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Abhishek Kumar
Senior technical lead
Gurgaon,HR
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Summary
Versatile technocrat with 10 years of experience in DWDM, OTN, solution design and pre- sales work in optical networks. Extensive knowledge of Fiber Optic Transmission Systems, managing multiple optical projects concurrently, Driving optical characterization and performance of DWDM equipment and coherent pluggable transceivers to ensure they meet required specifications and performance standards. Enjoys deep understanding of performance limitations of DWDM systems, transmission properties, network impairment like OSNR, PMD, Span loss and various optical fibers type. Proven exposure in Sales Engineering along with expertise in creating Bill of Material (BOM) for pre-sales in optical network, handling product demonstrations, and POCs.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Technical Lead
Colt Technology Services India Pvt. Ltd
07.2016 - Current
- Proficient in validating Ethernet and optical services (10GE/100GE, OTU/ODU, ODU Flex), latency, protection switching, hot-swappable modules, and multi-vendor interoperability.
- Preparing BOM (Bill of Material), HLD (High Level Design)
- Responsible for equipment planning via RFP response, architecture planning & solution design of Colt IQNET expand backhaul network
- Working on Customer solution request for private network and overseeing installation, configuration of OTR, MOTR cards (Wave logic AI, WL3E, WL3n), Wave server (WL3, WL5) connectivity with MUX/DEMUX cards (CMD44, CCMD12, CCMD8x16 on Ciena 6500 Platform
- Configuring and testing optical channels (100G-800G) & client services (1GbE-400GbE) on Ciena 6500 with CDC & DIA configuration
- Planning and provisioning of circuits/photonic link on Ciena MCP, Infinera DTN/DTN-X and ADVA FSP3K platform
- Delivered optimized optical network planning using Nokia, ADVA and Ciena planning tool, resulting in cost-effective solution that satisfied customer business requirement.
- Optimized and migrated GNEs, freeing up IPs for network expansion, resulting in Colt IQ-NET growth and expanded service across Europe, recognized by senior management.
- Skilled in manual optical and OTN testing including transmitter/receiver validation, OSNR, BER, DWDM tuning, redundancy mechanisms, along with alarm management and performance monitoring.
- QC POC for team.
Engineer (Provisioning)
Bharti Airtel Ltd.
07.2015 - 06.2016
- Responsible for Provisioning, Re-routing, Shifting, Bandwidth Upgradation and Disconnection of L1/L2 Links
- Supported with Network Planning & Monitoring, L1, L2 Layer Bandwidth/Network Provisioning (E1, E3/DS3, STM N, EO-SDH), Fault Management, Customer Support, Traffic Engineering.
- Acquired Multi-Vendor Management EMS/NMS Expertise: -TEJAS(Linux), ECI(Go-Global), ALCATEL-LUCENT, NOKIASIEMENS Network (NSN) NMS
- Provided E2E testing and fault resolution to the customer service with the help of field engineer
- Minimized customer impact by quickly shifting traffic from a downed fiber to a new link, restoring services overnight and avoiding complaints about the fiber cut
- Delivered urgent services to a satisfied customer within the same day by coordinating with field technicians and teams.
Engineer
Videocon Telecom
12.2014 - 06.2015
- Bandwidth/Network Provisioning
- Acquired Multi-Vendor Management EMS/NMS Expertise:- Fibcom, ECI(Go-Global), Huwaei.
- Resolved issues related to link down, Fiber cut, and errors.
- Monitored and accessed the NMS alarm & power.
- Mux patching for E1 and fiber patching.
- Ensured 24 hours support for operations and maintained for swift fault resolution and maximum network up time.
- Coordinated with multiple teams to ensure resolution of cases within SLA.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Communication Engineering
Maharaja Institute of Technology
Mysore, India06-2014
Skills
- Optical Transmission Technologies: Expert in DWDM, OTN, CWDM, Ethernet, IP SDWAN, Solid knowledge of L2 switching and legacy systems like SDH/SONET
- Proficient with ROADM, OXC, EDFA, Raman amplifiers, transponders, and muxponders
- Vendor Experience: Hands-on experience with equipment from ADVA, Ciena, Nokia, Infinera, Accedian, NSN and Cisco
- Tools: Ciena’s MCP, Planner Plus, 1Control Adva’s FSP Network planner, Nokia’s EPT, WS-NOC Infinera’s DNA
- Introductory Python knowledge
- Process owner
Certification
- Won 9 Inspire Colt Awards for outstanding performance and delivering the projects before deadline.
- Maximized sales team satisfaction and received value advocate award by providing a cost-effective Solution.
- Achieved 400G service by introducing multi-vendor optical platform (alien wave) for cost-effective customer solution.
- Successfully migrated IPs to free up GNE, facilitating future optical network expansion and enhancing overall network efficiency, which led to receiving an award for excellence in project execution.
- Won champion award for delivering 80+ Microsoft spectrum order.
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hindi
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Work Availability
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Timeline
Senior Technical Lead
Colt Technology Services India Pvt. Ltd
07.2016 - Current
Engineer (Provisioning)
Bharti Airtel Ltd.
07.2015 - 06.2016
Engineer
Videocon Telecom
12.2014 - 06.2015
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Communication Engineering
Maharaja Institute of Technology