Engineer Manager

Profile:

Educated in Telecommunication Engineering and have been working in the field for 10+ years. Skilled in Ericsson RNC, Node B, Ericsson/ Core Network, MGW and AXE/Soft switches. Familiar to various vendors BSS equipment especially Ericsson, Ericsson/, Siemens equipments and various tools such as OSS,moshell,winfiol, /OSS, RAS Kit, RAS KIT,SERVICE REQUEST, HyperTerminal, RNC Element Manager etc.

Work Experience:

AT&T Mobility [CONTRACTOR END OF CONTRACT FEB 2011] Dallas USA

Senior Network Engineer Jul08- To February 2011

• OSS, MGW, RNC/AXC/RXI, Node B, MGw, HyperTerminal, Element Manager, Common Explorer, TEMS

• Atoll, Asset tool experience also a plus factor. MapInfo experience Primus, CSR, AMOS, Sonar

• Business Objects, ATM and IP network extensive experience . UTRAN and Node B proficient.

• Good troubleshooting skills.P6, P7 softwares.

• LTE fundamentals- RSRP, RSRQ, SINR, link budget, PCI, TA list, KPI's, etc.

• IuCS, Iur, IuPS and Iub extensive project knowledge and experience.

• ACP (Automatic Cell Planning) tools such as Altaro ACP (Arieso), Advantage, OPTIMI etc.

• Good knowledge of Ericsson DNBs, RFDS generation and plumbing diagrams in Visio.

• Excellent understanding of the Design fundamentals (how to design and measure a network, Monte Carlo, antenna theory, etc.).

• Operation, maintenance, re-parenting, rehome, cut-overs and troubleshooting.

• Trouble ticketing (TT), OMEGA (SERVICE REQUEST) integration of Node B/RNC and alarm monitoring.

• Integration support, RNC re-homing, O&M and Troubleshooting; RNC, AXC/RXI integration; WBTS/RBS/WBTS Site Integration; Support WBTS/RBS integration in RNC side; RNC side Node B Integration; RAN upgrade; Integration HSDPA in RNC and Node B; HSDPA/HSUPA function activation and verification; XML files and MO scripts preparation; RAN Tuning support in RNC. AXC/RXI , Telstra Network audits, MO and Bulk CM Scripting.

• Troubleshooting for problematic cells and perform traces using /OSS tools (GPEH, UTER, Etc …)

• Parameter and physical adjustments if needed to enhance the radio network performance.

• MGW, RNC, Node B integration, commissioning , operation and maintenance.

• SW Upgrades Node B And RNC.

• LAN, core protocols (TCP/IP, Ethernet), understanding in radio systems, radio modulations (GFSK, OFDM etc), antennas, measurement equipment for computers and radio systems.

• ARW, BCT and ability to prepare XML scripts for transport configuration, Iub and radio configuration.

• Preparation of Cell Description Data necessary for integration of site to network.

• Analysis of drive test log files and take corrective action where necessary

• 3G Surveillance in NOC– Network Monitoring Controller to performed monitoring such a Node B, RNC, MGW, AXC/RXI, 3G MSC, SGSN and GGSN via OSS RC

o 2ND level back office/ support for RAN nodes.

o Handling Alarms and to create a TT Remedy (Trouble Ticket) and escalate to various department due to the fallback sites.IP Planning, Transport Network Designing.

o Handling call from various department/contractor to entered BSS sites.

o Good knowledge of different UMTS nodes and their placement in the network.

o Excellent knowledge about alarm handling and fault restoration in the RNC nodes.

o Excellent knowledge about the configuration of RAN nodes.

o Excellent knowledge of Node integration, WCDMA Protocols.

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Ericsson Australia (CommsResources) Melbourne, Australia

Telstra – Biggest cellular operator in Australia

RNC/Node B/UMTS/UTRAN Engineer (Jersey Project) July07 –June08

• Commissioning/integration of Ericsson RNC & AXC/WBTS/NDB equipment . Hardware and software upgrade work on RAS kit.

• Ericsson Troubleshooting & problem solving

• Complete customer System Acceptance Test cases

• Responsible for Documentation related to the rollout

o WBTS/AXC integration and troubleshooting skills

o Problems solution or escalated to the correct group/team.

o RNC or related NE s downtimes reduction and troubleshooting

o RNC or related NE quality in the network improvements. configuration, Experience in remote integration of BTS using configurator and editor, analyser and operations and management tools.

