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Manju Sidharth

Manju Sidharth

Technical Sales Specialist
Bangalore

Summary

Dynamic and seasoned telecommunications professional with 18 years of experience in the industry. Seeking a challenging role where I can leverage my expertise in developing proposal response based on customer requirement for RFI / RFQ / RFS / RFP related to 5G nodes, Cloud, and Security. I also have varied experiences in bid management, network design and implementation to contribute to the growth and success of a forward-looking telecommunications company.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Technical Sales Specialist

Ericsson India Global Limited
10.2021 - Current
  • Answered RFPs from Tier-1 Operators based on technical inputs received.
  • Negotiated on RFP's received by working on lessening the TCO for operators.
  • Answered 'Statement of Compliance' from leading operators based on 3GPP Technical Specifications
  • Dimensioning 5G nodes based on technical inputs received.
  • Administrating bid tool management by managing the preciseness of inputs put in by customers.
  • JIRA handling for Packet Core Nodes issues raised by customer unit.
  • Readying BOQ as per Operators needs based on 4G and 5G Technical Requirements.

Solution Architect

Ericsson India Global Limited
10.2019 - 09.2021
  • Designed and configured SGSN-MME
  • Designed and configured S-GW/P-GW
  • HLD and LLD Preparations for LTE/VoLTE/IOT projects
  • Prepared MOP for configuration changes
  • ATP Testing for 4G
  • Configuration management for EPDG
  • Prepared TOL for MME/PGW
  • Deployed of Virtual MME.

Network Architect

Tech Mahindra
01.2016 - 10.2019
  • Worked on answering RFP's on behalf of Affirmed Networks[Microsoft] for Operators such as Digicel, Telus, Orange, Etisalat for 4G core nodes on Openstack
  • Worked on answering the level of Compliance on behalf of Affirmed Networks[Microsoft] for 4G nodes such as MME and PGW
  • Deployment of Affirmed Networks VNF for SAEGW functionality on Openstack setup
  • Configuration of SGW and PGW for 4G data call and Volte call
  • Testing NB-IOT call flows and features such as Monte, NIDD and Device Trigger
  • Test case execution for 4G functional cases
  • KVM installation and S-GW/P-GW Configuration
  • Packets capture analysis using Wire Shark
  • Defect tracking – logging defects and tracking defects to closure.
  • Responsible for analysis of test results, problem reporting, recreation and verification, review test plans, test coverage status & defects with team members
  • 4G testing in ATT Redmond Lab for QoS feature and Roaming scenarios.

Team Leader

Sasken Communications
01.2015 - 01.2016
  • Managed a team of 4 QA Automation associates in helping achieve deliverables for T-Mobile USA
  • Worked on IXIA Test Conductor tool to automate VoLTE test cases for T-Mobile USA
  • Logged bugs on Bug Tracking System to raise bugs and verify the fixes provided.

Software Engineer

Cisco Systems Private Limited
07.2005 - 12.2014
  • Tested AAA, Gx, Gy protocols
  • Tested features like GnGp, Virtual APN, Direct tunnel, Lawful Intercept, etc.
  • Tested 3G functionality on SGSN/GGSN
  • Developing Test execution suites to run periodic Regression tests
  • Bug filing and verification on Bug tracking tool called CDETS
  • Running automated regression suite for every major release
  • Tested DPI, called as ECS[Enhanced Charging Services] on GGSN
  • Tested ITC (Intelligent Traffic Controller)
  • Tested ECS based billing records for their accuracy
  • Tested Application layer protocols such as POP3, SMTP, MMS, SIP, SDP, ICMP, DNS, HTTP, RTP, RTCP, RTSP
  • Worked on Push functionality of ASR5K to check that billing records are bring sent out correctly to billing server.
  • Tested PDSN/FA/HA call model.
  • Check for message formats (for RP,MIP,AAA) in call flows.
  • Tested AAA accounting feature on GGSN.
  • Tested Content-filtering feature.
  • Tested G-CDR Functionality for various scenarios.
  • Tested L2TP functionality.
  • Tested DSCP and QoS related features.
  • Tested OSPF related feature on GGSN.

Education

B. Tech - Electronics and Communication Engineering

AMC College Of Engineering (VTU)
Bangalore

Skills

Bid management

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Personal Information

Passport Number: Z4118163

Timeline

Technical Sales Specialist

Ericsson India Global Limited
10.2021 - Current

Solution Architect

Ericsson India Global Limited
10.2019 - 09.2021

Network Architect

Tech Mahindra
01.2016 - 10.2019

Team Leader

Sasken Communications
01.2015 - 01.2016

Software Engineer

Cisco Systems Private Limited
07.2005 - 12.2014

B. Tech - Electronics and Communication Engineering

AMC College Of Engineering (VTU)

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