Ajit Dash
Telecom Network Professional
New Delhi
Summary
Technical Delivery Lead guiding telecom network project delivery across greenfield builds, migrations, upgrades, and scale-out work. Leads scope review, risk assessment, cost and effort validation, dependency mapping, resource planning, and execution control through customer acceptance and closure. Coordinates multi-vendor delivery with clear governance across planning, implementation, and operational handoff.
Overview
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Certification
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years of professional experience
Work History
Technical Delivery Lead
Nokia Solutions Network Pvt Ltd
09.2021 - Current
- Currently based out of Noida working as Technical Delivery Lead for MU VF Europe delivering the services for Green field project , Migration, Upgrade, Scale out etc..
- understanding the Scope to be delivered and making a Risk Assessment
- Cost and effort validation for delivering the scope and the milestone to reach the goals
- Requirement gathering and highlighting the dependencies
- Ensuring the demand planning for supply of resources
- Execution monitoring and control of the project including the risk mitigation
- Acceptance of customer
- closure of the project
Core head
Bharti Airtel
07.2019 - 04.2021
- Major responsibilities include Deployment, Operation and Performance of IMS, PACO and CS core nodes
- Roll out of upgrades and capacity Core nodes in IMS/PACO/CS in co-ordination with design team and OEM
- Deployment of Core capacity with Central team, Ensuring utilization is well within limits
- Aligning Infra , Power , Space support for upcoming deployments and capacity
- Completion of Service AT and functional AT in co-ordination with MS partner and OEM
- Network upgrades for capacity enhancement and new feature implementation
- Operation of network uptime and maintaining network resilience in co-ordination with MPBN and MPLS team
- Change management for error free CR execution
- Monitoring and optimizing KPI for IMS and PACO network for Voice and data services
- New feature integration in network and ensure core readiness for upcoming technology
- BISP and UASL compliance of upcoming and existing nodes
- Drive for opex savings
Senior Manager
Tata Teleservices Ltd.
11.2014 - 06.2019
- Major responsibilities include planning & implementation, Operations, NSS/BSS initially in Kolkata and presently in Mumbai since May 2016.
- AOP Planning & Implementation and ensuring availability of capacity based on ABP projection for new additions
- RFP evaluation and finalizing BOQ
- Monitoring of Engineering Parameters
- Roll out of new Network elements, network upgrades, new features
- New Platform evaluation
- Initiatives for Capex & Opex savings
Manager – Network Operations
Huawei Telecommunications India Pvt Ltd., Kolkata
08.2010 - 11.2014
- Role majorly involves management of core network operations. Key responsibilities included:
- Performance Management of Key KPI like PSR, ASR, TSR etc.
- Monitoring of core network Resource utilization and optimization
- Configuration management and ensure Adherence to Processes and no revenue loss
- Troubleshooting and finding solution for new requirement
- Third party management during new node integration & operation of VAS nodes
- BU meets for specific needs along with the technical team
- TRAI audit and heterogeneous data submission
- Spare Management with R&R
- Customer complaints Resolution within SLA
Core Network Operations Specialist
Ericsson India Pvt Ltd, Gurgaon
01.2007 - 07.2010
- Role focused around Core Network Operations and key responsibilities included:
- Daily operation including 1st level fault Management and Monitoring of the MSC, BSC, IN nodes
- Work in close coordination with the Planning team and Project team for Expansion and New Node integration
- Routing Administration and Configuration of B No
- Handling TT/WO/CR within SLA
- Co-Ordination with the Third Party for VAS nodes
- Customer complaint handling in Co-ordination with the TSG
- Preparation of test cases for pre and post testing during the software upgrades in MSC, HLR, and BSC
Engineer – Field Operations
Nokia India Pvt. Ltd., Gujrat
08.2004 - 01.2007
- Key responsibilities included:
- Maintaining Network availability as per SLA
- Maintenance of the BSC 3i hardware and expansion of the BSC hardware
- Working in co ordination with the transmission planning team to reduce the number of spur BTS sites
- Fault maintenance of Ultra Site BTS, PDH Microwave of Siemens & Nokia
O&M Engineer
Bharti cellular Ltd., Gujrat
03.2003 - 07.2004
- Key responsibilities included:
- Installation & commissioning of Motorola BTS and its Integration to the BSC
- VSWR measurement and power calibration of the BTS
- City Survey, Site Survey, neighbour planning, drive test around the city
- Dealing with BSNL for POI augmentation
Education
B.E - Electronics & Telecommunications
01-2001
Skills
Microsoft Project
Telecom network architecture
Core network elements
Network modernization
Project management
Project delivery
Risk assessment
Requirement gathering
Change management
Capacity planning
Service acceptance testing
SLA management
Troubleshooting
Escalation management
PMP certification
Accomplishments
- Delivering projects for Orange , VF, 3UK & O2 in Europe in Subscriber , Signalling and Policy domain
- Achieved excellence award for successful BE database with subscriber migration in VF Turkey
- Completed deployment , Migration , Scale out , Upgrades across various projects in last 4 years
- Deployment of Nokia IMS HUB in Patna for Airtel
- Integration of VoWiFi in Network
- CS core network ICR Integration of TTL & Airtel across all circles
- Led ICR Integration of 2G & 3G networks in Kolkata
- Integrated MSS with POOL in Tata Docomo network
- Rolled out MNP across all circles of TTL Network
- MS transition of core network for Etisalat, Delhi at Ericsson
- Serviced radio network swapping from Motorola to Nokia for Airtel in the state of Gujarat
- Surveyed sites in major cities of Gujarat for fresh rollout of Airtel network
- Consecutively awarded best performer in the years from 2010 to 2012
Certification
PMP Certified - 2021 - current status is Valid
Professional Trainings
- 9 days PGMP preparatory course
- Customer communication and presentation
- NMDP (New Manger Development) Workshop in Huaw
Timeline
Technical Delivery Lead - Nokia Solutions Network Pvt Ltd
09.2021 - Current
Core head - Bharti Airtel
07.2019 - 04.2021
Senior Manager - Tata Teleservices Ltd.
11.2014 - 06.2019
Manager – Network Operations - Huawei Telecommunications India Pvt Ltd., Kolkata
08.2010 - 11.2014
Core Network Operations Specialist - Ericsson India Pvt Ltd, Gurgaon
01.2007 - 07.2010
Engineer – Field Operations - Nokia India Pvt. Ltd., Gujrat
08.2004 - 01.2007
O&M Engineer - Bharti cellular Ltd., Gujrat
03.2003 - 07.2004
Utkal University - B.E, Electronics & Telecommunications