• /OSS, MGW, RNC/AXC/RXI, Node B, MGw, RAS Kit, HyperTerminal, Element Manager, SERVICE REQUEST, RAS KIT.

• Operation, maintenance, re-parenting, cut-overs and troubleshooting.

• Trouble ticketing (TT), OMEGA (SERVICE REQUEST) integration of Node B/RNC and alarm monitoring.

• Integration support, RNC re-homing, O&M and Troubleshooting; RNC, AXC/RXI integration; WBTS/RBS/WBTS Site Integration; Support WBTS/RBS integration in RNC side; RNC side Node B Integration; RAN upgrade; Integration HSDPA in RNC and Node B; HSDPA/HSUPA function activation and verification; XML files and MO scripts preparation; RAN Tuning support in RNC. AXC/RXI , Telstra Network audits, MO and Bulk CM Scripting.

• Troubleshooting for problematic cells and perform traces using /OSS tools (GPEH, UTER, Etc …)

• Parameter and physical adjustments if needed to enhance the radio network performance.

• MGW, RNC, Node B integration, commissioning , operation and maintenance.

• SW Upgrades Node B And RNC.

• LAN, core protocols (TCP/IP, Ethernet), understanding in radio systems, radio modulations (GFSK, OFDM etc), antennas, measurement equipment for computers and radio systems.

• ARW, BCT and ability to prepare XML scripts for transport configuration, Iub and radio configuration.

• Preparation of Cell Description Data necessary for integration of site to network.

• Analysis of drive test log files and take corrective action where necessary

• 3G Surveillance in NOC– Network Monitoring Controller to performed monitoring such a Node B, RNC, MGW, AXC/RXI, 3G MSC, SGSN and GGSN via /OSS RC

o 2ND level back office/ support for RAN nodes.

o Handling Alarms and to create a TT Remedy (Trouble Ticket) and escalate to various department due to the fallback sites.IP Planning, Transport Network Designing.

o Handling call from various department/contractor to entered BSS sites.

o Good knowledge of different UMTS nodes and their placement in the network.

o Excellent knowledge about alarm handling and fault restoration in the RNC nodes.

o Excellent knowledge about the configuration of RAN nodes.

o Excellent knowledge of RAS KIT, Node integration, WCDMA Protocols.

Ericsson Nigeria Lagos, Nigeria

Celltel – Second Biggest cellular operator in Nigeria

RNC/Node B Integrator (Test & Integration) NRO July06 –June07

• /OSS, RNC/AXC/RXI, Node B, MGw, RAS Kit, HyperTerminal, Element Manager, SERVICE REQUEST, RAS KIT.

• Operation, maintenance, re-parenting, cut-overs and troubleshooting.

• Trouble ticketing (TT), OMEGA (SERVICE REQUEST) integration of Node B/RNC and alarm monitoring.

• Integration support, RNC re-homing, O&M and Troubleshooting; RNC, RX1820 integration; WBTS/RBS Site Integration; Support WBTS/RBS integration in RNC side; RNC side Node B Integration; RAN upgrade; Integration HSDPA in RNC and Node B; HSDPA/HSUPA function activation and verification; XML files and MO scripts preparation; RAN Tuning support in RNC. AXC/RXI

• MGW, RNC, Node B integration, commissioning , operation and maintenance.

• SW Upgrades Node B And RNC.

• LAN, core protocols (TCP/IP, Ethernet), understanding in radio systems, radio modulations (GFSK, OFDM etc), antennas, measurement equipment for computers and radio systems.

• ARW, BCT and ability to prepare XML scripts for transport configuration, Iub and radio configuration.

• 3G Surveillance in NOC– Network Monitoring Controller to performed monitoring such a Node B, RNC, MGW, AXC/RXI, 3G MSC, SGSN and GGSN via /OSS RC

o 2ND level back office support for RAN nodes.

o Handling Alarms and to create a TT Remedy (Trouble Ticket) and escalate to various department due to the fallback sites.IP Planning, Transport Network Designing.

o Handling call from various department/contractor to entered BSS sites.

o Good knowledge of different UMTS nodes and their placement in the network.

o Excellent knowledge about alarm handling and fault restoration in the RNC nodes.

o Excellent knowledge about the configuration of RAN nodes.

