INCIDENT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL / NETWORK ENGINEER
Kolkata
Summary
Seeking assignments in Networking Operations/Administration, Technical Support and deliver solutions for complex technical requirements, in the IT/Telecom sector, motivated for achieving growth by contributing and learning in a team with global exposure. Have high team spirit and excellent interpersonal skills, required for working with the global teams, Disciplined, responsible and be a person of integrity and values with accountability as part of behavioural traits. Experienced with incident management, ensuring seamless resolution of critical issues. Utilizes strong analytical and communication skills to coordinate with various teams for timely incident resolution. Track record of maintaining high standards in incident response and documentation.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
11
11
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
3
3
Languages
Work History
Incident Manager
BT e-Serv (India) Pvt Limited
KOLKATA
09.2023 - Current
Acting as Transition Backup
Maintain a database of tools required for our team and Access status for team members
Understanding customer infra and handling issues/stakeholders for customers as and when required
Scheduled call monitoring and attending them
Queue Monitoring and taking required and appropriate actions to lower the count
Intervening on the Ageing cases by bringing different stakeholders on call and driving the incident E2E
Initiating Closure drives to keep the count under control for the desk
Initiating Daily sync up call which is mainly focused to discuss with the agents on High Severity incidents which are on their respective names and driving the incidents in correct directions to provide resolution
Monitoring Incidents and managing Escalations and customer dissatisfaction
Respond to the issues reported by customer predominantly through voice and emails, chat, etc
Identify, investigate, and diagnose the issue
Follows the incident life cycle as defined by process - log the incident - categorize and document - resolve or assign the incident to relevant assignment group
Achieve client and organization defined targets
Good understanding of ServiceNow
Delivers critical customer technical support for network, hardware, and infrastructure development
Managing incidents and outages across various technology verticals - by way of accurate information collation from users reporting of incidents, assessing the issues to make L1 trouble shooting and isolation of the exact IT function
Engaging with technical teams in tracking down actual incident cause and discussing/explaining to senior executives and other non-IT departments, of the various aspects of incidents and outages
Representing the Tech Ops team on various discussions related to incidents, like addressing Operations concerns/observations or analyzing details along with various functional IT teams to explain incidents/outages
Build documented processes towards effective incident management with clear areas of reducing time to response, isolate and transfer responsibility to owner team(s) for resolution
Daily monitoring of tickets (real time) to manage proper assignment to queues and identify any critical business or IT infrastructure impact
Be the SME and mentor for the team to groom them in their roles as well enhance them for service operations
This position involves supporting a 7x24 high availability environment, which at times requires unplanned extra hours or weekend work due to severity 1 type incidents
Have exposure on ITIL based ticketing tool and good understanding to maintain network uptime and SLA for LAN, WAN, WLAN
To enhance and modify existing programs and initiatives so that effectiveness is improved with every cycle
Attempt first time fix, dealing with customer, suppliers as necessary
Carrying-out re-engineering of network designs, trouble shooting and problem resolution of elusive customer network difficulties
Escalate support calls to the appropriate 3rd line team if unable to resolve the incident
Demonstrate high levels of customer service when dealing with clients
Look to exceed expectation
Update customers by telephone or e-mail on the progress of a support call or to ask for additional information
Liaise with Vendors and Third parties for circuit or hardware issues and escalate as per SLA's defined to restore services in minimal possible time
Handle incoming emails from customers ensuring they are acted upon in a timely manner
Escalate service exceptions and high priority incident tickets appropriately within the business
Liaise effectively with colleagues and stakeholders to meet customer requirements
Attending service review calls weekly basis for multiple customers
Conducting Huddles so that important updates and lack of daily hygiene in BAU can be discussed and reaches out to wider audience
Network Support Engineer (L1)
BT e-Serv (India) Pvt Limited
KOLKATA
02.2020 - 08.2022
Supporting worldwide network infrastructure of multiple organizations including banking and financial organizations across the globe on SDWAN , MPLS , Internet network
Troubleshooting Enterprise networks using Cisco Catalyst Centre(DNAC) , Cisco catalyst 9800-L WLC and ISE
Investigating and resolving issues in WAN – reachability of Internet/Intranet destinations, link flaps, packet loss, latency, errors, link congestion etc.
Investigating and resolving issues in WAN – reachability of Internet/Intranet destinations, link flaps, MTU issues, packet loss, latency, errors, link congestion etc
Co-ordinate with different ISPs involved wherever there is Loss of Connectivity/Links down
Prepare and/or validate / IOS upgrade configuration for new installations for managed WAN service
Affected Services include issues for Routing at LAN/WAN end, Loss of Connectivity/Site Down, Device Down, Faulty Port/Cards/Slots/etc
VLAN & HSRP issues, Traffic Shifting
Delivers critical customer technical support for network, hardware, and infrastructure development
Configuration and troubleshooting of static routing, dynamic routing and Routing protocols like EIGRP, OSPF ,BGP.
Expertise with advanced switching technologies and protocols (VLANs, STP, EtherChannel, Layer 3 switching) on Cisco Catalyst platforms.
Good knowledge on OSI and TCP/IP models, TCP and UDP protocol
Project Coordinator
Hughes India Communication
02.2018 - 02.2020
Maintaining and monitoring project plans, project schedules
Coordinating with team and getting the Installation and commissioning of the V-sat on Committed Timeline
Handling Down calls and troubleshooting the same by making the link up within SLA
Assess project risks and issues and provide solutions where applicable
Ensuring timely materials get delivered by handling the logistics part
Engineer
Wipro Infotech Pvt Ltd
04.2017 - 02.2018
Worked on Airtel IWAN project under the payroll of Renovision Automation Pvt Ltd
Co-ordinator
Wipro Infotech Pvt Ltd
09.2016 - 02.2017
Worked on Reliance Jio Microwave Dismantling project under the payroll of Renovision Automation Pvt Ltd
Team Lead (Project Coordinator)
Wipro Infotech Pvt Ltd
07.2015 - 04.2016
Worked under the payroll of Renovision Automation Pvt Ltd on the Project (Tikona Digital Network (TDN)) which basically provides Wireless Broadband & lease-line services to Enterprises, SMB & retail customers
Network Engineer (Coordinator of NOC)
Gemini Communications
11.2014 - 06.2015
Worked under Tikona digital network project of Gemini Communication
PM (Preventive Maintenance) Engineer
Gemini Communications
07.2014 - 10.2014
Worked under the TCL project of Gemini Communication Ltd
Field Engineer
Gemini Communications
02.2014 - 06.2014
Worked on the Project of TTSL (Tata Teleservices Pvt Ltd)
Education
B.Tech - Electronics And Communications Engineering