests (Banks, Corporate Office, PTO)

4. Survey, planning and project implementation of Fiber Backbone & Metro and Alcatel’s DWDM, SDH and PDH equipment installations.

5.Software commissioning and acceptance testing for new Transmission ADM systems and integration with existing ADM systems.

6.Acceptance testing, upgrade execution, performance monitoring and fault resolution on SDH & DWDM optical fiber equipment, Siemens Hit 7070SC and Alcatel (1660SM, 1662, 1626) using both Siemens and Alcatel Network Management application or LCT application

7.Ensure proper review of planning work of network traffic, network protection and synchronization.

8.Implementation of traffic Migration to new system and decommissioning of old systems.

9.Design Data Solutions and conduct technical presentations towards leased line Data solution provision to clients.

Achievements on Globacom Projects

DWDM & SDH node deployment from PH to Enugu, Enugu to Abuja, Abuja to Ilorin, Oregun Lagos to Benin and Benin to PH.

Survey of transmission sites from Benin to Abuja covering Middle belt region, South -south region and Eastern Region for implementation of SDH and DWDM systems.

Implementation of DWDM Backbone Optical Transmission with three lambdas at 10Gbits/s all supported by Alcatel 1626 LM, Alcatel 1660 & Alcatel 1662 ADMs for Middle belt, South- South and Eastern Regions of Nigeria

Migration of Telecom Traffic from Existing Siemens SDH backbone to the New Alcatel DWDM & SDH backbone From Benin to Lagos.

SDH Metro Benin Metro

Implementation of Optical Transmission at STM4 on Alcatel 1662 ADM for Metro Sites in Benin

SDH Backbone for Benin to PH, Enugu to Aba, Calabar to PH

Implementation of Backbone Optical Transmission at STM64 (7 sites) on Alcatel 1660 ADM with 10dB boosters for South-South and Eastern Regions of Nigeria.

Employer: Huawei Technologies Co., Nig Ltd 98, Adeola Odeku Street, V.I. Lagos.

Position: Optical Network Product Engineer June – Dec 2015

Responsibilities:

1.Overall site Management of Huawei Technologies Transmission Projects.

2.Making analysis of network design and carry out Survey of installation sites.

3.Installation, Commissioning and Acceptance Testing of SDH and DWDM Optical Elements & Network.

4.Performance analysis, Alarm diagnosis, and Fault resolution assistance to clients in Trouble shooting of SDH and DWDM Transmission Network through NMS.

5.Carry out routine maintenance, performance checkups and hardware/software upgrades on product line to clients.

6.Report writing, documentation preparation and archiving of project information.

7.Class and on-site training to clients on SDH & DWDM principles, equipment and also on the NMS (T2000)

Achievements on Huawei Projects:

Mutli-links project

Implementation of Multi link’s Lagos Metro optical transmission.

Implementation of Multi link’s back-bone optical transmission from Lagos to Ibadan & Ilorin for MSC to BSCs interconnection.

MTN Optical Projects

Survey of Backbone Transmission sites from Lagos to Asaba for implementation of OSN9500/OSN3500 SDH and BWS1600 DWDM systems.

MTN Customer staff training on Huawei Telecommunication Network Management System (TNMS) at Abuja training center.

Training: IP RAN ( Huawei ATN+CX Series) MBB Solution Training.{ Beijing, China} Date: May, 2017.

Training: Project Management Resource Pool C8 Training & Practice Program.{ Lagos, Nigeria} Date: May – Nov, 2016.

Training: Advance Training on Huawei WDM Optical Transmission Equipment Maintenance, OSN9800, OSN1800, OSN8800, BWS1600, OTN & Optical ASON.{ Wuhan, China} Date: July, 2014.

Training: Product Training on Huawei Optical Transmission Equipment, U2000 NMS, OSN6800, OSN8800, OTN, ASON, ROADM Advance training.{ Lagos, Nigeria} Date: August, 2011.

Training: Product Training on Alcatel Optical Transmission Equipments,1626LM, DWDM. { Lagos, Nigeria} Date: March, 2009.

Training: Problem Solving and Troubleshooting Skills {Lagos, Nigeria} Date: October, 2008.

Training: Leadership and Management training {Lagos, Nigeria} Date: April 2008.

Training: Operation and Product Training on Alcatel Optical Transmission Equipment, OMSN 1660 and 1662 { Lagos, Nigeria} Date: August, 2007.

Training: Operation and Product Training on Siemens Optical Transmission Equipment, Hit Surpass 7070 { Lagos, Nigeria} Date: March 2006.

Training: Product Training on Huawei Optical Transmission Equipment, OSN series, Metro Series and BWS 1600. { Abuja, Nigeria} Date: August, 2005.

Training: Network Management System (T2000) and Navigator (command line interface) Training for configuration and analysis of SDH and DWDM Equipment. {Abuja, Nigeria} Date: August, 2005.

Training: Fiber Optics, SDH and DWDM Theoretical Concepts. {Lagos, Nigeria} Date: July 2005.

CERTIFICATIONS & AWARDS

Huawei Project Management Resource Pool (PRP).

Excellent Nigeria Staff Award 2011 (Huawei Tech Co,Nig Ltd)

Individual Gold Medal Award (Huawei Tech Co.)

PERSONAL DATA

Sex: Male

Nationality: Nigerian Marital Status: Married

EDUCATION

[ 2013] OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY Ile-Ife, Osun state.

Executive MBA.

[1998-2004] OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY Ile-Ife, Osun state.

BSc. Electronic & Electrical Engineering (Second Class Upper)

(CGPA 4.18/5)

HOBBIES

Researching about Technologies. Tinkering with Electronics, 3d printers and IoT devices. Computing and gaming. Music and Arts.

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