• Commissioning/integration of Ericsson RNC & AXC/WBTS equipment

• Ericsson Troubleshooting & problem solving

• Complete customer System Acceptance Test cases

• Responsible for Documentation related to the rollout

• WBTS/AXC integration and troubleshooting skills

• Problems solution or escalated to the correct group/team.

• RNC or related NE s downtimes reduction and troubleshooting

o RNC or related NE quality in the network improvements. configuration, Experience in remote integration of BTS using configurator and editor, analyser and operations and management tools.

Ericsson Egypt Cairo, Egypt

Vodafone – Second Biggest cellular operator in Egypt

RNC/BSC Back Office Engineer And Integrator Jan06 –June06

• /OSS, RNC/AXC/RXI, Node B, MGw, RAS Kit, HyperTerminal, Element Manager, SERVICE REQUEST, RAS KIT.

• Operation, maintenance, re-parenting, cut-overs and troubleshooting.

• Trouble ticketing (TT), OMEGA (SERVICE REQUEST) integration of Node B/RNC and alarm monitoring.

• Integration support, RNC re-homing, O&M and Troubleshooting; RNC, RX1820 integration; WBTS/RBS Site Integration; Support WBTS/RBS integration in RNC side; RNC side Node B Integration; RAN upgrade; Integration HSDPA in RNC and Node B; HSDPA/HSUPA function activation and verification; XML files and MO scripts preparation; RAN Tuning support in RNC. . Hardware and software upgrade work on RAS kit.

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• RNC, Node B integration, commissioning , operation and maintenance.

• SW Upgrades Node B And RNC.

• 3G Surveillance in NOC– Network Monitoring Controller to performed monitoring such a Node B, RNC, MGW, AXC/RXI, 3G MSC, SGSN and GGSN via /OSS RC

o 2ND level back office support for RAN nodes. IP Planning, Transport network designing.

o Handling Alarms and to create a TT Remedy (Trouble Ticket) and escalate to various department due to the fallback sites.

o Handling call from various department/contractor to entered BSS sites.

o Good knowledge of different UMTS nodes and their placement in the network.

o Excellent knowledge about alarm handling and fault restoration in the RNC nodes.

o Excellent knowledge about the configuration of RAN nodes.

• Excellent knowledge of the network topology, its traffic handling capabilities and troubleshooting

• Coordination with various departments to resolve the multiple technical/non technical pending issues from top &middle level management.

• Preparation for various technical/non technical proposals, presentation & documents for top & middle level management

• Handling the Trouble Ticketing system. MIS & various reports (Daily Outage report, Event report, Trouble Investigation report etc.)

• Proficient in EASY NET User ticketing system (TT), OMEGA

• SW trouble shooting experience and understanding the call flow on signaling level.

• ATM and protocol analyzer.

• Excellent O&M knowledge (Alarm monitoring, Surveillance, etc.)

• Expertise Ericsson/ WCDMA, with GSM knowledge.

• Knowledge on node inter-working.

• WCDMA RAN Network System Engineer

o Good Knowledge with /OSS and RANOS platform.

o Good knowledge of RAS Kit MGW,RNC,AXC/RXI & WBTS/RBS Telnet, Hyper Terminal& EMAS

o Technical Support to O&M field engineers of the WBTS/RBS and MW for troubleshooting of faults.

o Providing first line and second line support for Ericsson/ nodes, integration and escalation to switch engineers

Ericsson Morocco

• Meditel – Biggest dual band GSM/UMTS operator in Morocco Casablanca, Morocco

Ericsson/ RNC/BSC Engineer Jul05 –Dec05

• Excellent knowledge of the network topology, its traffic handling capabilities and troubleshooting.

• Coordination with various departments to resolve the multiple technical/non technical pending issues from top &middle level management.

• Preparation for various technical/non technical proposals, presentation & documents for top & middle level management

• Handling the Trouble Ticketing system. MIS & various reports (Daily Outage report, Event report, Trouble Investigation report etc.)

• Proficient in EASY NET User ticketing system (TT), OMEGA

• SW trouble shooting experience and understanding the call flow on signaling level.

• ATM and protocol analyzer.

• Excellent O&M knowledge (Alarm monitoring, Surveillance, etc.)

• Expertise Ericsson/ WCDMA, with GSM knowledge.

• Knowledge on node inter-working.

