Electrical Engineering Telecom Network

IRFAN KHAN

An Engineering Professional, trained in System Engineering (INCOSE ASEP) practices, and well versed in system Operations and Integration practices. I am currently seeking fresh challenges in the Aerospace, Satellite, Aviation, Broadcast, Transportation, Utilities, IT/OT, Telecom, Mining and Oil & Gas Industries.

Education:

Bachelors in Electrical Engineering with Majors in Electronics & Telecommunications 2007

Masters in Electrical Engineering with Majors in Telecommunications Engineering 2015

Key Skills:

1.More than 8 Years of experience Designing, deploying and Operating Highly Reliable and Mission Critical Hybrid/Heterogeneous Networks for Utilities, Transportation and Telco.

2.Integration, Connectivity and Operations of different types of SCADA\HMI, Telecommunications Systems, Payment Platforms, Intelligent Transportation systems and IoT echo systems and Infrastructure.

3.More than 12 Years of experience with different types of Broadband and Narrowband Access Technologies.

4.Fifteen Plus years of Experience with different Operating Systems and Virtualization.

5.Excellent Programming Skills in Languages such as Visual-Basic, C, Python and other types of scripting.

6.Experience with designing, implementing, integrating and operating different types of Voice/Telephony networks.

7.Five plus years of experience as a Freelance Technology Consultant, Designer and Contractor with experience of designing, integrating and deploying different types of Systems and Solutions.

8.Dealing with various levels of projects from Planning, Designing, Budgeting, Tendering, Bidding, Acquisition up to Installation and Final Roll, Testing and Commissioning.

9.Experience with different types of Navigation and Communication networks for Transportation.

10.Efficient Writing, Spoken and Verbal Communication Skills.

11.Management experience of dealing with projects of Large Capex and in time delivery.

12.Excellent skills of managing large teams comprising of as much as 50 members

13.Innovative and always having a “Not Impossible” and “Can Do” attitude

Key Achievements:

1.Designed, Acquired, Deployed and Integrated a nationwide Multiplexer Network. Directly reporting to GM Telecom & SCADA as an advisor, I lead the design team for replacing the Multiplexer (Voice and Data and SCADA) Network of a Gas Transmission company.

2.Designed and Integrated various types of IT/OT, Networking and Programming Solutions.

3.Played a key role in a C4 and C5 Telephony Project (Deployment, integration and Operation).

4.Integrated various types of Multi-Vendor Access Gateways, Routers, Switches, Firewalls and other equipment by making them compatible in a Secure Hybrid Environment.

5.Designed SOPs for the testing and servicing of Telecom equipment and incorporated them in to a Manual in a critical Gas Transmission environment.

Employment History:

OT Services Owner at Melbourne Water Since Nov 2024

Service Management

Support Operational Technology (OT) services and supporting processes to support Melbourne Water Business Units, including SLA’s, OLA’s and KPI’s.

Develop and maintain the Continual Service Improvement roadmaps for Application Services.

Ensuring Services and applications are maintained at vendor supported levels.

Review & Approval of IT Change/Service Requests as part of the Melbourne Water ITIL Change Process

System Administration

Support of OT applications including

oSCADA

oProcess Historian

oCCTV

oBuilding Access

oOptimization Applications

Patching of selected OT environments including

oOT Virtual Machines (VMs)

oPLC code repository Server & Application

oOT License Server

oOT Diagnostic Machines

oOT Network monitoring tool)

oTelemetry environment

Monitoring of OT applications

Assistance with application Upgrades

Undertake incident and problem management activities.

Support Post Verification Testing (PVT) following changes impacting the OT environment

Project coordination of minor enhancements and Application upgrades to the assigned OT Applications.

Ensure that systems, processes and methodologies are specified, documented and followed, providing effective monitoring, control and support of service delivery.

General Duties and Skills

Administration and deployment of business applications including ITIL Change Management.

Extensive information technology problem solving skills

Understanding of information systems, development and systems integration

Designing procedures and processes to improve business outcomes

Able to deal with multiple high pressure priorities simultaneously

Understanding of emerging technologies to assist the organisation

Experience in IT project management

Experience with Operational Technology and Industrial Control System environment

Senior Technical Support Engineer at Persistent Systems July 2022 – Nov 2024

Senior Systems Engineer at Cognizant Jan 2022 – July 2022

Intelligent Transport Systems Engineer at A2B (CabCharge) June 2017 – February 2021

Executive Engineer Telecom & SCADA at SNGPL March 2012 - August 2015

Engineer Optical Fiber Systems at PTCL March 2008 - March 2012

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