• WCDMA RAN Network System Engineer

o Good Knowledge with /OSS and RANOS platform.

o Good knowledge of RAS Kit MGW,RNC,AXC/RXI & WBTS/RBS Telnet, Hyper Terminal& EMAS

o Technical Support to O&M field engineers of the WBTS/RBS and MW for troubleshooting of faults.

o Providing first line and second line support for Ericsson/ nodes, integration and escalation to switch engineers

Ericsson Networks, Ireland

• Hutchison – Biggest dual band GSM/UMTS operator in Ireland Dublin, Ireland

Leigh Wassermann

Ericsson/ RNC Engineer/ Test Core Engineer Aug03 – Jun 05

• ATM and protocol analyzer.

• Excellent O&M knowledge (Alarm monitoring, Surveillance, etc.)

• Expertise Ericsson/ WCDMA, with GSM knowledge.

• Knowledge on node inter-working.

• WCDMA RAN Network System Engineer

o Good Knowledge with /OSS and RANOS platform.

o Good knowledge of RAS Kit MGW,RNC,AXC/RXI & WBTS/RBS Telnet, Hyper Terminal& EMAS

o Technical Support to O&M field engineers of the WBTS/RBS and MW for troubleshooting of faults.

o Providing first line and second line support for Ericsson/ nodes, integration and escalation to switch engineers

• Core Network Engineer and Ericsson/ GPRS Engineer

• RAN system architecture definition - requirements analysis for WBTS/RBS, BTS, transport, baseband, RRM, OAM; impact on performance, QoS, cost, reliability. Performance KPI analysis and decomposition - assessing future improvements for NE performance management design and algorithms approach. Essential skills: RAN (GSM, WCDMA and/or LTE) system design, system engineering, NE performance analysis, 3GPP. Knowledge, familiar with design and modeling tools (eg UML), element performance.

• Operation and maintenance of MGW and Ericsson/ Core Network

• Cisco 7613 Medium Sized Configuration GGSN

• Responsible for the daily operations, faults and configuration management of the SSS Packet Switched network. Ericsson/ 2.0.Includes the interface to 2nd line.

• Complete responsible for the planning, co-ordination and status reporting of RAN PLM test activities for all relevant RAN PLM deliveries perform an ongoing value/analysis of all RAN PLM Test activities.

• AXE810,APZ, Soft switch software upgrades and routine operation/maintenance.

• Test scripts, Element Manager, operation and maintenance.

• GSM/UMTS network architecture. Competence in GPRS network elements integration and configuration. Ericsson/ SGSN node installation and configuration. Ericsson/ GGSN installation and configuration. Ericsson/ DNS/IP works for GPRS installation and configuration (valuable). IP Networking (switching, routing). Protocols, TCP/IP and SS7 also valuable. Familiar with traffic generators & protocol analyzers (ethereal mainly). Ericsson/ GGSN, SGSN, DNS, SASN troubleshooting experience valuable. Operative systems: Solaris system administration Shell programming.

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Ericsson Siemens Networks, Pakistan - working for Mobilink GSM Pakistan

Mobilink GSM - The Biggest GSM operator in Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan

Associate Engineer Feb 01 – Feb 02

• Providing technical guidance of swap project from Motorola. Implement and optimize GPRS , EDGE

Core Network Engineer Feb 02 – Aug 03

• To lead Planning division for Swap, optimization project from Ericsson/ to Ericsson equipment

Technical Skills:

• Win95/ 98/ NT/ 2000/ XP and Office Applications, UNIX, CELLCAD

• MapInfo, , NPS/X, Netdim, CELLCAD, RSAT, MSAT, Atoll, Asset 3G, Radio plan ACP

• /OSS, Nethawk, TOM, SAM, TEMS, Rhode&Schwartz, Spectrum Analyzer, Protocol Analyzer, HP oscilloscopes, RAS Kit, Element Manager, CCNA.

• Programming: C, C++,Unix, Solaris, Shell ,layer 2/3 GPRS/EDGE

Education:

• N.E.D University of Engineering And Technology, Karachi, Pakistan.

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

2000

• Master of Business Administration (MBA) RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. 2007

Scholarships:

• Government of Australia(IPRS) – Most Prestigious Scholarship Award.

• Government of Australia(MIRS) – Most Prestigious Stipend Award.

Personal Information:

Gender: Male Nationality: Australian

Age: 30 Languages: English, Urdu, Hindi

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